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Vairāgya: beyond attachment and detachment Vaiśyas: business community involved in business, merchandize Vāk śakti: (or vāk siddhi) the power of words;

Varṇa dharma: duty of one's community based on one's natural attributes and not as per birth

Vāsanā: mental set up

Vāsudeva: father of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa: Kṛṣṇa, the mortal being, the son of Vāsudeva

Veda Vyāsa : author of Mahābhārat, Brahma Sūtras; grandfather to the Pāṇḍavas; lord of Enlightened Masters; compiler of Vedas.

Vedānta: (lit: 'essence or end of Vedas'); describes a group of philosophical traditions concerned with science of Self-realization

Vidyādāna: giving education to meet someone's mental growth

Virāṭa rupa: true universal form of Kṛṣṇa

Viṣṇu: supreme god in Vaiśnavite tradition of Sanatana Dharma; He is the energy that pervades and sustains the Universe; also 'Nārāyaṇa'

Viśāda: grief, dilemma, deep sorrow

Viśiṣṭādvaita: school of thought that says the individual self is a part of existence with its own attributes

Vivekānanda: primary disciple of Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahamsa, Founder of the Rāmakṛṣṇa Order. 19th century Enlightened Master.

Vyakta: seen or manifest