290 Srimad-Bhagavatam

Sapa—a braéhmana’s curse.

Sastras—revealed scriptures.

Sravanam kirtanarn visnoh—the devotional processes of hearing and

_ chanting about Lord Visnu.

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

Surabhi cows— See: Kamadhenu.

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

Svayambhuva-manvantara—the duration of Svayambhuva Manu’s
reign, approximately 308,500,000 years.

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.

V

Vaidurya-mani—a spiritual gem which can display different colors.

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.

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

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

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

Visnu-tattva—the original Personality of Godhead’s primary expan-
sions, each of whom is equally God.

Visnu-yajiia—a sacrifice performed for the satisfaction of Lord Visnu.

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