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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.
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