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Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad devanagari कलिसन्तरण meaning To overcome the effects of Kali Yuga veda Krishna Yajurveda verses 2 philosophy Vaishnava The Kali-Santarana Upanishad (कलिसन्तरणोपनिषद्; ), also called, is a Sanskrit text. It is a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. The Vaishnava Upanishad was likely composed before c. 500 CE. According to Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, this text’s central mantra, known as the Hare Krishna, or Mahā (“Great”), Mantra), was given in the 16th century to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at his initiation in Gaya (though the Sanskrit mantra is absent from his biographies)....

Category:Shakti temples Temples dedicated to Hindu goddesses Shakti, Durga Parvathi, Kali, Lakshmi, Saraswati, etc.

Hanuman type Hindu name Hanuman god_of God of Wisdom, Strength, Courage, Devotion and Self-Discipline devanagari हनुमान affiliation Devotee of Rama, Deva), Vanara,<ref, name=“Williams2008p146”/> Avatar of Vayu, Mukhyaprana abode Kishkindha festivals Hanuman Jayanti mantra ॐ श्री हनुमते नमः (Om Sri Hanumate Namah) parents Vayu (spiritual father), Kesari) (father) , Añjanā (mother) weapon Gada (mace) birth_place Anjeyanadri Hill, Koppal district texts Ramayana and its other versions, Hanuman Chalisa siblings Bhima (spiritual brother) member_of Chiranjivi Hanuman (हनुमान्, ), also called Anjaneya (आञ्जनेय), is a Hindu god and a divine vanara companion of the god Rama....

M. P. Pandit M. P. Pandit (14 June 1918 – 14 March 1993) was a spiritual author, teacher and Sanskrit scholar. For several decades, he was a secretary of the Mother (Mirra Alfassa) of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He wrote numerous books and articles on the yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, on social and political thought, science, philosophy, religion, mysticism, and the classical texts and spiritual traditions of India....

Upakarma Upākarma (“Beginning”, उपाकर्म), also called Āvaṇi Aviṭṭam (ஆவணி அவிட்டம்), Āvaṇi Aviṭṭam (ആവണി അവിട്ടം), Janivārada Huṇṇime (ಜನಿವಾರದ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ), Gahmā Pūrṇimā (ଗହ୍ମା ପୂର୍ଣିମା), and Jaṁdhyāla Paurṇami (జంధ్యాల పౌర్ణమి) is a Vedic ritual practiced by Hindus of the Brahmin caste. During the ritual, men change a sacred thread and put on a new one. Upākarma is conducted once a year during the shravana or Dhaniṣṭhā nakṣatra of the Hindu month of Śrāvana, when Brahmins change their upanayana thread with Vedic rituals, making offerings to the rishis who composed the Vedic hymns....

Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Upanishad name Paramahamsa Parivrajaka devanagari परमहम्स परिव्रजक meaning Wandering supreme swan (soul) composition_date 14th or 15th century CE authors Brahma and Adi Narayana type Sannyasa veda Atharvaveda chapters 8 philosophy Vedanta The Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Upanishad (IAST: परमहम्स परिव्रजक उपनिस्हद्), is a medieval era Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. It is one of the 31 Upanishads attached to the Atharvaveda, and classified as one of the 19 Sannyasa Upanishads....

Rama in Jainism type Jain name Rama deity_of God in Jainism other_names Padma father Dasharatha mother Kaushalya predecessor Dasharatha Rama (Rāma), the hero of Ramayana, is described in the Jain scriptures as one of sixty-three illustrious persons, known as Salakapurusa. Among these, there are nine sets of Balabhadra, Vasudeva and Prati-Vasudeva. Rama was the 8th Balabhadra with Lakshmana and Ravana being his Vasudeva and Prati-Vasudeva counterparts. He is described as a young prince who is deprived of his throne and turned into a pauper....

Sukhakarta Dukhaharta !Moreshwar Sukhakarta Dukhaharta (literally “harbinger of happiness and dispeller of distress”, सुखकर्ता दु:खहर्ता, ), also spelled as Sukhkarta Dukhharta, is a popular Marathi arati song or bhajan (devotional song) dedicated to the Hindu god Ganesha, composed by the saint Samarth Ramdas (1608 - 1682 CE). It is included in the “most standard and almost universal” arati songs sung at the end of Puja) (worship rituals) of Ganesha in Maharashtra, especially in his festival Ganesh Chaturthi as well as in Ganesha temples in the region....

A. R. Natarajan A. R. Natarajan was a disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi who published numerous books on his guru. He was the president and founder of the Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, Bangalore) the Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Research Centre (Sanjaynagar, Bangalore)and the vice-president of the Ramana Kendra, New Delhi.“Bangaloreans would not have had the opportunity of learning about Bhagwan Shri Ramana, but for the efforts put by Shri.A.R.Natarajan in building RMCL at Mekhri Circle, Bangalore” said Mr....

Rama type Hindu name Rama devanagari राम member_of Dashavatara god_of The Ideal Man · Embodiment of Dharma affiliation Seventh avatar of Vishnu, , Brahman (Vaishnavism), , Deva parents Dasharatha (father), , Kaushalya (mother), , Kaikeyi (step-mother), , Sumitra (step-mother) spouse Sita abode Ayodhya · Saket weapon Bow and arrows texts Ramayana, , Versions of Ramayana siblings Lakshmana (half-brother), , Bharata (half-brother), , Shatrughna (half-brother) festivals Rama Navami · Vivaha Panchami · Deepavali · Dusshera birth_place Ayodhya, Kosala (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) children Lava (son), , Kusha (son) dynasty Raghuvamsha)-Suryavamsha predecessor Dasharatha Bharata) gender Male successor Lava) mantra Jai Shri Ram Hare Rama) name Dashavatara Sequence predecessor Parashurama successor Krishna Rama (राम ) is a major deity in Hinduism....

Achintya Bheda Abheda !Gauranga Achintya-Bheda-Abheda (अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद, in IAST) is a school of Vedanta representing the philosophy of inconceivable one-ness and difference. In Sanskrit achintya means ‘inconceivable’, bheda translates as ‘difference’, and abheda translates as ’non-difference’. The Gaudiya Vaishnava religious tradition employs the term in relation to the relationship of creation and creator (Krishna, Svayam Bhagavan), between God and his energies. It is believed that this philosophy was taught by the movement’s theological founder Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534) and differentiates the Gaudiya tradition from the other Vaishnava Sampradayas....

Jaganmata !Shri Lakshmi Lustrated by Elephants (Gaja-Lakshmi) LACMA M.74.40.1 (1 of 5)LACMA_M.74.40.1(1_of_5).jpg?width=300) !Tanjore Paintings - Big temple 01|||Tanjore painting of Lakshmi Jaganmata (जगन्माता), also rendered as Lokamata, is primarily an epithet of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, the supreme goddess of Vaishnavism. It is also used in Hindu literature to address other goddesses, such as Parvati and Durga. Atharva Veda A hymn from the Atharva Veda dedicated to Lakshmi prays for a portion of the Jaganmata to reside upon one’s tongue....

Maggi Lidchi-Grassi Marguerite (Maggi) Lidchi-Grassi (born 1930 in Paris) is a writer and spiritual teacher. Life and writings During World War II, she lived in South Africa, but later returned to Paris, where she encountered a cousin who had survived Auschwitz. An attempt to understand why things went wrong led her, at the age of seventeen, to discover the works of Sri Aurobindo. In 1959, married and once again living in Africa, she decided to leave her husband and family and, after some attempts to dissuade her, went to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry, India, where she still lives....

Ram Janmabhoomi name Ram Janmabhoomi alternate_name Birth place of lord Ram coordinates 26.7956°N, 82.1943°W location Ayodhya region Uttar Pradesh ownership Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Ram Janmabhoomi (literally, “Rama’s birthplace”) is the site that is hypothesized to be the birthplace of Rama, believed to be the seventh avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. The Ramayana states that the location of Rama’s birthplace is on the banks of the Sarayu river))) in a city called “Ayodhya”....

Sanskrit Collegiate School name Sanskrit Collegiate School motto Sanskrit: तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय motto_translation From the darkness of ignorance lead me to the light of knowledge streetaddress 1,Bankim Chatterjee Street region College Street city Kolkata state West Bengal county India postcode 700 073 country India schooltype School fundingtype Government language Bengali, English, Sanskrit established 1824 authority Government of West Bengal headmaster Debabrata Mukherjee grades I to XII gender Boys’ only lower_age 6 years upper_age 19 years students 600 (approx) affiliations WBBSE, WBCHSE colours White and Olive Green alumni Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Haraprasad Shastri, Shibnath Shastri, Surendranath Dasgupta, Krishna Kanta Handique, Bimal Krishna Matilal, Abanindranath Tagore, J....