Dictionary: Morya Gosavi

Morya Gosavi name Morya Gosavi religion Hinduism birth_date AD 1375 birth_place Morgaon, Maharashtra, India death_date AD 1561 death_place Chinchwad, Maharashtra philosophy Ganapatya honors Venerated as the chief spiritual progenitor of the Ganapatyas literary_works devotional poetry devoted Ganesha Morya Gosavi or Moraya Gosavi alias Moroba Gosavi was a prominent saint of the Hindu Ganapatya sect, which considers Ganesha as the Supreme God. Morya Gosavi is considered the chief spiritual progenitor of the Ganapatyas and has been described as the “most famous devotee” of Ganesha....

February 15, 2023 · 8 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Mother India (magazine)

Mother India (magazine) Mother India is the Sri Aurobindo Ashram’s originally fortnightly, now monthly, cultural review. It was started in 1948, the founding editor being K. D. Sethna (Amal Kiran), who continues as editor for over fifty years. History Mother India began as a semi-political fortnightly, and needed Sri Aurobindo’s sanction before material in it could be published. Although Sri Aurobindo himself did not write in Mother India, his interest in important issues of the time was reflected in the writings of his disciple Amal Kiran, the editor of the journal....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Mudgala Purana

Mudgala Purana The Mudgala Purana (Sanskrit:मुद्गल पुराणम्; ) is a Hindu religious text dedicated to the Hindu deity Ganesha. It is an Purana that includes many stories and ritualistic elements relating to Ganesha. The Ganesha Purana and the Mudgala Purana are core scriptures for devotees of Ganesha, known as Ganapatyas. These are the only two Purana that are exclusively dedicated to Ganesha. Content Like the Ganesha Purana, the Mudgala Purana considers Ganesha to represent the ultimate reality of being....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Mudgala Upanishad

Mudgala Upanishad devanagari मुद्गल sanskrit_transliteration Mudgala meaning named after a Vedic sage chapters 4 veda Rigveda type Samanya philosophy Vaishnavism The Mudgala Upanishad (मुद्गल उपनिषत्, IAST: Mudgala Upaniṣad) is a medieval era Sanskrit text and a major Upanishad of Hinduism. It is classified as a Samanya Upanishad and attached to the Rigveda. The Mudgala Upanishad, along with Subala Upanishad, is one of the two Upanishads that discuss the Purusha Sukta of Rigveda....

February 15, 2023 · 5 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Mulugu Papayaradhya

Mulugu Papayaradhya Mulugu Papayaradhya, also known as Mulugu Papayya and Sangameswara Sastry, (1778–1852) was a Telugu and Sanskrit scholar, preceptor, translator, and writer, known for his translation of the Devi Bhagavatam from Sanskrit into Telugu and for being the preceptor and court poet of the Raja of Amaravati, Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu. Mulugu Papayaradhya was born to Viranaradhya, a prominent Veera Shaiva acharya, and Akkamba. He lived in Amaravati, now in the Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh....

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl genre Sitcom creator Greg Garcia) starring Jason Lee), , Ethan Suplee, , Jaime Pressly, , Nadine Velazquez, , Eddie Steeples narrated Jason Lee composer Danny Lux, , Mark Leggett country United States language English num_seasons 4 num_episodes 96 list_episodes List of My Name Is Earl episodes executive_producer Greg Garcia, , Marc Buckland, , Bobby Bowman producer Jason Lee, , Henry J. Lange Jr., , Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, , John Hoberg, , Michael Pennie, , Kat Likkel, , Mike Mariano, , Jessica Goldstein, , Hilary Winston, , Chrissy Pietrosh camera Single-camera runtime 19–24 minutes company Amigos de Garcia Productions, , 20th Century Fox Television distributor 20th Television network NBC picture_format 1080i (16:9 HDTV) first_aired September 20, 2005 last_aired May 14, 2009 My Name Is Earl is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia) that aired on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States....

February 15, 2023 · 14 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Mythological anecdotes of Ganesha

Mythological anecdotes of Ganesha !Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73 There are many anecdotes of Ganesha. Ganesha’s elephant head makes him easy to identify. He is worshipped as the lord of beginnings and as the lord of removing obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences, and the god of intellect and wisdom. In his survey of Ganesha’s rise to prominence in Sanskrit literature, Ludo Rocher notes that: History about the birth of Ganesha are found in the later Puranas, composed from about 600 CE onwards....

February 15, 2023 · 14 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Nadabindu Upanishad

Nadabindu Upanishad devanagari नादबिन्दू sanskrit_transliteration Nādabindu meaning Pinpoint Concentration due to nada. composition_date ~100 BCE to 300 CE type Yoga veda Atharvaveda chapters 1 verses 20, 56 philosophy Yoga, Vedanta The Nadabindu Upanishad (Sanskrit: नादबिन्दु उपनिषत्, IAST: Nādabindu Upaniṣad) is an ancient Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. It also known as Amrita Nada Bindu Upanishad....

February 15, 2023 · 5 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Nag Nathaiya

Nag Nathaiya holiday_name Nag Nathaiya type Hindu nickname Victory over Evil observedby Hindus longtype Religious, Cultural date per Hindu calendar date2019 Thursday, 31 October date2020 Thursday, 19 November celebrations Reenactment of Krishna’s victory on Kaliya in Varanasi. frequency Annual Nag Nathaiya or **Nag Nathaiya Leela ** is a Hindu festival held in Varanasi, India, commemorating the conquest of the god Krishna over the naga (serepnt) Kaliya. The tale is reenacted annually the Tulsi Ghat on the fourth tithi of Kartik)’s light fortnight, Paksha; which is usually sometime between November and December....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Namarupa-vyakarana

Namarupa-vyakarana Nāmarūpa-vyākaraṇa (नामरुपव्याकरण), in Hindu philosophy, refers to the process of evolution of differentiation into names and forms i.e. to the unfolding of the primal state into the manifest world prior to which unfolding there was nothing that existed; it refers to the conditioned reality. Upanishads and Vedantic commentaries In the Upanishads this term is used to indicate the self-willed manifestation of Brahman under visible and nameable aspects, to the said manifestation into the fictitious plurality of the phenomenal world owing to maya), the unreal adjunct....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Naradaparivrajaka Upanishad

Naradaparivrajaka Upanishad devanagari नारदपरिव्राजकोपनिषत् sanskrit_transliteration Nāradaparivrājaka meaning Wandering Nārada composition_date ~12th-century veda Atharvaveda type Sannyasa chapters 9 verses 221 philosophy Vedanta The Naradaparivrajaka Upanishad (नारदपरिव्राजक उपनिषत्, IAST: Nāradaparivrājaka Upaniṣad) is a medieval era Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. The text is attached to the Atharva Veda, and is one of the 20 Sannyasa (renunciation) Upanishads. The Naradaparivrajaka text describes the rites of passage associated with renunciation and the life of someone who has chosen the monastic path of life as a sannyasi in Hindu Ashrama) tradition....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Narayana Upanishad

Narayana Upanishad name Narayana Upanishad devanagari नारायण उपनिषद् sanskrit_transliteration Nārāyaṇa Upaniṣad meaning The Upanishad addressed to Narayana type Vaishnava veda Krishna Yajurveda chapters 5 The Narayana Upanishad (नारायण उपनिषद्) is one of the minor Upanishads, listed as number 18 in the extended anthology of 108 Upanishads recited by Rama to Hanuman in Hindu literature. It is listed as number 33 in the early 19th-century Henry Thomas Colebrooke anthology. It is written in the Sanskrit language, attached to the Krishna (Black) Yajurveda....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Narayanastra

Narayanastra !Ashwatthama uses Narayanastra In Hindu mythology, the Narayanastra (नारायणास्त्रम्) is an astra), a celestial missile, affiliated to the Hindu deity, Vishnu, in his form of Narayana. Description This astra) (“celestial weapon” in Sanskrit) fires a volley of millions of deadly missiles simultaneously, the intensity of which rises in proportion to the resistance of the target. The only way to defend against the Narayanastra is, therefore, to show total submission before the missiles hit, which would cause them to stop and spare the target....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Nasadiya Sukta

Nasadiya Sukta The Nāsadīya Sūkta (after the incipit ‘, or “not the non-existent”), also known as the Hymn of Creation’’’, is the 129th hymn of the 10th mandala of the Rigveda (10:129). It is concerned with cosmology and the origin of the universe. Nasadiya Sukta begins with the statement: “Then, there was neither existence, nor non-existence.” It ponders when, why, and through whom the universe came into being in a contemplative tone, and provides no definite answers....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Navya-Nyāya

Navya-Nyāya The Navya-Nyāya or Neo-Logical darśana (view, system, or school) of Indian logic and Indian philosophy was founded in the 13th century CE by the philosopher Gangeśa Upādhyāya of Mithila) and continued by Raghunatha Siromani of Nabadwipa in Bengal. It was a development of the classical Nyāya darśana. Other influences on Navya-Nyāya were the work of earlier philosophers Vācaspati Miśra (900–980 CE) and Udayana (late 10th century). It remained active in India through to the 18th century....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum