Glossary – Vraja Maṇḍala


							pada‑sevā 
							
							Devotional performance offered as service;

Often devotional poetry in the Vraja tradition, frequently sung in Dhrupad style.


							padāvali 
							
							Devotional poetry / collection of devotional verses.


							pañcakarma 
							
							
 	Literal: Five actions
 	Āyurveda: Detoxification therapy. The five principal cleansing and purificatory procedures in classical Āyurveda used to remove toxins (ama) and restore doshik balance.


							pancha mahābhūtaḥ 
							
							The Five Gross Elements.

1. Earth (Bhūmi) – Solidity, stability (bones, muscles, physical structures).

2. Water (Āpaḥ) – Fluidity, cohesion (bodily fluids, rivers, oceans).

3. Fire (Anala/Tejas) – Heat, energy (sunlight, digestion, transformation).

4. Air (Vāyu) – Motion, life force (breath, wind, movement).

5. Space (Ākāsha) – Sound, vastness (ether, sky, inner stillness).

These five elements constitute everything tangible and perceivable in the universe.


							paramparā 
							
							
 	An unbroken succession.
 	Lineage of teachers and disciples who transmit a teaching, practice, or tradition.


							prasāda 
							
							
 	Divine Blessing or Grace.
 	Sāttvika (vegetarian) food offered to a deity.


							prayojana 
							
							Purpose, objective, aim, motive, or reason.


							prema 
							
							Pure, selfless, divine love.


							prema-bhakti 
							
							Divine love and devotion.


							pṛthvī 
							
							Earth.