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• Rigveda - Text
• Rigveda - Books
• Rigveda - Translations
• Rigveda - Internal evidence
• Rigveda - Hindu tradition
• Rigveda - More recent Indian views
• Rigveda - Editions
• Rigveda - Translations
• Rigveda - Bibliography

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• Bhagavad Gita - Bhagavad Gita in General
• Bhagavad Gita - Bhagavad Gita as a Yoga Scripture
• Bhagavad Gita - On The Goal Of Yoga
• Bhagavad Gita - On Bhakti Yoga
• Bhagavad Gita - On Karma Yoga
• Bhagavad Gita - On Nishkam Karma Yoga
• Bhagavad Gita - On Jnana Yoga
• Bhagavad Gita - On Raja Yoga
• Bhagavad Gita - Overview

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Hinduism (हिन्दू धर्म; also known as Sanātana Dharma - सनातन धर्म, and Vaidika-Dharma - वैदिक धर्म) is a worldwide religious tradition that is based on the Vedas and is the direct descendant of the Vedic religion. It encompasses many religious traditions that widely vary in practice, as well as many diverse sects and philosophies. An array of deities, all manifestations of the one supreme monistic Ishvara, are venerated. Beliefs, codes and principles vary fr ...

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• Hinduism - Core Concepts
• Hinduism - The Eternal Way
• Hinduism - Basic beliefs
• Hinduism - Practice Yoga Dharma
• Hinduism - The four objectives Of Life
• Hinduism - The four stages of Life
• Hinduism - The four classes of the society
• Hinduism - Nature of God
• Hinduism - Denominations
• Hinduism - Hindu sacred texts
• Hinduism - Shruti
• Hinduism - Bhagavad Gītā
• Hinduism - Smriti
• Hinduism - Origins and society
• Hinduism - Origins of Hinduism
• Hinduism - Etymology
• Hinduism - Vedic religion
• Hinduism - Hindu nationalism
• Hinduism - Temples
• Hinduism - Current geographic distribution
• Hinduism - Hindu philosophy: the six Vedic schools of thought
• Hinduism - Pūrva Mīmāmsā
• Hinduism - Yoga
• Hinduism - Uttara Mimāmsā: Vedānta and its three main schools
• Hinduism - Alternative cultures of worship
• Hinduism - The Bhakti schools
• Hinduism - Tantra
• Hinduism - Important symbolism and themes in Hinduism
• Hinduism - Tilaka symbol on forehead or between eyebrows
• Hinduism - Ahimsa non-violence vegetarian diet and the cow
• Hinduism - Hindu symbolism
• Hinduism - Murtis icons
• Hinduism - Sanskrit
• Hinduism - Mantra
• Hinduism - Criticism
• Hinduism - Hinduism
• Hinduism - Related systems and religions

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Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad Gītā Ramayana Puranas (List) Tantras Sutras (List) Stotras Ashtavakra Gita Gita Govinda Hatha Yoga Pradipika This is an article about the Yoga Sutras of ...

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• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Introduction
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Authorship
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Philosophical Roots and Influences
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - The Eight Limbs of Raja Yoga
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Bibliography
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Appendix: English Translation of the Yoga Sutras
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Book I : Consciousness and Superconsciousness Samadhi Pada
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Book II : Ways To Attain Yoga Sadhana Pada
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Book III : Powers Vibhuti Pada
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Book IV : Liberation Kaivalya Pada

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• Ramayana - Timeline
• Ramayana - Synopsis
• Ramayana - Book I: Bal Kand or The Book of Youth
• Ramayana - Book II: Ayodhya Kanda or The Book of Ayodhya
• Ramayana - Book III: Aranya Kanda or The Book of the Forest
• Ramayana - Book IV: Kishkindha Kanda or The Book of Kishkindha the kingdom of monkeys
• Ramayana - Book V: Sundara Kanda or The Book of Sundara another name of Hanuman
• Ramayana - Book VI: Yuddha Kanda or The Book of War
• Ramayana - Book VII: Uttara Kanda or The Book Beyond
• Ramayana - Lessons from the Ramayana
• Ramayana - Literary works inspired by the Ramayana
• Ramayana - Sugriva's cave of Hampie

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Shakha (IAST śākhā), literally "branch" or "limb", is the Sanskrit term for a recension or version of Vedic texts according to a particular school. The scholars of a given shakha are properly called a caraṇa, but the term shakha is u ...

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Aranyaka: (Sanskrit) "Forest treatise." Third section of each of the four Vedas. Texts containing esoteric, mystical knowledge, largely on the inner meanings and functions of the Vedic yajna, or fire ceremonies. See: Vedas.

(See also: Aranyaka, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Aranyaka: (Sanskrit) "Forest treatise." Third section of each of the four Vedas. Texts containing esoteric, mystical knowledge, largely on the inner meanings and functions of the Vedic yajna, or fire ceremonies. See: Vedas.

(See also: Aranyaka, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Aranyakas:

Aranyakas (Aaranyakas). Religious or philosophical texts closely connected with the brahmins, either composed in the forest or studied there. They deal with inner significances and internal disciplines.

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Aranyaka (Sanskrit). Holy hermits, sages who dwelt in ancient India in forests. Also a portion of the Vedas containing Upanishads, etc.

(See also: Aranyaka, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary, )

Aranyaka (Sanskrit) (from aranya forest-like from aranya wilderness, forest)

Forest-born; a hermit or holy man who dwells in the forest during the process of becoming a genuine spiritual yogi. Aranyakas (plural) are a class of Vedic treatises of a mystical nature attached to the Brahmanas and closely associated with the Upanishads. They were called such either because they were written in the solitude of the wilderness or because they were intended for study and contemplation by those who had retired from the world to lead the life of spiritual recluses. The Aranyakas are ritualistic, treating of special ceremonies either omitted or dealt with only in part in the Brahmanas, and hence are considered to be supplemental to the latter.

Only four Aranyakas are presently known to exist: the Aitareya (Rig-vedic) forming part of the Aitareya-Brahmana; the Kausitaki (Rig-vedic) whose third and final chapter is the Kanusitaki Upanishad; the Taittiriya, of ten books, belonging to the Yajur-Veda; and the Brihad (Yajur-Veda) which forms a part of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad attached to the Satapatha-Brahmana.

(See also: Aranyaka, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Taittiriya Aranyaka: (Sanskrit) A forest treatise of Krishna Yajur Veda.

See: Veda.

(See also: Taittiriya Aranyaka, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

aranyaka vedic:

forest texts or writings

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Brhad-aranyaka. See BRIHAD-ARANYAKA

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Aranyaka Vedic: forest texts

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Brihad-aranyaka or -aranya Upanishad (Sanskrit) (from brihad great + aranyaka produced in a forest)

A celebrated Upanishad, forming the last five prapathakas (sections) of the Satapatha-Brahmana -- one of the most important of the Brahmanas -- attributed to Yajnavalkya. The title refers to this class of highly mystical and metaphysical literary work supposed to have been thought out by sages while retired in the solitudes of mountain and forest. Aranyaka is closely associated with Upanishad, and often used interchangeably with it; thus this work is often called Brihad-Upanishad or Brihad-aranyaka-upanishad.

(See also: Brihad-aranyaka, Aranya Upanishad, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Aitareya (Sanskrit)) (from itara other; also from itara mother of Aitareya)

Name of a Brahmana or literary work attached to the Rig-Veda; also of Mahidasa, author of a Brahmana and an Aranyaka. The Aitareya-Brahmana (or Aitareyaka) contains forty adhyayas (sections) in which the duties of a hotri (priest) are enumerated. The Aitareya-Aranyaka consists of five books or aranyakas, the second and third of which are called the Aitareya-Upanishad (although sometimes the last four sections of the second book alone are so designated).

(See also: Aitareya, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Aitareya Upanishad: (Sanskrit) Three chapters of the Aitareya Aranyaka of the Rig Veda expounding the esoterics of ritual, revealing the means of preparing oneself for the deepest spiritual attainments.

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Aitareya Upanishad: (Sanskrit) Three chapters of the Aitareya Aranyaka of the Rig Veda expounding the esoterics of ritual, revealing the means of preparing oneself for the deepest spiritual attainments.

(See also: Aitareya Upanishad, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

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List of sutras, List of sutras - Sutras primarily associated with Hinduism, List of sutras - Vedanga, List of sutras - Vedanta, List of sutras - Hindu philosophy, List of sutras - Sutras primarily associated with Buddhism, List of sutras - Pali sutras, List of sutras - Mahayana sutras, List of sutras - Vajrayana sutras, List of sutras - Other Sutras

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Aitareya (Sanskrit). The name of an Aranyaka (Brahmana) and a Upanishad of the Rig Veda. Some of its portions are purely Vedantic.

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neti neti

“Not this, not this.” A phrase from the Brihad-aranyaka Upanishad indicating the process of elimination by which one philosophically distinguishes between matter and spirit.

(See also: neti neti, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)