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Nitya Chaitanya Yati name Nitya Chaitanya Yati religion Hinduism birth_date November 2, 1924 birth_place Vakayar, Travancore present day Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India birth_name K. R. Jayachandra Panicker death_date May 14, 1999 death_place Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India nationality Indian guru Nataraja Guru philosophy Vedanta literary_works That Alone, the Core of Wisdom, , Love and Blessings, , In the Stream of Consciousness, , Living the Science of Harmonious Union, , Beyond the door that is Death awards Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism relatives Raghava Panicker (father), , Vamakshi Amma (mother), , Muloor S....

Mandala 10 He, the first origin of this creation, whether he formed it all or did not form it, / Whose eye controls this world in highest heaven, he verily knows it, or perhaps he knows not. (Griffith) To those for whom the meath flows forth, even to those let him depart. (Griffith) The tenth mandala of the Rigveda has 191 hymns. Together with Mandala 1, it forms the latest part of the Rigveda, containing much mythological material, including the Purusha sukta (10....

Rama Navami holiday_name Rama Navami devanagari राम नवमी type Hindu significance Birthday of Rama date2022 Sunday, 10 April date2023 Thursday, 30 March observances Puja), Vrata (fast), Ramayana recitation, Katha recitation), Havan), Dāna (charity), Satsanga, Bhajana singing frequency Annual duration 1 Day Rama Navami (राम नवमी) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of Rama, the seventh avatar of the deity Vishnu. The festival celebrates the descent of Vishnu as the Rama avatar, through his birth to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya in Ayodhya, Kosala....

Sanātana Dharma !HinduSwastika Sanātana Dharma (Devanagari: सनातन धर्म, meaning “eternal dharma”, “eternal order”) is an endonym used by Hindus to refer to Hinduism. It refers to the “eternal” truth and teachings of Hinduism. It can also be translated as “the natural and eternal way to live". The term is used in Indian languages alongside the more common Hindu Dharma for Hinduism. Sanatana Dharma can also denote the list of ’eternal’ or absolute duties and practices....

Boden Scholarship The Boden Scholarship at the University of Oxford was established in 1833 to support students learning Sanskrit. History and scholars Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Boden, after whom the scholarship is named, served in the Bombay Native Infantry of the East India Company from 1781 until his retirement in 1807. He died on 21 November 1811, and his will provided that his estate should pass to the University of Oxford after his daughter’s death to establish a professorship in Sanskrit....

Lahiri Mahasaya name Shyama Charan Lahiri religion Hinduism birth_name Shyama Charan Lahiri birth_date September 30, 1828 birth_place Ghurni village, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj (Present day in Nadia district, West Bengal, India) death_date September 26, 1895 death_place Benares, United Provinces), British Raj order Self-realization (Enlightenment)) school Yoga nationality Indian guru Mahavatar Babaji honors Yogiraj, Kashi Baba disciples Yukteswar Giri, Tinkouri Lahiri, Panchanan Bhattacharya, Keshavananda Brahmachari philosophy Kriya Yoga ** Shyama Charan Lahiri** (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi guru who founded the Kriya Yoga school)....

Vīrya (Hinduism) Vīrya (Sanskrit वीर्य) literally means “state of a strong man” or “manliness.” In Hindu Vedic literature, the term is often associated with heroism and virility. In Brahmacharya in Hinduism, Virya also refers to semen in a male and it is considered to be the ‘vital fluid’. Loss of Virya from the body is avoided in Brahmacharya. Vedic literature Vīryà as “manly” and “hero” can be found, for instance, in the following excerpts from the Rig Veda (RV)....

Purusha Sukta !The Rig Veda Purusha suktam (Sanskrit पुरुषसूक्तम्) is hymn 10.90 of the Rigveda, dedicated to the Purusha, the “Cosmic Being”. It is also found in the Shukla Yajurveda Samhita 31.1-16 and Atharva Veda Samhita 19.6. Slightly different versions of the Sukta appear in different Vedas. One version of the suktam has 16 verses, 15 in the meter, and the final one in the meter. Another version of the Sukta consists of 24 verses with the first 18 mantras designated as the Purva-narayana and the later portion termed as the Uttara-narayana probably in honour of Rishi Narayana....

Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir name Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir map_type India Uttar Pradesh map_caption Location in Uttar Pradesh coordinates 27.56778°N, 77.64493°W country India state Uttar Pradesh district Mathura location Vrindavan elevation_m 213 deity Krishna & Radha architecture Nagara architecture and Modern architecture year_completed 2026 creator ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) website http://www.vcm.org.in/ Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir is a temple under early stages of construction at Vrindavan, Mathura, India. As planned, it will be the tallest religious monument in the world....

Bahvricha Upanishad devanagari बह्वृच sanskrit_transliteration Bahvṛca meaning One conversant with Rigveda composition_date 12th- to 15th-century CE veda Rigveda type Shakta chapters 1 verses 9 philosophy Shaktism, Vedanta The Bahvricha Upanishad (बह्वृच उपनिषद्, IAST: Bahvṛca 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 Rigveda. The Upanishad is notable for asserting that the Self (soul, Atman) is a Goddess who alone existed before the creation of the universe....

Preṣya yoga Preṣya yoga (Sanskrit: प्रेष्य योग) is a planetary combination in Hindu astrology. A person born with preshya yoga is poor, unhappy and uneducated. He hears harsh words from others and works in slavery throughout his life. The term comes from the Sanskrit word preṣya which means “servant.” Vedic usage In Aitareya Brahmana, the term *preṣya * occurs in the sense of a menial servant, Śudra or a slave employed for being sent on an errand....

Rama tapaniya Upanishad devanagari राम तापनीय sanskrit_transliteration Rāma Tāpanīya meaning Upanishad of the penance towards Rama composition_date 11th- to 16th-century type Vaishnava veda Atharvaveda chapters 2 verses 94 in Rama Purva, 5 prose sections in Rama Uttara philosophy Vaishnava name Rama Tapaniya Upanishad The Rama Tapaniya Upanishad (राम तापनीय उपनिषत्) also called Ramatapaniyopanishad (रामतापिनियोपनिषत्) is a minor Upanishadic text written in Sanskrit. It is one of the 31 Upanishads attached to the Atharvaveda, and is classified as a Vaishnava Upanishad....

Hanuman Chalisa name Hanuman Chalisa author Tulsidas title_orig Shubham Krishnatray religion Hinduism language Awadhi language genre Bhakti literature (Devotional poetry) verses 40 The Hanuman Chalisa (Forty chaupais) on Hanuman) is a Hindu devotional hymn (stotra) in praise of Hanuman. It was authored by Tulsidas in the Awadhi language, and is his best known text apart from the Ramcharitmanas. Apart from Awadhi, the Hanuman Chalisa is also available in various languages including Sanskrit, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi and Bengali....

Nyāya Sūtras !4 Pramanas, epistemology according to ancient Nyayasutras The Nyāya Sūtras is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text composed by , and the foundational text of the Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy. The date when the text was composed, and the biography of its author is unknown, but variously estimated between 6th-century BCE and 2nd-century CE. The text may have been composed by more than one author, over a period of time....

Ketumati Ketumati (Ch’ih-t’ou) is a legendary place in some Buddhist traditions viewed as the earthly paradise of the prophesied figure called Maitreya, who is the future Buddha). Devotees of Maitreya believe that the kingdom is a pure land where Maitreya and his future parents will preside upon his descent from the Tusita Heaven to Earth. They believe that he will also bring a utopian era upon his devotees. Ketumati is sometimes associated with the city of Banaras in Uttar Pradesh, India....