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494 Glossary

Bhajana—(1) dedicated life of intense devotional service based on hearing and
chanting about Kåñëa and remembering Him; (2) (mainly Hindi usage)
devotional song.
Bhajana-kuöéra—a hut used normally by a single sadhu for his residence and
bhajana.
Bhajanänandé—“one who takes pleasure in bhajana”; a devotee who withdraws
from the world to concentrate on devotional practices. See also Nirjana-
bhajana.
Bhakta—a devotee of the Supreme Lord. See also Vaiñëava.

Bhakti—See Devotional Service.
Bhakti Bhavan—Çréla Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura’s house in Calcutta.
Bhakti-kuöé—“cottage of devotion”; Çréla Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura’s place of
bhajana and residence in Puré.
Bhakti-rasämåta-sindhu—(The ocean of the nectar of devotional mellows) Çréla
Rüpa Gosvämé’s definitive treatise on the science of devotional service.

Bhakti-ratnäkara—(The jewel-mine of devotion) a seventeenth-century
biography of Lord Caitanya and some of His principal associates, by Çré
Narahari Cakravarté.
Bhakti Vijaya Bhavan—Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté’s house at Çré Caitanya
Maöha.
(Çréla) Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura—(1838–1915) the inaugurator of the modern-
day çuddha-bhakti movement, and the father of Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta
Sarasvaté Öhäkura.

Bhärata(-varña)—the çästréya name for India.
Bhäñya—commentary, especially the original commentary, on a scripture.
Bhäva—emotion, mood, attitude, feeling. In Gauòéya theology it also refers to the
initial stage of ecstatic feelings preceding the full manifestion of prema.
Bhavan(a)—house, residence, building, mansion.
Bhava-sägara—“the ocean of material existence.” See also Sägara.
Bhävuka—“a person imbued with bhäva”; (common usage) a sentimentalist.
Bhek—apparel, particularly the simple short cloth worn by bäbäjés. “Giving
bhek” means to induct into bäbäjé life.
Bhikñä—(1) the act of begging or requesting, particularly a renunciant’s practice
of begging door to door for alms; (2) alms collected by such begging; (3) a
renunciant’s acceptance of a meal in a householder’s home.