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Pandu (Sanskrit). "The Pale", literally; the father of the Pandavas Princes, the foes of the Kurava in the Mahabharata.

 
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Mulaprakriti (Sanskrit). The Parabrahmic root, the abstract deific feminine principle - undifferentiated substance. Akasa. Literally, "the root of Nature" (Prakriti) or Matter.

 
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Agni-ratha (Sanskrit). A "Fiery Vehicle" literally. A kind of flying machine. Spoken of in ancient works of magic in India and in the epic poems.

 
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Maha Pralaya (Sanskrit). The opposite of Mahamanvantara, literally "the great Dissolution", the "Night" following the "Day of Brahma". It is the great rest and sleep of all nature after a period of active manifestation; orthodox Christians would refer to it as the "Destruction of the World".

 
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Apam Napat (Zend). A mysterious being, corresponding to the Fohat of the Occultists. It is both a Vedic and an Avestian name. Literally, the name means the "Son of the Waters" (of space, i.e., Ether),
for in the Avesta Apam Napat stands between the fire-yazatas and the water-yazatas .
(See Secret Doctrine, Vol. II., p. 400, note).

 
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Passing of the River (Kab.). This phrase may be met with in works referring to medieval magic: it is the name given to a cypher alphabet used by Kabbalistic Rabbis at an early date ; the river alluded to is the Chebar - the name will also be found in Latin authors as Litere Transitus.

 
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Nagarajas (Sanskrit). The usual name given to all the supposed "guardian Spirits" of lakes and rivers, meaning literally "Dragon Kings". All of these are shown in the Buddhist chronicles as having been converted to the Buddhist monastic life: i.e , as becoming Arhats from the Yogis that they were before.

 
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Noor Ilahee (Arab.). "The light of the Elohim", literally. This light is believed by some Mussulmen to be transmitted to mortals "through a hundred prophet-leaders". Divine knowledge; the Light of the Secret Wisdom.

 
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