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Words Starting with Y

 

yajña (यज्ञ) – sacrifice

 

yakṣa (यक्ष) – benevolent nature spirits

 

Yamarāja (यमराज) – the demigod who is the superintendent of punishment after death

 

yama-dūta (यमदूत) – the messengers of envoys of Yamarāja

 

yamala-arjuna (यमलार्जुन) – a type of tree; the trees Lord Kṛṣṇa broke in order to liberate the two cursed demigods

 

Yaśodā (यशोदा) – foster mother of Lord Kṛṣṇa and wife of Nanda Mahārāja

 

yoga (योग) – science of linking one to the Supreme Lord

 

Yogamāyā (योगमाया) – Lord Kṛṣṇa’s internal spiritual energy for the material world

 

yuddha (युद्ध) – war

 

Yuddha Kāṇḍa (युद्ध काण्ड) – the canto in the Rāmāyaṇa that describes the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa

 

Yudhiṣṭhira (युधिष्ठिर) – the eldest Pāṇḍava who ruled Hastināpura after the war of Mahābhārata

 

yuga (युग) – cosmic ages which cycle perpetually; as each cycle completes, the age, abilities, moral values, religious principles, strength and good qualities decline; there are four yugas

 

yuga-dharma (युग धर्म) – the fundamental religious and dutiful principle prescribed for the yuga

 

UPDATED: July 6, 2009