General Glossary 327

R

Rajo-guna—the material mode of passion.
Raksasi—a demoness.

S

Sac-cid-ananda-vigraha—the Lord’s transcendental form, which is
eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.

Sad-aisvarya-purna—the Lord, who is full in all six opulences: wealth,
knowledge, fame, renunciation, beauty, and strength.

Salokya—the liberation of residing on the same planet as the Lord.

Samipya—the liberation of becoming a personal associate of the Lord.

Sarnskara— Vedic process for purifying a human being from the time of
conception until death.

Sankirtana— public chanting of the names of God, the approved yoga
process for this age.

Sannyasa—renounced life; the fourth order of Vedic spiritual life.

Sarsti—the liberation of having the same opulences as the Lord.

Sartipya—the liberation of having a form similar to the Lord’s.

Sastras—revealed scriptures.

Sayujya—the liberation of merging into the spiritual effulgence of the
Lord.

Sravanarn kirtanam visnoh—the devotional processes of hearing and

_ chanting about Lord Visnu.

Sidra—a laborer; the fourth of the Vedic social orders.

Svami—one who controls his mind and senses; title of one in the re-
nounced order of life.

Svargaloka—the heavenly planets.

T

Tamo-guna—the material mode of ignorance.

Tapasvis—one who performs severe penances and austerities.

Tapasya—austerity; accepting some voluntary inconvenience for a
higher purpose.

Tilaka—auspicious clay marks that sanctify a devotee’s body as a temple
of the Lord.
