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Vikampana, 70 
    Vindhya Hills, 263 
 Vipralambha  defined, 59–60 
    Viṣṇu, Lord 
    Garbhodakaśāyī, 175 
    as incarnation, 9 
    worshipers of, 95 
 See also:  Nārāyaṇa, Lord; Supersoul; 
    Supreme Lord 
 Viṣṇu-yajña , 204 
    Viśravā, 65 
    Viśruta, 165 
    Viśvabāhu, 142 
    Viśvāmitra 
    as  brahmarṣi , 217 
    cursed elder Madhucchandās, 271–272 
    as Gādhi's son, 217, 267 
    as  kṣatriya  turned  brāhmaṇa , 267, 268 
    power of, 267 
    sacrificial arena of, Rāma in, 54 
    as sage, 265 
    sons of, 269, 271–275 
    Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura 
    cited on Purūravā, 203 
    cited on Tretā-yuga and Vedic rituals, 211 
    quoted on moon-god, 176 
    quoted on Viśvāmitra's sons, 269 
    Viśvasaha, King, 34 
 Viśvāso naiva kartavyaḥ  
    quoted, 198 
    Vitahavya, 170 
    Vow of Rāma, 99, 100 
    Vṛndāvana 
    devotees in, 127 
 See also:  Goloka Vṛndāvana 
    Vyāsadeva lives, 141
W
Wealth 
    from earth, 208 
 See also:  Money; Opulence, material 
    Weapons 
    of Kārtavīryārjuna, 236, 240, 241 
    of Lakṣmaṇa, 72
Weapons 
    of Paraśurāma, 234, 235, 238–241 
    of Rāma, 57, 72 
    of Rāma's monkey soldiers, 72 
    of Rāvaṇa, 73 
    of Rāvaṇa's Rākṣasas, 71 
 See also:  Power 
    Wife 
    of another as mother, 79–80 
    chaste &amp; faithful, 79, 80 
    dies with husband, in Vedic culture, 28 
    foxlike, 198 
    husband compared with, 188 
    ideal, Sītā as, 101 
    man to leave behind, while touring, 59 
    only one, 100 
 See also:  Marriage;  wives of specific persons  
    Woman (Women) 
    attachment to, 59, 60 
    Bālika protected by, 34 
    Cāṇakya quoted on, 198 
    celestial, 249, 250 
    chaste, 79, 80, 244 
    compared to foxes, 197, 198 
    as dependent, 28–29, 61 
    husbandless, 28, 29 
    ideal, 79 
    impunity for, 26 
    of Laṅkā mourned Rāvaṇa's death, 77–80 
    man combined with, 187, 188, 200, 203 
    man compared with, 198 
    nature of, 199, 200 
    protection for, 61, 200 
    spiritual equality for, 198 
    Urvaśī quoted on, 197, 199, 200 
 See also:  Male-female attraction; Wife
Work
on Viṣṇu's behalf, 263–264 
 See also:  Activities;  Karma  
    World.  See:  Earth; Material world 
    Worship 
    to Caitanya, 264 
    to Ganges, 13, 14, 15 
    God vs. demigod, 209–210 
    of holy places, 245