Nama

nama

Lit. “name,” especially the holy name of the Lord.

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nama:

nama (naama). Name.

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Nama - the holy name of Krsna, chanted by bhaktas as the main limb of the practice of sadhana-bhakti.

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NAMA: name

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nama (naama): Mental phenomena. This term refers to the mental components of the five khandhas, and includes: vedana (feeling), sanna (perception), sankhara (mental fashionings), and vinnana (consciousness). Compare rupa.

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Namas (Sanskrit) [from nam to bow, make reverence; cf Pali namo]

A reverence, consisting of an inclination of the body; both in act and in writing a reverential salutation. "The first word of a daily invocation among Buddhists, meaning 'I humbly trust, or adore, or acknowledge' the Lord, as: 'Namo tasso Bhagavato Arahato' etc., addressed to Lord Buddha.

The priests are called 'Masters of Namah' [Namas] -- both Buddhist and Taoist, because this word is used in liturgy and prayers, in the invocation of the Tiratna, and with a slight change in the occult incantations to the Bodhisattvas and Nirmanakayas" (TG 224).

Namaste (honor, reverence, to thee!) is used in greeting gurus and spiritual sages.

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Nama-aparadha - offensive chanting of the holy name, or chanting of the holy name which is subject to the ten kinds of nama-aparadha.

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Nama-bhajana - the practice of chanting the holy name softly to oneself on tulasi beads.

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Nama-sankirtana - the practice of chanting the holy name of Krsna, especially congregational chanting.

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Nama-rasa - transcendental taste which comes from chanting the holy name.

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Divya-nama - the transcendental name of Sri Krsna.

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Suddha-nama - pure chanting of the holy name. When one is freed from all offenses and anarthas, the pure holy name descends and appears on the fully purified and transcendental senses - known thus as suddha-nama.

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Devotion: Rama Nama Brings Lasting Benefits

Devotion for the Lord can be likened to the monsoon season. New crops burst forth during the monsoons. So too, in the showers of divine love for the Lord, devotees are born.

The two main rainy seasons, sravana and bhadrapada (around July and August respectively) are good for crops. These two months are compared to the Rama Nama , since chanting verses in His praise inspires deep devotion in our hearts.

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Hari-nama - the chanting of the holy names of the Lord. Unless accompanied by the word sankirtana, it usually refers to the practice of chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra to oneself on a strand of tulasi beads.

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Taraka Nama: The Delivering Name; Om.

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nama-bhajana

See nama-sankirtana.

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nama-skaram:

nama-skaram (-skaaram). Respectful salutation.

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sahasra-nama:

sahasra-nama (-naama). 1000 names of Siva or Vishnu.

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Nama-rupa (Sanskrit) [from nama name + rupa body, form]

The body with a name; personality, the symbol of the unreality of material phenomenal appearances. A highly technical term in Hindu philosophy, particularly in the Vedanta. Philosophically, naman signifies the particular characteristics of the manifesting personality. Every individual has his or its own particular naman, as well as his or its own particular rupa.

In consequence nama-rupa is the personality working through its two or three forms or bodies, the kama-rupa, the linga-sarira (astral form), and the sthula-sarira (physical body). This term applies equally well to a manifested entity of any kind, but with particular meaning to the lower grades or classes of manifesting beings or things. The sun, for instance, imbodies a divinity; but the nama-rupa of the sun is not the divinity, but the manifesting personality of the particular sun working through its particular rupa.

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