Devanagari: चंवर ISO15919: cṁvara Used to slowly whisk or fan a deity or divine dignitary as a regal responsibility. LEARN MORE This service is performed because the figure being fanned is of the highest status,...

Devanagari: चंग ISO15919: caṅga A timbrel: a circular instrument comprising a wooden or metallic hoop with a tight membrane stretched over one of its sides, with clanking metallic rings, plates, cymbals, or little bells. It...

Devanagari: चातक ISO15919: cātaka The pied crested cuckoo or papiha, cuculus melanoleucus, that lives only on raindrops, especially those falling in the autumn asterism svati. LEARN MORE Devotion Pillars of Sadhana Bhakti REFERENCE Prema Rasa...

Devanagari: चातकी ISO15919: cātakī The female chataka....

Devanagari: चतुर्भुज रूप ISO15919: caturbhuja rūpa also written as chaturbhuj roop Form with four arms - this is the all-majestic Paramatma aspect of The Supreme Lord. This form is also referred to...

Devanagari: चेला ISO15919: cēlā Disciple. LEARN MORE It is synonymous with the term shishya (Devanagari: शिष्य ISO 15919: śiṣya). Genuine Saints do not mechanically "make" disciples. Instead, they freely impart divine...