332 Srimad-Bhagavatam
S
Sac-cid-ananda-vigraha—the Lord’s transcendental form, which is
_ eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
Sakti-tattva—the various energies of the Lord.
Sampradaya—a chain of spiritual masters.
Sankha—the conchshell held by Lord Visnu.
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.
Sravanam kirtanarn visnoh—the devotional processes of hearing and
_ chanting about Lord Visnu.
Sruti-mantra—the hymns of the Vedas and Upanisads.
Stotra—a prayer.
Siidra—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
Tantras— Vedic literatures consisting mostly of dialogues between Lord
Siva and Durga.
Tapasya—austerity; accepting some voluntary inconvenience for a
higher purpose.
Tattvas—the Absolute Truth’s multifarious categories.
Tilaka—auspicious clay marks that sanctify a devotee’s body as a temple
of the Lord.
V
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.
Varnasrama—the Vedic social system of four social and four spiritual
orders.
Vedas—the original revealed scriptures, first spoken by the Lord Him-
self.
