286 Srimad-Bhagavatam

Sarhhités—supplementary Vedic literatures expressing the conclusions
of particular self-realized authorities.

Sankirtana—public chanting of the names of God, the approved yoga
process for this age.

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

Sastras—revealed scriptures.

Satya-yuga—the first of the cycle of four ages of the universe.

Sloka—a Sanskrit rhymed and metered verse.

Smartas—those who strictly follow Vedic injunctions without realization
of the final conclusion of Vedic knowledge, devotional service to the
Supreme Lord.

Soma—a heavenly elixir available on the moon.

Sravanarn kirtanarh visnoh—the devotional processes of hearing and
chanting about Lord Visnu.

Sadra—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.

T

Tapasya—austerity; accepting some voluntary inconvenience for a
higher purpose.

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

Titiksa—the godly quality of tolerance.

Vv

Vaikuntha—the spiritual world.

Vaisnava—a devotee of Lord Visnu, Krsna.

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

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

Varna—the four occupational divisions of society: the intellectual class,
the administrative class, the mercantile class, and the laborer class.

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

Vedas —the original revealed scriptures, first spoken by the Lord Him-
self.
