Yajña: as līlā-avatāra 53fig2, 62–63, 65, 336n99, 336n106; as manvantara-avatāra 53fig2, 65, 336n106; as vaibhava līlā-avatāra 53fig2, 62–63, 65
yajña (sacrifice) xiii–xiv, 17–18, 21–22, 23, 62, 65–66, 110, 117, 134, 135, 136, 137–138, 139, 148, 163, 164, 165, 169, 171, 185, 189, 190, 215–216, 356n206, 363n26, 363n29, 369n149
Yajur-Veda 110, 114, 115, 117–118, 121, 122, 145–146, 148, 149, 160–161, 164–165, 168, 362n4; see also Taittirīya Saṃhitā; yajuses
yajuses (sacrificial formulae) 110, 113, 114, 115, 117, 128, 148, 159, 160–161, 163, 347n27, 358n250; see also Yajur-Veda
yakṣas (chthonic spirits) 16, 310
Yama 173, 174, 214, 365n59
yamalārjuna (pair of arjuna trees) 206, 215, 221, 232, 242
Yamalārjuna-tīrtha 215, 221, 232, 242
Yamunā River 1, 2–3, 132, 194, 199, 201, 206, 208, 212, 213–214, 215, 221, 223, 224, 230, 231–232, 234, 241, 242, 245, 246, 247, 249, 261, 262, 263, 265, 270, 275, 276, 283–284
yantra (geometric diagram) 19–20, 200, 257–259, 280–281, 282, 289
Yaśodā: binds Kṛṣṇa to mortar 206, 215; as embodiment of vātsalya-rasa 90, 98, 285, 297, 301–302; as foster parent of Kṛṣṇa 2, 5, 35, 88, 90, 206, 231, 255; Kṛṣṇa in care of 1, 90, 201, 205, 255; Kṛṣṇa as son of 179; and līlā/play 35, 88, 205–206, 301–302; as mistress of Vraja 202; as nitya-siddha/eternally perfect being 35, 90, 98, 297, 301–302; as parikara/pārṣada/eternal associate 35, 88, 90, 98, 258, 285, 297, 301–302; as rāgātmikā bhakta 98, 297, 301–302; sees universe in Kṛṣṇa’s mouth 206; and transcendent Vraja/Vṛndāvana/Goloka-Vṛndāvana 35, 88, 98, 258, 285, 297, 301–302
Yavanas (foreigners) 28, 183, 185–186, 190, 329n104
yoga, discourse of 304
yoga-mārga (path of yoga) 29, 44, 84, 89, 191, 277, 305, 332–333n44; see also Pātañjala Yoga
yoga-pīṭha: definition 370n160, 376n101; of Vraja or Vṛndāvana 4, 193–194, 217, 218, 224, 225, 226, 233, 256, 260, 279, 282, 288, 289, 296, 302, 370n162, 376n101
Yoga-Sūtras (Patañjali) 14, 344n78
Yogeśvara: as manvantara-avatāra 53fig2, 65
Young, Serinity 323n41
Yuasa, Yasuo 323nn35–36
yuga (age) 50, 56, 60, 65, 66, 69, 71, 116, 117, 118, 144, 223, 246, 262, 299, 330n7; see also Dvāpara Yuga; Kali Yuga; Satya or Kṛta Yuga; Tretā Yuga
Zakarin, Laura 321n22
Zaner, Richard M. 321n20
Zannad Bouchrara, Traki 323n35
Zito, Angela 323n35, 323n37, 323nn40–41, 324n45
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