A

Acarya—a spiritual master who teaches by his own example.

Acintya-bhedabheda-tattva—Lord Caitanya’s “simultaneously one and different” doctrine,
which establishes the inconceivable simultaneous existence of the Absolute Truth as
both personal and impersonal.

Aisvarya-jnana-yukta—emotion with an understanding of the Lord's full opulences.

Artha—economic development.

Asrama—four orders of spiritual life.

Avatara—(literally, one who descends) an incarnation of the Lord who descends from the
spiritual sky to the material universe with a particular mission described in the scrip-
tures.

B

Bala-gopala—the child Krsna.

Bhagavan—a name of Krsna which means one who possesses all opulences.

Bhava—the stage of transcendental ecstasy experienced after transcendental affection.

Brahmacarya—student life of celibacy and study under a spiritual master.

Brahmana—the intelligent class of men.

D

Dasya-rasa—loving relationship with Krsna in servitorship.

Dharma —religiosity.

G

Gadadhara-prananatha—Lord Caitanya, the life and soul of Gadadhara Pandita.

Gadaira Gaura—Lord Caitanya, the Lord Gauranga of Gadadhara Pandita.

Gosvami—one who controls his senses.

Grhastha—regulated married life.

Jagad-guru—spiritual master of the entire world.

K
Kali-yuga—the age of quarrel, the fourth and last age in the cycle of a mahda-yuga.
Kama—lust.

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