Crossword clues for nyasa
nyasa
- Former name of Lake Malawi
- Lake of Africa
- Lake in Tanzania included in many a safari
- Lake in old colony, as Africans changed name to Malawi
- Big city, one on western half of Salt Lake
- Tanzania border lake
- South African lake
- Tanzanian border lake
- Lake of southeast Africa, formerly
- Lake Malawi previously
Wikipedia
Nyasa
Nyasa may refer to:
- Nyasa (ritual), concept in Hinduism
- Nyasa (lake), lake in Africa also known as Lake Malawi
- Nyasa languages, group of Bantu languages
- Nyasa people
Nyasa (ritual)
Nyasa (English: placing) is a concept in Hinduism. It involves touching various parts of the body while chanting specific portions of a mantra. This is considered to be invoking presence of the deity, of the mantra, inside the body.
Each mantra is associated with a specific Nyasa. There are various types of Nyasas, the most important of them being Kara Nyasa and Anga Nyasa.
Srividya followers practise Matruka Nyasa.
Usage examples of "nyasa".
Nyika Plateau and in the Konde Mountains to the north-west of Lake Nyasa, which probably exceed a height of 8000 ft.