Devanagari: स्वाध्याय ISO15919: svādhyāya Self-study of scripture. LEARN MORE There are numerous seemingly conflicting views presented in the scriptures. Even though self-study of scriptures is not bad per se, one...

Devanagari: स्वगत भेद-शून्य ISO15919: svagata bhēda śūnya When an entity has no inconsistency in itself. LEARN MORE Before God-realisation, the jiva has a divine soul and a material body. After...

svagatabheda (Devanagari: स्वगतभेद ISO15919: svagatabheda) means the entity has internal distinctions. For example, human beings have a material body and a divine soul. Jagadguru Shri Ramanujacharya held the belief that God has simultaneous internal...

Devanagari: स्वांश ISO15919: svāṁśa also written as swamsh A personal expansion of Shri Krishna. LEARN MORE All descensions of God are His svamsha. They are endowed with all the powers of Shri Krishna and...

Devanagari: स्वर भंग ISO15919: svara bhaṁga Faltering of the voice or the voice totally changes: one of the eight symptoms of divine love ecstasy. LEARN MORE The faltering or choking of the voice manifests...

svarga (Devanagari: स्वर्ग ISO15919: svarga) are the abodes located above the Earth in the brahmanda. They are all within the material realm yet their luxuries far exceed those on the Earth. Some of these...