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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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Goloka (Kṛṣṇaloka) —the highest spiritual planet, containing Kṛṣṇa's personal abodes, Dvārakā, Mathurā and Vṛndāvana.
Gopīs —Kṛṣṇa's cowherd girl friends, His most confidential servitors.
Gṛhastha —regulated householder life; the second order of Vedic spiritual life.
Guru —a spiritual master.
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Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra — See: Mahā-mantra
Hlādinī —the Lord's pleasure potency.
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Jivan-mukta —one liberated even in this life by practical engagement in devotional service.
Jiva-tattva —the living entities, atomic parts of the Lord.
Jñāna —theoretical knowledge.
Jñānī —one who cultivates knowledge by empirical speculation.
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Kali-yuga (Age of Kali) —the present age, characterized by quarrel; it is last in the cycle of four and began five thousand years ago.
Kalpa —daytime of Brahmā, 4,320,000,000 years.
Kāma —lust.
Kāmadhenu —spiritual cows, in the spiritual world, which yield unlimited quantities of milk.
Kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs —neophyte devotees.
Karatālas —hand cymbals used in  kīrtana .
Karma —fruitive action, for which there is always reaction, good or bad.
Karmī —a person satisfied with working hard for flickering sense gratification.
Kīrtana —chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord.
Kṛṣṇaloka — See: Goloka
Kṣatriyas —a warrior or administrator; the second Vedic social order.
Kuśa —auspicious grass used in Vedic rituals.