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nada brahma, shadba brahma: Sanskrit word meaning the continuous, non-stopping aum or amen sound; manifestation of the Absolute in the form of sound.

nadi (Sanskrit word meaning “conduit” or “artery”): pranic channel.

Nakula: one of the five Pandava brothers; he was the first son of Madri, born mystically through union with the twin gods Ashwins.

Narayana (Sanskrit word meaning “He Who is man’s (nara) abode”): the Lord who is the cause of all life; a name of Lord Vishnu.

nari: Sanskrit word meaning woman.

navel-center: manipura chakra; also known as the food center.

neck-center: vishuddha chakra, also known as the vacuum center; cervical center.

neti: Sanskrit word composed of na “not” and iti “thus”; neti neti (“not this, not that”) is a Vedantic process of arriving at the ultimate Reality by denying the accuracy of any description of the Real.

nirguna (Sanskrit word meaning “without (nir) attributes (guna)”): the formless Reality or God, beyond the triple qualities of maya.

nirvikalpa samadhi ( Sanskrit word meaning “without (nir) conceptualization (vikalpa) ecstasy (samadhi)”):  the state of no pulse and no breath, the state of cessation of all activities of the body, mind, thought, intellect, and ego—merged and absorbed in God.

niyama (Sanskrit word meaning “restraint”): principles of self-restraint; the second limb of Patańjali’s ashtanga yoga system.

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