-Y-Prabhupada ›Glossary›-Y- -Y- Yadava dynasty-see: Yadu dynasty below.Yadavadri-town of Melkot in South India.Yadava-a name for the Supreme Personality of Godhead meaning "He who appears in the Yadu dynasty."Yadu (Yadava) dynasty-the dynasty in which Lord Krsna appeared.Yadu-kumara-Krsna as the young darling of the Yadus in Mathura and Dvaraka.Yadupati-the name of Krsna meaning "King of the Yadu dynasty."Yadus-the descendants of Yadu.Yadu-one of the sons of King Yayati. He was the founder of the Yadu dynasty.Yadva-tadva kavi-one who writes poetry without proper knowledge.Yajamanas-those for whom a priest executes sacrifices.Yajana-the duty of a brahmana to perform Vedic rituals.Yajna-purusa-the supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices.Yajna-a Vedic sacrifice; also, a name for the Supreme Lord meaning "the personification of sacrifice"; the goal and enjoyer of all sacrifices.Yajnesvara-an epithet of Krsna, "Lord of sacrifice."Yaksa-ghostly followers of the demigod Kuvera, the treasurer of the demigods. They were born from the feet of Lord Brahma.Yamadūtas-the messengers of Yamaraja, the lord of death.Yamaraja-the demigod of death, who passes judgment on non-devotees at the time of death. He is the son of the sun-god and the brother of the sacred river Yamuna.Yama-the process of controlling the senses.Yamunacarya-a great Vaisnava spiritual master and author in the Sri-sampradaya, one of the important disciplic lines.Yamuna-the sacred river where Krsna performed many pastimes. One of the holy rivers of India, flowing through Vrndavana. It was here that Lord Sri Krsna sported when He was a young child. The personification of the Yamuna River, known as Kalindi, is the daughter of the sun god and the sister of Yamaraja, the god of death. She is also called Yami. In Krsna-lila she became one of Krsna's queens at Dvaraka.Yasoda-nandana-the Supreme Lord, Krsna, who played as the son of Yasoda.Yasoda-the foster mother of Krsna, who was the Queen of Vraja and wife of Maharaja Nanda.Yatra-a journey.Yavana-a class of humans fallen from the Vedic culture; a low-class person, generally a meat-eater; a barbarian.Yavana-the servant of Yamaraja.Yayati-the king who, because of his lust, was cursed by Sukracarya to prematurely accept old age.Yoga-marga-the path of developing mystic powers.Yoga-maya-the internal, spiritual energy of the Supreme Lord, to which the external energy, maha-maya, is subordinate, and which hides Him from non devotees..Yoga-nidra-mystic slumber in which Maha-Visnu creates universes.Yoga-siddhis-mystic perfections; mystic powers.Yogarudha-the highest stage of yoga.Yogaruruksa-the beginning stage of yoga.Yoga-a spiritual discipline meant for linking one's consciousness with the Supreme Lord, Krsna; Literally, connection; the discipline of self-realization. One of the six systems of Vedic philosophy, taught by Patanjali. According to Bhagavad-gita, the most sublime form of yoga is bhakti-yoga (the yoga of pure devotion). Through the process of bhakti-yoga, the consciousness of the individual soul connects with its source, Krsna. This is called Krsna consciousness. By Krsna consciousness, the soul rids itself of the bondage of the three modes of material nature and returns back home, Back to Godhead. See Bhakti-yoga, Six systems.Yogesvara-the supreme master of all mystic powers, Krsna.Yogendras-nine devotee sons of Rsabhadeva.Yogi-a transcendentalist who practices one of the many authorized forms of yoga, or processes of spiritual purification; those who practice the eight-fold mystic yoga process to gain mystic siddhis or Paramatma realization.Yojana-a standard Vedic measurement equal to eight miles.Yuddha-the Sanskrit word for war.Yudhamanyu-a prince of Pancala. He fought on the side of the Panḍavas and was killed on the last night of the battle when Asvatthama entered his tent severed his head.Yudhisthira-the eldest of the Panḍavas in the Mahabharata, and the son of Dharmaraja or Yamaraja, the god of death. It was the dispute over his succession to the throne in India that led to the Battle of Kuruksetra; he ruled the earth after the Kuruksetra war.Yuga-avatara-an incarnation of the Lord in each millennium who prescribes the appropriate process of self-realization for that age.Yuga-dharma-the religion for the age.Yugala-piriti-the conjugal love between Radha and Krsna.Yuga-one of the four ages of the universe, which differ in length and which rotate like calendar months. See also: Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga, Dvapara-yuga and Kali-yuga.Yukta-vairagya-befitting, real renunciation, in which one utilizes everything in the service of the Supreme Lord.Yuyutsu-a son of Dhrtarastra by a Vaisya wife. He took the side of the Panḍavas during the Kuruksetra war. He lived through the battle and performed the last funeral rites for the slain warriors on the side of Kurus.