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C

Candala—lowborn person accustomed to filthy habits such as dog-
eating.

D

Danda—a staff carried by those in the renounced orders of life.

Daéa-vidha-sarnskara—ten Vedic rituals performed for the purification
of children from the time of conception to early childhood.

Dharma—eternal occupational duty; religious principles.

E

Ekadasi—a special fast day for increased remembrance of Krsna, which
comes on the eleventh day of both the waxing and waning moon.

G

Ghee —clarified butter.

Goloka (Krsnaloka) —the highest spiritual planet, containing Krsna’s
personal abodes Dvaraka, Mathura and Vrndavana.

Gopis—Krsna’s cowherd girl friends; His most confidential servitors.

Gosvami— (go—senses; svami—controller), title of one in the sannyasa
order.

Grhastha—regulated householder life; the second order of Vedic spiri-
tual life.

Guru—a spiritual master.

Guru-kula—the school of Vedic learning; boys begin at the age of five
and live as celibate students, guided by a spiritual master.

H

Hare Krsna mantra— See: Maha-manira
J

Jiva-tattva—the living entities, atomic parts of the Lord.
Jiiana-kanda—the Upanisad portion of the Vedas containing knowledge
of Brahman, spirit.
