Krsna Kirtana Songs est. 2001 www.kksongs.org

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Words Starting with Y

yajña – sacrifice

yakṣa – benevolent nature spirits

Yamarāja – the demigod who is the superintendent of punishment after death

yama-dūta – the messengers of envoys of Yamarāja

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

Yaśodā – foster mother of Lord Kṛṣṇa and wife of Nanda Mahārāja

yoga – science of linking one to the Supreme Lord

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

yuddha – war

Yuddha Kāṇḍa – the canto in the Rāmāyaṇa that describes the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa

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

yuga – 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 – the fundamental religious and dutiful principle prescribed for the yuga