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510 Glossary

Müla—(1) root, basis, foundation, cause, origin; (2) an original text (as
distinguished from its translation or commentary).

Muni—a sage or ascetic.
Muräri Gupta—a contemporaneous associate of Lord Caitanya.
Nadia—the district of Bengal in which Navadvépa is situated.
Nägara—enjoyer, lady’s man.
Nagara-saìkértana—public congregational chanting of the Supreme Lord’s
holy names, usually on the streets of a city, town, or village. See also
Saìkértana.
Naiñöhika-brahmacäré—a lifelong celibate who never wastes his vital bodily
fluids but sublimates sexual energy for transcendental purposes.

Näma—“name”; (Gauòéya usage) especially indicates the holy names of Kåñëa.
Nämäbhäsa—(1) (higher level) a stage of chanting the holy names in which offenses
are ceasing, and the platform of pure chanting is being approached; the
chanter of the holy name has initial faith but also some desire for material
pleasure or liberation, and is not knowledgable about the respective roles
of the jéva, Bhagavän, and mäyä, nor of bhakti-tattva; (2) (lower level) (as
described in SB 6.2.14) chanting of the holy name by a person who has no
faith in Kåñëa, either as a coincidence (to indicate something else), in jest,
derisively, or neglectfully. For further discussion, see Çréla Bhaktivinoda
Öhäkura’s Harinäma-cintämaëi, chap. 3.
Nämäcärya—“äcärya of the chanting of the holy names”; an epithet for Çréla
Haridäsa Öhäkura.
Näma-haööa—“marketplace (figurative) of the holy name,” conceived by Çréla
Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura as the initial preaching organization of Çré
Nityänanda Prabhu, it has become a blueprint for ongoing grassroots
propagation of Kåñëa consciousness.
Nämäparädha—(1) offense against the holy name; (2) offensive chanting of the
holy name. See also Harinäma.
Nämé—the personage of the holy name.
Nandana—son.
Närada-païcarätra—the scripture revealed by Närada Muni that, among other
topics, delineates the recommended process of deity worship for Kali-yuga.
See also Païcarätra.
Näräyaëa—See Viñëu.