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Aghori group Aghori population 70 popplace Varanasi, North India The Aghori (from Sanskrit अघोर aghora; ) are a monastic order of ascetic Shaivite sadhus based in Uttar Pradesh, India. They are the only surviving sect derived from the Kāpālika tradition, a Tantric, non-Puranic form of Shaivism which originated in Medieval India between the 7th and 8th century CE. Similarly to their predecessors, Aghoris usually engage in post-mortem rituals, often dwell in charnel grounds, smear cremation ashes on their bodies, and use bones from human corpses for crafting kapāla (skull cups which Shiva and other Hindu deities are often iconically depicted holding or using) and jewellery....

Aikyam **Aikyam ** (Sanskrit: ऐक्यम्) means – oneness, unity, harmony, unanimity, identity or sameness or identical. The Upanishads address two fundamental ideas – Brahman and the Atman); as a rule these terms are used synonymously, there is no difference between these two. The main theme of Vedantic teaching is identity of the individual and the Total (jiva isvara aikyam), that the self (Atman) and awareness (Chaitanya)) are identical (aikyam). Aikyam means oneness or identity....

Aitareya Upanishad name Aitareya devanagari ऐतरेय sanskrit_transliteration Aitareyopaniṣad composition_date pre-Buddhist, ~6th to 5th century BCE authors Aitareya Mahidasa type Mukhya Upanishad veda Rigveda brahmana part of Aitareya Brahmana aranyaka Aitareya Aranyaka philosophy Ātman), Brahman chapters three verses 33 commentary Adi Shankara, Madhvacharya verse “Prajñānam brahma” The Aitareya Upanishad (Sanskrit: ऐतरेय उपनिषद् IAST ) is a Mukhya Upanishad, associated with the Rigveda. It comprises the fourth, fifth and sixth chapters of the second book of Aitareya Aranyaka, which is one of the four layers of Rig vedic text....

Akaal bodhan !Akalbodhan Venus Club 2010 Arnab Dutta This article is not about Durga Puja; it is about the term and the theme Akaal Bodhan. Akaal Bodhan (অকাল বোধন) is the worship of Durga—an incarnation of Devi—in the month of Ashwin, an uncustomary time for commencement of the worship. Etymology Both the words Akaal and Bodhan are Bengali words that descendant from Sanskrit word akālabodhana, which are also included in many other Indian languages, such as like Bengali....

Akriya “He who does his duty without expecting the fruit of actions is a Sannyasi (Sankhyayogi) and a Yogi (Karmayogi) both; he is no Sannyasi (renouncer) who has merely renounced the sacred fire; even so he is no Yogi, who has merely given up all activity.” Akriya (Sanskrit: अक्रिय ) is a Sanskrit adjective (derived from the verb kr) which means – inactive, dull, torpid, without essential works, abstaining from religious rites, without action of any kind, epithet of god, worthless, good for nothing; – या Akriyā (Sanskrit: अक्रिया) means – inactivity, neglect of duty....

Akrodha Akrodha (Sanskrit: अक्रोध) literally means “free from anger”. It’s considered an important virtue in Indian philosophy and Hindu ethics. Etymology Akrodha is a fusion word between the Sanskrit prefix a (Sanskrit: अ; “without”, “non”) and the term krodha (Sanskrit: क्रोध; “anger”), meaning “without anger”. A related word is Akrodhah (Sanskrit: अक्रोध), which also means “absence of anger”. Discussion Akrodha is considered a virtue and desirable ethical value in Hinduism. When there is cause of getting angry but even then there is absence of anger, it is non-anger or akrodha....

Aksara Aksara (also akshara, Devanagari अक्षर, IAST akṣara) is a Sanskrit term translating to “imperishable, indestructible, fixed, immutable” (i.e. from अ, a- “not” and क्षर्, kṣar- “melt away, perish”). It has two main fields of application, in Sanskrit grammatical tradition (śikṣā) and in Vedanta philosophy. The uniting aspect of these uses is the mystical view of language, or shabda, in Hindu tradition, and especially the notion of the syllable as a kind of immutable (or “atomic”) substance of both language and truth, most prominently, the mystical syllable Aum, which is given the name of ekākṣara (i....

Akshamalika Upanishad devanagari अक्षमालिका sanskrit_transliteration akṣamālikā meaning Rosary of Sanskrit Alphabet composition_date late medieval type Shaiva veda Rigveda philosophy Shaivism, Vedanta The Akshamalika Upanishad (अक्षमालिका उपनिषद्, ) is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is associated with the Rigveda. It is one of 14 Shaiva (Shiva-related) Upanishads. The Upanishad describes akshamala (rosary) and its importance in japa, the meditative repetition of a mantra. The text mentions different types of rosaries, their significance, the relevant mantras, and the symbolism....

Akshi Upanishad devanagari अक्षि sanskrit_transliteration Akṣi meaning Eye, that which exists type Samanya veda Krishna Yajurveda chapters 2 verses 1st: prose, 2nd: 48 philosophy Vedanta The Akshi Upanishad (अक्षि उपनिषत्), also spelled Akshy Upanishad), is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is attached to the Krishna Yajurveda, and one of the 21 Samanya (general) Upanishads. The text is structured in two sections, and as a discourse from the Sun god (Surya)....

Ālambana Ālambana (Sanskrit:आलम्बन), is a Sanskrit term which variously means – support, foundation, supporting, base, sustaining, cause, reason, basis, or the five attributes of things, or the silent repetition of a prayer, or the natural and necessary connection of a sensation with the cause which excites it, or the mental exercise practiced by the yogis in endeavouring to realize the gross form of the Eternal. Vedic implication In Indian philosophy ālambana refers to the objective basis of a perception or sensation; according to which philosophy Kārana (cause) and all attendant emotional conditions are known as Vibhavas which are of two kinds – a) Ālambana, the personal and human object and substratum, and b) Uddipana, the excitant....

Alampur Jogulamba Temple name Jogulamba Temple map_type India #India Telangana map_caption Location in Telangana relief yes religious_affiliation Hinduism coordinates 15.877°N, 78.132°W country India state Telangana district Jogulamba Gadwal district location Alampur deity Devi architecture_style Dravidian Jogulamba temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Jogulamba, a form of Shakti located in Alampur, Telangana, India. The temple is one of the Maha Shakti Peethas, a group of eighteen (Ashtadasa) temples considered the most significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism....

Allopanishad Allah Upanishad, or Allopanishad, is a book of brahmanical origin written during Muslim rule in India during 16th to 17th century in the time of Mughal Emperor Akbar’s reign. Swami Dayananda Saraswati’s book Satyarth Prakash (The Light of Truth) argues that the Allopanishad is not part of the Upanishad canon and it does not even appear in the Atharvaveda. The famous Muktikā canon, which was given by Rama to Hanuman as the list of authentic 108 Upanishads does not contain Allopanishad....

Amalananda religion Hinduism birth_place India known_for Indian philosopher philosophy Author of Vedanta Kalpatarū which is a commentary on Vācaspati Miśra’s Bhāmatī ** Amalananda ** was a south Indian Sanskrit scholar who lived during the reign of Mahadeva, the Yadava ruler of Devagiri who ruled from 1260 to 1271. Not much is known about his life and background. Anubhavānanda is believed to have been his preceptor. Amalānanda wrote Vedānta Kalpatarū sometime before 1297....

Amavasu dynasty The Amavasu dynasty (अमावसुवंश) refers to a cadet branch of the Lunar dynasty (Chandravamsha) featured in Hindu literature. This dynasty is named after Amavasu, the youngest son of Pururavas, the first monarch of the Lunar dynasty, and the apsara Urvashi. Genealogy Amavasu Kanyakubja Vishvajit Bhima Nagnajit Kanchanaprabha Suhotra Jahnu Sunaha Ajaka Balakashva Kusha Kushanabha, Kushamba, Amurtarajas, and Uparichara Vasu. Amurtarajasa (son of Amurtarajas) and Gadhi (the son of Kushanabha who succeeded his father in Kanyakubja)....

Ambika (goddess) type Hindu name Ambika affiliation Adi Shakti, Parvati god_of Mother Goddess, Goddess of Supreme Power, Energy and Invincibility, abode Manidvipa weapon Discus, Conch Shell, Trident, Mace), Bow, Sword, Lotus Flower mount Lion or Lioness consort Shiva texts Markendeya Purana, Shiva Purana , Skanda Purana Ambika (Devanagari: अम्बिका, IAST: Ambikā) is generally the name of Adi Shakti, Shakti or Durga, the consort of Sadashiva, the Cosmic Male. She has eight arms, holding multiple weapons....