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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.
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