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Glossary 495

Bhikñu—“beggar”; mendicant or sannyasi.
Bhoga—(1) material enjoyment; (2) items specifically meant to be offered for
the Lord’s enjoyment, such as food or flowers.
Bhogé—an enjoyer.
Bodily conception (of life)—the basic misapprehension of every materially
conditioned living entity that the body is the self and that life is meant
only for maintenance of, and enjoyment through and in relation to, the
body.
(Lord) Brahmä—the demigod who is the first created living being and secondary
creator in each material universe. In this particular universe, he is also
the original preceptor of the Brahma-Mädhva-Gauòéya sampradäya, the
discipular line descending from himself through Madhväcärya to Lord
Caitanya and beyond.
Brahmacäré—a member of the first order of Vedic spiritual life (brahmacarya),
i.e., a celibate student of a guru. See also Äçrama; Varëäçrama-dharma.
Brahmacarya—celibate student life, the first äçrama of the Vedic social system.
See also Varëäçrama-dharma.

Brahma-gäyatré—the most prominent Vedic mantra for worshiping the Supreme
Lord. It is also called Veda-mätä (mother of the Vedas). See also Gäyatré.
Brahmajyoti—the spiritual effulgence emanating from the transcendental body
of Lord Kåñëa and illuminating the spiritual world. See also Brahman.
Brähma-muhürta—the period of day, auspicious for spiritual practices, spanning
from approximately ninety to forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Brahman—(1) Absolute Truth; (2) the state of spiritual existence; (3) the
impersonal all-pervasive aspect of the Absolute Truth.
Brähmaëa—(1) a priest or intellectual fixed in sattva-guëa and knowledge of
Brahman, and thus qualified as a member of the first occupational division
of the Vedic social system; (2) erroneous designation of a certain caste or
members thereof claiming to be brähmaëas solely on the basis of heredity.
See also Varëa; Varëäçrama-dharma.
Brähmaëatva—the status of being a brähmaëa.
Brähmaëé—wife of a brähmaëa.
Brahma-räkñasa—a powerful and malicious ghost of a brähmaëa.
Brahma-saàhitä—an ancient scripture (only the fifth chapter of which is extant)
highly regarded by Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu.