Sri Yantra The Sri Yantra, Shri Yantra, or Shri Chakra is a form of mystical diagram (yantra) used in the Shri Vidya school of Hinduism. It consists of nine interlocking triangles - four upward ones which represent Shiva, and five downward ones representing Shakti. All these surround the central point, the bindu). These triangles represent the cosmos and the human body. Because of its nine triangles, Shri Yantra is also known as the Navayoni Chakra....
Srimad Bhagavata Book 1 The Srimad Bhagavata is one of the main books of Hindu philosophy. The Bhagavata is a devotional account of the Supreme Being and His incarnations. Book 1 of the Srimad Bhagavata discusses the origin of the Bhagavata, and introduces the reader to the glories of Krishna as the Supreme Lord. This book consists of 19 chapters. The Bhagavata is authored by Veda Vyasa and the source material for this summary is the translation presented by Swami Tapasyananda....
Srimad Bhagavata Book 3 The Srimad Bhagavata is one of the main books of Hindu philosophy. The Bhagavata is a devotional account of the Supreme Being and His incarnations. The third book of the Srimad Bhagavata covers the teachings of Rishi Maitreya to Vidura, Vishnu’s Boar incarnation, the curse of Vishnu’s attendants, and the teachings of Kapila Muni. This book consists of 33 chapters. The Bhagavata is authored by Veda Vyasa and the source material for this summary is the translation presented by Swami Tapasyananda....
Srishti-drishti-vada Srishti-drishti-vada (Sanskrit: सृष्टिदृष्टिवाद) or ’the doctrine of perception through creation’, is the opponent school of drishti-srishti-vada. It affirms the world as the primary reality on which perception is dependent. In short, if there were no real world, there would not be any perception of it either. It is regarded as the “common sense view of things”. Terminology Srishti means “creation”, drishti means “vision” or “perception” and vada means “philosophy” or “argument”....
Standing Baba A Standing Baba, or Khareshwari, is a Hindu who has vowed to stand, not sitting or lying down even to sleep. The vow is a form of Hindu Tapa (or Tapasas), a self-inflicted corporal punishment intended to help bring spiritual enlightenment. Khareshwari are primarily found in India, but are not limited to that country. The length of the vow is unclear from available references. One source says that the vow lasts for twelve years....
Statue of Ganesha name Statue of Ganesha native_name_lang hin religious_affiliation Hinduism map_type India Telangana coordinates 16.7129°N, 78.25319°W map_alt Statue of Ganesha map_caption Statue of Ganesha location Avancha, Thimmajipeta festival Ganesha district Nagarkurnool state Telangana website http://telangana.gov.in creator Western Chalukya Empire elevation_m 9.144 The Statue of Ganesha or Monolith Ganesh or Aishwarya Ganapathi is located at Avancha, Thimmajipeta, Nagarkurnool in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the tallest Ganesh statue in India....
Sthiti A Sanskrit Dictionary gives more than eighty meanings of the Sanskrit word, Sthiti (स्थिति), but this word mainly refers to position, rank or dignity, staying, or permanence, permanent or continued existence in any place. Vedic interpretation The single principle behind the universe is described by Atharvaveda in Mantra X.8.11 in the following words: as the one reality existing which possessing multifarious forms and qualities upholds this world that has resting on it whatever which desires to move or fly or stay stationary which breathes or does not breath, which sees and does not see....
Subala Upanishad name Subala devanagari सुबाल sanskrit_transliteration Subāla meaning name of a Vedic sage composition_date Medieval type Samanya (general) veda Shukla Yajurveda chapters 16 philosophy Vaishnavism The Subala Upanishad (सुबाल उपनिषत्, IAST: Subāla Upaniṣad), also called Subalopanishad (सुबालोपनिषत्), is an Upanishad written in Sanskrit. It is attached to the Shukla Yajurveda, and classified as one of the Samanya Upanishads of Hinduism. The Subala Upanishad, together with the relatively older Mudgala Upanishad, are two Upanishads that discuss the Purusha Sukta of Rigveda, both notable for asserting that Narayana (Vishnu) is the Brahman (Highest Reality, Supreme Being)....
Substratum in Vedic Sanskrit Vedic Sanskrit has a number of linguistic features which are alien to most other Indo-European languages. Prominent examples include: phonologically, the introduction of retroflexes, which alternate with dentals, and morphologically), the formation of gerunds. Some philologists attribute such features, as well as the presence of non-Indo-European vocabulary, to a local substratum of languages encountered by Indo-Aryan peoples in Central Asia (Bactria-Marghiana) and within the Indian subcontinent, including the Dravidian languages....
Subtle body !Sapta Chakra, 1899 (cropped).jpg?width=300) A subtle body is a “quasi material” aspect of the human body, being neither solely physical nor solely spiritual, according to various esoteric, occult, and mystical teachings. This contrasts with the mind–body dualism that has dominated Western thought. The subtle body is important in the Taoism of China and Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, mainly in the branches which focus on tantra and yoga, where it is known as the Sūkṣma-śarīra (सूक्ष्म शरीर)....
Sudas name Sudas title Raja succession Raja of Tritsu and Bharatas reign 14th century BCE spouse Sudevī regnal name राजा सुदास् house Bharatas house-type Dynasty father Pijavana or Divodasa Sudās Paijavana (सुदास्) was an Indo-Aryan tribal king of the Bharatas, during the main or middle Rigvedic period (c. 14th century BCE). He led his tribe to victory in the Battle of the Ten Kings near the Paruṣṇī (modern Ravi River) in Punjab, defeating an alliance of the powerful Puru) tribe with other tribes, for which he was eulogised by his purohita Vashistha in a hymn of the Rigveda....
Sugrivajne (Sugriva pledge) Sugrivajne (Sugriva pledge) (kannada:ಸುಗ್ರೀವಾಜ್ಞೆ) is a popular pledge that appeared in Hindu epic Ramayana. Since then, the word “Sugrivajne” has often been popular in Indian politics to pass a Bill or Act that must be passed or obeyed in a timely fashion or otherwise. **Sugrivajne **is from the Yuddha Kāṇḍa of the Ramayana the Hindu epic. Lord Rama at this time on a quest to rescue his wife Sita from the demon Ravana the king of the Rakshasas meets Hanuma....
Sujata Nahar Sujata Nahar (12 December 1925 – 4 May 2007) was born in Calcutta, and spent her formative years near the poet Rabindranath Tagore. At the age of seven, she lost her mother. Her father, searching for another meaning to life, turned to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. In this way, Sujata also came to Sri Aurobindo in 1935, at age nine. She received private tutoring, and became secretary to Pavitra, the Mother’s disciple....
Sunburst (community) name Sunburst formation 1969 headquarters Santa Barbara, California leader_title Director leader_name Patricia Paulsen key_people Norman Paulsen Sunburst, also known as Brotherhood of the Sun, is an intentional community founded in 1969 by Norman Paulsen in Santa Barbara, California. Sunburst began in the late 1960s, inspired by an idea for self-sustaining World Brotherhood Colonies envisioned by Paramahansa Yogananda, the Indian yogi and author of the 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship....
Sundara Kanda author Valmiki religion Hinduism language Sanskrit Sundara Kanda (सुन्दरकाण्ड) is the fifth book in the Hindu epic Ramayana. The original Sundara Kanda is in Sanskrit, and was composed in popular tradition by Valmiki, who was the first to scripturally record the Ramayana. Sundara Kanda is the only chapter of the Ramayana in which the principal protagonist is not Rama, but Hanuman. The work depicts the adventures of Hanuman and his selflessness, strength, and devotion to Rama are emphasised in the text....