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Glossary


             aya  a a a  ceremony  in  which  a  princess
           selects her own husband, after a contest of military
           skill by prospective suitors.
            a a ya austerity;      voluntary    acceptance    of
           difficulty  to  achieve  either  material  or  spiritual
           advancement.
              a a sacred clay markings placed on the forehead and
           other  parts  of  the  body  to  distinguish  one  as  a  specific
           follower of Viṣṇu, Rāma, or a demigod.
               ā y  a the second in the cycle of the four ages of the
           universe or mahā-yuga. It lasts 1,296,000 years. In this age
           Lord Rāmacandra appeared.
            mā a name for the wife of Lord Śiva.
              a a in the term Uttara-kāṇḍa, Uttara means “concluding.”
            a   ṇ  a the  eternal  planets  of  the  spiritual world,  the
           abode of Lord Nārāyaṇa, which lies beyond the coverings of
           the material universe. Literally, “the place with no anxiety.”
            ā   a monkey who was a son of Indra and elder brother
           of Sugrīva.
            a  ya a  member  of  the  mercantile  or  agricultural
           commumity, the third class in the Vedic social system.
            ā m    author of the Rāmāyaṇa.

            āma   a a great sage who was the secretary of Daśaratha
           Mahārāja, the father of Lord Rāma.
            āma a the Supreme Lord’s fifth incarnation, as a dwarf
           brāhmaṇa.
            a  ṇa the demigod in charge of the oceans.
            a     a a great sage who was the family priest of Mahārāja
           Daśaratha, the father of Lord Rāmacandra.
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