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Nadī Kāshyapa
［那提迦葉］ (; Pali Nadī Kassapa;  Nadai-kashō)
Nāgabodhi
［竜智］ (n.d.) (;  Ryūchi)
Nāgārjuna
［竜樹］ (n.d.) (;  Ryūju)
Nāgasena
［那先比丘］ (n.d.) (, Pali;  Nasen-biku)
Nagoe, the lay nun of
［名越の尼］ (n.d.) ( Nagoe-no-ama)
Nairanjanā River
［尼連禅河］ (; Pali Neranjarā;  Nirenzen-ga)
Naivasamjnānāsamjnā Realm
［非想非非想処］ (;  Hisō-hihisō-sho)
Nakaoki, the lay priest of
［中興入道］ (n.d.) ( Nakaoki-nyūdō)
Nālandā Monastery
［那爛陀寺］ (;  Naranda-ji)
Nambu Rokurō Sanenaga
［南部六郎実長］
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
［南無妙法蓮華経］
namu
［南無］ (;  namas)
Namu Amida Butsu
［南無阿弥陀仏］
Nanda
［難陀］ (;  Nanda)
Nanjō Hyōe Shichirō
［南条兵衛七郎］ (d. 1265)
Nanjō Shichirō Gorō
［南条七郎五郎］ (1265–1280)
Nanjō Tokimitsu
［南条時光］ (1259–1332)
Nan-yüeh
［南岳］ (515–577) (PY Nanyue;  Nangaku)
naraka
［地獄・奈落］ (, Pali;  jigoku or naraku)
Nārāyana
［那羅延］ (;  Naraen)
Narendrayashas
［那連提耶舎］ (490–589) (;  Narendaiyasha)
nayuta
［那由多］ (;  nayuta)
near-perfect enlightenment
［等覚］ ( tōgaku)
Nembutsu
［念仏］ ()
Nembutsu Chosen above All, The
［選択集］ ( Senchaku-shū or Senjaku-shū)
Nembutsu school
［念仏宗］ ( Nembutsu-shū)
Nen’a
［然阿］
Neranjarā River
［尼連禅河］ (Pali;  Nirenzen-ga)
Never Disparaging
［常不軽菩薩・不軽菩薩］ ( Sadāparibhūta;  Jōfukyō-bosatsu or Fukyō-bosatsu)
“Never Disparaging” chapter
［不軽品］ ( Fukyō-bon)
new translations
［新訳］ ( shin’yaku)
nibbāna
［涅槃］ (Pali;  nehan)
Nichiben
［日弁］ (1239–1311)
Nichidai
［日代］ (1297–1394)
Nichigen-nyo
［日眼女］ (1242–1303)
Nichigō
［日郷・日毫］ (1293–1353)
Nichiji
［日持］ (b. 1250)
Nichijū
［日什］ (1314–1392)
Nichijun
［日順］ (1294–1356)
Nichikan
［日寛］ (1665–1726)
Nichikō
［日講］ (1626–1698)
Nichimoku
［日目］ (1260–1333)
Nichimyō
［日妙］ (n.d.)
Nichinyo
［日女］ (n.d.)
Nichiō
［日奥］ (1565–1630)
Nichiren
［日蓮］ (1222–1282)
Nichiren school
［日蓮宗］ ( Nichiren-shū)
Nichiren Shōshū
［日蓮正宗］
Nichirō
［日朗］ (1245–1320)
Nichiu
［日有］ (1402–1482)
Nichizen
［日禅］ (d. 1331)
Nichizon
［日尊］ (1265–1345)
Nigantha Nātaputta
［尼乾陀若提子］ (Pali;  Nikenda-nyakudaishi)
Niiama
［新尼］ (n.d.)
Niida Shirō Nobutsuna
［新田四郎信綱］ (n.d.)
Niike Saemon-no-jō
［新池左衛門尉］ (n.d.)
Nikke
［日華］
Nikkō
(1) ［日興］ (1246–1333); (2) ［日光］ ()
Nikō
［日向］ (1253–1314)
Nikō’s Records
［日向記］ ( Nikō-ki)
nine arrogances
［九慢］ ( ku-man)
nine consciousnesses
［九識］ ( ku-shiki)
nine divisions of the scriptures
［九分経］ ( kubun-kyō)
nine divisions of the teachings
［九分教］ ( kubun-kyō)
nine great ordeals
［九横の大難］ ( kuō-no-dainan)
nine great persecutions
［九横の大難］ ( kuō-no-dainan)
nine honored ones on the eight-petaled lotus
［八葉九尊］ ( hachiyō-kuson)
nine mountains and eight seas
［九山八海］ ( kusen-hakkai)
nine schools
［九宗］ ( ku-shū)
ninety-five non-Buddhist schools
［九十五種の外道］ ( kujūgoshu-no-gedō)
nine types of arrogance
［九慢］ ( ku-man)
nine worlds
［九界］ ( ku-kai or kyū-kai)
Ninshō
［忍性］
ninth period of decrease in the kalpa of continuance
［住劫第九の減］ ( jūkō-daiku-no-gen)
nirmāna-kāya
［応身］ (;  ōjin)
nirvana
［涅槃］ (; Pali nibbāna;  nehan)
nirvana of no remainder
［無余涅槃］ ( muyo-nehan)
nirvana of remainder
［有余涅槃］ ( uyo-nehan)
Nirvana school
［涅槃宗］ (Chin Nieh-p’an-tsung;  Nehan-shū)
Nirvana Sutra
［涅槃経］ (Chin Nieh-p’an-ching;  Nehan-gyō)
Nishiyama, the lay priest of
［西山入道］ (n.d.) ( Nishiyama-nyūdō)
Nissen
［日仙］ (1262–1357)
Nisshō
［日昭］ (1221–1323)
Nisshū
［日秀］ (d. 1329)
Nitchō
(1) ［日頂］ (1252–1317); (2) ［日澄］ (1262–1310)
noble eightfold path
［八正道］ ( hasshō-dō)
non-duality of body and mind
［色心不二］ ( shikishin-funi)
non-duality of delusion and enlightenment
［迷悟不二・迷悟一体］ ( meigo-funi or meigo-ittai)
non-duality of good and evil
［善悪不二］ ( zen’aku-funi)
non-duality of life and its environment
［依正不二］ ( eshō-funi)
non-duality of living beings and Buddhas
［生仏不二・生仏一如］ ( shōbutsu-funi or shōbutsu-ichinyo)
Nōnin
［能忍］ (n.d.)
non-returner
［阿那含・不還］ (, Pali anāgāmin;  anagon or fugen)
non-substantiality
［空］ ( shūnya or shūnyatā;  kū)
Northern Buddhism
［北方仏教・北伝仏教］ ( Hoppō-bukkyō or Hokuden-bukkyō)
Northern school of Zen
［北宗禅］ ( Hokushū Zen)
numberless major world system dust particle kalpas
［五百塵点劫］ ( gohyaku-jintengō or gohyaku-jindengō)
Nyagrodha
［尼倶律陀］ (;  Nikurida)
nyagrodha tree
［尼拘律樹・尼倶類樹］ (;  nikuritsu-ju or nikurui-ju)
Nyohō
［如宝］ (d. 814 or 815) (; Chin Ju-pao)
nyūdō
［入道］ ()

new translations ［新訳］ ( shin’yaku): Also, newer translations. Buddhist sutras and treatises translated into Chinese by Hsüan-tsang (602–664) and those after him. Translations that were completed before Hsüan-tsang by contrast are referred to as “old translations.” Generally speaking, the new translations tend to be more literal, while the old translations are more interpretive and attempt to translate the Buddhist texts in a style that is easier to understand.