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Glossary

Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.
Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura (1838–1915)—the inaugurator of the
modern-day Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and father of Śrīla
Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
Bhārata—an ancient name for modern India.
Bhāryā—a common Sanskrit word for wife.
Bhīma—the strongest of the fi ve Pāṇḍava brothers (sons of King
Pāṇḍu and his two queens, Kuntī and Mādrī).
Bhīṣma, Grandfather—a senior member of the Kuru dynasty who
forfeited his claim to the throne upon the request of his father’s second
wife.
Bihar—(traditionally known as Magadha) one of the states of present-
day India. Its capital city is Patna.
Brahmā—the demigod who is in charge of secondary creation within
each universe.

Brahmacārī—a celibate student, a member of the first order of Vedic
spiritual life (brahmacarya).
Brahma-jyoti—the impersonal effulgence of the Supreme Lord’s
body.
Brahmaloka— the highest planet in each universe, the abode of Lord
Brahmā.
Brahman—the impersonal all-pervasive aspect of the Absolute Truth.
Brahma-saṁhitā—a collection of prayers to Lord Govinda (Kṛṣṇa)
composed by Lord Brahmā.
Brāhmaṇa—a priest or scholar who is fi xed in sattva-guṇa and well
versed in spiritual understanding, thus qualifying as a member of the

first occupational division of Vedic society.
Bṛhaspati (Brihaspati)—the spiritual master of the demigods.

British Raj—(from the Sanskrit word rājya, kingdom) the domination
of India by the British from 1858 until 1947.

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