Encyclopedia - Devadasi: Encyclopedia - Devadasi
Devadasi (in Sanskrit "servant of god") is a religious practice still found in some Hindu communities, especially in southern India, wher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Devadasi: Encyclopedia Ii - Devadasi - Devadasi Practices
The devadasi practices have considerably changed over the last centuries. The account of the contemporary Devadasi practice in Tamilnadu ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devadasi: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Devadasi
Devadasi: (Sanskirt "female servant of God") In India, a dwindling institution of women dedicated to temple service who danc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Devadasi: Encyclopedia Ii - Devadasi - History
Devadasi has a long history, and, like many Hindu practices has evolved into a number of forms. Evidently the first Devadasi were celibat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam
Bharatanatyam (also spelled Bharathanatyam, Bharatnatyam or Bharata Natyam) is a classical dance form originating in the South Indian sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nautch: Encyclopedia - Nautch
Nautch, a word used in several languages of North India, is an Indian term for “dance”, and indicates several forms of popular dancin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia - Tantra
Tantra (Sanskrit: loom), tantric yoga or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. It exists in Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurangzeb: Encyclopedia - Aurangzeb
Abu Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir (Persian: ابو مظفر محی الدین محمد اورنگزیب عالمگیر) (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia - Yoga
Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a me...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devadas, Devadasis: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Devadas, Devadasis
Devadas, devadasis: "Servants of the gods". temple prostitutes.   (See also: Devadas, devadasis , Hinduism, Hindui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Medieval Decline
Local kings often invited temple dancers devadasis to dance in their courts, the occurrence of which created a new category of dancers, r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nuns: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nuns
Nuns Women of any age vowed to a celibate and meditative life. Nuns have existed in organized communities in all parts of the world, a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vestal Virgins: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vestal Virgins
Vestal Virgins The priestess-guardians of the sacred fire of the Roman State; originally four in number, later six, then seven. Their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Modern Rebirth
Rukmini Devi Arundale raised Bharatanatyam to a puritan art form, divorced from its recently controversial past by "removing objectionabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Elements
Although most of the contemporary Bharatanatyam ballets are popularly viewed as a form of entertainment, the Natya Shastra-based dance st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Traditional Roots
Bharatanatyam is thought to have been created by Bharata Muni, a Hindu sage, who wrote the Natya Shastra, the most important ancient trea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Modern Rebirth
Rukmini Devi Arundale raised Bharatanatyam to a puritan art form, divorced from its recently controversial past by "removing objectionabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Dancers
A professional Bharatanatyam dancer must demonstrate a number of qualities. As Sangitaratnakara puts it, the true dance is connected to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Essential Ideas
Bharatanatyam is the manifestation of the South Indian idea of the celebration of the eternal universe through the celebration of the bea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Elements
Although most of the contemporary Bharatanatyam ballets are popularly viewed as a form of entertainment, the Natya Shastra-based dance st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Prostitution
Main article: Prostitution Prostitutes are individuals who sell the use of their body to others for sexual gratification. Prostitution ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Striptease: Encyclopedia Ii - Striptease - History Of Striptease
The ancient art of the strip tease traces its origins in the Sumerian tablets, on which were written the myth of the desecent of the godd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Prostitution
Main article: Prostitution Prostitutes are individuals who sell the use of their body to others for sexual gratification. Prostitution ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Striptease: Encyclopedia Ii - Striptease - History Of Striptease
The ancient art of the strip tease traces its origins in the Sumerian tablets, on which were written the myth of the desecent of the godd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Striptease: Encyclopedia Ii - Striptease - Off-stage
A variation on striptease is private dancing, which often involves lap dancing or contact dancing. Here the performers, in addition to st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Striptease: Encyclopedia Ii - Striptease - Off-stage
A variation on striptease is private dancing, which often involves lap dancing or contact dancing. Here the performers, in addition to st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance In Mythology And Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Dance In Mythology And Religion - Dance In Holy Scriptures Of Various Nations
Opinions vary greatly with respect to how Holy Books consider dancing. If anyone undertakes the articles of this section, please refrain ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Tantric Practices
Because of the wide range of groups covered by the term "tantra", it is hard to describe tantric practices definitively. The basic practi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Abortion
Main article: Abortion Abortion is an ancient means of ending a pregnancy, practiced since antiquity. Its legality has varied from countr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Tibetan Tantra
In Tibetan Buddhism tantra (also known as Vajrayana) plays a central role, and is universally acknowledged as constituting the highest te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - New Age Tantra Or Neo Tantra
New Age appropriations of tantra usually disregard requirements involving guruparampara and ritual conduct, though they otherwise adopt m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurangzeb: Encyclopedia Ii - Aurangzeb - Commentary By Recent Historians
Aurangzeb - Wolpert. Stanley Wolpert writes in his New History of India ISBN 0195166779 (Oxford, 2003) ...Yet the conquest of the Decc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - The Word Yoga
The word "yoga" - from the Sanskrit root yuj ("to yoke") - is generally translated as "union" or "integration." This may be understood as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - The Sexual Revolution
Main article: Sexual revolution The sexual revolution was a substantial change in sexual morality and sexual behaviour throughout the Wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Diversity Of Yoga
Over the long history of yoga, different schools have emerged, and there are numerous examples of subdivisions and synthesis. It is commo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga And Religion
In the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain traditions, the spiritual goals of yoga are seen as inseparable from the religions of which yoga f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Psychology And Sex
Especially before the development of dependable methods of contraception, the control of sexual behavior was of extreme practical importa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Pederasty
Many cultures normalized or promoted adult males and male teenagers entering into relationships that also had a sexual dimension. Typical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Origins
Images of a meditating yogi from the Indus Valley Civilization are thought to be 6 to 7 thousand years old. The earliest written accounts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Zoosexuality
Prior to and outside the influence of the major Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), sex with animals (also known as zooph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Buddhist Yoga
Within the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism yoga likewise holds a central place, though not in the form presented by Patanjali or the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
For much of human history, sexually transmitted diseases have been the scourge of humanity. They raged unchecked through society until th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - History Of Tantra
Legend ascribes the origin of Tantra to Dattatreya, a semi-mythical Hindu yogi and the assumed author of the Jivanmukta Gita ("Song of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - The Sexual Revolution
Main article: Sexual revolution The sexual revolution was a substantial change in sexual morality and sexual behaviour throughout the Wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Striptease: Encyclopedia Ii - Striptease - History Of Striptease
The ancient art of the strip tease traces its origins in the Sumerian tablets, on which were written the myth of the desecent of the godd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Pederasty
Many cultures normalized or promoted adult males and male youths, usually teenagers, entering into pedagogic friendships or love affairs ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Zoosexuality
Prior to and outside the influence of the major Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), sex with animals (also known as zooph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Abortion
Main article: Abortion Abortion is an ancient means of ending a pregnancy, practiced since antiquity. Its legality has varied from countr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Outside Reading
History of sex - Ancient Greece. Hubbard, Thomas K. (ed.) Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents, Universit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Filter Coffee: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Filter Coffee - History
The popular Indian lore says that on pilgrimage to Mecca in the 16th century, Snehal Shah, a revered Muslim holy man from India, discover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurangzeb: Encyclopedia Ii - Aurangzeb - Rise To Throne
Aurangzeb - Early life. Aurangzeb (from Persian, اورنگ‌زیب meaning "befitting the throne") was the third son of the fifth gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Hindu Yoga
Yoga - Bhagavad Gita. Main article: Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita famously distinguishes several types of "yoga", corresponding to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurangzeb: Encyclopedia Ii - Aurangzeb - Rise To Throne
Aurangzeb - Early life. Aurangzeb (full name: Abu Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir --Persian: بو مظفر محی الد�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurangzeb: Encyclopedia Ii - Aurangzeb - Legacy
Aurangzeb's influence continues through the centuries, affecting not only India, but Asia, and the world. He was the first ruler to attem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Reproduction And Cultural Gender Roles
The biological phenomenon that women become pregnant and give birth instead of men has shaped the formation of gender roles in world cult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga Practice And Intention
Modern yoga practice often includes traditional elements inherited from Hinduism, such as moral and ethical principles, postures designed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Common Themes
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Common to most forms of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Politics Of Sex
With the rise of government and laws, personal behaviors, including sex, became increasingly politicized. The politics (and, therefore, l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Technology And Sex
Scientific and technological advances have significantly affected the enjoyment and outcomes of sex, especially in recent history. Histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga And Tantra
Yoga is often mentioned in company with Tantra. While the two have deep similarities, most traditions distinguish them from one another. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Hindu Tantra
Tantra exists in Vaisnava, Shaiva, and Shakta forms, among others. Extolled as a short-cut to self-realization and spiritual enlightenmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Reproduction And Cultural Gender Roles
The biological phenomenon that women become pregnant and give birth instead of men has shaped the formation of gender roles in world cult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Tantra In The Modern World
Tantra is used in the West, as a general term which relates to sexual practice as a spiritual evolutionary scheme. There are in fact many...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Psychology And Sex
Especially before the development of dependable methods of contraception, the control of sexual behavior was of extreme practical importa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Politics Of Sex
With the rise of government and laws, personal behaviors, including sex, became increasingly politicized. The politics (and, therefore, l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Technology And Sex
Scientific and technological advances have significantly affected the enjoyment and outcomes of sex, especially in recent history. Histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
For much of human history, sexually transmitted diseases have been the scourge of humanity. They raged unchecked through society until th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Religion And Sex
Although not the case in every culture, most religious practices contain taboos or fetishes in regard to sex, sex organs and the reproduc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Religion And Sex
Although not the case in every culture, most religious practices contain taboos or fetishes in regard to sex, sex organs and the reproduc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sex In Various Cultures
History of sex - The West. In ancient Greece, the phallus was an object of worship as a symbol of fertility. This finds expression in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sex In Various Cultures
History of sex - The West. In ancient Greece, the phallus was an object of worship as a symbol of fertility. This finds expression in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurangzeb: Encyclopedia Ii - Aurangzeb - Aurangzeb's Reign
Aurangzeb - Enforcement of Islamic law. The Mughals had for the most part been tolerant of non-Muslims, allowing them to practice their...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Notable Yogis
History is replete with Yogis that have inspired people for many generations. Yogini Meera from the Bhakti tradition, Shankaracharya from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Same-sex Relations
History of sex - Historiographic considerations. Interestingly, while the reverse is often not true, much of the history of different-g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Same-sex Relations
History of sex - Historiographic considerations. Interestingly, while the reverse is often not true, much of the history of different-g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurangzeb: Encyclopedia Ii - Aurangzeb - Impact Of Aurangzeb's Reign
As a reaction to Aurangzeb's political and religious expansionist policies, and to his discriminatory laws, a momentous change occurred i...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Sitemap I - D
This is a sitemap for Spiritual - D . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.  ...   » Read the article