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Glossary
a ā ma a (See Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra)
a ā y a the combined duration of the four
yugas or ages of the universe, namely Satya-yuga,
Treta-yuga, Dvāpara-yuga and Kali-yuga, consisting
of 4,320,000 earthly years. Also sometimes simply
called a yuga.
a a ā the hunchbacked maidservant on whose
instigation Kaikeyī had Rāma exiled to the forest.
a demigod associates of King Indra; the gods of air.
ā a the charioteer of Indra.
the golden mountain that is the pivot of the universe.
ā the kingdom ruled by King Janaka, father of Sītā;
now covers part of Bihar and part of southern Nepal.
a the demigod who controls death.
ā a a race of serpents with mystic powers who can
assume human forms.
ā a a a pure devotee of the Lord and one of the
mental sons of Lord Brahmā. He travels throughout the
universes in his eternal body, preaching the science of bhakti.
ā a a name for the wife of Lord Śiva.
ā forefathers; especially those departed ancestors who
have been promoted to one of the higher planets.
a ya one of the seven great sages who were born
directly from Lord Brahmā.
Rā a a sage among kings.
Rā a a man-eating demons.
Rā a female Rākṣasa.
Rāma Rāma a a the eighteenth incarnation of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; the killer of Rāvaṇa.