Advaita Vedanta Dictionary - Article Index

Dictionary - Advaita Vedanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta: (Sanskrit) "Nondual end (or essence) of the Vedas." Names the monistic schools, most prominently that of Shan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Vedanta: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta Non-dualistic school of Hindu philosophy   (See also: Advaita Vedanta , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Vedanta: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta: non-dualistic form of Vedantic philosophy   (See also: Advaita Vedanta , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sansk...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Vedanta: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Advaita Vedanta
advaita vedanta: non-dualistic vedantic philosophy   (See also: advaita vedanta , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit Dictionary: A Sanskrit Dictionary From Advaita To Yoga
Sanskrit dictionary. From Advaita to Yoga.   Please note that all words in grey, like "enlightenment" or "kundalini&...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vedanta
Vedanta: (Sanskrit) "Ultimate wisdom" or "final conclusions of the Vedas." Vedanta is the system of thought embodi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vedanta
Vedanta: (Sanskrit) "Ultimate wisdom" or "final conclusions of the Vedas."   Vedanta is the system of though...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita
advaita: (Sanskrit) "Non dual; not twofold." Nonduality or monism. The philosophical doctrine that Ultimate Reality consists...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Siddhanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita Siddhanta
Advaita Siddhanta: (Sanskrit) "Nondual perfect conclusions." Saivite philosophy codified in the Agamas which has at its core...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shankaracharya, Adi: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Shankaracharya, Adi
Shankaracharya, Adi (730-820 AD): the great master of Advaita Vedanta who synthesized the Vedantic teaching with clear commentaries, w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita: Sanskrit Dictionary On Advaita
Advaita: Non-duality; a school of Vedanta philosophy teaching the oneness of God, soul, and universe, whose chief exponent was Sankar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Advaita
Advaita:   Advaita ("nonduality"): the truth and teaching that there is only One Reality (Atman, Brahman), especially...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Vedanta
Vedanta: Literally "end of the Vedas"; one of Hinduism's formal schools of emancipation (darsanas) which draws heavily on th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Smartism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Smartism
Smartism: (Sanskrit) Sect based on the secondary scriptures (smriti).   The most liberal of the four major Hindu denominations, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Vedanta
A Theosophical definition of Vedanta :   Vedanta (Sanskrit) From the Upanishads and from other parts of the wonderful cycle of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rama Tirtha: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Rama Tirtha
Rama Tirtha: One the key spiritual figures in late nineteenth and early twentieth century India. A former university professor of math...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vedanta
Vedanta (Sanskrit) The end or completion of the Veda; the final, most perfect exposition of the Vedic tenets. As Uttara-mimansa, one o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sayana, Sayanacharya, Sayanacarya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sayana, Sayanacharya, Sayanacarya
Sayana or Sayanacharya Sayanacarya (Sanskrit) The celebrated commentator on the Rig-Veda, who flourished under Vira-bukka I of Vijaya-...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Advaita
advaita [not divided]: the one unchangeable, indivisible Truth; the one essence that cannot be described as real or non-real. Adi Shan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vishishtadvaita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vishishtadvaita
Vishishtadvaita: (Sanskrit) "Qualified nondualism."   Best known as the term used by Ramanuja (ca 1017-1137) to name h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramanuja: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Ramanuja
Ramanuja: 11th century CE Hindu founder of Visista-advaita Vedanta (qualified monistic Vedanta) who maintains that God himself is comp...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shankara: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shankara
Shankara: (Sanskrit) One of Hinduism's most extraordinary monks (788-820) and preeminent guru of the Smarta Sampradaya. Noted for his ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shankara: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Shankara
Shankara:   Shankara ("He who is benevolent"): the eighth-century adept who was the greatest proponent of nondualism ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Katha Upanishad, Kathopanishad: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Katha Upanishad, Kathopanishad
Katha Upanishad or Kathopanishad (Sanskrit) One of the Upanishads of the Yajur-Veda, named after the sage Katha; commented upon by San...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spanda: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Spanda
Spanda:   Spanda ("vibration"): a key concept of Kashmir's Shaivism according to which the ultimate Reality itself &q...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Visishtadvaita, Visistadvaita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Visishtadvaita, Visistadvaita
Visishtadvaita visistadvaita (Sanskrit) [from visishta distinguished, qualified from the verbal root visish to distinguish + advaita n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yogatattva Upanishad: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Yogatattva Upanishad
Yogatattva Upanishad: (Sanskrit) Scripture of 142 verses based on Advaita Vedanta and yoga practices, ca 1400. (See also: Yogatattv...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Padartha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Padartha
padartha: (Sanskrit) "Constituent substance."   Primary categories or essential elements of existence, defined differe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Maya
Maya: Hindu term coined by Advaita Vedanta to refer to the illusory or deceptive nature of the world which prompts us to make distinct...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahma Sutra Bhashya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Brahma Sutra Bhashya
Brahma Sutra Bhashya: (Sanskrit) A lengthy 13thcentury commentary on the Brahma Sutras by Srikantha to establish a Vedic base for the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vishishtadvaita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vishishtadvaita
Vishishtadvaita: (Sanskrit) "Qualified nondualism." Best known as the term used by Ramanuja (ca 1017-1137) to name his Vaish...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Madhavacharya, Madhavacarya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Madhavacharya, Madhavacarya
Madhavacharya madhavacarya (Sanskrit) (from Madhava + acharya teacher, preceptor)   Celebrated religious teacher and scholar of t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabhacharya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya: (Sanskrit) "Beloved." V   aishnava saint (ca 1475-1530) whose panentheistic Shuddha Advaita (pure nondu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shankara: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Shankara
Shankara: Shankaracharya; Adi (the first) Shankaracharya: The great reformer and re-establisher of Vedic Religion in India around 300 ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramanujacharya, Ranmanujacarya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ramanujacharya, Ranmanujacarya
Ramanujacharya Ranmanujacarya (Sanskrit) A celebrated Vaishnava reformer, founder of a Vedantic school which taught the doctrine of Vi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saivism Six Schools: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Saivism Six Schools
Saivism six schools: Through history Saivism has developed a vast array of lineages. Philosophically, six schools are most notable: -...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramanuja: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ramanuja
Ramanuja: (Sanskrit) Philosopher (1017-1137), saint, great bhakta, founder of one of five major Vaishnava schools, and considered the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nondual (nondualism):: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Nondual (nondualism):
nondual (nondualism): See: dvaita-advaita, monistic theism, Vedanta. (See also: Nondual (nondualism): , Hinduism, Body Mind and Sou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sankara: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Sankara (-acharya)
Sankara (-acharya) The most influential teacher of the impersonal Advaita philosophy in Kali-yuga. According to the Padma Purana, he i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Madhvacharya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Madhvacharya
Madhvacharya The founding acharya of one of the four Vaishnava sampradayas in Kali-yuga. He appeared in the thirteenth century as a Ka...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dvaita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dvaita
Dvaita (Sanskrit) Duality; applied to a Vedanta sect, also called Madhvas after their founder, Madhva (born c. 1200). The chief doctri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chinmatra, Cinmatra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Chinmatra, Cinmatra
Chinmatra cinmatra (Sanskrit) (from chit thought + matra elementary thought, intelligence)   Essential thought, mind per se; used...   » Read the article

Article - Vedanta Schools: The Advaita Philosophy Of Sri Sankara
The teachings of Sankara can be summed up in half a verse: Brahman (the Absolute) is alone real; this world is unreal; and the Jiva or th...   » Read the article

Article - Vedanta Philosophy: The Vedanta Schools Of Philosophy
The Sutras or aphorisms of Vyasa are the basis of the Vedanta philosophy. These Sutras have been variously explained by different comment...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Philosophy: Hindu Philosophy And Its Various Schools And Systems
A clear understanding of mans relation to God is a matter of momentous importance to students of philosophy and to all aspirants. Philoso...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Introduction To Hinduism
Introduction to Hinduism Statistically, there are over 700 million Hindus, mainly in Bharat (India), and Nepal. Hinduism is referred to ...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Sects: Hinduism - A Fellowship Of Faiths And A Federation Of Philosophies - About Hindu Sects And Cults
The term Hinduism is most elastic. It includes a number of sects and cults, allied, but different in many important points. Hinduism has,...   » Read the article

Article - Dasanama Sannyasins: Hindu Sects And Cults - Dasanama Sannyasins
Dasanama Sannyasins: Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanat-Kumara and Sanat-Sujata were the four mind-born sons of Lord Brahma. They refused to enter ...   » Read the article

Article - God As Mother: Celebration Of The Mother Principle
God as Mother: Celebration of the Mother Principle Durga Puja is to Bengal what Ganesh Chaturthi is to Maharashtra - an occasion to cele...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Worship: The Philosophy And Significance Of Idol-worship
There is no reference to worship of idols in the Vedas. The Puranas and the Agamas give descriptions of idol-worship both in the houses a...   » Read the article

Article - Vedanta: Vedanta - The Most Satisfactory System Of Philosophy
Some of the doctrines of the Nyaya, the Vaiseshika, the Sankhya and the Yoga are opposed to the teachings of the Vedas. These systems are...   » Read the article

Article - Jnana Yoga: The Path Of Knowledge - Jnana Yoga
Jnana yoga is the yoga of knowledge - not knowledge in the intellectual sense-but the knowledge of Brahman and Atman and the realization ...   » Read the article

Article - Venus Transit: The Divine Awakening Of The Heart
Sufi Teacher Phillippe De Vos explain the emergence of what the sufis call the “Fath Rabani" (Divine Awakening), and he relates this awak...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Dictionary: Spiritual Hinduism Dictionary
A spiritual dictionary of the 280 most common words in Hinduism. Also see these links: Hinduism, Spirituality, Enlightenment, Spiritual D...   » Read the article

Article - Site Map Archives Links A-c
Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Dreams, death poetry, dream interpretation, dream interpreter, Kalki avatar kalki bhagavan, mayan calendar, mayan...   » Read the article

Article - Site Map: Site Map Archives A-c
Map over all archives. See also: Sacred Space, Sacred Places, Power Places, Enlightenment, Spiritual Growth, Meaning of Dreams, Yoga, May...   » Read the article