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Vedāntists—renunciants who favor the impersonal aspect of
the Absolute Truth and pursue philosophical speculation to
attain spiritual realization.
Vidantīs—lit. “those without teeth.”

Vidura—a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa who was a senior
member of the Kuru dynasty and a brother of King Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

Vihāra—a Buddhist monastery.
Vikramāditya—an epithet of a few ancient Indian kings.
Viṣṇu, Lord—(lit. “one who pervades everything”) one of the
most common Sanskrit names denoting the Supreme Lord.
Vraja-gopīs—the cowherd damsels in Vraja, prototypes of the
most advanced and surrendered souls who devotedly serve
Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Vyāsa(deva)—the literary incarnation of God who compiled
and divided the Vedic scriptures.
Yajña—a Vedic sacrifice for satisfying the Supreme Lord or the
demigods.
Yamadūtas—the servants and messengers of Yamarāja who
come to claim the sinful at death.
Yamaloka—the lower regions of the universe where Yamarāja,
the superintendent of death, is ruling.
Yamarāja—the lord of death.
Yamunā River—a sacred river flowing from the Himālayas
through Delhi and the area of Vraja, merging with the river
Gaṅgā in Prayāga (Allahabad).
Yuga—one of the four ages (Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara, Kali) in the
cyclic history of the universe. A thousand cycles of four yugas
are known as a kalpa and are equal to one day in the life of
Lord Brahmā.