Glossary 395

Nirguna—without material qualities.
Nitya-siddha—eternal perfection attained by never forgetting Krsnaat any time.

P
Parakiya-rasa—paramour love.
Parampara—disciplic succession.
Pard-prakrti—spiritual energy.
Pasandis—nondevotees who consider devotional activities material.
Patita-pavana—Lord Caitanya, the deliverer of the fallen souls.
Prabhu—master.
Pradhana—the chief principle of creation.
Prakrta-bhaktas—materialistic devotees not advanced in spiritual knowledge.
Prayojana—the ultimate goal of life, to develop love of God.
Preyas—activities which are immediately beneficial and auspicious.

R
Rajo-guna—mode of passion.
Rasabhasa—incompatible mixing of rasas.
Rasadi-vilasi—the enjoyer of the rdsa dance.
Rasas—spiritual humors.

S
Sadbhuja—six-armed form of Lord Caitanya.
Sadhana-bhakti—the prescribed duties of service to the Lord.
Sadhana-siddhas—perfection attained by executing rules and regulations of devo-

tional service.
Sadhu—a saintly person or Vaisnava.
Sahajiyas—those who do not follow the scriptural injunctions, considering God to
be cheap.

Salokya-mukti—liberation of residing on the same planet as the Lord.
Samadhi—trance, or absorption in the service of the Lord.
Sambandha-jridna—establishing one’s original relationship with the Lord.
Sarsti-mukti—\iberation of having equal opulences with the Supreme.
Sariipya-mukti—liberation of having same bodily features as the Lord.
Sarva-jfia—omniscient.
Sastras—scriptu res.
Sattva-guna—mode of goodness.
Sayujya-mukti—liberation of merging in Brahman effulgence.
Srauta-vakya—acceptance of the words of the spiritual master.
Sravanam kirtanam—hearing and chanting.
Sreyas—activities which are ultimately beneficial and auspicious.
Siitra—a code expressing the essence of all knowledge in minimum words.
