Vaishnavites:
devotees of the deity VishnuVaishyas:
person belonging to the third of the four Hindu classes of society, traditionally an artisan or skilled laborer, people of commercial valuesVak:
Divine Word, the GoddessVanaprastha:
person at the third of the four stages of life, hermitage or forest-dweller stage of lifeVarna:
literally 'color', the word for the four social values or class system in HinduismVarnasramadharma:
what is right for class and stage of lifeVaruna:
Vedic deity of cosmic orderVata:
biological air humorVeda:
knowledgeVedangas:
rules on ritual, astronomy, morals, grammar and phoneticsVedas:
the four Vedic ancient scriptures of India, namely the Rig, Sama, Yajur and AtharvaVedanta:
Vedic philosophy of Self-knowledgeVedic Science:
integral spiritual science of the VedasVidya:
knowledgeVijnana:
intelligence, scienceVijnanavada:
Buddhist philosophy that consciousness alone existsVishnu:
God or form of the Hindu trinity governing preservationBack to Glossary Index: Alphabetic List of Terms

