Dictionary: The Battle for Sanskrit

The Battle for Sanskrit name The Battle for Sanskrit: Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred, Oppressive or Liberating, Dead or Alive? author Rajiv Malhotra language English country India publisher Harper Collins India isbn 978-93-5177-538-6 isbn_note (Hardcover) subject Sheldon Pollock pub_date 2016 pages 488 website http://thebattleforsanskrit.com The Battle for Sanskrit: Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred, Oppressive or Liberating, Dead or Alive? is a 2016 book written by Rajiv Malhotra which criticizes the academic discipline of Indology, as practiced by Western scholars and particularly Sheldon Pollock....

February 15, 2023 · 5 min · TheAum

Dictionary: The Mother's Service Society

The Mother’s Service Society MSS Research social science research institute Primrose School for primary & secondary education Mother Estates organic farming and agricultural development project Karmayogi.net for spirituality and personal accomplishment The Mother’s Service Society is a non-governmental, educational and social science research institute established at Pondicherry), India in 1970. MSS conducts research on a wide range of activities related to social and economic development, social science research, education and public policy formulation....

February 15, 2023 · 6 min · TheAum

Dictionary: The Second Coming of Christ (book)

The Second Coming of Christ (book) name The Second Coming of Christ author Paramahansa Yogananda country American language English publisher Self-Realization Fellowship (U.S.) release_date 2004 (U.S.) media_type Print (Hardback or Paperback) pages 1696 with 75 Chapter isbn 978-0876125557 oclc 1041642357 *** The Second Coming of Christ *** is a posthumously published non-fiction book by the Indian yogi and guru Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952). With commentary on passages from the four Gospels. The full title of the two-volume work is The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You—A revelatory commentary on the original teachings of Jesus....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: The Song Celestial

The Song Celestial name The Song Celestial image_size 200 author Sir Edwin Arnold language English published 1885 The Song Celestial: A Poetic Version of the Bhagavad Gita is a translation of the Bhagavad Gita (a part of the Mahabharata) from Sanskrit into English by Sir Edwin Arnold, first published in 1885. The translation following The Light of Asia, his narrative-poem of the Lalitavistara Sūtra. It is dedicated to India with the following preface:...

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Tibbetibaba

Tibbetibaba name Tibbetibaba religion Hinduism birth_place Sylhet (Srihatta), Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh) birth_name Nabin Chattopadhyaya death_date 19 November 1930 death_place Palitpur, Burdwan, British India (now in Purba Bardhaman, India) guru Paramananda Thakkar and an unknown Tibetan Lama school Vedanta order Self-realization (Enlightenment)) philosophy Advaita Vedanta, Tantra, Mahayana nationality Indian honors Mahasadhak, Paramhamsa disciples Soham Swami and others Tibbetibaba also known as Mahasadhak Tibbetibaba or Paramhamsa Tibbetibaba, alternative spellings Tibbatibaba, Tibbati Baba, Tibbeti Baba, Tibbotibaba or Tibboti Baba (“Tibetan Baba” or the Monk from Tibet, when translated into English....

February 15, 2023 · 24 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Timli Sanskrit Pathshala

Timli Sanskrit Pathshala imagesize 360px name The Universal Gurukul, (श्री तिमली संस्कृत पाठशाला) location Timli, P.O. Devikhet, Pauri Garhwal – 246144, Uttarakhand, India specialist Sanskrit and computers schooltype Independent boarding school motto ‘विद्या धर्मेण शोभिते’ (Vidya Dharmena Shobhite) – Knowledge Shines with Righteousness. founded 1882 district Pauri Garhwal publication Gurukul Patrika website http://www.shritimli.org Shri Timli Sanskrit Pathshala (श्री तिमली संस्कृत पाठशाला), established in 1882, is the first Sanskrit school in Garhwal Himalaya that was recognized and funded by United Provinces from 1911 to 1915 and offered high school completion programs in Sanskrit (Karmakanda, Tantra and Vedic philosophy) to hundreds of students....

February 15, 2023 · 5 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Tirumala Krishna Idol

Tirumala Krishna Idol !Krishna in Tirumala Tirumala Krishna idol is one of the idols in the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh, India. While the temple is dedicated to worship of lord Vishnu as Venkateswara, it contains the idols of some of Vishnu’s other avatars - Krishna and Rama. The temple also has the idol of Rukmini, wife of Lord Krishna. Idol description The idol of Lord Krishna is seen in the navanitha nritya (celestial dance) pose of a child....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Tiruvaaippadi

Tiruvaaippadi name Navamohana Krishna Temple map_type India Uttar Pradesh map_caption Location in Uttar Pradesh coordinates 27.45°N, 77.71667°W country India state Uttar Pradesh district Mathura location Gokul deity Krishna Rukmini Satyabhama tradition Vaishnavism The Navamohana Krishna Temple, also referred to in Sri Vaishnava tradition as Tiruvaipadi, is one of the Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu revered by the 12 poet-saints called the Alvars. It is located in modern day Gokul, in the Mathura district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Titiksha

Titiksha “Endurance of all afflictions without countering aids, and without anxiety or lament is said to be titiksha.” (Vivekachudamani 25) Titiksha or titikṣā (Sanskrit: तितिक्षा ‘forbearance’ ) is defined by the Uddhava Gita as the “patient endurance of suffering.” In Vedanta philosophy it is the bearing with indifference all opposites such as pleasure and pain, heat and cold, expectation of reward and punishment, accruement or gain and loss, vanity and envy, resentment and deprecation, fame and obscurity, lavishness and obeisance, pride and egotism, virtue-respect and vice-respect, birth and death, happiness, safety, comfort, restlessness and boredom, affection and bereavement or infatuation, attachment and desire etc....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Tribhuvandas Luhar

Tribhuvandas Luhar name Tribhuvandas Luhar birth_name Tribhuvandas Purushottamdas Luhar birth_date March 22, 1908 birth_place Bharuch, Bombay Presidency, India death_date January 13, 1991 occupation Writer nationality Indian genre Poetry, short stories, criticism notableworks Arvachin Kavita (1946) awards Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Tribhuvandas Purushottamdas Luhar, better known by his pen name Sundaram, (22 March 1908 – 13 January 1991), was a Gujarati poet and author from India. Life He was born on 22 March 1908 at Miyan Matar, Bharuch, Bombay Presidency, British India....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple

Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple name Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple map_type India Maharashtra map_caption Location within Maharashtra coordinates 19.93222°N, 73.53083°W native_name Trimbakeshwar Mandir country 🇮🇳 India state Maharashtra district Nashik locale Trimbak deity Shiva festivals Maha Shivaratri architecture Hemadpanthi creator Balaji Baji Rao website Trimbakeshwar Trust Website Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple (श्री त्र्यंबकेश्वर ज्योतिर्लिंग मंदिर) is an ancient Hindu temple in the town of Trimbak, in the Trimbakeshwar tehsil in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India, 28 km from the city of Nashik and 40 km from Nashik road....

February 15, 2023 · 8 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Trinavarta

Trinavarta !Krishna_Kills_The_Tornado_Demon_Trinavarta,Folio_from_the‘Tularam’Bhagavata_Purana(Ancient_Stories_of_the_Lord)_LACMA_M.71.49.9_LACMA_M.71.49.9.jpg?width=300) Trinavarta (तृणावर्त, IAST: ) is an asura who is featured in Hindu literature, most prominently in the Bhagavata Purana. He is described to be a whirl-wind asura dispatched by Kamsa to murder Krishna, but is slain by the deity instead. Legend Kamsa sent Trinavarta to kill his nephew. Assuming the form of a whirl-wind, Trinavarta carried away the sitting Krishna. He enveloped the whole of Gokulam with a cloud of dust and darkness, the resultant cover of sand particles causing great distress to Yashoda, who attempted to find her son with the help of the gopis....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Tripura Sundari

Tripura Sundari type Hindu name Tripura Sundari deity_of Mother Goddess; One of the Highest Forms of Mahadevi, The Governess of the Universe, Para Brahman, the Supreme Being affiliation • Brahman, , • Ishvari, , • Shakti, , • Mahadevi, , • Bhuvaneshvari, , • Durga, , • Mahavidya abode Manidvipa / Śrī Nagara weapon Pasha) (noose), Ankusha (elephant goad), arrow and sugarcane bow children Bala Tripurasundari festivals Lalita Jayanti on Magha Purnima · Lalita Panchami · Navaratri · Adi-Puram member_of The Ten Mahavidyas other_names Rajarajeshwari, Lalita, Bhavani, Lalitambika, Parvati, Kamakshi, Kameshwari, Shodashi, Lilavati, Sri Mata, Sarveshwari, Kalavati mount Lion symbols Om · Sri Yantra texts • Brahmanda Purana, , • Tripura Rahasya, , • Devi Bhagavata Purana, , • Bahvricha Upanishad, , • Tripura Upanishad, , • Tantraraja Tantra gender Female equivalent1_type Oria equivalent1 Kamakhya sa त्रिपुर सुन्दरी (Tripura Sundarī) hi त्रिपुरा सुन्दरी (Tripura Sundarī) mr त्रिपुरा सुंदरी (Tripura Sundarī) bn ত্রিপুরা সুন্দরী (Tripura Sundarī) kn ತ್ರಿಪುರ ಸುಂದರಿ (Tripura Sundari) pa ਤ੍ਰਿਪੁਰ ਸੁੰਦਰੀ (Tripura Sundarī) ta திரிபுரசுந்தரி Tripura Sundarī) ml ത്രിപുര സുന്ദരി (Tripura Sundarī) te త్రిపుర సుందరి (Tripura Sundarī) Tripura Sundari (Sanskrit: त्रिपुरा सुन्दरी, IAST: Tripura Sundarī), also known as Rajarajeshwari, Shodashi, Kamakshi, and Lalita is a Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of supreme goddess Mahadevi mainly venerated in Shaktism, the goddess-oriented sect of Hinduism....

February 15, 2023 · 14 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Tripura Upanishad

Tripura Upanishad devanagari त्रिपुरा sanskrit_transliteration Tripurā meaning Three cities composition_date ~15th-century CE veda Rigveda type Shakta chapters 1 verses 16 philosophy Shaktism, Vedanta The Tripura Upanishad (त्रिपुरा उपनिषद्, IAST: Tripurā Upaniṣad) is a medieval era minor Upanishad of Hinduism. Composed in Sanskrit, the text is classified as a Shakta Upanishad and attached to the Rigveda. It is, as an Upanishad, a part of the corpus of Vedanta literature collection that present the philosophical concepts of Hinduism....

February 15, 2023 · 6 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Tripuratapini Upanishad

Tripuratapini Upanishad devanagari त्रिपुरातापिनी sanskrit_transliteration Tripurātāpinī meaning Devotee of the three cities composition_date 12th- to 15th-century CE veda Atharvaveda type Shakta chapters 5 philosophy Shaktism, Vedanta The Tripuratapini Upanishad (त्रिपुरातापिनी उपनिषद्, IAST: Tripurātāpinī Upaniṣad) is a medieval era Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is classified as one of the eight Shakta Upanishads and attached to the Atharvaveda. The Upanishad is a notable goddess and tantra-related text....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum