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KuÓnÓdala(coil), 147
KuÓnÓdalin ̄ı(cosmic energy [= ́sakti]in
human form), 92, 153–54
kalavat ̄ı(k. as digestive), 154
kriyavat ̄ı(k. as physical), 154
varÓnamayi (k. as the Sanskrit
sounds), 154–55
vedamay ̄ı(k. in cakras), 154–55

L ̄ıl ̄a(Brahman’s spontaneous creative
sporting), 32, 141, 147

Mah ̄abh ̄uta-s, five (proto-elements
[space, air, fire, water, earth]), 42–
43, 127, 147
and dhatu-s/do ̄ Ósa-s(figure), 43
Maithuna(ritual intercourse), 31,
144
as a support for pra ̄Ónay ̄ ama ̄ and
dh ̄arana ̄, 144
Makara-s ̄ (five forbidden items), 144
Manas(mind), 43, 88, 99, 101
Mantra-s(sacred sounds), 11, 38, 39,
93, 110, 123, 141–42, 149, 163,
187n13
Mantra-japa(mantra-repetition), 152
Mantra- ́sastra(science of mantra), 158
Mantrayana ̄ (mantra as vehicle of sal-
vation), 149
ManuÓsya(human being), 21
MatÓrka(‘mother’; ‘source’), 150–51
matÓrka varÓna (sound as source of
being), 151
M ̄aya ̄ (power by which Brahman ap-
pears as the world), 33
MokÓsa(liberation), 24, 37–38, 79, 83,
132, 136
MokÓsa- ́sastra(science of liberation),
37–38, 78, 79
Mudr ̄a
(‘seal’; ritual gestures), 141–42, 149,
156, 185n53
(parched grain), as a makara ̄ , 144

N ̄ada(suprasensuous sound), 156
N ̄ada- ́sakti(primordial sound-energy),
161

Nad ̄ı–s(energy-channels of the body),

119, 146, 148–49, 155

iÓda ̄ and pi ̇ngala ̄, 35–36, 149, 155

suÓsumÓn ̄a, 26, 146, 149

Nirodha(suppression of mental pro-

cesses), 97–98, 118, 129

Nirodha parinama ̄. Seeparin ̄ama-s

Nirodha samadhi ̄ (trance without

mental activity), 127, 128–29

Nirva ̄Óna(freedom from rebirth and

suffering), 169, 171

Ni ́skama karma ̄ (action without de-

sire; non-attached action), 89–90

Niyama(moral commitments)

sauca ́ (purity), 109–11, 115, 152

samtosaÓ (contentment), 109–10

tapas(self-discipline; exertion), 111

svadh ̄aya(self-education), 111, 152

̄I ́svara-praÓnidh ̄ana(devotion to God),

100, 111–12

Nyasa ̄ (ritual projection), 142

Ojas(life-force; vital fluid), 57–58, 60

Om(sacred sound of ultimate reality),

88, 110, 149, 151, 156, 158

Omkara ̄ (the primordial sound Om),

151

Para-Íakti(Ultimate Energy in Tan-

tra), 147

Param Íiva(Ultimate Being in Tantra),

33, 142, 147, 149

Param- ̄atman(Ultimate Self), 48

Parin ̄ama-s(three transformations in

seedless samadhi ̄ ),129–30

Parip ̄aka(maturation of seed-desires),

146

Prajña ̄ (higher, liberative knowledge),

84, 98, 105, 123

Prajña-p ̄ aramit ̄ ̄a (perfection of wis-

dom) [Buddhism], 152

Pra ̄Óna(breath; vital energy; life force),

26, 35, 87, 92, 104, 109, 115–

16, 117–21, 139, 149

and ap ̄ana, 35–36, 120–21, 144

Pra ̄Ónamaya ko ́sa (body of breath), 25,

115, 119–20

sanskrit terms 213