Glossary

A

Abhiseka—the bathing ceremony of the Deity.

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

Acintya-bhedabheda-tattva—Lord Caitanya’s “simultaneously one and different”
doctrine.

Ajita—the Supreme Lord who is unconquerable.

Amrta—nectar.

Anna—food grains.

Arcad-murti—the form of the Lord made of material elements.

Arcana—Deity worship.

Arca-vigraha—See: Arcé-murti.

Asutosa—Lord Siva who is very easily satisfied when one worships him.

Atma-nivedana—the devotional process of sacrificing everything for the Lord.

Atmaramas —those who are self-satisfied.

Avatara—an incarnation of the Lord who descends from the spiritual sky.

Avidya-sakti—material energy, or nescience.

Bahirmukha jana—a person influenced by the external energy.
Bhagavan—kKrsna, who is full in six opulences.

Bhak ti-yoga—devotional service to the Lord.

Bhava—manifestation of ecstatic symptoms in the body of a devotee.
Brahma-bhdta—the state of being freed from material contamination.
Brahmajyoti—the impersonal effulgence emanating from the body of Krsna.
Brahman—the all-pervading impersonal aspect of Krsna.

Brahmananda—the bliss derived from realizing the impersonal Brahman.
Brahmanas —the intelligent class of men.

Brahmanya-deva—the Supreme Lord of brahminical culture.

Cc

Channa-avatara—an incarnation in disguise.

D
Dadhi—yogurt.
Dana—charity.
Danda-bhanga-lila—the pastime of Lord Nityananda breaking the staff of Lord

Caitanya.

363
