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Manuṣya-gaṇa —mankind.
Mathurā —Lord Kṛṣṇa's abode, surrounding Vṛndāvana, where He took birth and later returned to after performing His Vṛndāvana pastimes.
Māyā —illusion; forgetfulness of one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Māyāvādis —impersonal philosophers who say that the Lord cannot have a transcendental body.
Mṛdaṅga —a clay drum used for congregational chanting.
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Paramparā —the chain of spiritual masters in disciplic succession.
Parivrājakācārya —the third stage of the  sannyāsa  order; the  parivrājakācārya  constantly travels throughout the world, preaching the glories of the Lord.
Prasāda —food spiritualized by being offered to the Lord.
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Rakṣasa-gaṇa —man-eating demons.
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Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha —the Lord's transcendental form, which is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
Saṅkirtana —public chanting of the names of God, the approved  yoga  process for this age.
Sannyāsa —renounced life; the fourth order of Vedic spiritual life.
Śara  grass—a whitish reed.
Śārūpya —the liberation of having a form similar to the Lord's.
Śāstras —revealed scriptures.
Śravaṇaṁ kirtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ —the devotional processes of hearing and chanting about Lord Viṣṇu.
Śūdra —a laborer; the fourth of the Vedic social orders.
Svāmi —one who controls his mind and senses; title of one in the renounced order of life.
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Tapasya —austerity; accepting some voluntary inconvenience for a higher purpose.