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. |