1042 Srimad-Bhiagavatam

Svaripa Damodara Gosvami—Lord Caitanya’s private secretary.
Svayamvara—a ceremony in which a girl selects a husband.
Syamasundara—a name for the original form of Krsna.

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Tamas— darkness or ignorance of the undeveloped mind.

Tamo-guna—the ignorant mode of nature.

Tapasya—voluntary acceptance of some material trouble for progress in
spiritual life.

Taraka-Brahman—transcendence that delivers the soul.

Tatastha-sakti—the marginal potency of the Lord.

Tirtha—holy place, or a saint able to deliver fallen souls.

Treta-yuga—the second age in the cycle of a maha-yuga.

Tridandi gosvami—a devotee of the Lord who is in the renounced order of

life.
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Upanisads—the philosophical portions of the Vedas. They are 108 in
number.

Urukrama—the Supreme Lord, whose activities are glorious.
Uttama-adhikari—an advanced devotee of the Lord.

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Vaikuntha—the spiritual world, where there is no anxiety.

Vaisnavas—devotees of the Lord.

Vaisya—the mercantile caste, who are in the modes of passion and ignorance.

Varnas—castes or sections of society in terms of qualification and
occupation.

Varna-sankara—unwanted children.

Vasudeva—the father of Lord Krsna.

Vasudeva—Lord Krsna, the son of Vasudeva.

Vatsalya—the rasa of parenthood.

Vibhatsa—the rasa of shock.

Vibhiiti—specific power deputed to a living being.

Vipras—graduates of Vedic knowledge.

Vira—the rasa of chivalry.

Visnu-jana—devotees of the Lord.

Visnu-maya—sense enjoyment.

Visnupriya Devi—the second wife of Lord Caitanya.
