Dattatreya expounded the philosophy of the spirit soul and especially instructed Alarka, Prahlada, Yadu, Haihaya, etc. Alarka was the son of Dyuman.

After Snana Yatra, when Jagannatha’s darshana was closed for 15 days, Lord Chaitanya who could not see Him, felt separation and left Jagannatha Puri to go to a place known as Alalanatha.

It means “Ornaments”.

Alanatha Temple or Alvarnaath Temple is a temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu. It is located in Brahmagiri which is 24 K.m away from Jagannath Puri.

Vibhava is a particular taste for attachment to Krishna, and it can be divided into two further categories-alambana and uddipana.

One who possesses an overwhelmed heart.

One who takes pleasure in Lord Krishna.(Akshaya is a name of Lord Krishna)

He is the disciple of Madhava.(Madhava is the disciple of Narhari who is the disciple of Padmanabha Acharya, who is the disciple of Madhvacharya.)

He was the one who came to take Lord Krishna and Balram to Mathura from Vrindavan.

A name of Lord Krishna which means, “He is without any material desires”.

The one without any material desires.

A name of Lord Vishnu, which means, “He is the master/ruler of everything”.

It means, “Complete happiness”.

It means “The support of everyone/everything”.

It means “complete/entire”.

The form of the Lord which is as big as akasa(i.e. sky/space). It refers to the Virata Rupa of the Lord.

It means “Form”.

Bhakti which is without any selfish motivation/desires is referred a to as Akama Bhakti.

Ajita means “The one who is unconquarable, i.e. Lord Krishna”. Ajitananda means “The one who derives pleasure in Lord Krishna”.

It means “Invincible/unconquerable”. It is a name of Lord Vishnu.

Name of Maharaj Yudhistira(it means the one who has no enemies).

He was the one who chanted the name of his son Narayana at the time of his death and was saved by the Vishnu Dutas. His story comes in 6th canto of Srimad Bhagvatam.

The ancestor of Jayadratha and the great grandfather of Kuru.

Airavata is the white Elephant who carries the Hindu God ‘Indra’.

It means “Belonging to Indra”.

There is a temple of Ahobala Nrsimha in South India. The place where Lord Narsimha appeared from the stone pillar to kill Hiranyakashipu can be seen in this place.

A name of Lord Vishnu.

The Lord is described as Aguna which means He does not have any material quality such as the modes of goodness, passion or ignorance, as the conditioned souls have.

It means “The one who is the chief/foremost”.

A Rsi who underwent severe austerities on Mount Mahendra. He was expert in the use of weapons, and both Drona and Drupada studied under him.

The Agni Purana is a Mahapurana. It usually figures eighth in the list of eighteen. There are about fifteen and a half thousand shlokas in the Agni Purana. It is narrated by Lord Agni(i.e. the fire God).

A name of Lord Vishnu, which means He is the worshipable God of Agni(The Fire God).