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Maha-mantra—the great chanting for deliverance: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare
Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

Mahatma —great soul.

Mahd-vadanya-avatéara—Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the most munificent incarnation.

Majida—a mosque.

Mana—when the lover feels novel sweetness by exchanging hearty loving words but wishes
to hide his feelings by crooked means.

Mayd—illusion; the external energy of Krsna.

Mleccha—one who does not strictly follow regulative principles.

Moksa —liberation.

Mrdaniga—a double-headed drum used in kirtana.

Mukti—liberation.

N

Naiskarma—akarma; action for which one suffers no reaction because it is performed in
Krsna consciousness.

Naraéyana-parayana—a devotee of Lord Narayana.

Nitya-siddha—devotee who is eternally on the transcendental platform.

P

Paficaratra system —method of temple worship.

Paramahamsa—one who does not live in the material world and who does not envy others.

Parampara—disciplic succession.

Pard-vidya —transcendental knowledge.

Pasandi—a nondevotee who does not accept the Vedic conclusions; an atheist.

Prakrta-sahjiyas —materialistic so-called devotees who imagine that they are advanced in
confidential love of Krsna.

Pranaya—that mellow of love when there is a possibility to receive direct honor, but it is
avoided.

Prapti-siddhi—mystic perfection of aquisition by which the yogi can reach his hand any-
where and obtain whatever he likes.

Prasannatma—joyfulness attained when one is relieved from material conceptions.

Prema—pure love of Krsna, symptomized by a heart completely softened and devoid of ma-
terial desires, and by strong emotional feelings.

Prema-vatah—one who has great love for the spiritual master.

Purascarana—a preliminary ritualistic performance for the fulfillment of certain desires.

Purusa—Visnu, the incarnation of the Lord for material creation; the male or controlling prin-
ciple.
