Subject Index
Dh, N, and P
- Dharmakāya — 41
- Dharmapala — 38
- Dharma-mudrā — 47
- Dharma-megha (cloud of dharma) — 44
- Dhātreyī — 26
- Dhāriṇī — 42
- Dhīra-lalita (the self-possessed and playful hero) — 26
- Dhīra-śānta (the self-possessed and peaceful hero) — 26
- Dhīrā (the self-possessed heroine) — 25
- Dhīrādhīrā (the heroine both composed and impatient) — 25
- Dhīrodātta (the self-possessed and noble hero) — 26
- Dhīroddhata (the self-possessed and proud hero) — 26
- Dhṛṣṭa-nāyaka (the shameless or audacious hero) — 26
- Dhūmāyita-sāttvika-bhāva (smouldering involuntary emotion) — 19, 30
- Dhṛti (fortitude) — 29
- Nanda — 80
- Navadhā-bhakti (ninefold devotion) — 166
- Nagarjuna — 41
- Nātha-panth — 37, 68
- Nātha Sampradāya — 61, 62, 63, 65
- Nātha Siddhas — 68
- Nāma-bhāva (the devotional state centred on the Name) — 81
- Nārada Pāñcarātra — 14, 102
- Nārāyaṇa Vāṭikā — 97
- Nārī-tattva (the feminine principle) — 55, 46
- Nalanda — 38
- Nija-guru (one’s own guru) — 121
- Nijendriya-tarpaṇa (gratification of one’s own senses) — 74
- Nijendriya-prīti-icchā (desire to please one’s own senses) — 74
- Nitya-Goloka (eternal Goloka) — 24
- Nitya-cinmaya-rājya (eternal realm of pure consciousness) — 88
- Nitya-deśa (eternal realm) — 72
- Nitya-dhāma (eternal abode) — 79
- Nitya-līlā (eternal divine play) — 22, 73, 87, 88
- Nitya-Vrindavan (eternal Vrindavan) — 8, 83
- Nitya-sahacarī (eternal companion) — 25
- Nimbarka — 6
- Nimbarka Sampradāya — 8, 107
- Nirguṇa-bhakti-yoga (devotional discipline directed to the attributeless Absolute) — 14
- Nirguṇa Shiva — 63
- Nirdeśa (direct statement) — 30
- Nirmāṇakāya — 89
- Nirvāṇa — 47, 67
- Nirveda (self-disgust or despondency) — 29
- Niḥsattva (devoid of substantial being) — 19
- Nīvī-visraṃsana (loosening of the garment’s waist-knot) — 30
- Nīlāmbara Sampradāya — 70
- Nīlāmbarī-sādhanā — 56
- Nīlimā-rāga — 18, 31
- Nīlī-rāga — 31
- Nṛtya (dance) — 28
- Nṛsiṃha — 29
- Nṛsiṃha Purāṇa — 180
- Netra-prakāśa — 137
- Naiyāyika Rudra Vācaspati — 185
- Nairātmya (selflessness) — 53
- Pañca-kāla (the five daily periods of worship) — 105
- Pañca-pavitra (the five purifying elements) — 56, 64, 67
- Pañca-makāra (the five ritual “M” substances) — 42, 43, 56
- Pañcama-puruṣārtha (the fifth and highest human goal) — 80
- Five principal forms of rati — 20
- Pañca-saṃskāra (the five initiatory sacraments) — 139
- Pañcāmṛta (the fivefold nectar) — 63
- Pañcāśraya (fivefold refuge) — 76
- Padma Purāṇa — 9, 104, 180, 181, 182
- Parakīya-madhura-rasa (sweet love outside marriage) — 23, 24
- Parakīya-bhāva (the paramour disposition) — 24, 69, 70, 71
- Parakīya-rati (paramour love) — 71, 81
- Paratva (transcendence) — 1
- Parama-pada (supreme abode) — 69
- Parama-prema and parānurakti (supreme love and supreme attachment) — 99
- Parama-preṣṭha-sakhī (supremely beloved companion) — 25
- Parama-Shiva — 59, 60, 63, 76
- Parama-satya (supreme truth) — 67, 76
- Parama-sundara (supreme beauty) — 76
- Paramahaṃsa — 100