Dictionary: Brihadratha Ikshvaku

Brihadratha Ikshvaku what decaying mortal here below would delight in a life of the contemplation of the pleasures of beauty and love, when once he has come to taste of the kind of life enjoyed by the unageing immortals? (Katha Upanishad I.1.28). ‘‘What is the use of the satisfaction of desires in this foul-smelling and unsubstantial body which is a conglomeration of ordure, urine, wind, bile and phlegm, and which is spoiled by the content of bones, skin, sinews, marrow, flesh, semen, blood, mucus and tears?...

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Brihajjabala Upanishad

Brihajjabala Upanishad name Brihajjabala devanagari बृहजजाबाल sanskrit_transliteration Bṛhajjābāla meaning Great Jabala composition_date late medieval era type Shaiva veda Atharvaveda chapters 8 The Brihajjabala Upanishad (बृहज्जाबाल उपिनषद, ) is one of the minor Upanishads, written in Sanskrit language. This Hindu text is attached to the Atharvaveda, and is one of 14 Shaiva Upanishads. It describes the process of producing Vibhuti (Bhasma), or sacred ash, methods of using it for tilaka Tripundra on various parts of the body, and its meaning in Shaivism....

February 15, 2023 · 8 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Brihat Tantrasara

Brihat Tantrasara name Brihat Tantrasara translator Sri Chandra Kumar Tarkalankara author Krishnananda Agambagish Editor: Rasik Mohon Chattapadhhayay'' country India language Bengali subject Bengali Shaktism, Kali puja genre Tantra) publisher Nababharat Publishers release_date Falgun, 1285 Bangabda media_type Printed texts pages 771 Brihat Tantrasara or Tantrasara is a famous work on the social worship system of the various goddesses of the Dasamahavidya mentioned in various texts of Tantra Sadhana. Krishnananda Agambagish, a well-versed Tantric) devotee of Tantra, wrote the famous book Brihat Tantrasara based on 170 Tantra Sadhana texts....

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Brihat-Sannyasa Upanishad

Brihat-Sannyasa Upanishad devanagari संन्यास sanskrit_transliteration Saṃnyāsa meaning Renounce the world composition_date 14th or 15th-century veda Samaveda type Sannyasa chapters 2 The Brihat-Sannyasa Upanishad (संन्यास उपनिषत्, IAST: Bṛhat-Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣad) is a 14th- or 15th-century Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. The text is attached to the Samaveda, and is one of the 20 Sannyasa (renunciation) Upanishads. Sometimes just referred to as Sannyasa Upanishad, it is a highly damaged, corrupted text that exists in very different versions....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit (BHS) is a modern linguistic category applied to the language used in a class of Indian Buddhist texts, such as the Perfection of Wisdom sutras. BHS is classified as a Middle Indo-Aryan language. It is sometimes called “Buddhist Sanskrit” or “Mixed Sanskrit”. Origin Prior to this, Buddhist teachings are not known to have generally been recorded in the language of the Hindu elite. At the time of the Buddha, instruction in this language was restricted to Vedic study....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Buddhist logico-epistemology

Buddhist logico-epistemology Buddhist logico-epistemology is a term used in Western scholarship for pramāṇa-vāda (doctrine of proof) and Hetu-vidya (science of causes). Pramāṇa-vāda is an epistemological study of the nature of knowledge; Hetu-vidya is a system of logic. These models developed in India during the 5th through 7th centuries. The early Buddhist texts show that the historical Buddha was familiar with certain rules of reasoning used for debating purposes and made use of these against his opponents....

February 15, 2023 · 15 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers

Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers name Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers director Satyaprakash Upadhyay producer Sapana Sharma story Sarah Lucy Beach music Ankit Shah cinematography Vijay Mishra editing Arunabha Mukherjee runtime 67 minutes country India language English Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers is an Indian documentary that focuses on the lives of the weavers of Varanasi. It was directed by Satyaprakash Upadhyay. It showcases the nuances of the handloom sector in Varanasi, what makes it stand out from other handloom products and the issues that affect its artisans....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Category:Advaitin philosophers

Category:Advaitin philosophers Philosophers in the Advaita tradition. tr:Kategori:Advaitin filozoflar

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Category:Characters in the Ramayana

Category:Characters in the Ramayana Characters in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana.

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Category:Devotees of Paramahansa Yogananda

Category:Devotees of Paramahansa Yogananda Devotee of Paramahansa Yogananda.

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Category:Dvaita Vedanta

Category:Dvaita Vedanta The main page under this category is Dvaita Vedanta

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Category:Forms of Krishna

Category:Forms of Krishna Forms of monotheistic deity of Krishna worshiped in the traditions of Krishnaism.

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Category:Forms of Parvati

Category:Forms of Parvati This category is about the various forms of the Hindu goddess Parvati.

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Category:Forms of Vishnu

Category:Forms of Vishnu Hinduism, and especially Vaishnavism, has many forms of Vishnu.

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Category:Ganesha temples

Category:Ganesha temples Temples having the Hindu God Ganesha as the main deity.

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum