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Matrikas name Matrika type Hindu devanagari मातृका affiliation Shakti, Devi, Mahadevi, Adi Parashakti, Parvati, Durga, Saraswati, Bhuvaneshwari, Lakshmi god_of Goddesses of War, Children and Emancipation. consort Ashta Bhairavas Matrikas (Sanskrit: मातृका (singular), IAST: mātṝkās, lit. “divine mothers”) also called Matar or Matri, are a group of mother goddesses who are always depicted together in Hinduism. The Matrikas are often depicted in a group of seven, the Saptamatrika(s) (Seven Mothers). However, they are also depicted as a group of eight, the Ashtamatrika(s)....

Matrimandir name Matrimandir native_name Auroville Matri Mandir building_type stainless steel sphere gold plated architectural_style spherical cost over 1 lakh crore rupees location_town Auroville, Tamil Nadu location_country India coordinates 12.00721°N, 79.81066°W groundbreaking_date 21 February 1971 completion_date February 2008 height 23.5 meters architect The Mother, Roger Anger website Description of the Matrimandir from Auroville’s website The Matrimandir (Sanskrit for Temple of The Mother) is an edifice of spiritual significance for practitioners of Integral yoga, in the centre of Auroville established by The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram....

Mauna (silence) In Hindu philosophy, Mauna (Silence), which has a voice of its own, refers to peace of mind, inner quietude, Samadhi and the Absolute Reality. The Hindu texts insist upon proper understanding of silence by experiencing it through control of speech and practice. Background Mauna (Sanskrit: मौनम्) or Maunitva (मौनित्व) means – silence, taciturnity, silence of the mind – as in मौनमुद्रा (the attitude of silence) and मौनव्रतम् (a vow of silence) or मौनिन् (observing vow of silence)....

Maya Tiwari !Maya Tiwari.tiff Maya Tiwari (born April 16, 1952 in Liverpool Village, Guyana) is a humanitarian, world peace leader and author. Also called “Mother Maya”, she is an international teacher of Ayurveda, a health activist and the founder of the Wise Earth School of Ayurveda and Mother Om Mission. Biography Maya Tiwari was born in Guyana, the daughter of Brahmin priest Pandit Bhagawan Ramprasad Tiwari, whose family originated from Lucknow, India....

Medha Sūktam Medha Suktam ( (IAST , Devanāgarī मेधा सूक्त) ) is a suktam (set of mantras contained in the Vedas) addressed to Medha (i.e., intelligence, wisdom, memory), visualized as a goddess. Because goddess Medha is considered as a form of Saraswathi, Medha Suktam is quite popular as a hymn to goddess Saraswathi; as a prayer seeking intelligence and capability to learn. There are at least two popular versions of Medha Suktam....

Meditation Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state. Meditation is practiced in numerous religious traditions. The earliest records of meditation (dhyana) are found in the Upanishads, and meditation plays a salient role in the contemplative repertoire of Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism....

Mirra Alfassa name Mirra Alfassa pen_name The Mother institute Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville birth_name Blanche Rachel Mirra Alfassa birth_date 21 February 1878 religion Hinduism birth_place Paris, France death_date November 17, 1973 death_place Pondicherry), India resting_place Pondicherry), India nationality French, Indian works Prayers And Meditations, Words of Long Ago, On Thoughts and Aphorisms, Words of the Mother students Satprem, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Nirodbaran, Amal Kiran, Pavitra spouse Henri Morriset (1870-1956) name Integral yoga color Blue Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973), known to her followers as The Mother or La Mère, was a spiritual guru, occultist and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name “The Mother”....

Mithila Madhya Parikrama !Mithila Madhya Parikrama Marg Mithila) Madhya Parikrama ( मिथिला मध्य परिक्रमा ) is an annual periodic journey of the central part of the ancient Mithila. It is held every year between the months of Kartik ( October–November ), Falgun ( February–March ) and Baishakh ( April–May ). But nowadays only Falgun ( February–March ) journey is famous. It is a circular journey of the central part of the Ancient Mithila....

Modak name Modak alternate_name Koḻukattai country India region India, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Myanmar course Dessert type Dumpling main_ingredient Rice flour, or wheat and maida flour, coconut, jaggery variations Kangidan (歓喜団) Khanom tom (ขนมต้ม) Kuih modak Kue modak Mont lone yay baw (မုန့်လုံးရေပေါ်) Modak (Sanskrit: मोदक; Japanese: 歓喜団; Thai: โมทกะ or ขนมต้ม; Malaysian: Kuih modak; Indonesian: Kue modak; Burmese: မုန့်လုံးရေပေါ်), also referred to as Koḻukattai (கொழுக்கட்டை) in Tamil, is an Indian sweet dumpling dish popular in many Indian states and cultures....

Mohnish Mohnish is a masculine name of Indian origin. The name generally means “Lord Krishna”. People with name Mohnish are mainly Hindu by religion. References Lord Shiva once decided to impersonate Lord Krishna and participate in the dance with the Gopi’s. He dressed up/impersonated Lord Krishna and danced with the Gopi’s. Lord Krishna of course realized that and called him “Mohan+ish” i.e. being Mohan. So the name Mohnish although related to Lord Krishna, was actually given by Lord Krishna to Lord Shiva....

Moksha (Jainism) !Siddha Shila Sanskrit or Prakrit mokkha refers to the liberation or salvation of a soul from saṃsāra), the cycle of birth and death. It is a blissful state of existence of a soul, attained after the destruction of all karmic bonds. A liberated soul is said to have attained its true and pristine nature of infinite bliss, infinite knowledge and infinite perception. Such a soul is called siddha and is revered in Jainism....

Morya Gosavi name Morya Gosavi religion Hinduism birth_date AD 1375 birth_place Morgaon, Maharashtra, India death_date AD 1561 death_place Chinchwad, Maharashtra philosophy Ganapatya honors Venerated as the chief spiritual progenitor of the Ganapatyas literary_works devotional poetry devoted Ganesha Morya Gosavi or Moraya Gosavi alias Moroba Gosavi was a prominent saint of the Hindu Ganapatya sect, which considers Ganesha as the Supreme God. Morya Gosavi is considered the chief spiritual progenitor of the Ganapatyas and has been described as the “most famous devotee” of Ganesha....

Mother India (magazine) Mother India is the Sri Aurobindo Ashram’s originally fortnightly, now monthly, cultural review. It was started in 1948, the founding editor being K. D. Sethna (Amal Kiran), who continues as editor for over fifty years. History Mother India began as a semi-political fortnightly, and needed Sri Aurobindo’s sanction before material in it could be published. Although Sri Aurobindo himself did not write in Mother India, his interest in important issues of the time was reflected in the writings of his disciple Amal Kiran, the editor of the journal....

Mudgala Purana The Mudgala Purana (Sanskrit:मुद्गल पुराणम्; ) is a Hindu religious text dedicated to the Hindu deity Ganesha. It is an Purana that includes many stories and ritualistic elements relating to Ganesha. The Ganesha Purana and the Mudgala Purana are core scriptures for devotees of Ganesha, known as Ganapatyas. These are the only two Purana that are exclusively dedicated to Ganesha. Content Like the Ganesha Purana, the Mudgala Purana considers Ganesha to represent the ultimate reality of being....

Mudgala Upanishad devanagari मुद्गल sanskrit_transliteration Mudgala meaning named after a Vedic sage chapters 4 veda Rigveda type Samanya philosophy Vaishnavism The Mudgala Upanishad (मुद्गल उपनिषत्, IAST: Mudgala Upaniṣad) is a medieval era Sanskrit text and a major Upanishad of Hinduism. It is classified as a Samanya Upanishad and attached to the Rigveda. The Mudgala Upanishad, along with Subala Upanishad, is one of the two Upanishads that discuss the Purusha Sukta of Rigveda....