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Glossary
a One of eight types of sacrifice
recommended in Vedic scriptures, it is to be
performed by kings.
ā king of the earth in ancient times, the first
ruler of Ayodhyā, and an ancestor of Lord Rāma.
a the chief demigod of heaven and presiding deity of
rain. He is a son of Aditi.
a a a a ā ā a a great authority on spiritual knowledge,
king of Mithilā, and the father of Sītā.
a āy the king of the vultures, and the brother of Sampāti.
He fought with and was slain by Rāvaṇa when the latter
kidnapped Sītā.
a y the third wife of Mahārāja Daśaratha and the
mother of Bharata. It was on her order that Rāma was
banished to the forest.
a y a the “Age of Quarrel and Hypocrisy.” The fourth
and last age in the cycle of a mahā-yuga. This is the present
age in which we are now living. It began 5,000 years ago
and lasts for a total of 432,000 years. It is characterized by
irreligion and stringent material miseries.
āma wish-fulfilling cow.
a a an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa who appeared in Satya-
yuga and expounded devotional Sāṅkhya philosophy,
the analysis of matter and spirit, as a means of cultivating
devotional service to the Lord. (There is also an atheist
named Kapila, but he is not an incarnation of the Lord.)
a ma (1) material action; (2) reaction to material action;
(3) fruitive activity performed in accordance with Vedic
injunctions; (4) law governing material action and reaction.