Glossary 277

Rudras—the expansions of Lord Siva who rule over the material mode of
ignorance.

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

Sakhya-rasa—fraternal affection for the Supreme Lord.

Salokya—the liberation of gaining entrance into the Lord’s own abode.

Samadhi—perfect trance in yoga.

Samipya—the liberation of eternal association with the Lord.

Sanatana-dharma —eternal religion.

Sankirtana—public chanting of the names of God, the approved yoga pro-
cess for this age.

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

Santa —neutral affection for the Supreme Lord.

Sdarsti—the liberation of achieving equal opulence with the Lord.

Saripya—the liberation of obtaining bodily features like the Lord’s.

Sastras—revealed scriptures.

Sayujya—the impersonal liberation, rejected by devotees, of merging into

_ the rays of the Lord’s bodily effulgence.

Sesa—the expansion of Sankarsana who, in the form of a couch of snakes,
personally serves the Supreme Personality of Godhead and holds up all
the worlds on his numberless hoods.

Siddhas—a race of demigods who possess all mystic yoga powers.

Soma-rasa—the heavenly beverage taken by demigods for increased span of
life.

Sravanam kirtanarn visnoh—the devotional processes of hearing and chant-
ing about Lord Visnu.

Srivatsa—the mark of the resting place of the goddess of fortune on the chest

_ of Lord Narayana.

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

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

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Taposya—austerity; accepting some voluntary inconvenience for a higher

purpose.
