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: Arca-marti.
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.

B
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.
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