 | | Vaikuṇṭha | The eternal planets of the spiritual sky. Literally, without anx1ety. |
| | | Vaiṣṇava | A devotee of the Supreme Lord. |
| | | Vaiśya | The merchant or farmer class according to the Vedic social system. |
| | | Valmiki | Author of the Ramayana. |
| | | Vanaprastha | Retired life, in which one quits home and travels to places of pilgrimage in preparation for the renounced order of sannyasa. |
| | | Varna | Social class, or occupational division. |
| | | Varnāsrama | The Vedic social system arranged into four occupations (varnas): brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, and suadra; and four spiritual divisions (asramas): brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa. |
| | | Vāsudevā | Krsna, the son of Vasudeva. |
| | | Vedānta | The philosophical system based on the Vedantasatra, the treatise written by Vyasadeva. |
| | | Vedas | The four original scriptures (Rg, Yajur, Sama, and Atharva). Also, in a larger sense, their supplements, the Puranas, Mahabharata, Vedantasatra, etc. |
| | | Vikarma | Unauthorized or sinful activity performed against the injunctions of revealed scriptures. |
| | | Viratrūpa | The universal form of Lord Krsna, as described in the Eleventh Chapter of Bhagavad-gita. |
| | | Viṣṇu | The Personality of Godhead. |
| | | Viṣṇumāyā | The internal energy of the Lord, which hides Him from material vision. Also called yogamaya. |
| | | Viṣṇutattva | Innumerable primary or Visnu expansions of Krsna. |
| | | Vṛndāvana | The transcendental abode of Lord Krsna. Also called Goloka Vṛndāvana or Krsnaloka. |
| | | Vyasadeva | Literary incarnation who compiled the Vedas and wrote the Puranas, Mahabharata, and Vedantasutra. |
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