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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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Mahā-mantra —the great chanting for deliverance:
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
Mahimā —the mystic ability to become unlimitedly large.
Mantra —a sound vibration that can deliver the mind from illusion.
Manvantara-avatāra —an  avatāra  who appears in each reign of Manu.
Mathurā —Lord Kṛṣṇa's abode, surrounding Vṛndāvana, where He took birth and later returned to after performing His Vṛndāvana pastimes.
Māyā —illusion; forgetfulness of one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Māyāvāda —the false theory that every living being is ultimately equal to God.
Māyāvādīs —impersonal philosophers who say that the Lord cannot have a transcendental body.
Mṛdaṅga —a clay drum used for congregational chanting.
Mukti —liberation from birth and death.
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Nāma-karaṇa ceremony —name-giving ceremony.
Nandana-kānana —a celestial garden.
Niyama —restraint of the senses.
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Pañca-gavya —five milk products, used in bathing a worshipable personality.
Pañca-ratna —five gems.
Pañca-śasya —five grains.
Paramparā —the chain of spiritual masters in discipline succession.
Paugaṇḍa —the period of childhood after five years.
Prākāmya —the mystic ability to fulfill any of one's desires.
Prāṇāyāma —control of the breathing process; performed in  aṣṭānga-yoga .
Prāpti —the mystic ability to immediately obtain any material object.
Prasāda —food spiritualized by being offered to the Lord.
Prema-bhakta —a devotee absorbed in pure love of God.