Devanagari: सख्य भाव ISO15919: sakhya bhāva Loving God as your friend: the third of five devotional sentiments to specific relationships towards God. LEARN MORE It is one of the four primary bhavas (devotional moods)...

Devanagari: सख्य सम्बन्ध ISO15919: sakhya saṁbaṁdha The friendship between God and the individual soul that is eternal: one of the four types of relationships the soul has with God. LEARN MORE God is...

Devanagari: सालोक्य ISO15919: sālokya The desire to live in the abode of Mahavishnu: one of the five kinds of liberation (pancha mukti). LEARN MORE It refers to the liberation of the same abode....

Devanagari: समाधि ISO15919: samādhi Complete absorption of the mind in the object of meditation. LEARN MORE This state is reached in jnana marg, jnanayoga, yoga marg and also bhakti marg. The experiences in samadhi in...

Devanagari: समंजसा रति ISO15919: samaṁjasā rati. A devotee who sees Shri Krishna as her beloved; she is mostly selfless but occasionally thinks about her own happiness. LEARN MORE This kind of love is called madhurya...

Devanagari: समर्पण ISO15919: samarpaṇa Surrender. LEARN MORE The jiva is the master of two things: his own body and his mind. The scriptures advise the jiva to attain everlasting, ever-increasing and ever-new bliss...