Glossary

A

Acintya—inconceivable.

Asidnga-yoga—the mystic yoga system to control the senses.
Avaroha-pantha—the descending process of deductive knowledge.
Avata@ras—incarnations,

B

Bhakti—purified service of the sensesof he Lord by one’s own senses.
Bhakti-kalpataru—the desire tree of devotional service.

Brahma-bandhu—one born in a brahmana family but not brahminically qualified,
Brahmacarya—student life of celibacy.

Brahman—the ali-pervading impersonal aspect of the Lord.

Brahmana—the intelligent class of men.

Grhastha-—the householder stage of life.

J

/Ranis—those engaged in the cultivation of knowledge.

K
Karmis—fruitive laborers.
Ksatriya—the martial caste.
Krsna-bhakta—a devotee of Krsna.

M

Mlecchas—those who are lower than sGdras.
N
Nitya-siddhas—ever purified associates of the Lord.
P

Paramahamsas—the topmost God-realized devotees.
Pasangis—idolatrous worshipers of many demigods.

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