Sanskrit Dictionary - N

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Nabhi granthi– prana and apana are ‘knotted’ in the navel area creating an aggregate that gives youthful strength to the aging yogi.  This is the first step in Raja Yoga
Nada – inner sound, primeval sound
Nadi– channels in the subtle body.  The three most important being ida, pingala, and sushumna.  Flow; subtle channel in the pranic body, conducting the flow of shakti; comparable to the meridians in acupuncture.
Nauli– fifth shatkarma; abdominal massage.
Neti– the third shatkarmas; nasal cleansing
Nirvikalpa– seedless samadhi; pure undifferentiated consciousness; it contains no phenomenal impressions whatever, no seeds of desire and attachment.  One with Brahman.
Nirvichara – gross level, seeded samadhi; super-reflective
Nirvitarka– gross level, seeded samadhi; without deliberation
Niyama– Observances or spiritual practice
Na medhaya [nuh medhuya]: not by the intellect
Nada [naad]: mystic sound; subtle sound accompanied by an effulgence
Nadasvaram [naadusvurum]: the pipe of the South Indian piper
Nadi(s) [naadi]: yogic nerves conveying the life force; main ones are Ida, Pingala and Sushumna
Naham [naahum]: I am not
Naishtika brahmacharya [naishtik bruhmuchurya]: lifelong celibacy
Nama [naam]: name; the name of God
Nama japa [naam jup]: repetition of the name of God
Nama sankirtan [naam sungkeertun]: singing the names of God
Nama smarana [naam smurun]: remembering and repeating the name of God
Namarupa [numurup]: name and form; the nature of the world
Namaskar(a) [numuskaar]: homage; prostration before God or Guru
Nana [naanaa]: diversity
Naraka[nuruk]: hell
Nasa [naash^]: destruction
Nava[nuv]: new
Neti-neti[same]: "not this, not this"; negating all names and forms in order to arrive at the eternal underlying truth
Nididhyasana [nididhyaasun]: the last of the three stages of vedantic realization; uninterrupted contemplation
Nijananda [nijaanund]: true bliss
Nirakara upasana [niraakaar upaasunaa]: meditation on the formless
Nirasa[niraash^]: desirelessness
Nirguna [nirgun]: without attributes
Nirgunabrahman [ ]: the impersonal, attributeless Absolute
Nirguna upasana [nirgun upaasunaa]: meditation on the attributeless Brahman
Nirmanakaya[ ]: the Body of Transformation in which Buddhas and Bodhisattvas take on physical characteristics similar to those of ordinary beings for the purpose of delivering such beings
Nirodha [nirodh]: control
Nirvana [nirvaan]: Liberation; the final state into which beings enter when, becoming Enlightened, they are no longer bound by the consciousness of an illusory ego; release from samsara
Nirvikalpa samadhi [nirvikulp sumaadhi]: the highest state of concentration, in which the soul loses all sense of being different from the universal Self, but a temporary state from which there is a return to ego-consciousness
Nirvikappa [ ]: without the modifications of the mind
Nisarga[ ]: nature
Nischala bhava [nishchulaa bhuv]: steadfastness; Eternity
Nishkama, niskama [nishkaam]: desirelessness
Nishkama karma [nishkaam kurm]: acts done without a motive
Nishta[nishtha]: abidance in firm meditation
Nitya [same]: eternal
Nitya siddha [nitya siddh]: ever present
Nivritti [nivr^tti]: destruction; cessation of activity
Nivritti marga [nivr^tti maarg]: path of renunciation
Niyama [niyum]: law, rule, discipline as ordained for the second of eight yogic stages

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