Glossary

Aksauhini—a military division consisting of 21,870 chariots, 21,870
elephants, 206,950 infantry soldiers and 65,600 cavalry

Atm4arama—self-satisfied sage

Bahulasva—King of Videha who personally received the Supreme Lord as a
guest in his home

Bali Maharaja—king of the lower planetary system, Sutalaloka; he gave
everything to Krsna in His incarnation as Vamana

Balvala—giant demon killed by Balarama

Bandsura—thousand-armed demon who arrested Aniruddha

Bhaumasura— demon killed by Lord Krsna after complaints by Lord Indra

Brahma-raksasas—brahmanas who have become ghosts

Camara—whisk or’ fan used by Krsna’s queens in Dvaraka to fan the Lord

Dantavakra—demon friend of Silva, killed by a blow of Krsna’s club

Dvaraka—Lord Krsna’s opulent, fortified city built within the water

- Dvivida—gorilla demon killed by Balarama

Hastinaépura—capital city of the Pandavas, entered by Krsna at the time
of the Rajasiiya sacrifice

Jambavan—a devotee of Lord Ramacandra who fought with Krsna over
the Syamantaka jewel

Jambavati—one of Krsna’s wives, the daughter of Jambavan

Kalindi—the Yamuna River personified, a wife of Krsna

Kaumudi—an especially fragrant flower found on the bank of the Yamuna
River

Kunkuma—a sweetly flavored reddish powder which is thrown upon the
bodies of worshipable persons

Kuntidevi—the mother of the Pandavas, a paternal aunt and pure devotee
of Krsna

Laksmana—wife of Krsna who heard of Him from Narada and was taken

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