The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1632 page)

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Naigoma
(interiorized fire ritual):
see
GOMA
.
Nai
karmya-Siddhi
.
A work of four chapters expounding
Advaita
Vedanta, by one of
a
kara's pupils, Sure
vara. It warns against reliance on prayer or meditation (since these imply duality) and expounds the meaning of
Tat tvam asi
.
Najaf, al-
.
Town of pilgrimage in Iraq, 6 miles west of al-K
fa, the traditional burial-place of
Adam
and
Noah
, and site of the tomb of Im
m
‘Al
b. Ab
lib.

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