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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.
