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forced into various material bodies according to their karmic reactions.
Rendered in English as appearance, because such eternal personages,
rather than coming into existence, become manifest to mortal vision like
the appearance of the sun each morning. See also Tirobhäva.
Ävirbhäva-tithi—anniversary of the appearance of a Viñëu-avatar or an exalted
devotee. See also Tirobhäva-tithi; Tithi.

Bäbäjé—(1) a celibate devotee who lives extremely simply and austerely, his life
devoted to spiritual practices; (2) an imitator who accepts the simple dress
of a bäbäjé yet does not practice the prescribed rigid renunciation. See also
Bhek.
Babu—(1) (especially in Bengali society) an honorific appellation for an esteemed
gentleman; (2) (a) a foppish well-to-do sense enjoyer, or (b) (Gauòéya
Maöha usage; informal, derogatory) a materialistic devotee whose behavior
resembles that of sense enjoyers.
Bäg-bazar—the area of Calcutta to which Çré Gauòéya Maöha relocated in 1930.
Bähädura—“hero”; common appendage to titles of men of kñatriya caste or in
high administrative posts.
(Çréla) Baladeva Vidyäbhüñaëa—(eighteenth century) a prominent Gauòéya
äcärya best known for his composition of Govinda-bhäñya (q.v.).
Bäla-Gopäla—(1) Kåñëa in boyhood; (2) common deity form of Kåñëa in
boyhood.

Bali-däna—offering of goats and other animals in sacrifice to certain demigods.
Baìgéya Sähitya Pariñad—Bengali Literature Association.
Bhadra-loka—the modernized Bengali middle class, a social elite that first
emerged in the mid-nineteenth century. (Bhadra—gentle, polite)
Bhagavad-gétä—sacred teachings of Kåñëa spoken to Arjuna on the Battlefield of
Kuruksetra, which expound devotional service as the essence and ultimate
goal of all knowledge, and the only means to attain the highest spiritual
perfection.
Bhagavän—“possessor of all opulences in full”; (1) Supreme Personality of
Godhead; (2) highly exalted personality.
Bhägavat(a)—“in relation to Bhagavän”; (1) Çrémad-Bhägavatam; (2) great
devotee.
Bhägavata-dharma—“practices of great devotees” or “dharma in relation to
Bhagavän”; Kåñëa consciousness, pure devotional service.

Bhäi—brother.