Bhakti and Embodiment

by Barbara A Holdrege

  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