Varáha—the "Boar," the 3rd incarnation of Vishnu.

Vidyá-nagar—Rajmahendri, in the Madras presidency.

Vrihaspati—the teacher of the gods; hence, a man versed in all the branches of learning.

Vishwarup—Chaitanya's elder brother, who turned a sannyási under the title of Shankaráyana and died in the monastery of Pandharpur in Southern India.

Yug—era or cycle of time.


KING PRATAP RUDRA BOWING TO CHAITANYA
(From an old painting in the possession of the Zamindar of Kunjagháta)

CHAITANYA-CHARIT-AMRITA

CHAPTER I