Mandala 2 The second Mandala of the Rigveda has 43 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra chiefly attributed to the Rishi Grtsamada. It is one of the “family books” (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda, which were composed in early vedic period(1500-1000 BCE). Witzel (1995) on the basis of internal evidence suggested that the second Mandala contains the oldest hymns of the Rigveda. List of incipits The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets...
Santhananda H. H. Swami Santhananda Saraswati Avadhoota Swamigal (28 March 1921 – 27 May 2002) born as Subrahmanyam was a Hindu spiritual leader and teacher who established the worship of Devi Bhuvaneswari in Tamil Nadu. He was the founder of the Bhuvaneswari Peetam in Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India. The very embodiment of Prema, Sri Sri Swami Santhananda was the fountainhead of Hindu Dharma and Vedic principles. In his lifetime he had conducted several yagnas as elucidated in the Sasthras and challenged orthodoxy by bringing to light, guarded Moola Mantras that ensure common good, wealth and peace....
Varanasi South Assembly constituency name Varanasi South mla Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari party Bharatiya Janata Party year 2022 state Uttar Pradesh district Varanasi reservation None electors 2,96,592 (2019) Varanasi South is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Varanasi South in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi South is one of five assembly constituencies in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 389 amongst 403 constituencies....
Ayodhya name Ayodhya settlement_type City nickname The Temple Town pushpin_map India Uttar Pradesh#India pushpin_label_position left coordinates 26.8°N, 82.2°W subdivision_type Country subdivision_name India subdivision_type1 State subdivision_type2 Division subdivision_type3 District subdivision_name1 Uttar Pradesh subdivision_name2 Faizabad subdivision_name3 Faizabad government_type Municipal Corporation governing_body Ayodhya Municipal Corporation leader_title Mayor leader_name Rishikesh Upadhyay leader_party BJP leader_title2 MP leader_name2 Lallu Singh , (BJP) unit_pref Metric area_total_km2 120.8 elevation_m 93 population_total 55,890 population_as_of 2011 population_density_km2 auto demographics_type1 Language demographics1_title1 Official demographics1_info1 Hindi demographics1_title2 Additional official demographics1_info2 Urdu demographics1_title3 Regional demographics1_info3 Awadhi population_demonym Ayodhyawasi, Awadhwasi timezone1 IST utc_offset1 +05:30 postal_code_type PIN(s) postal_code 224001, 224123, 224133, 224135 area_code +91-5278 registration_plate UP-42 website https://ayodhya....
Category:Yoga paths Yoga is traditionally divided into four (main) paths.
Origin of the Bhagavata Purana Based primarily on the earliest known written references of Abhinavagupta and Al-Biruni, academics estimate the date of origin of the Bhagavata Purana to be between 800–1000 C.E. Indian cultural tradition It is impossible to accurately date Vedic literature as Indian culture emphasised oral tradition over written. Therefore Vedic literature was spoken long before being written: “The outstanding feature of the oldest Indian education and Indian culture in general, especially in the centuries B....
Rukmini type Hindu name Rukmini script रूक्मिणी script_name Devanagari other_names Vaidharbi, Bhaishmi, Rakhumai abode Dvārakā, Pandharpur affiliation Ashtabharya, Devi, Avatar of Lakshmi, Vaishnavism texts Vishnu Purana, Bhagavata Purana, Mahabharata, Harivamsa, Rukminisha Vijaya, Skanda Purana festivals Rukmini Ashtami, Rukmini Dwadashi siblings Rukmi consort Krishna children Pradyumna and 9 others (sons) Charumati (daughter) father Bhishmaka birth_place Vidarbha Kingdom death_place Dvārakā dynasty Vrishni (by marriage) deity_of Mother Goddess Goddess of Fortune member_of Ashtabharya venerated_in Warkari and Haridasa traditions Rukmini (रुक्मिणी,, ) is a Hindu goddess and the first queen and chief wife of Krishna....
Dahara-vidya Dahara-vidya or ’the knowledge of Brahman within’, is mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad and the Taittiriya Upanishad. In this Upasana the sadhaka concentrates on Brahman (the Universal Self) in the cave of the heart. It is one of the thirty-two vidyas) of the Upanishads taught in Vedanta, in which vidya Brahman is perceived as the imperceptible ether within the heart. This vidya occurs in the 8th Chapter of the Chandogya Upanishad....
Chalchitra Chalchitra (বাংলা- চালচিত্র) is a part of Bengal Patachitra. It referred to the Debi Chal or Durga chala, the background of the Durga Pratima or idol. Originally, these were used to give a proper proportion to the structure. This tradition is very ancient and is still maintained. Significance of the name Chalchitra is a Bengali word where Chal means covering. It is drawn in Pratima Chala. So, it is called Chalchitra....
Naimiṣāraṇya (forest) !Sukar addressing the saints in the Naimisaranya Forest !Ugrashravas narrating Mahābhārata before the sages gathered in Naimisha Forest|||Ugrashravas narrates the Mahābhārata before the sages gathered in the Naimisha forest. Naimiṣāraṇya (नैमिषारण्य), also referred as Naimisha (नैमिष) is a sacred forest frequently mentioned in Puranic literature, as well as both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. It is regarded to be the place where the Puranas had been narrated for the first time, before a large gathering of sages....
Vikara Vikāra (Sanskrit:विकार) basically means – change, change of form, change of mind, disease. It is one of the ten categories of causation listed by Vasubandhu in his Madhyānta-Vibhāga-Bhāśya. In the Sanskrit texts, it is used in the Prātiśākhyas that introduce phonic substitutions by mentioning the substituted unit in the nominative ending and the substitute in the accusative ending. According to the Sadvidyā (the science of being) of Uddālaka Āruni, dualistically all things that exist are differentiations, vikāras (transformations) of sat), the primordial being, who is the universal substrate; all things can be identified on account of nāmarūpa (distinct name and form)....
Tapovan Maharaj name Swami Tapovan Maharaj religion Hinduism birth_date 4 December 1889 birth_place kerala birth_name Subrahmanyan Nair death_date 16 January 1957 (aged 67) nationality Indian philosophy Vedanta disciples Chinmayananda Saraswati Tapovan Maharaj (1889–1957) was a Hindu sage and Vedanta scholar. Life Swami Tapovan Maharaj is one of the most renowned saints of the 20th century. He was a contemporary of Swami Sivananda Maharaj who was the Guru of Swami Chinmayananda Maharaj....
Sritattvanidhi !Opening page of Sritattvanidhi The Sritattvanidhi (, “The Illustrious Treasure of Realities”) is a treatise written in the 19th century in Karnataka on the iconography and iconometry of divine figures in South India. One of its sections includes instructions for, and illustrations of, 122 hatha yoga postures. Authorship The Sritattvanidhi is attributed to the then Maharaja of Mysore, Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (b. 1794 - d. 1868). The Maharaja was a great patron of art and learning, and was himself a scholar and writer....
Self-knowledge (Vedanta) Self-knowledge is a major topic in the ancient wisdom tradition Vedanta, and is acquired after the student makes certain preparations, such as the practice of austerities, cultivating calm, freeing oneself from cravings and aversion, and then performs the ātma-vicāra, or self-enquiry. This knowledge is that all things are one. The consciousness of the individual soul and the soul of God are the same. This knowledge, while normally acquired under the direction of a guru or teacher, is not taught in the traditional sense, but is experienced directly by the prepared student, by the process of insight alone, who performs the vicāra....
Pradhana Pradhāna (Sanskrit: प्रधान) is an adjective meaning “most important, prime, chief or major”. The Shatapatha Brahmana (शतपथ ब्राह्मण) gives its meaning as “the chief cause of the material nature” (S.B.7.15.27) or “the creative principle of nature” (S.B.10.85.3). The Samkhya School of Indian philosophy employs the word to mean the creative principle of nature, as the original root of matter, the Prime Matter but which according to Badarayana’s logic is the unintelligent principle which cannot be the one consisting of bliss....