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254 Glossary

desires; präkämya, the ability to experience any enjoyable object,
either in this world or the next; éçitä, the ability to manipulate the
material energy; vaçitä, the ability to subdue others to one’s will;
and kämävasäyitä, the ability to subdue desire.

Çiva—the demigod in charge of the mode of ignorance and the
destruction of the material manifestation. He is also the protector
of Våndävana-dhäma and the best of Vaiñëavas (vaiñëavänäà
yathä çambhuù—Çrémad-Bhägavatam 12.13.16).

Çloka—a Sanskrit verse.

Småti—Vedic texts subsequent to çruti (q.v.).

Çré—“opulence” or “possessed of opulence”; (1) an epithet for
Rädhäräëé and Lakñmé; (2) a term (usually prepositive) denoting
respect for a person or a sacred book, place, or other object.

Çréla—an honorific prefix to names of exalted devotees.

Çrémad-Bhägavatam—the topmost Puräëa, presenting confidential
and definitive understanding of Lord Kåñëa, His devotees, and
pure devotional service to Him.

Çrépäöa—the place of the appearance or residence of a great
Vaiñëava.

Çruti—“that which has been heard”; the Veda, sacred knowledge
in the form of eternal sounds or words that from long ancient times
have been heard (or received via meditation) and subsequently
transmitted orally from one generation of brähmaëas to the next.
Çruti is considered the original and thus most authoritative section
of Vedic scripture, having precedence over småti. See also Småti.