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Chaitanya:
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chaitanya (Sanskrit) Absolute consciousness
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Chaitanya:
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CHAITANYA: Pure Consciousness.
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Chaitanya: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary I On Chaitanya
Chaitanya - Consciousness.
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Chaitanya:
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chaitanya: (Sanskrit) "Spirit, consciousness, especially higher consciousness; Supreme Being." A widely used term, of...
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Chaitanya:
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Chaitanya: (Sanskrit) A renowned Vaishnava saint (1485 - 1534), revered today especially in Bengal and Orissa, remembered for his ecst...
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Chaitanya Bhagavata: Encyclopedia - Chaitanya Bhagavata
The Chaitanya Bhagavata of Vrindavana Dasa Thakura (1507-1589 CE) was the first full-length hagiography written in Bengali. It documents ...
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: Encyclopedia - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (also transliterated Caitanya, IAST caitanya mahaprabhu) (Bangla চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভূ) (1486 ...
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Chaitanya Charitamrita: Encyclopedia - Chaitanya Charitamrita
The Chaitanya Charitamrita is the magnum-opus of the Bengali saint/author Krishna Dasa Kaviraja (1496-? CE). The book, a hybrid Bengali a...
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Nityananda: Encyclopedia - Nityananda
Nityananda (Bangla: শ্রী নিত্যানন্দ) (b 1474 CE) was a Vaishnavite saint. His importance in Vaishnavism, and ...
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Vrindavana Dasa Thakura: Encyclopedia - Vrindavana Dasa Thakura
Vrindavana Dasa Thakura (1507-1589 CE) was the author of the Chaitanya Bhagavata, the first full-length biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu...
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Sanatana Goswami: Encyclopedia - Sanatana Goswami
Sanatana Goswami (1488-1558 CE) was one of the principle followers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1456-1533 CE) and the author of a number of w...
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Rupa Goswami: Encyclopedia - Rupa Goswami
The Gaudiya Vaishnava poet and saint Srila Rupa Goswami (1489-1564 CE) is considered to be one of the principal followers of Lord Chaitan...
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Puri: Encyclopedia - Puri
Puri can mean:
Puri, a city in the Indian state of Orissa.
puri, an Indian bread.
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Hare Krishna: Encyclopedia - Hare Krishna
The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to as Maha Mantra ("Great Mantra") is a sixteen word Vaishnava mantra, outside of India notably po...
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Gossain: Encyclopedia - Gossain
The Hindi word Gossain or Gosain (from Sanskrit Goswami, 'lord of cows') may refer to:
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Sankirtana: Encyclopedia - Sankirtana
Sankirtana (sankirtan, from Sanskrit san - together, and kirtana - singing of the names of God) is a congregational singing of the holy n...
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Gaudiya Vaishnavism: Encyclopedia - Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (Bengal) Vaishnavism, is a sect of Hinduism founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya sampradaya is the...
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Chaitanya:
Chaitanya: pure consciousness.
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Chaitanya:
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CHAITANYA: pure consciousness
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Chaitanya:
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Chaitanya: The fundamental, all-pervasive, divine Consciousness. When used in reference to a mantra, the capacity to draw one's mind s...
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Chaitanya:
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Chaitanya: The consciousness that knows itself and knows others; absolute consciousness.
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Chaitanya:
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Chaitanya (Sanskrit) The founder of a mystical sect in India. A rather modern sage, believed to be an avatar of Krishna.
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - Chaitanya's Life
The story of Chaitanya's life is at times biographic and at times mythic, often associating him with stories of Krishna.
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Chaitanya:
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Chaitanya:
1) The fundamental, all-pervasive, divine Consciousness. 2) When used in refrence to a mantra, chaitanya means...
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Chaitanya, Caitanya:
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Chaitanya caitanya (Sanskrit) (from chit to perceive, understand, be conscious) Consciousness, intelligence; the cosmic intelli...
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - Chaitanya's Tradition
Despite having been initiated in the Shri Madhvacharya tradition, Sri Chaitanya founded a tradition of his own, having some marked differ...
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Chaitanya Bhagavata: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaitanya Bhagavata - Naming Of Chaitanya Bhagavata
Initially, the Chaitanya Bhagavata was named Chaitanya Mangala. However the poet Lochana Dasa also wrote a work with this title. Therefor...
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Chaitanya Charitamrita: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaitanya Charitamrita - Composition Of The Chaitanya Charitamrita
Krishna Dasa composed the Chaitanya Charitamrita in his old age after being requested by the Vaishnavas of Vrindavana to write a hagiogra...
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Krishna Chaitanya:
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Krishna Chaitanya The name received by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu from His sannyasa-guru, Sri Keshava Bharati. See Chaitanya Mahaprabhu....
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Chaitanya Charitamrita: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaitanya Charitamrita - Antya-lila
The Antya-lila gives a survey of the devotional plays composed by Rupa Goswami, activities of various devotees and occasional critics and...
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (chaitanyadeva)
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Chaitanyadeva) The form in which the Personality of Godhead Krishna made His advent in 1486 at Mayapura, West Be...
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Upahita Chaitanya:
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UPAHITA CHAITANYA: pure consciousness associated with Upadhis, the individual soul
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Teachings Of Lord Chaitanya:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Teachings Of Lord Chaitanya
Teachings of Lord Chaitanya Srila Prabhupada’s summary study of Lord Chaitanya’s instructions.
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Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Chaitanya-charitamrita, Sri
Chaitanya-charitamrita, Sri the biography and philosophy of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, written by Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami.
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Krishnadasa Kaviraja: Encyclopedia Ii - Krishnadasa Kaviraja - Chaitanya Charitamrita Written
At an advanced age and in poor health Krishna Dasa commenced work on his magnum-opus the Chaitanya Charitamrita after being repeatedly re...
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Sanatana Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana Meets Chaitanya In Benares
Sanatana made his way to Vrindavana via Benares, but discovered that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had already left Vrindavana and was actually re...
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Sanatana Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanatana Goswami - First Meeting With Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Sanatana and Rupa received land from the government for their personal use in Fatehbad where they built a huge palace. They also built se...
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Krishnadasa Kaviraja: Encyclopedia Ii - Krishnadasa Kaviraja - Krishna Dasa Kaviraja's Literary Achievements
Krishna Dasa Kaviraja wrote some short prayers in Sanskrit as well as two other major works in addition to the Chaitanya Charitamrita:
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Vrindavana Dasa Thakura: Encyclopedia Ii - Vrindavana Dasa Thakura - Praise Of Vrindavana Dasa
Vrindavana Dasa is considered by Gaudiya Vaishnavas as the Vyasa of Chaitanya’s pastimes, since he was the first to reveal that Chaitan...
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Krishnadasa Kaviraja: Encyclopedia Ii - Krishnadasa Kaviraja - Instructions
Krishna Dasa relates in his Chaitanya Charitamrita that, once his brother argued with a prominent Vaishnava devotee Minaketana Ramadasa o...
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Krishnadasa Kaviraja: Encyclopedia Ii - Krishnadasa Kaviraja - Early Life
Krishna Dasa Kaviraja Goswami (1496 -? CE) was the author of the Chaitanya Charitamrita, a hagiography on the life of the mystic and sain...
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Sanatana Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana Goswami’s Literary Works
Sanatana Goswami wrote four important books in Sanskrit on Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy.
Brihat-bhagavtamrita (Skt. Great nectar of the ...
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Sanatana Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana’s Birth And Early Years
Sanatana, or Amara as he was named at birth, was born in Jessore in East Bengal (present day Bangladesh) in 1488 as the son of Mukunda, t...
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Sanatana Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana In Vrindavana
Sanatana Goswami returned to Vrindavana where he enagaged himself in searching out the various holy spots there. He also established the ...
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Rupa Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Rupa Goswami - Rupa Goswami's Early Life
When there was religious upheaval, Mukunda's son, Kumaradeva, moved to Jessore. His sons were Santosha (Rupa), Amara (Sanatana) and Sriva...
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Rupa Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Rupa Goswami - Rupa Goswami In Vrindavana
Rupa and Sanatana remained in Vrindavana for the remainder of their lives. Their mood of renunciation and devotion was exemplary. Rupa un...
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Rupa Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Rupa Goswami - Rupa Goswami's Literary Contributions
Rupa Goswami wrote a number of books in Sanskrit on philosphy, poetics, drama and dramaturgy. The following is a list of some of the most...
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Antya-lila:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Antya-lila
antya-lila the last eighteen years of Lord Chaitanya’s manifest pastimes; the portion of the Chaitanya-charitamrita recounting t...
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Caitanya:
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Caitanya. See CHAITANYA
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Hare Krishna: Encyclopedia Ii - Hare Krishna - History
The mantra is first attested in the kalisaṇṭāraṇopaniṣad (Kali Santarana Upanishad), a Vaishnava Upanishad associated with the B...
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Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya:
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Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya A prominent scholar of Navya-nyaya logic and Vedanta who tried to instruct Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and then...
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Madhya-lila:
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madhya-lila the pastimes Lord Chaitanya performed during the middle part of His manifest presence, while He was traveling throughout I...
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Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya:
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Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya The school of pure devotion to Radha and Krishna founded by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers. ...
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Adi-lila:
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adi-lila initial pastimes. Refers specifically here to the first twenty-four years of Lord Chaitanya’s pastimes; the portion of ...
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Hare Krishna: Encyclopedia Ii - Hare Krishna - Hare Krishna Movement
"Hare Krishna" brings to mind, to many, the famous Hare Krishna devotees, who first hit the streets of Western cities in the 1960s and 19...
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Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj - His Preaching
‘A gigantic spiritual personality,’ Srila Gurudeva pierced the fortress of impersonalist philosophy in Punjab, where he was first to ...
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Shiksashtakam:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Shiksashtakam
Shiksashtakam eight verses of instruction in devotional service written by Lord Chaitanya.
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Mahaprabhu:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Mahaprabhu
Mahaprabhu supreme master of all masters; refers to Lord Chaitanya.
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Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami
Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami the author of Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita.
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Saci:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Saci (-devi)
Saci (-devi) The mother of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and wife of Jagannatha Mishra of Navadvipa.
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Saci-nandana:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Saci-nandana
Saci-nandana Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, “the darling son of Saci.”
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Mayapur:
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Mayapur a town in West Bengal, India, where Lord Chaitanya appeared.
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Nityananda:
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Nityananda the incarnation of Lord Balarama who is a principal associate of Lord Chaitanya.
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Ishvara Puri:
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Ishvara Puri Lord Chaitanya’s spiritual master.
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Gaudiya Vaishnava:
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Gaudiya Vaishnava a follower of Lord Chaitanya.
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Gaura:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gaura (gauranga, Gaurasundara)
Gaura (Gauranga, Gaurasundara) A name of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu meaning “golden.”
(See also:
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Gaura Purnima.”:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gaura Purnima
Gaura Purnima the appearance day of Lord Chaitanya.
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Gaura-nitai:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gaura-nitai
Gaura-Nitai Lord Chaitanya (Gaura) and Lord Nityananda (Nitai).
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Chota Haridasa:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Chota Haridasa
Chota Haridasa an associate of Lord Chaitanya.
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Taijasa:
Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Taijasa
TAIJASA: Chaitanya associated with the astral body in the dream state
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Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sa...
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Visva:
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VISVA: Chaitanya associated with the gross body in the waking state
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Prajna:
Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Prajna
PRAJNA: Chaitanya associated with the causal body in the deep sleep state
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Hare Krishna: Encyclopedia Ii - Hare Krishna - The Mantra
The words "Hare Krishna" are part of a mantra comprising three Sanskrit names of God (Vishnu), Hari, Krishna and Rama, in the vocative ca...
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Hare Krishna: Encyclopedia Ii - Hare Krishna - Other Scriptural References
The practice of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra is recommended in Puranic, Pañcaratra, and throughout Vaishnava literature in general, ...
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Consciousness:
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consciousness: Chitta or chaitanya. 1) A synonym for mind-stuff, chitta; or 2) the condit...
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Svarupa Damodara Goswami:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Svarupa Damodara Goswami
Svarupa Damodara Goswami Lord Chaitanya’s secretary and constant companion who helped the Lord experience the attitude of Radhar...
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Six Goswamis:
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Six Goswamis six great disciples of Lord Chaitanya who wrote many books on devotional service and who established the major temples in...
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Narottama Dasa Thakura:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Narottama Dasa Thakura
Narottama dasa Thakura a Vaishnava spiritual master in the disciplic succession from Lord Chaitanya and writer of many standard Vaishn...
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Navadvipa:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Navadvipa
Navadvipa Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s eternal abode, nondifferent from Krishna’s abode Vrindavana. On earth Navadvipa is m...
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Prataparudra:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Prataparudra
Prataparudra the king of Orissa at the time of Lord Chaitanya’s manifest presence and a great devotee of the Lord.
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Gauda:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gauda
Gauda The ancient kingdom of West Bengal where Lord Chaitanya’s eternal abode, nondifferent from Vrindavana, manifests itself on...
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Gauda:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gauda (-desha)
Gauda (-desha) The ancient kingdom of West Bengal where Lord Chaitanya’s eternal abode, nondifferent from Vrindavana, manifests ...
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Gambhira:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gambhira
Gambhira a room in Jagannatha Puri where Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu would experience intense feelings of separation from Krishna.
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Gopinatha Acharya:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gopinatha Acharya
Gopinatha Acharya the son-in-law of Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya, with whom he argued in favor of Lord Chaitanya’s divinity.
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Haridasa Thakura:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Haridasa Thakura
Haridasa Thakura a great devotee of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; known as the namacharya, the master who taught the chanting of the holy...
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Dashashvamedha-ghata:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Dashashvamedha-ghata
Dashashvamedha-ghata The sacred bathing place at Prayaga where the Deity Madhava is worshiped. At this place Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu...
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Bilvamangala Thakura:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Bilvamangala Thakura
Bilvamangala Thakura A great Vaishnava poet, also known as Lilashuka. He was the author of Krishna-karnamrita, a book rediscovered and...
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Jiva Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Jiva Goswami - Jiva Leaves Home
Hearing that his father and uncles had made this decision, the young Jiva desired to join them. According to the biographical work Bhakti...
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Hindu Denominations: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Denominations - Vaishnavism
Vaishnavas worship Vishnu, or Krishna and his avataras (especially Rama) as the supreme deity. This is the largest denomination.
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Vishvanatha Cakravarti:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vishvanatha Cakravarti
Vishvanatha Cakravarti A prominent Gaudiya Vaishnava acharya in the line of Srila Narottama dasa Thakura. In the mid seventeenth centu...
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Vishvarupa:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vishvarupa
Vishvarupa 1. A son of the demigod Tvashta. To win power to defeat the demons led by Vritra, the demigods took Vishvarupa as their pri...
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Maha-bhava:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Maha-bhava
maha-bhava The ultimate limit of devotional ecstasy, found only in Sri Radha and some of Her intimate servants. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprab...
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Ranganatha:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Ranganatha
Ranganatha The reclining Deity of Vishnu residing near Tiruchchirapalli in Tamil Nadu. In the neighborhood of this temple Lord Chaitan...
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Jagannatha:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Jagannatha (-deva)
Jagannatha (-deva) “Lord of the universe,” an ancient Deity of Krishna. He was established along with His brother Balarama...
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Garuda-stambha:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Garuda-stambha
Garuda-stambha The pillar, found in front of many Vishnu temples, on top of which stands Garuda, Lord Vishnu’s carrier. While ha...
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Goswami:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Goswami
goswami one who controls his mind and senses; title of one in the renounced order of life. May refer specifically to the Six Goswamis ...
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Govinda:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Govinda
Govinda Krishna, the proprietor of the cows, the earth, and the senses of His devotees; “one who gives pleasure (vinda) to the c...
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Gunja:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gunja
gunja Abrus precatorius, jequirity. A vine with clusters of pink flowers and seed pods containing scarlet berries. The berries are sai...
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Bhedabheda:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Bhedabheda
bhedabheda The doctrine of simultaneous difference and nondifference between God and His energies. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu taught a ...
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List Of Colleges And Universities Starting With C: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Colleges And Universities Starting With C - Ch
List of colleges and universities starting with C - Cha.
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Chalmers Lindholmen Uni...
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