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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha —the Lord's transcendental form, which is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
Śakti-tattva —the various energies of the Lord.
Śampradāya —a chain of spiritual masters.
Śaṅkha —the conchshell held by Lord Viṣṇu.
Śaṅkīrtana —public chanting of the names of God, the approved  yoga  process for this age.
Śannyāsa —renounced life; the fourth order of Vedic spiritual life.
Śāstras —revealed scriptures.
Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ —the devotional processes of hearing and chanting about Lord Viṣṇu.
Śruti-mantra —the hymns of the  Vedas  and  Upaniṣads .
Śtotra —a prayer.
Śūdra —a laborer; the fourth of the Vedic social orders.
Śvāmi —one who controls his mind and senses; title of one in the renounced order of life.
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Tantras —Vedic literatures consisting mostly of dialogues between Lord Śiva and Durgā.
Tapasya —austerity; accepting some voluntary inconvenience for a higher purpose.
Tattvas —the Absolute Truth's multifarious categories.
Tilaka —auspicious clay marks that sanctify a devotee's body as a temple of the Lord.
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Vaikuṇṭha —the spiritual world.
Vaiṣṇava —a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa.
Vaiśyas —farmers and merchants; the third Vedic social order.
Vānaprastha —one who has retired from family life; the third order of Vedic spiritual life.
Varṇāśrama —the Vedic social system of four social and four spiritual orders.
Vedas —the original revealed scriptures, first spoken by the Lord Himself.