Is "nāma" an equivalent of the Western concept of "mind"? Is it used alone?

[This answer](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/7814/760) refers to "mind" as a synonym for "nāma". The only relevant use of that word I have found was "nāmarūpa", which refers to the five aggregates. But is "nāma" ever used alone to signify "mind"? Or do we speak of mind in Buddhism only because it is a convenient Western abstraction that we can use?