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Yädava dynasty	[See:] Yadu dynasty.
Yadus	the descendants of Yadu, in which dynasty Lord Kåñëa appeared.
Yadu dynasty	the dynasty in which Lord Kåñëa appeared.
Yajamäna	the sponsor for whom a Vedic sacrifice is performed.
Yajïa	a Vedic sacrifice; also, the Supreme Lord, the goal and enjoyer of all sacrifices.
Yajïa-puruña	Kåñëa, the supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices.
Yajur Veda	one of the four [Vedas,] the original revealed scriptures spoken by the Lord Himself.
Yakñas	ghostly followers of the demigod Kuvera.
Yama	the process of controlling the senses.
Yamadütas	the messengers of Yamaräja, the lord of death. whose complexions are yellow and black and who brandish huge maces and twirl mystic pasha ropes in the air for binding their victims.
Yamaräja	the demigod who punishes the sinful after death.
Yämunäcärya	a great Vaiñëava spiritual master of the Çré [sampradäya].
Yaçodä	the foster mother of Kåñëa, who was the Queen of Vraja and wife of Mahäräja Nanda.
Yaçodä-nandana	the Supreme Lord, Kåñëa, who is the darling son of Yaçodä.
Yäträ	journey.
Yavana	a low-class person, generally a meat-eater; a barbarian.
Yayäti	the king who, because of his lust, was cursed by Çukräcärya to prematurely accept old age.
Yoga	spiritual discipline undergone to link oneself with the Supreme.
Yogamäyä	the internal, spiritual energy of the Supreme Lord; also, its personification as Kåñëa's younger sister.
Yoga-nidrä	the mystic slumber of Lord Viñëu.
Yoga-siddhis	mystic powers.
Yogendras	nine devotee sons of Åñabhadeva.
Yogeçvara	the Supreme Lord, Kåñëa, the supreme master of all mystic power.
Yogé	a transcendentalist striving for union with the Supreme.
Yoginé	a female [yogé].
Yojana	a Vedic unit of length equal to about eight miles.
Yudhiñöhira	the eldest of the five Päëòava brothers; he ruled the earth after the Kurukñetra war.
Yuga-avatäras	the four incarnations of the Supreme Lord who prescribe the appropriate method of spiritual realization in each of the four [yugas,] or ages.
Yugas	ages in the life of the universe, occurring in a repeated cycle of four.
Yuga-dharma	the religion for the age.
Yukta-vairägya	real renunciation in which one utilizes everything in the service of the Supreme Lord.