Dictionary: Brahmanical System of Education

Brahmanical System of Education country name Ancient India system type Brahmanical ( Sanatana ) primary languages Sanskrit footnotes Vedas, Upnishads, Six schools of Indian Philosophy, Puranas, Itihas, Vyakaran, Arithmetic, Shradha-kalp, Astrology, Ethics, etc. leader titles Acharya established dates Vedic period Brahmanical System of Education was an ancient system of education in ancient India. It was based on Vedic tradition. The main objective of the educational system was to make the students self-reliant....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Brahmavidya Upanishad

Brahmavidya Upanishad name Brahmavidya devanagari ब्रह्मविद्या sanskrit_transliteration Brahmavidyā meaning Knowledge of Brahman composition_date ~100 BCE to 300 CE type Yoga veda Krishna Yajurveda chapters 1 verses varies by manuscript (14 to 110) philosophy Yoga, Vedanta The Brahmavidya Upanishad (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मविद्या उपनिषत्, IAST: Brahmavidyā Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. Two major versions of its manuscripts are known....

February 15, 2023 · 5 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Braj

Braj name Braj type Region image_caption top to bottom: Krishna Janmasthan at Mathura, Radha Rani Temple at Barsana, Prem Mandir at Vrindavan and Kusum Sarovar at Govardhan Hill. subdivision_type Country subdivision_name 🇮🇳 India subdivision_type2 Region subdivision_name2 Northern India blank_name_sec1 Language blank_info_sec1 Braj Bhasha dialect of Hindi seat_type Proposed capitals) seat Mathura, Agra parts_type Proposed Districts parts_style list p1 Mathura district p2 Agra district p3 Aligarh district p4 Ghaziabad district p5 Hathras district p6 Gautam Buddha Nagar district p7 Mainpuri district p8 Etah district p9 Kasganj district p10 Firozabad district p11 Bulandshahr district p12 Bharatpur district p13 Dholpur District p14 Palwal District p15 Faridabad District p16 Karauli District Braj, also known as Vraj, Vraja, Brij or Brijbhumi, is a region in India on both sides of the Yamuna river with its centre at Mathura-Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh state encompassing the area which also includes Palwal and Ballabhgarh in Haryana state, Bharatpur district in Rajasthan state and Morena District in Madhya Pradesh....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Bṛhaddevatā

Bṛhaddevatā The Bṛhaddevatā (बृहद्देवता), is a metrical Sanskrit work, traditionally ascribed to Shaunaka. It is an enlarged catalogue of the Rigvedic deities worshipped in the individual suktas (hymns) of the Rigveda. It also contains the myths and legends related to the composition of these suktas. Recensions The extant manuscripts of this text are found in two recensions, the shorter and the longer. The shorter recension contains 1091 verses, of which 18 verses are not found in the longer one....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

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