Dictionary: RG Veda

RG Veda type manga author Clamp) publisher Shinshokan demographic Shōjo magazine Wings) first 1989 last 1996 volumes 10 volume_list List of RG Veda chapters type ova director Hiroyuki Ebata (#1), Takamasa Ikegami (#2) writer Nanase Ohkawa music Nick Wood studio Usagi Ya (#1) Studio Signal (#2) first June 1, 1991 last June 21, 1992 runtime 45 minutes (each) episodes 2 name RG Veda ja_kanji 聖伝-RG VEDA- ja_romaji Seiden: Rigu Vēda genre Fantasy, drama, adventure RG Veda (聖伝-RG VEDA-) is a manga created by Clamp), consisting of ten volumes in all....

February 15, 2023 · 8 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Rigvedic deities

Rigvedic deities Rigvedic deities are deities mentioned in the sacred texts of Rigveda, the principal text of the historical Vedic religion of the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE). There are 1,028 hymns (sūkta) in the Rigveda. Most of these hymns are dedicated to specific deities. The most prominent deity is Surya; Agni the sacrificial fire and messenger of the gods; and Soma), the ritual drink dedicated to Indra, are additional principal deities....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Rigvedic dialogue hymns

Rigvedic dialogue hymns 1.179 Agastya and Lopamudra (5 trishtubhs, 1 brhati) 3.33 Vishvamitra and the Rivers (12 trishtubhs, 1 anushtubh) 10.10: dialogue of Yama and Yami (12 anushtubhs) 10.51 Agni and the gods (9 trishtubhs) 10.86 Indrani, Indra, the “he-ape” Vrshakapi and his wife 10.95: dialogue of Pururavas and Urvashi (18 trishtubhs) 10.183: dialogue between the sacrificer and his wife (3 trishtubhs) The Rigveda contains a number of dialogue hymns (s) in the form of dialogues, representing the earliest surviving sample of this genre....

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Rigvedic rivers

Rigvedic rivers Rivers play a prominent part in the hymns of the Rigveda, and consequently in early Vedic religion. Vedic texts have a wide geographical horizon, speaking of oceans, rivers, mountains and deserts. The Vedic land is described as a land of the seven rivers (sapta sindhavaḥ; सप्तसिन्धवः) flowing into the ocean. It encompasses the northwestern Indian subcontinent from Gandhara to Kurukshetra. Geography of the Rigveda !Map of Vedic India Identification of Rigvedic hydronyms has engaged multiple historians; it is the single most important way of establishing the geography and chronology of the early Vedic period....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Rishikesh

Rishikesh official_name Rishikesh nickname Yoganagari settlement_type City image_caption Left to Right; Top to Bottom : Triambakeshwar Temple, Muni Ki Reti, Parmarth Niketan, Janki Setu, Evening aarti at Triveni Ghat, Shiva Statue on the bank of Ganges, the Ram Jhula and AIIMS Rishikesh pushpin_map India Uttarakhand#India pushpin_map_caption Location in Uttarakhand coordinates 30.10833°N, 78.29722°W subdivision_type Country subdivision_name 🇮🇳 India subdivision_type1 State subdivision_name1 Uttarakhand subdivision_type2 District subdivision_name2 Dehradun established_title2 Municipality established_date2 1952 named_for Hrishikesha government_type Mayor–Council governing_body Rishikesh Municipal Corporation leader_title Mayor leader_name Anita Mamgain (BJP) unit_pref Metric area_total_km2 11....

February 15, 2023 · 10 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Rod Hemsell

Rod Hemsell Rod Hemsell is an educator and an author who lived in Auroville and at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram from 1968 to 1983. During this time he also travelled widely and spoke about Auroville and Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy at centers and universities in India, as well as publishing articles and essays. He studied both philosophy and education at undergraduate and graduate levels, founded the GAIA Learning Center in Crestone, Colorado in 1991, and the GLOBE Charter School in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1995, and was co-founder and executive director of the University of Human Unity project in Auroville, India, in 2007....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Ṛtú

Ṛtú Ritu (ऋतु) in Vedic Sanskrit refers to a fixed or appointed time, especially the proper time for sacrifice (yajna) or ritual in Vedic Religion. The word is so used in the Rigveda, the Yajurveda and the Atharvaveda. In Classical Sanskrit, it refers to an epoch or period, especially one of the six seasons or ritus) in the Hindu calendar. It is also the name of a Rishi and of the 12th Manu)....

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Rudrahridaya Upanishad

Rudrahridaya Upanishad devanagari रुद्रहृद्य sanskrit_transliteration Rudrahṛdaya meaning The heart of Rudra veda Krishna Yajurveda type Shaiva chapters 1 verses 52 philosophy Shaivism The Rudrahridaya Upanishad (रुद्रहृद्य उपनिषत्, IAST: Rudrahṛdaya Upaniṣad) is a medieval era Sanskrit text and is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. The text is attached to the Krishna Yajurveda and classified under one of the 14 Shaiva Upanishads. The Upanishad states that Rudra and Uma) are the ultimate reality Brahman....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Rudrakshajabala Upanishad

Rudrakshajabala Upanishad name Rudraksha Jabala devanagari रुद्राक्षजाबाल sanskrit_transliteration rudrākṣa authors Kalagni Rudra and Sage Sanatkumara. type Shaiva veda Samaveda rudrakṣajābāla upaniṣat (रुद्राक्षजाबाल उपनिषत्), also known as Rudraksha Jabala Upanishat, Rudraksha jabalopanishat, Rudraksha Upanishat (रुद्राक्ष उपनिषत्) and Rudrakshopanishat, is one of 108 Upanishadic Hindu scriptures, written in Sanskrit language. It is dedicated to the Rudraksha, a seed used as prayer beads, which is sacred to the god Shiva. The scripture belongs to the Shaiva sect, which worships Shiva, and is associated with the Samaveda, and is one of 14 Shaiva Upanishads....

February 15, 2023 · 6 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sadhu

Sadhu !Hindu sadhu with painted face-3311230 Sadhu (साधु, IAST: (male), sādhvī or sādhvīne (female)), also spelled saddhu, is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life. They are sometimes alternatively referred to as yogi, sannyasi or vairagi. Sādhu means one who practises a ‘sadhana’ or keenly follows a path of spiritual discipline. Although the vast majority of sādhus are yogīs, not all yogīs are sādhus....

February 15, 2023 · 9 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sahaja

Sahaja !Sharaha British Museum Sahaja ( सहज ) means spontaneous enlightenment in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist spirituality. Sahaja practices first arose in Bengal during the 8th century among yogis called Sahajiya siddhas. Ananda Coomaraswamy describes its significance as “the last achievement of all thought”, and “a recognition of the identity of spirit and matter, subject and object”, continuing “There is then no sacred or profane, spiritual or sensual, but everything that lives is pure and void....

February 15, 2023 · 6 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sakayanya

Sakayanya Sakayanya, also known as Jata Sakayanya, a descendant of Saka, was a ritual authority and contemporary of Sankha in the Kathaka Samhita (xxii.70) also known as Charaka Samhita belonging to Krishna Yajurveda, and which was compiled by Katha, a disciple of Vaisampayana. Sakayanya was a disciple of Rishi Maitri. And, Shubhra Sharma in his treatise titled - ‘Life in the Upanishads’ writes that Sakayanya “burns with all the splendor and the grandeur of an incarnation of the Puranic literature, who appears out of the blue and even has the capacity of granting boons”....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sakshi (witness)

Sakshi (witness) In Hindu philosophy, Sakshi (Sanskrit: साक्षी), also Sākṣī, “witness,” refers to the ‘pure awareness’ that witnesses the world but does not get affected or involved. Sakshi is beyond time, space and the triad of experiencer, experiencing and experienced; sakshi witnesses all thoughts, words and deeds without interfering with them or being affected by them. Sakshi or Shiva, along with Shakti (will/energy/motion), represents the Brahman, the totality itself in its most fundamental state, the concept of all mighty, revealed in ancient philosophical texts of Hinduism....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sakshigopal Temple

Sakshigopal Temple name Sakhigopal Temple country India state Odisha location Town of Sakhigopal on the Puri Bhubaneshwar highway deity Gopinatha architecture Kalinga Architecture style !Satyabadi gopinath temple|||The Satyabadi Gopinatha temple in Sakshigopal Sakhigopal Temple formally known as Satyabadi Gopinatha Temple is a medieval temple dedicated to Lord Gopinatha located in the town of Sakhigopal on the Puri Bhubaneshwar highway in Odisha. The temple is built in the Kalinga Architecture style....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Samādhāna

Samādhāna Samādhāna or samādhānam (समाधानम्) is a Sanskrit noun derived from the word, (समाधा), and variously means – putting together, uniting, fixing the mind in abstract contemplation on the true nature of the soul, contemplate oneness, concentrated or formless meditation, commitment, intentness, steadiness, composure, peace of mind, complete concentration, clearing up of doubt or replying to the, agreeing or promising, a leading incident, justification of a statement, proof, reconciliation or eagerness....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum