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Glossary of terms used in Hinduism  
 
 

Naccinarkiniyar
    (Language:   Tamil)
A Saiva who was vastly erudite in Tamil and probably also in Sanskrit. (more)

nadi
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Blood vessel or nerve. (more)

nadika
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
A measure of time. (more)

nagasvaram
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Musical instrument of the South — a double-reed pipe. (more)

Naisadham
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
See under "Sriharsa (Śrīharṣa)." (more)
Related Terms: Sriharsa

naivedya
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
What is presented or offered to a deity. Mahā-naivedya is cooked rice offered to a devatā. (more)

Nakkirar
    (Language:   Tamil)
Author of the famous Tirumurugarrupadai which forms the first part of the Sarngam classic, Pattupattu. (more)

nalaingu
    (Language:   Tamil)
On the afternoon of a Tamil wedding, the bride and groom keep rolling a coconut (real or one made of brass or bell-metal) between them. (more)

Nalayira-divyaprabandham
    (Language:   Tamil)
The collected hymns of the twelve Azhvars (more)

Nalvar
    (Language:   Tamil)
The four great Saiva saints (more)

nama-japa
    (alternate spellings:  namajapa)
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Repeating the names of the Lord in an undertone. (more)

namakarana
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
The naming ceremony. (more)

namam
    (Language:   Tamil)
name, appellation; reputation, fame; also the sectarian mark worn by followers of Vishnu in southern India, worn in 12 places while reciting the 12 names of Vishnu (more)

Nammazhvar
    (Language:   Tamil)
The greatest of the Azhvars, he is regarded as an incarna­tion of Senai Mudaliar or Visvaksena (chief of the Lord's hosts). (more)

nayanar
    (alternate spellings:  nayanmar)
    (Language:   Tamil)
The word means a leader or chieftain. The Nayanmars are devotees of Siva and are 63 in number, including members of all jatis like Brahmins, hunters, untouchables. (more)

nididhyasana
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Profound meditation. (more)
Related Terms: shravana manana

Nilakantha Diksita
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Great-nephew of Appayya Dīkṣita who is remembered for his poetic works, Śivalīlārnava and Śivatattvarahasya. (more)

nirguna
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
impersonal aspect of God (in Hinduism) (more)

nirguna Brahman
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
In Hinduism, Brahman without attributes; a term used to describe the Absolute. (more)

nirvana
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
In Buddhism (and Hinduism), liberation; absorption in the Absolute (more)

nirvikalpa samadhi
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Absorption in Brahman where all consciousness of duality or multiplicity is extinguished. (more)
Related Terms: savikalpa samadhi

niyama
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
In Hinduism, “discipline”, whether on the bodily or psychic level (more)

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