Glossary 473

Sruti—scriptures received directly from God.

Stri—woman.

Sadra—the laborer class of men.

Sukla—a person in the mode of goodness; also a name of Visnu.
Sukrtinah—pious persons.

Svarisa —nondifferent plenary expansions of the Lord.
Svartipa-vismrti—forgetting one’s real constitutional position.

T

Tamo-guna—the material mode of ignorance.

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

Tilaka—sacred clay used to mark twelve temples of Visnu on the body of a
devotee.

Titiksa—tolerance; a quality of brahmanas.

Tulasi—Krsna’s favorite plant.

U
Ugra-karma —horrible activities which are the basis of a demoniac civiliza-
tion.
Upasana-kanda—worship of demigods, ultimately of Visnu. as prescribed in
the Vedas.

Upadhis — material designations.
Urukrama— Krsna, who performs wonderful feats.

V

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

Vairagya—the spirit of renunciation.

Vaisnava—a devotee of Lord Visnu.

Vaisnava-aparddha—an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava.

Vaisya—the class of men involved in business and farming.

Vanaprastha —retired life in which one travels to holy places in preparation
for the renounced order of life.
