Mīmāṁsā (Sanskrit: मीमांसा) is a Sanskrit word that means “reflection” or “critical investigation” and thus refers to a tradition of contemplation which reflected on the meanings of certain Vedic texts This tradition is also known as Pūrva-Mīmāṁsā because of its focus on the earlier (pūrva) Vedic texts dealing with ritual actions, and similarly as Karma-Mīmāṁsā due to its focus on ritual action (karma) It is one of six Vedic “affirming” (āstika) schools of Hinduism...
The Mimamsa Sutra (Sanskrit: मीमांसा सूत्र, Mīmāṁsā Sūtra) or the Purva Mimamsa Sutras (ca 300–200 BCE), written by Rishi Jaimini is one of the most important ancient Hindu philosophical texts It forms the basis of Mimamsa, the earliest of the six orthodox schools (darshanas) of Indian philosophy According to tradition, sage Jaimini was one of the disciples of sage Veda Vyasa, the author of the Mahabharata
Mindstream (citta-santāna) in Buddhist philosophy is the moment-to-moment continuum (Sanskrit: saṃtāna) of sense impressions and mental phenomena, which is also described as continuing from one life to another
Mitahara (Sanskrit: मिताहार, romanized: Mitāhāra) literally means the habit of moderate food Mitahara is also a concept in Indian philosophy, particularly Yoga, that integrates awareness about food, drink, balanced diet and consumption habits and its effect on one’s body and mind It is one of the ten yamas in ancient Indian texts
Mitra (Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mitrás) is the name of an Indo-Iranian divinity from which the names and some characteristics of Rigvedic Mitrá and Avestan Mithra derive The names (and occasionally also some characteristics) of these two older figures were subsequently also adopted for other figures: A vrddhi-derived form of Sanskrit mitra gives Maitreya, the name of a bodhisattva in Buddhist tradition In Hellenistic-era Asia Minor, Avestan Mithra was conflated with various local and Greek figures leading to several different variants of Apollo-Helios-Mithras-Hermes-Stilbon...
Mohiniyattam, (Malayalam: മോഹിനിയാട്ടം), is an Indian classical dance form that developed and remained popular in the state of Kerala Kathakali is another classical dance form of Kerala Mohiniyattam dance gets its name from the word Mohini – a historical enchantress avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, who helps the good prevail over evil by developing her feminine powers Mohiniyattam’s roots, like all classical Indian dances, are in the Natya Shastra – the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text on performance arts...
Moksha (; Sanskrit: मोक्ष, mokṣa), also called vimoksha, vimukti and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, enlightenment, liberation, and release It refers to freedom from dukkha and saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth, by knowledge of the true self (Atman-jnana), c q the lack of a permanent essence, and the release from craving and clinging to passions and the mundane mind...
Mukta or Muktha may refer to: Jivanmukta (from Sanskrit मोक्ष moksa, freedom)
Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa (16 May 1908 – 2 October 1982), born Krishna Rai, was a yoga guru, the founder of Siddha Yoga He was a disciple of Bhagavan Nityananda He wrote books on the subjects of Kundalini Shakti, Vedanta, and Kashmir Shaivism, including a spiritual autobiography entitled The Play of Consciousness In honorific style, he is often referred to as Swami Muktananda, or Baba Muktananda, or in a familiar way just Baba
The Mundaka Upanishad (Sanskrit: मुण्डक-उपनिषद्, Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad) is an ancient Sanskrit Vedic text, embedded inside Atharva Veda It is a Mukhya (primary) Upanishad, and is listed as number 5 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads of Hinduism It is among the most widely translated Upanishads It is a poetic verse style Upanishad, with 64 verses, written in the form of mantras However, these mantras are not used in rituals, rather they are used for teaching and meditation on spiritual knowledge...
Murti (Sanskrit: मूर्ति, ISO: Mūrti; lit ‘form, embodiment, or solid object’) is a general term for an image, statue or idol of a deity or mortal in Hindu culture In Hindu temples, it is a symbolic icon A murti is itself not a god in Hinduism, but it is a shape, embodiment or manifestation of a deity Murti are also found in some nontheistic Jainist traditions, where they serve as symbols of revered mortals inside Jain temples, and are worshiped in murtipujaka rituals...
King Nabhi or Nabhi Rai was the 14th or the last Kulakara of avasarpini (the descending half of the cosmic time cycle in Jainism and the one in which the world is said to be at present) He was the father of Rishabhanatha, the first tirthankara (founder of Jainism) of present avasarpini According to Jain text Ādi purāṇa, Nabhirāja lived for 1 crore purva and his height was 525 dhanusha (long bows)...
Nāda, in ancient Indian metaphysics, the spiritual sound that fills the entire cosmos
Nāmarūpa (Sanskrit: नामरूप) is used in Buddhism to refer to the constituents of a living being: nāma is typically considered to refer to the mental component of the person, while rūpa refers to the physical Nāmarūpa is a dvandva compound in Sanskrit and Pali meaning “name (nāma) and form (rūpa)” Nama (name) and Rupa (form) is the simple worldly identity of any form by a name both of which are considered temporal and not true identity with the nameless and formless ‘reality’ or ‘Absolute’ in Hinduism that has manifested as maya...
Namaste (, Devanagari: नमस्ते, Sanskrit pronunciation: [nɐmɐst̪eː] (listen)), sometimes spoken as namaskar and namaskaram, is a Hindu customary, non-contact form of respectfully greeting and honoring the opposite person or group, used at any time of day Today, it is found on the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, among the Indian diaspora and elsewhere The gesture (but not the term namaste for it) is widely used as a greeting in the parts of Southeast Asia where Indian religions are strong...