Siksa means

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"siksa means"

General Lectures

Śikṣa means "instructions".

Speech to Indian Audience -- Montreal, July 28, 1968: ...vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam. Lord Caitanya instructed this verse. He gave us eight verses, known as Śikṣāṣṭaka. Śikṣa means "instructions"; aṣṭaka, "eight." This Śikṣāṣṭaka poetry, containing eight verses, are very valuable, and they were given by Lord Caitanya for understanding of the whole human society.

Śikṣa means instruction.

Lecture Excerpt -- Bombay, November 7, 1970: ..śikṣāṣṭaka. Śikṣa means instruction, and aṣṭaka means eight. He has given us eight verses to understand this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement,and I shall try to explain. Please hear attentively.

1977 Conversations and Morning Walks

Śiṣya means to obey, discipline.

Roof Conversation -- January 5, 1977, Bombay:

Prabhupāda: Śiṣya, this word, very word, means voluntarily accepting the chastisement. This word, śiṣ, śās, śās-dhātu... From śās-dhātu comes śāstra. Śastra means weapon. So weapon is meant for maintaining peace and order. And śāstra. Śāsana. These are the derivation from original root... Śiṣya. Śiṣya means who has voluntarily accepted to be chastised and ruled by the spiritual master.

Dr. Patel: Śikṣā means instruction. So the one who takes the instruction in śiṣya. Śikṣā.

Prabhupāda: To obey. Śiṣya means to obey, discipline.

1971 Correspondence

Siksa means learning.

Letter to Nayanabhirama -- Bombay 30 April, 1971: Siksa and diksa. Siksa means learning. diksa, or initiation, means the beginning of spiritual realization.