Ananda—spiritual bliss, pleasure.

Avatara—an incarnation of God who descends from
the spiritual world.

Bhagavad-gita—the book which records the spiritual
instructions given by Krsna to His friend Arjuna
on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra.

Bhakti— devotional service to God.

Brahmanas—the intellectual class in human society.

Catur-varnyam— divisions of labor in human society
as described in the Vedic literatures.

Dharma—the natural occupation of the living entity,
which is to serve God.

Gopis—cowherd girl friends of Krsna described in the
Vedic literatures.

Govinda—Krsna, who gives pleasure to the senses.

Guru—spiritual master.

Jagadisa—the Lord of the universe, Krsna.

Jivas—living entities or souls.

Jiianis—speculative philosophers.

Karma—fruitive activities or their reactions.

Karmis—fruitive laborers.

Ksatriyas—the administrative and military class in
human society.

Ksetrajiia—the individual spirit soul who is the know-
er of the field of the body.
