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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
