Pafrca.Tattva Pafrca Tattva means five principles. In Gaudiya theology there are five conscious ele, ments: the primal God: his first expansion as God, for spiritual manifestation; his second expansion as God for material manifestation; his spiritual Sakti, not God, but the feminine counterpart of God; the jiva. These are mani, fested in the spiritual realm respectively as KfQ+u, Balarama, Mahavisnu, Radha, and the perfected souls such as Narada. In the year L486 Kf qr1" appeared in the form of Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Mayapura. When Kfq+" appeared as Lord Caitanya, playing the role of a devotee, then the other tattvas appeared with Him, also playing the roles of devotees. Balarama appeared as Nityananda Prabhu. MahaviQqu appeared as Advaitacarya.
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