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inner light<br />

nantum = to bow with respect<br />

nara = a man<br />

Narasimha = an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu in his fourth incarnation, often visualized as half-man,<br />

half-lion<br />

nasika = nose<br />

nata = actor, dancer, mime<br />

Nataraj = name of Shiva as a cosmic dancer, the lord of the dancers<br />

natya = dancing<br />

nauka = boat<br />

nava = boat<br />

nava = nine<br />

nidra = deep, dreamless sleep; the third state listed in the Mandukya Upanishad. <strong>The</strong> others are<br />

waking state (jagrat), dream (susupt), and consciousness (turiya); also the fourth fluctuation of the<br />

mind listed by Patanjali in <strong>Yoga</strong> Sutra I.6 (the others are correct cognition, wrong cognition,<br />

perceptualization, and memory).<br />

nindra (nantra) = sage, praise, wonder<br />

nindra (nitara) = standing firm, standing<br />

nir = without<br />

nira = water<br />

niralamba = self-supported, independent, without support<br />

niyama = self-restraint, personal observances, self-purification by discipline, the Vedic system of<br />

logic; the second stage or limb of Ashtanga <strong>Yoga</strong> mentioned by Patanjali; five personal disciplines,<br />

as defined by Patanjali in his <strong>Yoga</strong> Sutras: shaucha, santosha, tapas, svadhyaya, and<br />

ishvarapranidhana<br />

O<br />

om (aum) = the original mantra symbolizing the ultimate reality, the sacred syllable emitted by the<br />

Supreme Being, the sound that produces all other sounds and into which all other sounds return.<br />

Like the Latin word omne, the Sanskrit work aum means “all” and conveys concepts of<br />

Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience.<br />

P<br />

pada = foot or leg; also a part of a book or text<br />

pada-hasta = hand(s)-to-feet<br />

padangushta = big toe<br />

padma = lotus<br />

pakshaka = wing<br />

pakshi = bird<br />

pancha = five<br />

parampara = tradition, uninterrupted series, convention, a succession<br />

parigha = iron bar used for locking, bolting, or shutting a gate

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