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| Nada | (1) Metaphysical- The first movement of Siva-sakti towards manifestations. (2) In Yoga- The unstruck sound experienced insusumna. (3) When Sakti fills up the whole universe with Nadanta she is designated as Nada. This is also Sadasiva tattvabecause of the apposition of I and this is in the same principle. |
| Nada | interior spontaneous sound |
| Nada-bindu | The first creative pulsation and its compact mass; the creative sound and light; Sakti and Siva. |
| Nadanta | Subtle energy of pranava |
| Nadi | subtle channel of prana |
| Nadi-samhara | Dissolution of prana and apana into susumna. |
| naivedyam | offering (eatables) |
| Naiyayika | the follower of Nyaya philosophy; logician; dialectician. |
| namaskAra | salutation, prostrating down |
| n^andhi, nandi | Birth-deathless, Often refers to the chief guard of Lord shiva |
| Nasika | Pranasakti flowing in a zigzag way in Prana, Apana and Susumna channels. |
| nAsthikam | Atheism |
| nAtham | The sound of Pranava. The deity as representing the sound of the Pranava ; God, as present in the universe, when at the very beginning of evolution, the great Sound or Subdam or Natham bursts forth ; cosmic matter in the state of Sound. |
| nAyanmAr | (the people of the Lord), The 63 great devotees who excelled in their love for the Lord shiva (lived in thamiz nadu and nearby lands) |
| Navavargaka | Letters pertaining to nine classes |
| Navatma | Of nine forms. |
| Nibhalana | Perception; mental practice. |
| Nigraha kriya | Siva's act of Self-veiling. |
| Nijananda | In anava upaya, the first stage of ananda arising from concentration on prana leading to the resting of the mind on the subject or experient. |
| Nimesa | Lit; Closing of the eye-lid, (1) dissolution of the world; (2) the inner activity of spanda by which the object is merged into the subject; (3) the dissolution of the Sakticakra in the Self; (4) the involution of Siva in matter. |
| Nimilana Samadhi | The inward meditative condition in which the individual consciousness gets absorbed into the Universal Consciousness. |
| Nimitha kArana | Efficient cause. |
| Nirananda | The second stage of ananda in anava upaya resulting from the fixation of prana-sakti on sunya |
| Niradhara | without support-objective or subjective |
| Nirasraya | without any prop or base |
| Nirmala or Ninmala | The Perfect Being ; The Pure Being. |
| Nirodhika or nirodhini | a subtle energy of pranava |
| Nirvana | Dissolution in Sunya; liberation |
| Nirvikalpa | Devoid of all thought-construct or ideation. |
| Nirvikalpasamadhi | The highest state of samadhi, in which the aspirant realizes his total oneness with Brahman |
| NirvikArI | The unchangeable. |
| Nirvrti | Ananda |
| Nirvyutthana Samadhi | Samadhi (absorption into the Universal Consciousness) which continues even when is not engaged in formal meditation. |
| niShkAmya | not seeking any favour |
| Niskala | partless; undivided, Siva above manifestation or creation. |
| Nistaranga | free of undulation or commotion. |
| Nityatva | eternity |
| Nivesa or nivesana | entry into the Universal Consciousness |
| niyama | ritual |
| Niyati | Limitation by cause-effect relation; spatial limitation, limitation of what ought to be done and what ought not to be done. |
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