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Pillaiyar Suḻi !Pillayar Suli Pillaiyar Suḻi (பிள்ளையார் சுழி), also rendered Ganesha’s curl, is sacred textual symbol. Various Tamil Hindus usually write it at the beginning of diaries, notebooks, and invitations before writing anything new. It is primarily found in South India and Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to deity Ganesha, who believed that the Pillaiyar Suḻi symbolises an auspicious beginning. It is similar to the Tamil and Malayalam letter உ,ഉ(u). Ganesha is ritually worshiped first with prayers for success in various traditions of Hinduism....

Political history of Sri Aurobindo !Sri Aurobindo presiding over a meeting of the Nationalists after the Surat Congress, with Tilak speaking, 1907 Aurobindo’s political career lasted only four years, from 1906 to 1910. Though he had been active behind the scene surveying, organizing and supporting the nationalist cause, ever since his return to India, especially during his excursions to Bengal. This period of his activity from 1906-1910 saw a complete transformation of India’s political scene....

Pompeii Lakshmi name Pompeii Yakshi image_caption An ivory statuette of Lakshmi (1st century CE), found in the ruins of Pompeii material Ivory discovered_place Pompeii discovered_date c. 1930–1938 location Secret Museum, Naples, Italy id 149425 height 24.5cm The Pompeii Lakshmi is an ivory statuette that was discovered in the ruins of Pompeii, a Roman city destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 79 CE. It was found by Amedeo Maiuri, an Italian scholar, in 1938....

Prachetas !The Prachetas paying homage to Shiva It is an epithet of Varuna. It is a name of one of the ten Prajapatis, the son of Suvarna, a law giver. It is the name of the grandson of the sage Marichi It is the designation for a group of beings in the Vedas It is the collective term for the ten great-grandsons of Prithu Pracetas (Sanskrit: प्रचेतस्) is a term in Hindu mythology with a number of definitions: Vedas (गिर्वणः इन्द्र) Praise-worthy Lord !...

Prajñā (Hinduism) Prajña or Pragya (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञ) as प्रज्ञा, प्राज्ञ and प्राज्ञा is used to refer to the highest and purest form of wisdom, intelligence and understanding. Pragya is the state of wisdom which is higher than the knowledge obtained by reasoning and inference. Meaning The Sanskrit word प्रज्ञ (Prajña) is the combination of “प्र (pra-)” which prefix means – before, forward, fulfiller, and used as the intensifier but rarely as a separate word and “ज्ञ (jna)” which means - knowing or familiar with....

Pramada (Indian philosophy) Pramada (negligence, carelessness) is the root cause of all pains and problems afflicting all human-beings. Adhyatma Upanishad. 14, terms Pramada as death itself. Meaning Pramada in Sanskrit variously means - negligence, inertia, inadvertence, indolence, idleness, sluggishness, inattentiveness. Pramada produces forgetfulness. It is the root cause of all pains and problems afflicting human-beings. Implication The Bhagavad Gita XIV 13,17, lists Pramada (negligence) with Apravrtti (inactivity), Aprakasha (non-illumination) and Moha (delusion) as the products of Tamasi vivrddhe (preponderant state of dullness), which is opposite to knowledge produced by Sattva....

Prashna Upanishad !Prashna Upanishad sample manuscript page, Sanskrit, Devanagari script The Prashnopanishad (प्रश्नोपनिषद्, ) is an ancient Sanskrit text, embedded inside Atharva Veda, ascribed to Pippalada sakha of Vedic scholars. It is a Mukhya (primary) Upanishad, and is listed as number 4 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads of Hinduism. The Prashna Upanishad contains six Prashna (questions), and each is a chapter with a discussion of answers. The chapters end with the phrase, prasnaprativakanam, which literally means, “thus ends the answer to the question”....

Prasthanatrayi The Upanishads, known as ’ (injunctive texts), and the ’ (the starting point or axiom of revelation), especially the Principal Upanishads. The Bhagavad Gita, known as ’ (practical text), and the ’ (the starting point or axiom of remembered tradition) The Brahma Sutras, known as ’ (formulative texts) or ’ or (logical text or axiom of logic) Prasthanatrayi (प्रस्थानत्रयी, IAST: ), literally, three sources (or axioms), refers to the three canonical texts of theology having epistemic authority, especially of the Vedanta schools....

Pratibandhaka Pratibandhaka (Sanskrit:प्रतिबन्धक) variously means – ‘opposition’, ‘resistance’, ‘investment’, ‘blockade’, ‘siege’, ‘invariable and inseparable connection’, ‘cessation’, ‘disappointment’; it also means – ‘impediment’, ‘obstacle’, ‘cognitive blocker’, ‘antidote’ or ‘preventive measure’. Pratibandhaka is a causal dependency and refers to something that must perform the specific function of obstructing. Jaina concept of causal power Prabhachandra, the disciple of Akalarika, endorses the Jaina argument that the causal complex has the causal power of producing effect owing to the existence of some extra-sensory power ( shakti ), that the hindrance in the origination of an effect is caused by counter-agents (pratibandhaka) is due to the special power....

Pratibimbavada Pratibimbavada (Sanskrit: प्रतिबिम्बवाद) or the theory of reflection, whose origin can be traced to the Brahma Sutra II.iii.50, is credited to Padmapada, the founder of the Vivarna School of Advaita Vedanta and the author of Pancapadika which is a commentary on Sankara’s Brahma Sutra Bhasya. According to the Vivarna School, Brahman is the locus of Avidya), and which, with regard to the relation existing between the Jiva and Brahman, concludes that the Jiva is a mere reflection (pratibimba) of its prototype (bimba) i....

Pratiyogitvam Pratiyogitvam, a Sanskrit term, means recognizing ‘difference’ by noting the ‘otherness’ in another thing; ‘difference’ means ’the want of the total characteristic of one thing in another’. Differences are of three kinds: (a) ‘difference existing in oneself’ (svajātiya-bheda), (b) ‘difference in species’ (svagata-bheda), and (c) ‘difference of genus’ (vijātiya-bheda). These differences do not exist in Brahman who is one without a second. The Upanishads negate these differences in Brahman who is self-revealing and can be experienced when all mentations cease, what is then experienced is not nothing, for there can be no knowledge of a thing that does not exist....

Pratyaksha Pratyaksha in Hinduism is one of the three principal means of knowledge, it means that which is present before the eyes clear, distinct and evident. Meaning Pratyaksha (Sanskrit: प्रत्यक्ष IAST: pratyakṣa) literally means that which is perceptible to the eye or visible, in general usage it refers to being present, present before the eye i.e. within the range of sight, cognizable by any sense organ, distinct, evident, clear, direct, immediate, explicit, express, corporeal; it is a Pramana, mode of proof....

Prayatna Prayatna means – effort or activity; it expresses a sense of human determination and initiative but is required to be supplemented by confidence in one’s own abilities and steadfastness of purpose which two factors combine to make it a driving force. Prayatna does not merely mean ’effort’ but ’effort at a point of articulation'. Meaning Prayatna (Sanskrit: प्रयत्नः) means – ’effort’, ’exertion’, ’endeavour’, ‘perseverance’, ‘activity’ or ‘action in general’. Pāṇini explains that prayatna does not merely mean effort but effort at a point of articulation; it expresses a sense of human determination and initiative and needs to be supplemented by confidence in one’s own abilities and steadfastness of purpose which makes prayatna a driving force....

Prem Mandir, Vrindavan name Prem Mandir map_type India Uttar Pradesh map_caption Location in Uttar Pradesh coordinates 27.57246°N, 77.67249°W country 🇮🇳 India state Uttar Pradesh district Mathura location Vrindavan, Mathura district, U.P elevation_m 169.78 deity Radha Krishna,, , Sita Rama festivals Janmashtami, Radhastami architecture Rajasthani Somnath Gujarati architecture creator Kripalu Maharaj website http://jkp.org.in year_completed 17 February 2012 Prem Mandir (lit. The Temple of Love) is a Hindu temple in Vrindavan, Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India....

Principal Upanishads Principal Upanishads, also known as Mukhya Upanishads, are the most ancient and widely studied Upanishads of Hinduism. Composed between 800 BCE to the start of common era, these texts are connected to the Vedic tradition. Content Isha Upanishad (IsUp), Yajurveda Kena Upanishad (KeUp), Samaveda Katha Upanishad (KaUp), Yajurveda Prashna Upanishad (PrUp), Atharvaveda Mundaka Upanishad (MuUp), Atharvaveda Mandukya Upanishad (MaUp), Atharvaveda Taittiriya Upanishad (TaiUp), Yajurveda Aitareya Upanishad, (AiUp), Rigveda Chandogya Upanishad (ChhUp), Samaveda Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (BṛUp), Yajurveda The Principal Upanishads, which were composed probably between 600 and 300 BCE, constitute the concluding portion of the Veda....