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• Nath — The Navnath For the star known as El Nath, see Beta Tauri. The Sanskrit word nāthá or नाथ, is the proper name of a Hindu initiatory tradition and the word itself literally means lord, protector, refuge . The related Sanskrit term Adi N …   Wikipedia

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