Glossary 339
Maha-bhagavata—a devotee in the highest stage of devotional life.
Mahad-mantra—the great chanting for deliverance: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna
Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
Matsarya—enviousness.
Moha—illusion.
Moksa—liberation.
Mrdaniga—a double-headed drum.
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Nitya-siddha—eternal perfection attained by never forgetting Krsna.
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Padicha —superintendent of the temple.
Palas —attendants who look after a temple’s external affairs.
Paficopasana—worship of the five deities (Visnu, Siva, Durga, GaneSa and Surya)
which is performed by Mayavadis.
Pandas —See: Pandiitas.
Pandita—a learned scholar.
Pandya—title of kings who ruled over Madura and Rame$vara.
Paramahamsa—the topmost class of God-realized devotees.
Pararn Brahman—the Supreme Lord, the chief of all living entities.
Parampard—disciplic succession.
Prabhu —master.
Prabhupdda—master at whose feet all other masters surrender. .
Prahardéja—a designation given to brahmanas who represent the king when the
throne is vacant.
Prajapatis— progenitors of mankind.
Prakrta-sahajiya—a materialistic devotee.
Prema-sankirtana—a special creation of the Lord of congregational chanting in love
of Godhead.
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Rasa—mellow, or the sweet taste of a relationship.
Rasdbhasa—incompatible overlapping of transcendental mellows.
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Sabda-pramana—the evidence of transcendental sound.
