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Word Meaning
Nabho-Vargana Sphere-molecule
Naicayika Transcendental
Naigama (Naya) Non-distinguished
Naigamabhasa False point of view
of the non-distinguished
Nama Body-making Karma
Nama (Niksepa) Symbol of name
Nama-Jaina Nominal Jaina
Nama-karma Karma that
determines destinies and body types
Namadinayasamudayavada Combination of the
points of view of name etc.
Namadiniksepa Symbols of names
etc.
Namajiva Name symbol of soul
Namaskara-mantra Reverent salutation
to the [five] holy beings
Namaskaraniksepa Symbol of salutation
Namatmaka Form of the name
Namendra The name `Indra’
Nandyavarta A kind of diagram
Napumsaka Veda Common sex.
Napumsakaveda Sexual cravings for
a hermaphrodite
Naracha-Samhanana Unbreakable joints
and bones.
Naraka Hell; the world of
infernal beings Hellish.
Naraka Anupurvi Hellish–migratory
form.
Narakayu hellish age.
Narakayu karma Hellish age karma
Naraki Hell beings
Narayana A Jaina literary
type; the hero’s companion and slayer of the villian
Nasti Does not exist; the
second member of the sapta-bhangi-naya
Nastitva Non-existence
Naya Partial truth
  View; partial
expression of truth
Nayabhasa False point of view
Nayana Sight
Nayavada Doctrine of nayas
Nayavakya Statement from a
point of view
Nicha Gotra Low family.
Nichaih Vritti an attitude of
humility towards one’s betters.
Nidana Seeking worldly gain
from the performance of good deeds and austerities
  The thorn of desire
for future sense-pleasures.
Nidhatti Energy that renders
karmas incapable of all activity save changes in fruition time and intensity
Nidra Sleep
Nidra-Nidra Deep sleep.
Nigamana Conclusion
Nigantha Nirgrantha
  Unattached, without
possessions; ancient name for the Jaina community
Nigoda The lowest form of
life
Nigraha Defeat
  proper control over
mind, speech and body.
Nigrahadhikarana Place for defeat
Nigrhita Defeated
Nihkamksita Freedom from
anticipation
Nihksepa (Niksepa) The different ways
of putting a thing
Nihnava Falsehood, heresy
Nihpratikara Unavoidable
Nihsankita Freedom from doubt
Nikacana Energy that renders
karmas incapable of all activity
Nila Blue
Nila-lesya Blue karmic stain
Nimitta-karana External efficient
cause
Nir vichikitsita Free from repulsion
from anything.
Nirakrta Refuted
Niranvaya Discrete
Nirjara Dissociation of
karmas
  The falling away of
karmic matter from the soul.
  The gradual shedding
of the matter already boundis shedding
Nirjara anupreksha Shedding. Karmic
matter must be shed from or shaken out of the soul.
Nirmana Formation; proper
formation of limbs and minor limbs in relation to their situation and
dimensions.
Nirnitavipaksavrttika Whose existence in
the hetrologous is decisive
Nirukti Etymology
Nirvana Release from
bondage; the final death of an enlightened human being [arhat] followed
immediately by moksa
Nirvana-bhumi The place at which a
Tirthankara attained nirvana
Nirvicikitsa Freedom from disgust
Nirvrttindriya Physical sense-organ
shaped like Kadamba flower
Niryukti Prakrit verse
commentary
Nisarga inborn error
Nisarga Kriya Admiration of
hurtful or unrighteous things.
Nisargaja Agrahita
Niscaya (Naya) Consideration
Niscaya-naya Nonconventional view
Niscayabhasa False real point of
view
Niscita (Matijnana) Determined
Nisedha Negation
Nisedhakalpana Negative aspect
Nisedhasakhaka (Hetu) Which proves
negation
Nishkankshita Free from wordly
desire.
Nisshankita Free from all doubt.
Nitya Eternal
Nityavada Eternalism
Niyati Fate
Niyativada Fatalism
No-kasaya Subsidiary passions
No-kashaya Quasi-passions;
slight or minor passions.
Nyag rodha parimandala Banyan-like; short
in lower but large in upper extremities like a banyan-tree.