278 Srimad-Bhagavatam

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

the Lord.
U

Upanisads—the most significant philosophical sections of the Vedas.

V

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

Vaisnava—a devotee of Lord Visnu, or Krsna.

Vaisyas—farmers and merchants; the third Vedic social order.

Vamana, Lord—Krsna’s incarnation as a dwarf brahmana.

Vanaprastha—one who has retired from family life; the third order of Vedic
spiritual life.

Varna—a social class whose members are distinguished by their quality of
work and situation in the modes of nature.

Varndsrama—the Vedic social system of four social and four spiritual
orders.

Varuna—the demigod who is the presiding deity of the oceans.

Vatsalya-rasa—paternal affection for the Supreme Lord.

Vedanta-sittra—Srila Vyasadeva’s philosophical exposition of the Absolute
Truth, written in brief codes.

Vedas—the original revealed scriptures, first spoken by the Lord Himself.

Visnu, Lord—Krsna’s first expansion for the creation and maintenance of
the material universes.

Vrndavana—Krsna’s personal abode, where He fully manifests His quality
of sweetness.

Vyasadeva—Krsna’s incarnation, at the end of Dvapara-yuga, for compiling

the Vedas.
Y

Yajamanas—those for whom a priest executes sacrifices.

Yajias—sacrifice, work done for the satisfaction of Lord Visnu.

Yogi—a transcendentalist who, in one way or another, is striving for union
with the Supreme.

Yugas—ages in the life of a universe, occuring in a repeated cycle of four.
