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Nabha Das, 9 , 315

Nakb-sikh , 311 -12, 317

Nakkatayya, 284 -85, 289 -94

Name of Ram. See Ram-nam

Nammalvar, 311

Namsankirtan^[*] . See Kirtan

Naradvani^[*] . See Lilavani^[*]

Nath, Gokarna, 201 -2

Nati Imli, 271

Nautanki^[*] , 288

Navahparayan^[*] : defined, 55 ;

established by Tulsidas, 59 -60;

preliminary purification, 87 -89

Naval Kishor Press, 61

Navratra festival, 66 -67

Nawabs of Avadh. See Avadh, Nawabs of

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 382

Nemi , 298 -300

New Delhi. See Delhi

Nine-day recitation. See Navah parayan^[*]

Nirgun^[*] devotional tradition, 10 , 26

Numerology: in Christian exegesis, 238 -39;

in recitation cycles, 64 -65;

significance of nine, 65 ;

use in Katha , 225 -28