Naccinarkiniyar
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A Saiva who was vastly erudite in Tamil and probably also in Sanskrit.
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nadi
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Blood vessel or nerve.
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nadika
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A measure of time.
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nagasvaram
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Musical instrument of the South — a double-reed pipe.
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Naisadham
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "Sriharsa (Śrīharṣa)."
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naivedya
(Language: Sanskrit)
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What is presented or offered to a deity. Mahā-naivedya is cooked rice offered to a devatā.
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Nakkirar
(Language: Tamil)
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Author of the famous Tirumurugarrupadai which forms the first part of the Sarngam classic, Pattupattu.
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nalaingu
(Language: Tamil)
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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.
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Nalayira-divyaprabandham
(Language: Tamil)
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The collected hymns of the twelve Azhvars
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Nalvar
(Language: Tamil)
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The four great Saiva saints
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nama-japa
(alternate spellings: namajapa)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Repeating the names of the Lord in an undertone.
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namakarana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The naming ceremony.
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namam
(Language: Tamil)
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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
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Nammazhvar
(Language: Tamil)
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The greatest of the Azhvars, he is regarded as an incarnation of Senai Mudaliar or Visvaksena (chief of the Lord's hosts).
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nayanar
(alternate spellings: nayanmar)
(Language: Tamil)
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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.
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nididhyasana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Profound meditation.
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Nilakantha Diksita
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Great-nephew of Appayya Dīkṣita who is remembered for his poetic works, Śivalīlārnava and Śivatattvarahasya.
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nirguna
(Language: Sanskrit)
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impersonal aspect of God (in Hinduism)
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nirguna Brahman
(Language: Sanskrit)
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In Hinduism, Brahman without attributes; a term used to describe the Absolute.
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nirvana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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In Buddhism (and Hinduism), liberation; absorption in the Absolute
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nirvikalpa samadhi
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Absorption in Brahman where all consciousness of duality or multiplicity is extinguished.
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niyama
(Language: Sanskrit)
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In Hinduism, “discipline”, whether on the bodily or psychic level
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©2003 Dictionary of Spiritual Terms
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