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Words Starting with J

jaba (जब) – the coconut shell used as a pick for the sarod

jagad-guru (जगद्गुरु) – “spiritual master of the universe”

Jagannātha (जगन्नाथ) – the Deity form of Lord Kṛṣṇa; Lord of the Universe

Jagannātha Miśra (जगन्नाथ मिश्र) – the father of Lord Caitanya

Jagannātha Purī (जगन्नाथ पुरी) – the city in Orissa bearing the holy temple and Deity of Lord Jagannātha

Jaiva Dharma (जैव धर्म) – a novel by Bhaktivinoda Thākura about spiritual topics

jāla (जाल) – trap

jala (जल) – water

jala tarańga (जल तरङ्ग) – a xylophone-like instrument with several bowls filled with different amounts of water to give pitches

Jaladuta (जलदुत) – the cargo ship through which Srila Prabhupāda traveled to the United States in 1965

Jāmbavān (जाम्बवान्) – (nom. Jāmbavanta) the king of bears, son of Brahmā who assisted Lord Rāma, minister of Sugrīva; father of Satyabhāmā, father-in-law of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Janaka (जनक) – foster-father of Sītā, father-in-law of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, ascetic-king of the nation Videha

Jānakī (जानकी) – “daughter of Janaka”, Sītā

Janamejaya (जनमेजय) – son of Parikṣit; conducted a major snake sacrifice; Vyāsadeva intervened and narrated the Mahābhārata to him

Janārdana (जनार्दन) – name of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Janasthāna (जनस्थान) – the forest Sītā, Rāma, and Lakṣmaṇa stayed at before their final forest pastimes ended

janma (जन्म) – birth

Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी) – (Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī) Appearance day of Lord Kṛṣṇa celebration

Jarā (जरा) – the demoness who took two halves of the baby Jarāsandha together

Jarāsandha (जरासन्ध) – the tyrannical king of Magadha and Kaḿsa’s ally who imprisoned eighty-six kings; killed by Bhīma by Kṛṣṇa’s behest

Jaṭāyu (जटायु) – the great aged vulture who was killed by Rāvaṇa while trying to protect Sītā

jātī (जाती) – 1) Hindi for “caste” 2) the classification scheme of rhythmic cycles based on the multiplicity resembling one of five classes 3) classification scheme of rāgas based on the number of notes used in both upward and downward scales

Jaya (जय) – 1) victory, glories 2) the gatekeeper of Vaikuṇṭha who was cursed with Vijaya to be born as demons for three births.

Jayadeva Gosvāmī (जयदेव गोस्वामी) – a twelfth century Vaiṣṇava poet who wrote the Gīta Govinda

Jayadratha (जयद्रथ) – husband of Duśalā; brother-in-law of Duryodhana; king of Sindhu territory

Jhampta (झम्प्त) – one of the seven original tālams

Jhaptāla (झपताल) – a common rhythmic cycle of ten mātrās

Jharakhaṇḍa (झरखण्ड) – the forest where Lord Caitanya attracted all of the forest animals in the ecstasy of hari-kirtana

Jhumra tāla (झुम्र ताल) – an uncommon fourteen beat cycle used in slow performances

jijñāsa (जिज्ञास) – inquiry

Jiṣṇu (जिष्णु) – one of the names of Arjuna

jīva (जीव) – (jīvātmā) spirit soul

Jīva Gosvāmī (जीव गोस्वामी) – one of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana; author of the Gopāla Campu

jñāna (ज्ञान) – transcendental knowledge

jñāna yoga (ज्ञान योग) – the path of spiritual realization through a speculative philosophical search for truth

jñānī (ज्ञानी) – one practicing jñāna yoga

UPDATED: July 4, 2009