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Tikas —-commentaries.

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Vaisnava—a devotee of the Supreme Lord Visnu, or Krsna.

Vaisya—the mercantile and agricultural class of men.

Vanaprastha—the retired order of spiritual life.

Varnas—the four orders of social life.

Vasand—a wish or desire.

Vatsalya-rasa—loving relationship with Krsna in parenthood.

Visayi—a person engaged in material activities.

Vrndavana—the site of Krsna’s transcendental village pastimes, exhibited when He was pre-
sent on earth about 5,000 years ago.
