Krsna Kirtana Songs
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Words Starting with N
nāda (नाद) – sound
nādasvaram (नादस्वरम्)
– a double reeded oboe used in South Indian music
nāga (नाग) – cobra
nāgapatnī (नागपत्नी)
– the wives of Kāliyā
nagara (नगर) – city
nagārā (नगाड़ा)
– a set of kettledrums used to accompany shehnai
nagara-kīrtana (नगर-कीर्तन) – (Harināma)
congregational chanting on the streets of a city
Naimiṣāraṇya (नैमिषरण्य) – the forest where the sages headed by
Saunaka gathered to hear Suta
Gosvāmī speak read the Bhāgavatam
naiṣkarma (नैष्कर्म) – another word for akarma
Nakula (नकुल) – the son of Pāṇḍu and Madrī
and twin brother of Sahadeva; originated from the Aśvina demigods
nāla (नाल) – (dholakī)
a barrel drum with a small high pitched head (similar to a tabla’s
high pitched head) and a dholak bass; used in folk
music
Nala (नल) – an ape who assisted Rāma in building the bridge across the sea; twin of Nīla
Nanda Mahārāja (नन्द महाराज) – foster-father of Lord Kṛṣṇa
and ruler of the Vraja territory
Nandi (नन्दि)
– the bull servant of Lord Siva
Nandigrāma (नन्दिग्राम) – the outskirt
forestland of Ayodhyā were Lord Bharata lived in exile for fourteen years
Nārada Muni (नारद मुनि)
– the son of Brahmā who travels the worlds
singing Lord Nārāyaṇa’s name
Nārada Pañcarātra (नारद पञ्चरात्र) – instructions by Nārada Muni on practicing
devotional service to the Lord
Narahari (नरहरि)
– name of Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva
naraka (नरक) – hell
Narakāsura (नरकासुर) – demon killed by Lord Kṛṣṇa
Naramitra (नरमित्र) – son of Nakula and Kareṇumatī
Nārāyaṇa (नारयाण) – the four-armed form of
Lord Viṣṇu;
“one that shows mankind the path of devotional service”
Narottama Dāsa Thākura (नरोत्तम दास ठाकुर) – a prominent devotee
poet in the Gauḍīya lineage of disciples
Nātya-Śāstra (नात्य-शास्त्र) – a treatise on elements
of music, dance, and stagecraft
Navadvīpa (नवद्वीप) – (lit. “the nine islands”)
New
Vṛndāvana (नव वृन्दावन) – the first ISKCON farm community established;
located in Moundsville, WV, USA
Nikumbilā (निकुम्बिला)
– the family deity of the royal family of Lańkā
Nīla (नील) – an ape who assisted Rāma
in building the bridge across the sea; twin of Nala
Nīlakaṇṭha (नीलकण्ठ) – “blue-throated one”; name of Lord Siva after He
drank the poison during the churning of the ocean
Nimāī Paṇḍita
(निमाई पण्डित) – Lord Caitanya’s name when He was a young scholar
Nimbarka (निम्बर्क/निम्बर्काचार्य) – (Nimbarkācārya)
one of the founders of the Kumāra sampradaya
nirguṇa (निर्गुण) – “without
attributes/qualities”; in reference to the Supreme Lord signifying that He is
beyond material qualities
nirjala (निर्जल) – “without water”
nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) – freedom from material
existence
niśāda (निशाद) – 1) the seventh note in
the Indian musical scale 2) the tribal class of people
nistabdatā (निस्तब्दता)
– silence
Nitāī (निताई) – see Nityānanda
nitya (नित्य) – eternal
Nityānanda Prabhu (नित्यानन्द प्रभु)
– the incarnation of Lord Balarāma in Kaliyuga to aid Lord Caitanya in
the sańkīrtana
movement
Nṛsiḿha (नृसिंह) – Lord Kṛṣṇa’s
fiercest incarnation as a man-lion to protect Prahlāda
Mahārāja
Nṛsiḿha pañcaka (नृसिंह पञ्चक) – the five
prayers read by Lord Rāma during His exile when
He passed over Ahovala, the abode of Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva
nṛtya (नृत्य) – dance
UPDATED:
July 6, 2009