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World Sanskrit Conference The World Sanskrit conference is an international conference organised at various locations globally. It has been held in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Delhi International Sanskrit Conference of 1972 is considered to be the first World Sanskrit Conference. So far it has been held in India four times (1972, 1981, 1997, 2012). History !ANCIENT_SANSKRIT_ON_HEMP_BASED_PAPER.HEMP_WAS_A_COMMON_AND_DURABLE_FIBRE_IN_THE_PRODUCTION_OF%22RAG%22_PAPER_FROM_200_BCE_TO_THE_1850_AD According to the official web-site of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies (IASS), several Sanskrit scholars from major Indian universities perceived that the International Congress of Orientalists “did not allow sufficient scope for full discussion of Sanskrit and allied subjects”....

World Sanskrit Day World Sanskrit Day, also known as Vishva-Samskrita-Dinam (विश्वसंस्कृतदिनम्), is an annual event focused around the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit that incorporates lectures about the language and is aimed to promote its revival and maintenance. It is celebrated on Shraavana Poornima, that is the full moon day of the Shraavana month in the Hindu calendar. This generally corresponds with the month of August in the Gregorian calendar. The Sanskrit organisation Samskrita Bharati is involved in promoting the day....

World Vaisnava Association name World Vaisnava Association — Visva Vaisnava Raj Sabha abbreviation WVA–VVRS established November 18, 1994 founders 28 sannyasis and members of 19 missions founding_location Vrindavan, India type Religious organization purpose Mediation · Educational · Missionary · Religious studies · Spirituality headquarters Vrindavan, India area_served Worldwide languages English leader_title President leader_name Srila Bhakti B. Tirtha Maharaj main_organ Council · Managing Committee · Council Supervisors affiliations Gaudiya Vaishnavism website wva-vvrs....

Yajnavalkya Upanishad devanagari याज्ञवल्क्य sanskrit_transliteration Yājñavalkya meaning Name of a Vedic sage composition_date 14th or 15th-century veda Shukla Yajurveda type Sannyasa chapters 4 The Yajnavalkya Upanishad (याज्ञवल्क्य उपनिषत्, IAST: Yājñavalkya Upaniṣad) is a late medieval era Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. The text is attached to the Shukla Yajurveda, and is one of the 20 Sannyasa (renunciation) Upanishads. History The composition date or author of Yajnavalkya Upanishad is not known, but the chapter 4 of the text is likely a late medieval era text since it references texts which were composed in 1st millennium CE and early 2nd millennium....

Yajurveda religion Hinduism image_size 250 language Vedic Sanskrit period c. 1200–800 BCE chapters 40 adhyayas verses 1,975 mantras The Yajurveda (यजुर्वेद, ’, from ‘ meaning “worship”, and veda meaning “knowledge”) is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual-offering formulas that were said by a priest while an individual performed ritual actions such as those before the yajna fire....

Yashovijaya religion Jainism sect Svetambara birth_date 1624 death_date 1688 honorific-prefix Mahopadhya honorific-suffix Ji Maharaja Yashovijaya (, 1624–1688), a seventeenth-century Jain philosopher-monk, was a notable Indian philosopher and logician. He was a thinker, prolific writer and commentator who had a strong and lasting influence on Jainism. He was a disciple of Muni Nayavijaya in the lineage of Jain monk Hiravijaya (belonging to the Tapa Gaccha tradition of Svetambara Jains) who influenced the Mughal Emperor Akbar to give up eating meat....

Yoga !Shiva Bangalore Yoga (योग ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind (Chitta)) and mundane suffering (Duḥkha). There is a wide variety of schools of yoga, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and traditional and modern yoga is practiced worldwide. Two general theories exist on the origins of yoga....

Yoga as exercise !Yoga4Love Freedom Gratitude Yoga as exercise is a physical activity consisting mainly of postures, often connected by flowing sequences, sometimes accompanied by breathing exercises, and frequently ending with relaxation lying down or meditation. Yoga in this form has become familiar across the world, especially in America and Europe. It is derived from medieval Haṭha yoga, which made use of similar postures, but it is generally simply called “yoga”....

Yoga Upanishads Yoga Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to Yoga. There are twenty Yoga Upanishads in the anthology of 108 Upanishads listed in the Muktika anthology.. The Yoga Upanishads, along with other minor Upanishads, are generally classified separate from the thirteen major Principal Upanishads considered to be more ancient and from the Vedic tradition. The Yoga Upanishads deal with the theory and practice of Yogic techniques, with varied emphasis on methodology and meditation, but with some shared ideas....

Yoga Vasistha Vasishta Yoga Samhita (योगवासिष्ठम्, IAST: yoga-vāsiṣṭham; also known as Maha-Ramayana, Arsha Ramayana, Vasiṣṭha Ramayana, Yogavasistha-Ramayana and Jnanavasistha. ) is a historically popular and influential syncretic philosophical text of Hinduism, dated to the 6th CE or 7th CE — 14th CE or 15th CE. It is attributed to Maharishi Valmiki, but the real author is unknown. The complete text contains over 29,000 verses. The short version of the text is called Laghu yogavāsiṣṭham and contains 6,000 verses....

Yoga-kundalini Upanishad devanagari योगकुण्डलिनी type Yoga veda Krishna Yajurveda chapters 3 verses 171 The Yoga-kundalini Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगकुण्डलिनी उपनिषत् IAST: ), also called Yogakundali Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगकुण्डल्युपनिषत्, IAST: Yogakuṇḍalī Upaniṣad), is a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. The Sanskrit text is one of the 20 Yoga Upanishads, and is one of 32 Upanishads attached to the Krishna Yajurveda. In the Muktika canon, narrated by Rama to Hanuman, it is listed at number 86 in the anthology of 108 Upanishads....

Yogachudamani Upanishad name Yogachudamani devanagari योगचूडामणि sanskrit_transliteration Yogacūḍāmaṇi meaning Crown jewel of yoga type Yoga veda Samaveda verses 121 philosophy Tantra The Yogachudamani Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगचूडामणि उपनिषत्, IAST: Yogacūḍāmaṇi Upaniṣad) is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism composed in Sanskrit, and is called the “Crown Jewel of Yoga”. Attached to the Samaveda, it is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. The text is notable for its discussions of Kundalini yoga....

Yogamaya type Hindu deity_of Goddess of Illusion affiliation Shaktism, Vaishnavism birth_place Gokulam parents Nanda) (father), Yashoda (mother) dynasty Yaduvamsha name Yogamaya abode Vaikuntha, Vindhyas festivals Vaikuntha Ekadashi other_names Mahamaya, Durga, Vindhyavasini, Narayani, Bhadrakali, Ambika, Ekanamsha, Sharada texts Bhagavata Purana Yogamaya (योगमाया), also venerated as Vindhyavasini, Mahamaya, and Ekanamsha, is a Hindu goddess. In Vaishnava tradition, she is accorded the epithet Narayani, and serves as the personification of Vishnu’s powers of illusion....

Yogashikha Upanishad name Yogashikha devanagari योगशिखा sanskrit_transliteration Yogaśikhā meaning Peak of Yogic meditation type Yoga veda Krishna Yajurveda or Atharvaveda chapters varies by manuscript (1 to 6) verses varies by manuscript (~10 to 390) philosophy Yoga, Vedanta The Yogashikha Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगशिखा उपनिषत्, IAST: Yogaśikhā Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. Two versions of the Yogashikha Upanishad exist, one short that is attached to the Atharvaveda in some anthologies, and a long version which is often found attached to the Krishna Yajurveda in Telugu language anthologies....

Yogatattva Upanishad devanagari योगतत्त्व meaning Yoga and truth composition_date 150 AD veda Atharvaveda verses 143 philosophy Vedanta The Yogatattva Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगतत्त्व उपनिषत्, IAST: Yogatattva Upaniṣhad), also called as Yogatattvopanishad (योगतत्त्वोपनिषत्), is an important Upanishad within Hinduism. A Sanskrit text, it is one of eleven Yoga Upanishads attached to the Atharvaveda, and one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. It is listed at number 41 in the serial order of the Muktika enumerated by Rama to Hanuman in the modern era anthology of 108 Upanishads....