General Index
309
Vedas
Kṛṣṇa as goal of, 251
See also: Vedic literature; names of specific Vedic literatures
Vedic culture
father &amp; son in, 102
life's stages in, 57
marriage in, 17–18, 28, 29, 99, 104, 116
unwed mother in, 223–224
vānaprastha  in, 113
woman protected in, 63
See also: Āryan civilization; Varṇāśrama-dharma
Vedic literature
divorce nonexistent in, 104
humans enlightened by, 241
purpose of, 241
See also: Vedas; names of specific Vedic literatures
Vicitravīrya, 160, 162, 163
Vidarbha, 203, 207
Vidarbha, King of, 114
Vidhinā  defined, 99
Vidhuta  defined, 80
Vidura, 163
Vidūratha, son of Citraratha, 215, 219
Vidūratha, son of Suratha, 154
Vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
verse quoted, 124
Vijaya, 186
Vijayā, 167
Vikara  defined, 29
Vikṛti, 208
Vilomā, 216
Vimūḍha  defined, 244
Vinda, 227
Vipra, 177
Vipṛṣṭha, 232
Vipula, 230
Virāḍrāja, 168
Viśada, 138
Viṣadgu, 198
Viṣṇu, Lord. See: Nārāyaṇa, Lord; Supersoul; Supreme Lord
Viśvajit, 177
Viśva-kośa  dictionary, quoted on  māyā , 238
Viṣvaksena, 139, 141
Viśvāmitra, 95–96
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura , cited on  paramahaṁsa , 69–70
Vitatha (Bharadvāja), 114, 116–118, 121
Vitihotra, son of Sukumāra, 6
Vitihotra, son of Tālajaṅgha, 197
Viyati, 14
Voice from sky, quoted on Duṣmanta, father-hood &amp; Śakuntalā, 102, 103
Vrateyu, 91
Vṛddhaśarmā, 225
Vṛjinavān, 198
Vṛka, son of Śūra, 221
Vṛka, son of Vatsaka, 229
Vṛndāvana
Kṛṣṇa in, 249–250, 251, 252
Kṛṣṇa meditation in, 74
Maṇipuri temples in, 168
offenses in, 74
See also: Goloka Vṛndāvana; Spiritual world
Vṛṣa, 228
Vṛṣabha, 196
Vṛṣādarbha, 182
Vṛṣaparvā, King, 17, 31–34
Vṛṣasena, 187
Vṛṣṇi, son of Anamitra, 213, 214
Vṛṣṇi, son of Kunti, 208
Vṛṣṇi, son of Madhu, 197, 198, 215
Vṛṣṇi, son of Sātvata, 210, 212
Vṛṣṭimān, 173
Vyāsadeva
parents of, 162
sons of, 163
Śukadeva and, 139–140, 162
Vyoma, 208
W
Water
Rantideva gave away, 129–130
See also: Rain