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Glossary - N
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Naada | Psychic sound, vibrations. |
| Naadi | Nerves carrying psychic vibrations. |
| Naadi suddhi | Purification of the psychic paths of vibrations or sounds. |
| Naaya | Lead. |
| Naayaka | Leader on the path. |
| Nirbija | Seedless. |
| Nirguna | Without attributes: without imperfections, without the attributes of sattva, rajas, and tamas or the latter two attributes. |
| Nirvana | Extinction of the principle of egoism. A state of transcendent peace where all desires have been extinguished. Brahma- Nirvana- a condition of mergence in Brahma or Nature. |
| Nirvikalpaka | As applied to concentration it is an exclusive concentration upon an entity without distinguishing between knower, knowing and the known. |
| Nivrtti | Involution, withdrawal from other activity. |
| Niyama | Disciplines such as soucha (cleanliness), Isvarapranidhana- (surrender to God); -nitya-karma (performance of daily duties) and nimitta-karma- (duties prescribed for each individual); daana- (charity), daya (mercifulness). Observances. |
| Nyaasa | Placing or pointing to a place; placing oneself. Karanyaasa: placing the hands; Bhara-nyaasa: surrendering oneself to God by placing oneself in God or at God' s feet; Sanyasa: Renunciation of all ties, relations and wealth and wandering without hearth or home. The fourth stage of man' s life. |
| Nyaya | Rule, principle or law; also a system of logic or tarka |