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Glossary

Text within quotation marks immediately following an entry word is a literal
translation thereof. Only contextual meanings of Sanskrit words are given.

108—See Añöottara-çata.
A—(Sanskrit) a prefix denoting negation. Examples: asat—false, not sat (real);
acit—material, not cit (conscious). When preceding a vowel, the prefix
becomes an. Examples: anartha—an obstruction to artha (that which is
desirable); anitya—temporary, not nitya (eternal).

Abhakti—non-bhakti; the opposite or absence of devotional service.
Abhidheya—“to be named or mentioned”; (1) devotional service; (2) sädhana-
bhakti. See also Prayojana; Sädhana-bhakti; Sambandha.

Absolute Truth—an English rendering of Brahman; (1) the ultimate source
of everything; (2) the supreme independent reality. See also Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
Äcära—behavior, especially that in accord with çästra-vidhi. See also Sadäcära.
Äcärya—(1) a guru who has realized the import of çästra, and by practice
and precept establishes siddhänta and äcära; (2) institutional head of a
sampradäya or religious institution; (3) name or a part thereof for teachers,
or persons descended from teachers.
(His Divine Grace) A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (Çréla) Prabhupäda—(1896–1977)
the founder-äcärya of ISKCON, and most prominent of Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta
Sarasvaté Öhäkura’s disciples in the era after his disappearance.
Acintya—inconceivable.
Acintya-bhedäbheda-tattva—the doctrine of inconceivable simultaneous oneness
and difference (of Godhead and His energies, and forms of Godhead); the
philosophical system taught by Lord Caitanya. See also Tattva.

Adhikära—qualification, level of eligibility.
Adhikäré—“eligible person”; (1) an epithet denoting a devotee’s level of spiritual
advancement, as in kaniñtha-, madhyama-, and uttama-adhikäré (see
individual terms); (2) designation of a married male devotee, as in the
name Kåñëa däsa Adhikäré.
Adhokñaja—“imperceptible to mundane vision”; Bhagavän.
Ädi-Çaìkaräcärya—(686–718) the original Çaìkaräcärya, as distinguished from
äcäryas in his guru-paramparä, who to this day also use the title Çaìkaräcärya.

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