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Triputipratyaksavada Tripuṭi-pratyakṣavāda , this term refers to Prabhakara’s Theory of Knowledge, more precisely to his Doctrine of Triple Perception. Prabhakara advocates the theory of simultaneous revelation of knower, known and knowledge (Tripuṭi-pratyakṣavāda). He holds the Nayayika view that the self is essentially unconscious but maintains that knowledge is self-luminous, which knowledge reveals the self as the subject and the known thing as the object simultaneously with itself. In every knowledge-situation the self is simultaneously revealed as the subject of that knowledge....

Trishikhibrahmana Upanishad devanagari त्रिशिखब्राह्मण sanskrit_transliteration Triśikhi-brāhmaṇa meaning Three-flamed or Trident Brahman type Yoga veda Shukla Yajurveda chapters 2 verses 164 philosophy Yoga, Vedanta The Trishikhibrahmana Upanishad (Sanskrit:त्रिशिखब्राह्मण उपनिषत्, IAST: Triśikhi-brāhmaṇa Upaniṣad), also known as Trisikhibrahmanopanisad, is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism and a Sanskrit text. It is attached to the Shukla Yajurveda and is classified as one of the 20 Yoga Upanishads. The text discusses the non-relative nature of the metaphysical reality (Brahman), soul (Atman), and describes eight limb yoga as a means to self-knowledge....

Trishna (Vedic thought) Trishna (Sanskrit: तृष्णा) means – ’thirst’ (Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 4.149), ‘aspiration’ (Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 14.44), ’longing’, ‘craving’ or ’lusty desires’ (Srimad Bhagavatam 9.19.18), or as तृष्णज् meaning covetous, greedy or thirsting. Trishna is the Eighth Nidana, spiritual love. Meaning The Sanskrit root of the word **Tṛishṇā (तृष्णा) is Tṛish (तृष्) meaning to be thirsty, to thirst, to thirst for (metaphorically), strong desire or long for. In the Vedas the accent is on the first syllable as in - Tṛishyā (to be thirsty), Tṛishṇākshaya (cessation of desire, tranquillity of mind, resignation, patience, content), Tṛishnāghna (quenching the thirst), Tṛishṇāmaya (ill with thirst), Tṛishṇāmāra (dying of thirst), Tṛishṇāri (enemy of thirst), Tṛishālu (thirsting much, very thirsty), Tṛishyat (thirsting) or Tṛishya (thirst)....

Turiyatitavadhuta Upanishad devanagari तुरीयातीतावधूत sanskrit_transliteration Turīyatītāvadhūta meaning Liberated person beyond Turiya composition_date 14th or 15th century veda Shukla Yajurveda type Sannyasa chapters 1 philosophy Vedanta The Turiyatitavadhuta Upanishad (तुरीयातीत अवधूत उपनिषद्, IAST: Turīyatītāvadhūta Upaniṣad) is a medieval era Sanskrit text and is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. The text is attached to the Shukla Yajurveda, and is one of the 20 Sannyasa (renunciation) Upanishads. The Upanishad is notable for its description of the nature and life of a self-realized monk called Turiyatita-Avadhuta, literally a totally liberated man, also called a Avadhuta or Jivanmukta....

Turvasu Druhyu and Anu Dynasties !LUNAR_DYNASTY_(Chandravamsha).png?width=300) The Turvasu dynasty (तुर्वसुवंश), Druhyu dynasty (द्रुह्युवंश) and the Anu dynasty (अनुवंश) are the names of three legendary cadet branches of the Lunar dynasty in Hindu literature, featured in the Puranas and the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. Legend According to Hindu mythology, King Yayati surreptitiously married the daitya princess and his wife Devayani’s maid, Sharmistha, after she begged him to bear her children. When Devayani learnt of her husband’s infidelity to her, she hastened to inform her father, the sage Shukra....

Tvarita type Hindu affiliation Shaktism, Tripura Sundari weapon Noose, elephant-goad gender Female texts Tantras) name Tvarita Tvarita (त्वरिता) is a goddess primarily featured in Tantric Hinduism). She is depicted to be a member of the group of nine yoginis called the nityas, and an aspect of Adi Parashakti. Iconography Tvarita is depicted to be dark-complexioned. She has a crown on her head, which contains a peacock’s tail. Her garments are made of leaves....

Tyāga Tyāga (Sanskrit: त्याग) is a Sanskrit word that means “sacrifice, giving up in generosity, forsaking, resigning” anything of value, as well as “renunciation” depending on the context. It is an ethical concept in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Etymology Tyāga means – sacrifice, renunciation, abandonment, resignation, donation, forsaking, liberality, withdrawal Tyāga which is not merely physical renunciation of the world is different from Sannyasa; Sannyasa which comes from the root as means – “giving up entirely”, Tyāga means – “giving up with generosity what one could probably have kept”....

Udayana religion Hinduism birth_place Kariona, Mithila (Bihar),, India Udayana, (Devanagari: उदयन) also known as Udayanācārya (Udyanacharya, or Master Udayana), (circa 975 - 1050 CE) was an Indian philosopher and logician of the tenth century of the Nyaya school who attempted to devise a rational theology to prove the existence of God using logic and counter the attack on the existence of God at the hands of Buddhist philosophers such as Dharmakīrti, Jñānaśrī and against the Indian school of materialism (Chārvaka)....

Unifying Hinduism name Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History author Andrew J. Nicholson language English genre philosophy, Hinduism, history of Hinduism, Indian philosophy publisher Columbia University Press, Permanent Black pub_date 2010 pages 266 isbn 0231149875 oclc 881368213 Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History is a book Andrew J. Nicholson on Indian philosophy, describing the philosophical unification of Hinduism, which it places in the Middle Ages....

Unshaken name Unshaken cover D’Angelo - Unshaken cover art.png type single artist D’Angelo album The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 (Original Soundtrack) released January 4, 2019 genre Neo soul · country-western · soul length 3:53 label RCA writer Michael Archer · Rocco DeLuca · Daniel Lanois producer Daniel Lanois prev_title Betray My Heart) prev_year 2015 “Unshaken” is a song by American singer-songwriter D’Angelo. It was produced by Daniel Lanois, who wrote the track with D’Angelo and Rocco DeLuca....

Upanishad Brahmayogin Upanishad Brahmayogin is the cognomen of Rāmachandrendra Sarasvati (fl. 1800 CE), a sannyasin and Advaitin scholar of the Upanishads. He is credited with having written commentaries on all 108 Upanishads of the Muktika canon. His works have been translated and published by the Adyar Library. He was born Śivarāma of Vādhūla gotra in Brahmapuram, a village on the river Palar. This would date to the middle of the 18th century, based on tales of his association, as an older contemporary, with Tyagaraja (1767–1847 CE)....

Upanishads religion Hinduism language Sanskrit The Upanishads (उपनिषद् ) are late Vedic Sanskrit texts that supplied the basis of later Hindu philosophy. They are the most recent part of the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, and deal with meditation, philosophy, consciousness, and ontological knowledge; earlier parts of the Vedas deal with mantras, benedictions, rituals, ceremonies, and sacrifices. While among the most important literature in the history of Indian religions and culture, the Upanishads document a wide variety of “rites, incarnations, and esoteric knowledge” departing from Vedic ritualism and interpreted in various ways in the later commentarial traditions....

Uparati Uparati, is a Sanskrit word and it literally means “cessation, quietism, stopping worldly action”. It is an important concept in Advaita Vedanta pursuit of moksha and refers to the ability to achieve “dispassion”, and “discontinuation of religious ceremonies”. According to Adi Shankara Uparati or Uparama is the strict observance of one’s own Dharma. Sama is the restraining of the outgoing mental propensities i.e. the curbing of the mind from all objects other than hearing etc....

Upasana Upasana (Sanskrit: उपासना ) literally means “worship” and “sitting near, attend to”. The term also refers to one of three (खण्ड, parts) of Vedas, one that focuses on worship. The other two parts of Vedas are called Aranyakas and Upanishads, sometimes identified as ’ (कर्म खण्ड, ritualistic sacrifice section) and ’ (ज्ञान खण्ड, knowledge, spirituality section). Vedic literature, including Upasana Karunakar, is however, neither homogeneous in content nor in structure....

Utsāha Utsāha is an essential factor in matters governing human thoughts and actions, and directs all human achievements because primarily it is the strength of will, firmness of resolve, energy and power, endurance and perseverance, and the joy and elation resulting from achievement of pre-determined objectives. Meaning Utsāha (Sanskrit: उत्साह) means – ’enthusiasm’, ‘zeal’, ’energy’, ‘strength’, ‘power’, ‘fortitude’, ‘strength of will’, ‘resolution’, ‘firmness’, ’effort’, ’endurance’, ‘perseverance’, cheerfulness’, ‘joy’, ‘happiness’; it also means ‘initiative’ or ‘drive’....