326 Srimad-Bhagavatam
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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.
Mahima—the mystic ability to become unlimitedly large.
Mantra—a sound vibration that can deliver the mind from illusion.
Manvantara-avatéara—an avatdra who appears in each reign of Manu.
Mathura—Lord Krsna’s abode, surrounding Vrndavana, where He took
birth and later returned to after performing His Vrndavana
pastimes.
Maya— illusion; forgetfulness of one’s relationship with Krsna.
Mayavada—the false theory that every living being is ultimately equal
to God.
Mayavadis — impersonal philosophers who say that the Lord cannot have
a transcendental body.
Mrdanga—a clay drum used for congregational chanting.
Mukti—liberation from birth and death.
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Nama-karana ceremony —name-giving ceremony.
Nandana-kanana—a celestial garden.
Niyama—restraint of the senses.
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Pafica-gavya—five milk products, used in bathing a worshipable per-
sonality.
Pajica-ratna—five gems.
Pajica-sasya—five grains.
Parampara—the chain of spiritual masters in disciplic succession.
Pauganda—the period of childhood after five years.
Prakamya—the mystic ability to fulfill any of one’s desires.
Pranayama—control of the breathing process; performed in astanga-
yoga.
Prapti—the mystic ability to immediately obtain any material object.
Prasida—food spiritualized by being offered to the Lord.
Prema-bhakta—a devotee absorbed in pure love of God.
