Dictionary: Sita Upanishad

Sita Upanishad devanagari सीता sanskrit_transliteration Sītā meaning Goddess Sita composition_date 12th- to 15th-century type Vaishnava veda Atharva Veda chapters 1 verses 37 philosophy Vaishnavism, Vedanta The Sita Upanishad (सीता उपनिषत्) is a medieval era Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. It is attached to the Atharva Veda, and is one of the Vaishnava upanishads. It is categorized as a late Upanishad, in which goddess Sita is extolled as the Ultimate Reality of the Universe (Brahman), the ground of Being (Spirituality), and material cause behind all manifestation....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Skanda Upanishad

Skanda Upanishad devanagari स्कंद sanskrit_transliteration Skānda meaning The god Kartikeya (Skanda) type Samanya veda Krishna Yajurveda verses 15 philosophy Vedanta Skanda Upanishad or Skandopanishad (स्कंदोपनिषद्) is one of the 108 Upanishads of Hinduism, written in Sanskrit. It is classified as a Samanya (general) Upanishad and is associated with the Krishna Yajurveda, one of the 32 listed Upanishads under it. The Upanishad is told in first person by Kartikeya (Skanda), the Hindu god of war and the son of Shiva....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Smarta tradition

Smarta tradition group Smarta image_caption The five primary deities Of Smarta in a Ganesha-centric panchayatana: Ganesha (centre) with Shiva (top left), Adi Shakti (top right), Vishnu (bottom left), and Surya (bottom right) founder Adi Shankara religions Hinduism scriptures Vedas • Smritisastras languages Sanskrit, Old Tamil !Smarth Brahmins (9969593914)|||Smarta Brahmins in Western India (c. 1855–1862).jpg?width=300) The Smarta tradition (स्मार्त), also called Smartism, is a movement in Hinduism that developed and expanded with the Puranas genre of literature....

February 15, 2023 · 17 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Srbinda

Srbinda In the ancient Sanskrit book, Rigveda, Srbinda is a mythical enemy of the God Indra. He is mentioned briefly as being slain in battle by Indra along with Anarsani, Pipru, and Ahisuva, after which he “let loose the floods”. Certain historians theorize that Srbinda is related to the Serbs. Besides the alleged identical root, the name Srbinda is similar to the modern Serbian word “Srbenda”, which is a superlative form of “Serb”, expressing a Serb who is thoroughly and uncompromisingly devoted to all things Serbian....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo birth_name Aurobindo Ghose birth_date August 15, 1872 birth_place Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India) death_date December 5, 1950 death_place Pondicherry), French India, (present-day Puducherry) City), Puducherry, India) alma_mater University of Cambridge spouse Mrinalini Devi (m. 1901-1918) relatives Manmohan Ghose (brother), Barindra Kumar Ghose (brother) nationality Indian founder Sri Aurobindo Ashram philosophy Integral yoga · Evolutionism · Intermediate zone · Supermind religion Hindu literary_works The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri disciples Champaklal, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, K....

February 15, 2023 · 33 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Sri Aurobindo Ashram name Sri Aurobindo Ashram image_size 150px map Entrance to Aurobindo ashram in Pondicherry.JPG map_size 250px map_caption Entrance to Sri Aurobindo Ashram formation November 24, 1926 founder Sri Aurobindo type Spiritual community status Foundation) purpose Educational, Philanthropic, Religious Studies, Spirituality, Meditation headquarters Pondicherry, India coords 11.55°N, 79.47°W main_organ Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust website sriaurobindoashram.org !புதுச்சேரி|||Sri Aurobindo Ashram The Sri Aurobindo Ashram is a spiritual community (ashram) located in Pondicherry), in the Indian territory of Puducherry)....

February 15, 2023 · 9 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Rewa

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Rewa !Sri Aurobindo Ashram Mahasua Sri Aurobindo Ashram is a temple of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry. It is situated on National Highway No.7 only 16 km from Rewa near Allahabad in Madhya Pradesh (India). Sri Aurobindo’s sacred relics were installed here on 31.11.1975 on the auspicious day of Deepawali. Since then, Sri Aurobindo Bal Vidya Mandir (the school), Mira Aditi Shishu Chhatrawas (the hostel), Sri Aurobindo Library, Aradhana (the community kitchen) and Sadhana (the guest house) have evolved as component parts of Ma Mandir....

February 15, 2023 · 12 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual

Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual Rodogune was dated February 1906, just before Sri Aurobindo left Baroda for Bengal, and was published in Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual, 1958, and also issued in book-form in the same year. The Viziers of Bassora was written in Baroda, and later recovered from the Government Archives in 1951 along with other manuscripts which had been exhibits in the Alipore Conspiracy Case. This play was published in the Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual in 1959, and also appeared in book form in the same year....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sri Bhasya

Sri Bhasya The Sri Bhasya (श्रीभाष्य) is the most famous work of the Hindu philosopher Ramanuja (1017–1137). It is his commentary on Badarayana’s Vedanta/Brahma Sutra. Description In his commentary, Ramanuja presents the fundamental philosophical principles of Vishishtadvaita based on his interpretation of the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and other Smriti texts, the previous acharyas, and the Vedanta-sutra itself. This is done by way of refuting Shankara’s Advaita Vedanta and in particular his theory of maya....

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sri Hansa Bhagwan

Sri Hansa Bhagwan type Hindu name Sri Hansa Bhagwan god_of Nimbarka Sampradaya In Hinduism, the first guru of the Nimbarka Sampradaya is Sri Hansa Bhagwan, who is regarded one of the twenty-four incarnations of Vishnu within the tradition. At the beginning of creation, in the Satya Yuga, Vishnu Himself took the form of a quadrangle, joined conch shells, chakras, maces, and lotuses, and descended to the sage Sankadi, the son of Brahma, in the name of Hansabata....

February 15, 2023 · 6 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Śrī Sūkta

Śrī Sūkta !The Hindu Goddess Shri Lakshmi LACMA M.87.210 (1 of 2).jpg?width=300) The Shri Sukta (श्रीसूक्तम्), also called the Shri Suktam, is the earliest recorded Sanskrit devotional hymns that revere Shri-Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity, and fertility. The Shri Sukta is recited, with a strict adherence to Sanskrit prosody for the veneration of the goddess. This hymn is found in the Rigvedic khilanis, which are appendices to the Rigveda that can dated back to the pre-Buddhist era....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sri Yantra

Sri Yantra The Sri Yantra, Shri Yantra, or Shri Chakra is a form of mystical diagram (yantra) used in the Shri Vidya school of Hinduism. It consists of nine interlocking triangles - four upward ones which represent Shiva, and five downward ones representing Shakti. All these surround the central point, the bindu). These triangles represent the cosmos and the human body. Because of its nine triangles, Shri Yantra is also known as the Navayoni Chakra....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Srimad Bhagavata Book 1

Srimad Bhagavata Book 1 The Srimad Bhagavata is one of the main books of Hindu philosophy. The Bhagavata is a devotional account of the Supreme Being and His incarnations. Book 1 of the Srimad Bhagavata discusses the origin of the Bhagavata, and introduces the reader to the glories of Krishna as the Supreme Lord. This book consists of 19 chapters. The Bhagavata is authored by Veda Vyasa and the source material for this summary is the translation presented by Swami Tapasyananda....

February 15, 2023 · 11 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Srimad Bhagavata Book 3

Srimad Bhagavata Book 3 The Srimad Bhagavata is one of the main books of Hindu philosophy. The Bhagavata is a devotional account of the Supreme Being and His incarnations. The third book of the Srimad Bhagavata covers the teachings of Rishi Maitreya to Vidura, Vishnu’s Boar incarnation, the curse of Vishnu’s attendants, and the teachings of Kapila Muni. This book consists of 33 chapters. The Bhagavata is authored by Veda Vyasa and the source material for this summary is the translation presented by Swami Tapasyananda....

February 15, 2023 · 12 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Srishti-drishti-vada

Srishti-drishti-vada Srishti-drishti-vada (Sanskrit: सृष्टिदृष्टिवाद) or ’the doctrine of perception through creation’, is the opponent school of drishti-srishti-vada. It affirms the world as the primary reality on which perception is dependent. In short, if there were no real world, there would not be any perception of it either. It is regarded as the “common sense view of things”. Terminology Srishti means “creation”, drishti means “vision” or “perception” and vada means “philosophy” or “argument”....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum