378 Glossary

Pranadyame—yogic breathing exercise

Pasughna—one who kills animals or is killing himself

Ranchor-—literally, ‘“‘one who has left the battlefield”—(describes Krsna in
His pastimes with Jarasandha when He left the battle with the motive
of renunciation)

Rasa—transcendental mellow relationship between the individual soul and
the Supreme Lord

Samadhi—trance, absorption in meditation upon the Supreme Personality
of Godhead

Sankarsana—Balarama, the brother of Krsna

Saradia-purpima—full-moon night of the Sarat season, during which Krsna
enjoyed the rdsa dance with the gopis

Vaisya—the agricultural community in Vedic culture, who protect cows
and cultivate crops

Visnu—all-pervasive, fully empowered expansion of Lord Krsna, qualified
by full truth, full knowledge and full bliss.

Yadu dynast y—the family in which Krsna appears; descending from Soma,
the god of the moon planet

Yogama ya—the principal, internal potency of the Supreme Lord

Yogesvara—a name of Krsna, the master of all mystic powers °
