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Yad Bhavam Tad Bhavathi: As you think so you become (Discourse: God is the Indweller) Yadus: the descendants of Yadu, in which dynasty Lord Krishna appeared. Yaga: onetime sacrifice like the Aswamedha sacrifice. (BV-4), (RRV-10b). Yajña: Sacrifice, holy ritual, (BV-10), (BV-16), sacrificial rite (RRV-6a) (RRV2-3) Yajña: a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the goal and enjoyer of all sacrifices. Yajñapurusha:  The Person who accepts the Yajna (SSS-II) Yajñavalkya: Sage (RRV-7c) Yaksha: Ogress  Yakshini: Female ogress (RRV-6b). Yama: ... non-violence, honesty, celibacy and non-acceptance of gifts. Baba says, "This is the meaning usually given to this word. But I would say that Yama is really the giving up of attachment to the body and the senses." (SSS-IV) Yamarâja: the demigod in charge of death and the punishment of sinful living entities. Yâmunâcârya: a great Vaishnava spiritual master. Yasha: fame (SSS-III) Yas'odâ: the foster mother of Lord Krishna. Yas'odâ-nandana: a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the son of Yas'odâ. "Yatho dharmasthatho jayah": "Where there is Dharma, there victory is achieved". Yayâti: the king who, because of his lust, was cursed by Sukrâcârya to prematurely accept old age. Yoga: Conquest of the senses, union of body, mind and soul, and with God (RRV-6b). Yogasanas: Postures prescribed by yoga (SSS-IV) Yoga-sûtra: analytic scripture by Patanjali on the ins and outs of the yoga philosophy, concentrating on the astanga yoga-system: the eightfold yoga. Yogakshema: Acquisition and maintenance of welfare (SSS-III) Yoga-vasishta: Dialogues between Rama and the Preceptor (Vasishta), also referred to as the Ramagitha. (RRV-5). Yoges'vara: a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme master of all mystic power. Yogi: A trenscendentalist who is striving for union with the Supreme. Yojana: Nine miles (approx. 13 kilometer) (RRV-6b). Measures of distance (SB: C5, Chapter 16) Yudhishthhira: the eldest Pândava, who Lord Krishna established as emperor of the entire earth. Yuga:  Ages in the life of a universe, occurring in a repeated cycle of four. Era or age. There is a cycle of four yugas: Satya (Kritha), Treta, Dvapara and Kali. Together, the four yugas comprise 4.320.000 years. The present age is the Kali-yuga. (BV-30) "Period, age." One of four ages which chart the duration of the world according to Hindu thought. They are: Satya (or Kritha), Treta, Dvapara and Kali. In the first period, dharma reigns supreme, but as the ages revolve, virtue diminishes and ignorance and injustice increases. At the end of the Kali Yuga, which we are in now, the cycle begins again with a new Satya Yuga. It is said in the Mahabharata that during the Satya Yuga all are brahmins, and the color of this yuga is white. In the Treta Yuga, righteousness decreases by one-fourth and men seek reward for their rites and gifts; the color is red and the consciousness of the kshatriya, sovereignty, prevails. In the Dvapara Yuga, the four varnas come fully into existence. The color is yellow. In the Kali Yuga, the color is black. Righteousness is one-tenth that of the Satya Yuga. True worship and sacrifice cease, and base, or shudra, consciousness is prominent. Calamities, disease, fatigue and faults such as anger and fear prevail. People decline and their motives grow weak. Yugavathar: The Lord incarnates in countless ways: He comes to close an epoch and inaugurate another- a Yugavathar .... but, the story of the Yugavathar alone is worth perusal for the Advent is to restore Dharma and moral life. The story of all the rest is but a story of distress and despair. (see also Amsa and Kalaa and Avathara). (BV-30). The four incarnations of the Supreme Lord that appear in the four yugas, or millenniums, to prescribe the appropriate method of spiritual realization for that age. Yukthi: Means of attainment (BV-39). Means of attainment (BV-39). Yuvaraja: Heir-apparent, crown-prince (RRV-9) (RRV-10a), (RRV-10b), (RRV-12). Zenana: Room for women. (RRV-4)