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Gokul name Gokul settlement_type Town image_skyline Gokul temple.JPG image_caption A temple in Gokul pushpin_map India Uttar Pradesh pushpin_map_caption Location in Uttar Pradesh, India pushpin_label_position right coordinates 27.45°N, 77.72°W subdivision_type Country subdivision_name 🇮🇳 India subdivision_type1 State subdivision_type2 District subdivision_name1 Uttar Pradesh subdivision_name2 Mathura unit_pref Metric elevation_m 163 population_total 4041 population_as_of 2001 population_density_km2 auto population_demonym Gokul wasi demographics_type1 Languages demographics1_title1 Official timezone1 IST utc_offset1 +5:30 registration_plate UP-85 demographics1_info1 Hindi demographics1_title3 Native demographics1_info3 Braj Bhasha dialect Gokul is a town in the Mathura district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh....

Gopala Tapani Upanishad name Gopala-Tapani devanagari गोपालतापिन्युपनिषत् sanskrit_transliteration Gopāla-Tāpanī meaning Surrender to Krishna composition_date Uncertain, est. 8th BCE to 7th century CE type Vaishnava veda Atharvaveda chapters 9 The Gopala Tapani Upanishad is a Sanskrit text, and one of the later Upanishads attached to the Atharvaveda. The Gopāla-Tāpanī is one of the four Tāpinī Upanishads (Nṛsiṁha, Rāma, Tripurā, and Gopāla). This Vaishnava Upanishad belongs to the Tandya school of the Atharvaveda....

Gopala-Krishna !Krishna dancing atop a stool, attended by two gopis. (6125100924).jpg?width=300) Gopala Krishna (गोपालकृष्ण) refers to a form of the Hindu deity Krishna, as featured in the Harivamsha and the Puranas. The narratives of Gopala Krishna are set in the cowherd settlement of the Vraja region called Gokulam, where he is raised by his foster-parents, Nanda) and Yashoda. Historically one of the earliest forms of worship in Krishnaism, it is believed to be a key element of the early history of the worship of Krishna....

Gopastami holiday_name Gopashtami type Hindu longtype Religious, cultural frequency Annual image_size 200px !Gopashtami Gau Pooja ← Gopashtami (IAST: Gopāṣṭamī) is a festival that is dedicated to Lord Krishna and cows. It is the coming-of-age celebration when Krishna’s father, Nanda) Maharaja, gave Krishna the responsibility for taking care of the cows of Vrindavan. Significance Nanda Maharaj is the father of Lord Sri Krishna. Those days children were given the charge to take care of the calves....

Gritsamada Gritsamada (गृत्समद, IAST: Gṛtsamada/Gṛtsamāda) was a Rigvedic sage. Most of Mandala II of the Rigveda is attributed to him. He was the son of Śunahotra Āṅgirasa and the adopted son of Śunaka Bhārgava. According to Witzel, Somāhuti Bhārgava is a descendant of Gritsamada, due to the fact that Somāhuti states that he is one among the Gritsamadas. However according to Jamison and Brereton he belongs to the Bhṛgu lineage of Gṛtsamada’s adopted father Śunaka....

Hamsa Gita Hamsa Gita (Sanskrit) (also referred to as Uddhava Gita) consists of Krishna’s final discourse to Uddhava before Krishna draws his worldly ‘descent’ (Sanskrit: avatar) and ‘pastimes’ (Sanskrit: lila)) to completion. Though the Uddhava Gita is often published singularly as a stand-alone work, it is also evident in the Eleventh Canto of the Bhagavata Purana commencing from verse 40 section 6 through to the end of section 29, comprising more than 1000 ‘verses’ (Sanskrit: shloka) and is considered part of the Purana literature proper....

Hanuman Jayanti type Hindu longtype Religious observedby Hindus begins Chaitra Purnima) ends Chaitra Purnima month April date2022 Saturday Apr 16, 2022 date2023 Thursday April 06, 2023 celebrations 1 day frequency Annual holiday_name Hanuman Jayanti Hanuman Jayanti (हनुमज्जयंती) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of the Hindu deity, and one of the protagonists of the Ramayana, Hanuman. In most states of India, the festival is observed on the full-moon day of the Hindu month of Chaitra (Chaitra Purnima)....

Hare Krishna (mantra) !Hare Krishna The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the (“Great Mantra”), is a 16-word Vaishnava mantra which is mentioned in the Kali-Santarana Upanishad and which from the 15th century rose to importance in the Bhakti movement following the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This mantra is composed of three Sanskrit names – “Krishna”, “Rama”, and “Hare”. Since the 1960s, the mantra has been made well known outside India by A....

Hari !Gods prayed Vishnu for Incarination Hari (हरि) is among the primary epithets of the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu, meaning ’the one who takes away’ (sins). It refers to the one who removes darkness and illusion, the one who removes all obstacles to spiritual progress. In the Rigveda’s Purusha Sukta (praise of the supreme cosmic being), Hari is the first and most important name of the supreme Divine Being (whose Sanskrit cognate is Brahman)....

Harita Maharaja type Hindu name Harita texts Puranas dynasty Suryavamsha father Yauvanāśva Harita (हारीत) is a king in Hindu literature. He is described to be the son of Yauvanāśva, and the grandson of King Ambarisha of the Suryavamsha dynasty. Harita is believed to have left his kingdom as a symbolic expiation of his sins. After completing the austerities, according to the Sthala Purana of Sriperumbudur, his descendants and he were accorded the status of a Brahmana by Narayana....

Harivamsa !Parashurama leads Krishna and Balarama toward Mount Gomanta The Harivamsa (हरिवंश, literally “the genealogy of Hari”) is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16,374 shlokas, mostly in the anustubh metre). The text is also known as the Harivamsa Purana. This text is believed to be a khila (appendix or supplement) to the Mahabharata and is traditionally ascribed to Vyasa. The most celebrated commentary of the Mahabharata by Neelakantha Chaturdhara, the Bharata Bhava Deepa also covers the Harivamsa....

Hayagriva Upanishad devanagari हयग्रीव sanskrit_transliteration Hayagrīva meaning horse-necked, one of the avatars of Vishnu composition_date Medieval period authors Bramha type Vaishnava veda Atharvaveda chapters 2 verses 20 philosophy Vaishnavism Hayagriva Upanishad or Hayagrivopanishad (Sanskrit: हयग्रीव उपनिषद्) is one of 108 Upanishad, written in Sanskrit language. It is a minor Upanishad, dedicated to Hayagriva – the horse-faced avatar of the god Vishnu. It belongs to the Vaishnava sect, which worships Vishnu, and is associated with the Atharvaveda....

Herambasuta Herambasuta (Devanagari:हेरम्बसुत, IAST:), was a Tantric exponent who belonged to the vamachara Ganapatya sect. The tenth century work attributed to certain mentions the cult of led by Herambasuta. The name of the group derives from (leftovers) in reference to the foods left over at the end of the ritual to the deity. In Tantric context, food is deliberately left in the mouth in order to render them ritually impure. According to the scripture mentioned above, Herambasuta held many unorthodox views, and the worship included....

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Hiranyagarbha !Golden cosmic egg Hiranyagarbha by Manaku Hiraṇyagarbha (Sanskrit: हिरण्यगर्भः ; literally the ‘golden womb’, poetically translated as ‘universal womb’) is the source of the creation of universe or the manifested cosmos in Vedic philosophy. It finds mention in one hymn of the Rigveda (RV 10.121), known as the Hiraṇyagarbha Sūkta, suggesting a single creator deity (verse 8: , Griffith: “He is the God of gods, and none beside him.”), identified in the hymn as Prajāpati....