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here the words are collected that in the Vahinis at this
site are explained by Sai Baba, complemented with
glossaries from Bhagavad Gîtâ and
S'rîmad Bhâgavatam
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- Cadâr:
woollen shawl.
- Caitanya:
('living force') name of the incarnation of
Krishna
as Krishna-bhakta
in 1486 in Bengal. Also called Mahâprabhu
Krishna-Caitanya
and
Gauranga.
Express: Tsjétanja.
- Caitanya
Mahâprabhu: the incarnation of the
Lord who descended to teach love of God through
the sankirtana movement.
- Caitanya-caritâmrita:
The book of Krishnadâsa Kavirâja
Goswâmî about the life and teachings
of Lord Caitanya. 'The New Testament' of the
Caitanya-vaishnava.
"So here is a very specific statement about
S'rî Caitanya Mahâprabhu," said
Prabhupâda. "He is avatâra.
Caitanya Mahâprabhu is the same Supreme
Personality of Godhead, but He is
channa.
Channa means covered, not
directly. Because He has appeared as a devotee."
S'rîla Prabhupâda explained why the
Supreme Lord appeared in Kali-yuga as a devotee.
" When Lord Krishna appeared, He ordered
everyone to 'Surrender to Me.' But they took it,
'Who is this person asking like that? What right
does he have? Why shall I give up?' But God
Himself, the Supreme Being, He must order. That
is God. But we think otherwise: 'Who is this
man? Why is he ordering? Why shall I give up?' "
The whole process of Krishna consciousness is
submission, surrender to Krishna, S'rîla
Prabhupâda explained. But the way to
surrender to Krishna is to submit to His
devotee, His representative. "S'rî
Caitanya Mahâprabhu appeared this day for
giving mercy to the fallen souls who are so
foolish they cannot take to Krishna
consciousness. He is personally teaching them.
That is this kîrtana". (Source:
S'rîla
Prabhupâda-Lîlâmrita, by
Satsvarûpa dâsa Goswami)
- Caitanya-vaishnava's:
School of devotees of Lord Vishnu, who follow
Lord Caitanya.
- Cânakya
Pandita: the brâhmana advisor of King
Candragupta who was responsible for checking
Alexander the Great's invasion of
India.
- Candra:
the presiding demigod of the moon.
- Candrasekhara
Âcârya: a great householder
devotee of Lord Srî Caitanya
Mahâprabhu.
- Cârvâka
Muni: the originator of hedonistic
philosophy.
- Cakra:
(disc) term in bhakti used for the totality of
the celestial sky, or the disc of stars that is
our Milky Way, that as a wheel or disc
apparently revolves around the polar star but in
fact revolves about the center of the galaxy.
(see S'is'umara).
- Also disc of Krishna or Sudarsana, the acute
of His presence or supreme vision of Him; time
as the weapon of Vishnu. A breach with the order
of time or the cakra is a fall-down, a
betrayal of niyama, or regulation. Consequence:
a punishment of the fire of unbound energy
released from the cakra-order, the broken order
is the lust that leads to anger and ultimately
madness: the head is cut off by the cakra
when one remains in offense with
Krishna.
- Catuh
sloki - 'four (catur) verses': The catuh
sloki in the Gîtâ are
Chapter
10, verses 8-11
and the catuh sloki in Srîmad
Bhâgavatam are Canto
2, Chapter 9, verses
33-36.
They are four essential 'seed' verses and
equally important.
- Chamatkar(a):
miracle (SSS-III)
- Chandrayana:
fasting period by crescent moon
(RRV-8).
- Channa-avatâra:
covered, not directly; name of the covert
incarnations of Krishna in Kali-yuga: this as
opposed to His tri-yuga status; Krishna as his
own devotee: son, prophet, sannyâsi.
[Caitanya
Mahâprabhu]
- Chathurbhuja:
Four-handed (Swami
on Ganesha)
- Chawl:
Tenement (SSS-II)
- 'Cheppinattu
Chesthara?': which means, 'Are your deeds in
accordance with your words?' (SSS-IV)
- Chintamani:
Wish-fulfilling-gem (RRV2-12b)
- Chitha-shudhi
leads to Jnana-Sidhi,
that is, goodness leads to godliness
(SSS-III)
- Chiththachor:
Name for Krishna, the stealer of
hearts.
- Chitrakethu
and Chitrangada: The sons of
Lakshmana
(RRV2-14)
- Citta:
Consciousness, composed of three aspects, as
follows: manas (mind), buddhi (intelligence)
ahamkara (ego)
- Creation
(present) by Vedic Chronology:
Present creation exists within 1 day of
Brahmâ
1 day of Brahmâ is 1000 divya (divine)
yugas
1 divya yuga equals 4 million 320 thousand
years
1000 times 4.320.000 years equals 1 day of
Brahmâ
1 day of Brahmâ equals 4 billion and 320
million years
There are 14 manvantaras
in one day of Brahmâ
14 divided into 4.320.000,000 = 308.571.428
years per manvantara
Creation has already passed through 6 manvantar
cycles
6 manvantars multiplied by 308.571.428 equals
1.851.428.568 years
Present creation is approximately 1 billion and
851 million years old
- Crore(s):
[Hindi karos] in India and Pakistan,
one hundred lakhs,
or the sum of ten million: said specif. of
rupees or land.
- Cupid
(Kandarpa): the demigod who incites lusty
desires in the hearts of the conditioned living
entities.
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