The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1637 page)

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Namask
r
,
namask
ra mudr
(In Hinduism and Buddhism, hand signs)
,
cf.
mudra
.
Namask
ra-mantra
.
In Jainism, a much-repeated, reverent salutation of the five holy beings. Its repetition is often the first and the last act of the day, and it is chanted in the final hours of life.
N
mdev
.
A Hindu poet from Mah
r
ra, to whom at least 2,000
abha
gs
in Mar
h
are attributed; in Hind
a smaller corpus of poems is included in the Sikh
Granth
S
hib. This material is closely related to the temple tradition of Pa
harpur in Mah
r

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