Glossary Of Sanskrit Terms A-B

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Abhiseka– a bathing ceremony, particularly for the coronation of a king or the installation of the Lord's Deity form.
Absolute Truth – the ultimate source of all energies.
Acamana – purification by sipping water and chanting names of the Lord, especially during a sacrifice.
Acarya – an ideal teacher, who teaches by his personal eample; a spiritual master.
Acintya-bhedabheda-tattva – Lord Caitanya's doctrine of the "inconceivable oneness and difference" of God and His energies.

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Acintya-sakti – the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Lord.
Acit – without life or consciousness.
Acyuta – the Supreme Lord, who can never fall down from His position.
Adbhuta – the [rasa] (devotional sentiment) of wonder or amazement.
Adharma – irreligion.
Adhibhautika misery – misery caused by other living beings.
Adhidaivika misery – misery caused by nature.
Adhidaivika powers – the administrative functions delegated by the Lord to demigods, such as control over rain, wind and sun.
Adhoksaja – the Supreme Lord, who is beyond material sense perception.
Adhyatmika misery – misery caused by one's own body and mind.
Adi-purusa – the Supreme Lord, Krsna, the original person.
Aditi – the mother of the demigods.
Adityas – the demigods who are descendants of Kasyapa Muni's wife Aditi.
Advaita Prabhu – an incarnation of Visnu who appeared as a principal associate of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Advaita-vadis – atheistic philosophers who say all distinctions are but material illusions. [See also:] Mayavadis.
Aghasura-the python – shaped demon sent by Kamsa to kill Krsna.
Agni – the demigod of fire.
Agnihotra-yajna – the ceremonial fire sacrifice performed in Vedic rituals.
Aham brahmasmi – the Vedic aphorism "I am spirit."
Aham mameti – the false conception of "I" and "mine."
Ahangraha-upasana-self – worship, not recommended for anyone other than God.
Ahankara – false ego, by which the soul misidentifies with the material body.
Ahimsa – nonviolence.
Aja – the unborn; the Supreme Lord.
Ajagara-vrtti – the life pattern of a python.
Ajamila – a fallen [brahmana] who was saved from hell by chanting the name of Lord Narayana at the time of death
Ajnata-sukrti – pious or devotional activity performed accidentally, without knowledge of its effect.
Akama – free from material desire.
Akama-bhakta – one who serves the Lord without material motive.
Akarma – "nonaction"; devotional activity for which one suffers no reaction.
Akincana-gocara – Lord Krsna, who is easily approached by those who are materially ehausted.
Akrura – an uncle of Lord Krsna.
Aksauhini – a military division consisting of 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 109,350 infantrymen and 65,610 horses.
Akuti – one of Svayambhuva Manu's three daughters. She was the wife of Ruci.
Amara-kosa dictionary – a dictionary of the Sanskrit language.
Ambarisa Maharaja – a great devotee king who perfectly eecuted all nine devotional practices (hearing, chanting, etc.).
Amsa – an epansion of the Supreme Lord.
Anakadundubhi – another name of Vasudeva, the father of Krsna.

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