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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....

The Advent (magazine) The Advent is a quarterly magazine produced by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, and is “Dedicated to the Exposition of Sri Aurobindo’s Vision of the Future”. History and profile The first issue of The Advent appeared on 21 February 1944. Early issues were printed in Madras, later on publication was relocated to the ashram at Pondicherry). The magazine is published in English on quarterly basis. The Advent often featured material by Sri Aurobindo....

Tree of Jiva and Atman 1.164.20 Two birds associated together, and mutual friends, take refuge in the same tree; one of them eats the sweet fig; the other abstaining from food, merely looks on. 1.164.21 Where the smooth-gliding rays, cognizant, distil the perpetual portion of water; there has the Lord and steadfast protector all beings accepted me, though immature in wisdom. 1.164.22 In the tree into which the smooth-gliding rays feeders on the sweet, enters, and again bring forth light over all, they have called the fruit sweet, but he partakes not of it who knows not the protector of the universe....

Mandala 7 The seventh Mandala of the Rigveda (“book 7”, “RV 7”) has 104 hymns. In the Rigveda Anukramani, all hymns in this book are attributed to Vashista. Hymn 32 is additionally credited to Sakti Vashista, and hymns 101-102 (to Parjanya) are additionally credited to Kumara Agneya. 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)....

Shyama Sangeet Shyama Sangeet (শ্যামা সঙ্গীত) is a genre of Bengali devotional songs dedicated to the Hindu goddess Shyama or Kali which is a form of supreme universal mother-goddess Durga or parvati. It is also known as Shaktagiti or Durgastuti. Shyama Sangeet appeals to the common man because it is a musical representation of the relationship of eternal and sublime love and care between the mother and her child. It is free of the common rituals of worship and also the esoteric practice of the Tantra....

Radha Damodar Temple, Vrindavan name Shri Radha Damodar Temple deity Radha Damodar festival Janmashtami, , Radhastami, Holi, Sharad Purnima, Kartik Purnima district Mathura location Vrindavan state Uttar Pradesh country India map_type India Uttar Pradesh year_completed 1542 CE map_caption Location in Uttar Pradesh coordinates 27.5836°N, 77.69574°W founded_by Jiva Goswami website https://www.radhadamodarmandir.com/ Shri Radha Damodar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Hindu deities Radha and Krishna. The temple is situated in Vrindavan of Indian state Uttar Pradesh....

Punarjanman Punarjanman (पुनर्जन्मन्) in Hinduism is a Sanskrit word that refers to “repeated birth”, “transmigration”, “re-birth” or “a principle of diachronic ontogeny”. According to Y. Krishan, the ultimate goal of the Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and that of the Upanishads, has been based on attainment of moksha, nirvana, and consequently the termination of punarjanman or ‘rebirth’.

Nirvana title Nirvana ar نيرفانا en freedom, liberation sa निर्वाण sa-latn nirvāṇa bn নির্বাণ bn-latn nirbanô gu નિર્વાણ gu-latn nirvāṇa hi निर्वाण hi-latn nirvāṇa jv ꦤꦶꦂꦮꦤ jv-latn nirwana ml നിർവാണം ml-latn nirvanam kn ನಿರ್ವಾಣ kn-latn nirvāṇa ne निर्वाण ne-latn nirvāṇa pa ਨਿਰਬਾਣ pa-latn nirbāṇa or ନିର୍ବାଣ or-latn nirbaana te నిర్వాణం te-latn nirvaanam ta வீடுபேறு ta-latn Veeduperu mr-latn nirvāṇa mr निर्वाण (, , ; निर्वाण nirvāṇa ; Pali: nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, “blown out”, as in an oil lamp ) is a concept in Indian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism) that represents the ultimate state of soteriological release, the liberation from duḥkha, suffering, and saṃsāra), the cycle of birth and rebirth....

Yoga (philosophy) Yoga philosophy is one of the six major orthodox schools of Hinduism, though it is only at the end of the first millennium CE that Yoga is mentioned as a separate school of thought in Indian texts, distinct from Samkhya. Ancient, medieval and most modern literature often refers to Yoga-philosophy simply as Yoga. A systematic collection of ideas of Yoga is found in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a key text of Yoga which has influenced all other schools of Indian philosophy....

Nadistuti sukta !Nadistutisukta The Nadistuti sukta (Sanskrit: नदिस्तुति सूक्त), or “the hymn in praise of rivers”, is 75th hymn (sukta) of 10th Mandala of the Rigveda. Nadistuti sukta is important for the reconstruction of the geography of the Vedic civilization. Sindhu (the Indus) is addressed as the mightiest of rivers and addressed specifically in verses 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9. The rivers Ganga Yamuna Sarasvati Sutudri Parusni Asikni) Marudvrdha Vitasta Arjikiya Susoma Trstama Susartu Rasā Shvetya Sindhu Kubha Gomati Krumu Mehatnu In verse 5, the rishi enumerates ten rivers, beginning with the Ganga and moving westwards: “Oh Ganga, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Shutudri (Sutlej), Parushni (Iravati, Ravi), follow my praise!...