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Avyakta Upanishad devanagari अव्यक्तोपनिषत् sanskrit_transliteration Avyakta meaning Non-manifest, universal Spirit composition_date parts before 7th century CE type Vaishnavism veda Sama Veda chapters 7 verses 21 philosophy Samkhya, Yoga, Vedanta The Avyakta Upanishad (अव्यक्त उपनिषत्, IAST: Avyakta Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. It is one of 16 Upanishads attached to the Samaveda, and classified under the 17 Vaishnava Upanishad. This Upanishad exists in multiple versions; it discusses cosmology, how the universe evolved after creation, asserting the premise of Rigveda’s Nasadiya Sukta that no one is knowledgeable about its origin or whether even the Supreme Being had any role in creating it....

Awake: The Life of Yogananda name Awake: The Life of Yogananda director Paola di Florio Lisa Leeman producer CounterPoint Films - Peter Rader music Vivek Maddala, Michael Mollura released DVD 2/2016 runtime 87 minutes country United States language English Awake: The Life of Yogananda is a 2014 documentary about the Indian yogi) and guru Paramahansa Yogananda who came to the West in the 1920s to teach yoga and meditation. The film is in English with subtitles in seventeen languages....

Ayee Jananyacharya religion Hinduism birth_date c. 1341 CE birth_place Melukote, Karnataka, India birth_name Devarajar death_date c. 1445 CE death_place Melukote, Karnataka, India philosophy Vishishtadvaita free_label Propagator free_text Vishishtadvaita Vedanta honors *Deshantarathińkan, *Táyárther literary_works Vyakyana(Commentary) on Tiruppavai (2000 padi and 4000 padi), Srivachanabhushana and Āchárya Hrudya, Kurungi Stotram Ayee Jananyacharya or Devaraja Perumal (1341–1445 CE) was a Hindu Sri Vaishnava religious leader, great saint, and one of the important propagator of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition....

Bageshwar Dham Sarkar name Bageshwar Dham Sarkar native_name बागेश्वर धाम सरकार native_name_lang Hindi map_type India Madhya Pradesh map_size 280px map_caption Map of Bageshwar Dham Sarkar map_alt map_alt coordinates 24.91611°N, 79.58611°W coordinates_footnotes coordinates_footnotes country India state Madhya Pradesh province province district Chhatarpur locale Gada deity Hanuman established 1925 temple_board Bageshwar Balaji Seva Samiti website https://bageshwardham.co.in/ functional_status Active Bageshwar Dham Sarkar is a Hindu Pilgrimage and Temple Site dedicated to Lord Hanuman in Chhatarpur District of Madhya Pradesh State of India....

Baghor stone !Sandstone_deposits,_Near_Allahabad,_Uttar_Pradesh,_India Baghor stone is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological object that was found in the Son river valley near the village of Medhauli, in the Sidhi District, Madhya Pradesh, India. The stone, interpreted as a cult object, was found at the site of Baghor I, which is located near the base of the Kaimur Escarpment. It was first excavated in 1980. Baghor stone is a natural triangular piece of local sandstone; it is rather colourful, and had been decorated with yellow pigment....

Baladeva Vidyabhushana Baladeva Vidyabhushana (also written ) (c. undefined 1700 – 1793 AD) was an Indian Gaudiya Vaishnava acharya (religious teacher).Despite being renowned all over the world as the Gaudiya Vedanta Acarya, the scarcity of available authentic biodata has led misinformed authors to spread incorrect information about his life incidents. There is no known historical evidence regarding either his birthplace or date, nor any known reference to it in his works....

Balakanda religion Hinduism language Sanskrit Bala Kanda (बालकाण्ड; IAST: ‘, ) is the first book of the Valmiki Ramayana, which is one of the two great epics of India (the other being the Mahabharata). There has been debate as to whether Bala Kanda was composed by the original author Valmiki or a later addition. Structure The book consists of seventy-six sargas (sometimes translated as chapters or “cantos”) of Sanskrit verse....

Bankey Bihari Temple name Banke Bihari Temple map_type India Uttar Pradesh map_caption Location in Uttar Pradesh coordinates 27.57976°N, 77.69051°W native_name श्री श्री बांके बिहारी मंदिर country India state Uttar Pradesh district Mathura location Vrindavan elevation_m 169.77 deity Banke Bihari architecture Rajasthani year_completed 1862 website bankeybihari.info, , bihariji.org Banke Bihari Temple is a Vaishnava Hindu temple situated in the town of Vrindavan, Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The temple is dedicated to Banke Bihari who is believed to be the combined form of Radha and Krishna....

Barsana name Barsana other_name Barsana Dham settlement_type Town nickname The Birthplace of Goddess Radha pushpin_map India Uttar Pradesh pushpin_map_caption Location in Uttar Pradesh, India pushpin_label_position right coordinates 27.64889°N, 77.37889°W subdivision_type Country subdivision_name 🇮🇳 India subdivision_type1 State subdivision_type2 District subdivision_name1 Uttar Pradesh subdivision_name2 Mathura unit_pref Metric elevation_m 182 population_total 9215 population_as_of 2001 population_density_km2 auto demographics_type1 Languages demographics1_title1 Official timezone1 IST utc_offset1 +5:30 registration_plate UP-85 demographics1_info1 Hindi demographics1_title3 Native demographics1_info3 Braj Bhasha dialect Barsana is a historical town and nagar panchayat in the Mathura district of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India....

Bāṣkali Bāṣkali (Bashkali) also known as Bahkali or Bahkala, was one of the arrangers of the Vedas. Paila) divided the Rig Veda, and gave the two Sanhitas, or collections of hymns, to Indrapramati and to Bāṣkali. Further sources Vedabase Academia.edu - Rig Veda

Battle of the Ten Kings conflict Battle of the Ten Kings date c. undefined 14th century BCE place Near Parusni River (modern Ravi), Punjab result Trtsu-Bharata) victory territory Rigvedic tribes conquered by Sudas, *Bharatas) settle in Kurukshetra, *Emergence of Kuru Kingdom combatant1 Trtsu-Bharata) (Indo-Aryan) combatant2 Alina, Anu), Bhrigus (Indo-Aryan), Bhalanas, Dasa (Dahae?), Druhyus (Gandharis), Matsya) (Indo-Aryan), Purus) (Indo-Aryan), Panis (Parni) commander1 King Sudas, Vashishta commander2 The Ten Kings, Vishvamitra strength1 Unknown but less strength2 More than 6,666 casualties1 Unknown but less casualties2 6,666 (Mandala 7) The Battle of the Ten Kings (दाशराज्ञ युद्ध) is a battle, first alluded to in the 7th Mandala of the Rigveda (RV), between a king of the Bharatas (tribe) and a confederation of tribes....

Begunbari Kali Temple name Begunbari Kali Temple native_name বেগুনবাড়ি কালী মন্দির map_type India West Bengal map_caption Location in West Bengal coordinates 22.36286°N, 87.69627°W country India state West Bengal district Purba Medinipur location Begunbari deity Sashan Kali festivals Jyoisho Utsob architecture Bengal architecture temple_quantity Over 9,000 monument_quantity 4,269 Begunbari Kali Temple is a popular Hindu temple located in Begunbari, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, near Khirai railway station in the Panskura block....

Bhagavad Gita image_size 250 religion Hinduism verses 700 author Traditionally attributed to Vyasa language Sanskrit chapters 18 name Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita (श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता;), often referred to as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the epic Mahabharata (chapters 23–40 of book 6 of the Mahabharata called the Bhishma Parva), dated to the second half of the first millennium BCE and is typical of the Hindu synthesis....

Bhagavan Bhagavan (भगवान्; Bhagavā), also spelt Bhagwan (sometimes translated in English as “Lord”), is an epithet within Indian religions used to denote figures of religious worship. In Hinduism it is used to signify a deity or an avatar, particularly for Krishna and Vishnu in Vaishnavism, Shiva in Shaivism and Durga or Adi Shakti in Shaktism. In Jainism the term refers to the Tirthankaras, particularly Mahavira, and in Buddhism to the Buddha....

Bhagavata Purana The Bhagavata Purana (भागवतपुराण; ), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana or simply Bhagavata, is one of Hinduism’s eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas). Composed in Sanskrit by Veda Vyasa, it promotes bhakti (devotion) towards Krishna, integrating themes from the Advaita (monism) philosophy of Adi Shankara, the Vishishtadvaita (qualified monism) of Ramanujacharya and the Dvaita (dualism) of Madhvacharya. It is widely available in almost all Indian languages....