Vraja Maṇḍala

Glossary

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  • śaraṇāgati

    Literal: coming to refuge or taking shelter. Etymology: śaraṇa (refuge/shelter) + āgati (coming to)

  • śarīra

    Body.

  • śikṣā-guravaḥ

    Guru(s) that impart spiritual knowledge and instructions.

  • śrī

    •  The Goddess Lakṣmī/Rādhā herself - She is the śakti of Kṛṣṇa and ever united to Nārāyaṇa.
    • Auspicious qualities in the abstract - Prosperity (śrī = wealth, abundance), royal majesty, beauty, grace, splendour, virtue, and all excellences that constitute “fortune”.
    • Honorific prefix - Placed before the names of deities (Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Devī), revered teachers, or sacred texts to invoke that very auspiciousness and power.
    Thus, it simultaneously salutes the Goddess of Fortune and bathes the subject in her cluster of auspicious meanings.