Bhairavi is a fierce and terrifying aspect of the Goddess virtually indistinguishable from Kali, except for her particular identification as the consort of the Wrathful Shiva. Bhairavi is a raaga in Indian Classical Music. It is sung as a conclusion of concerts. ...

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Commonly known as Devi (goddess), Vaishnodevi (देवी, Devī in Hindi and Sanskrit) is the Divine Mother of Hinduism. Some of her other names include Jai Mata Di and Mata Rani. She is known as the goddess of strength, the female aspect of divinity, usually considered to have an equal role with the male aspect as energy or the driving force (Shakti), without which the male aspect, which represents consciousness or discrimination, is impotent. Vaishnodevi's main temple is situated in Jammu regio ...

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Murtis (singular Murti, also spelled Murthi or Murthy) refers to deities or images used by Hindus and also by some Mahayana Buddhists during worship as points of devotional and meditational focus. They are sometimes abstract, but more often anthropomorphic representations of forms of God like Shiva or Ganesh, Rama or Krishna, Saraswati or Kali. Because the mind is in turbulence (vritti) and incapable of focussing on God as a formless, abstract concept, God is worshiped in a form. Murti is made according to prescriptions of shilpa shas ...

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The Bhrigus, also known as Bhargavas, are a clan of sages descending form the ancient fire-priest Bhrigu. They instituted the ritual of offering the juice of the Soma plant to the old Indo-Aryan deities. Some of them were also warriors in addition to being priests. The Bhrigus are intimately linked with the composition of the Atharva-Veda. Bhrigu, a sage in Hindu mythology, was said to have stepped on Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu to test who of the three gods was the greatest. Though Brahma and Shiva were furious at Bhrigu's act, Vishnu greeted the sage with respect an ...

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In Hinduism, Chinnamasta (also called Chinnamastaka, is one of the mahavidyas, and an aspect of Devi. The literal meaning of the word Chinnamasta is one with a severed head. She is traditionally portrayed as a naked or scantly dressed woman astride the bodies, in intimate position, of Kama (Hindu god of love and sexual lust), and his wife Rati. Chinnamasta, having severed her own head with her own sword, holds her severed head on one of her hands. Three jets of blood spurt out of her bleeding neck, and one streams into her own mouth of her severed head, while the other two st ...

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Vak or Vac IPA [va:c] (stem vāc-, nominative vāk) is the Sanskrit word for "speech", "voice", "talk", or "language". Personified, Vak is a goddess, most frequently she is identified with Bharati or Sarasvati, the goddess of speech. In the Veda she is also represented as created by Prajapati and married to him; in other places she is called the mother of the Vedas and wife of Indra. See also. Hindu deities List of Hindu deities < ...

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Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Hinduism is going through a phase of regeneration and reform through the vehicle of several contemporary movements. These movements stress the spiritual science aspects of the Hindu traditions, creating a form that is egalitarian that does not ...

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Hinduism is most closely related to the subsequent Dharmic faiths of Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism. As such, these religions display mutual respect and have historically had few conflicts. The worldview of Abrahamic religions, on the otherhand, has sharper differences with Hindu ideology and philosophy. These religions, seeing themselves as the exclusive paths toward God, have sometimes been pitted against Hinduism, with resulting conflicts. Hinduism and other religions - External link. Hinduism and Origins ...

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Sanathana Sarathi is a Hindu, Sanskrit expression literally meaning eternal charioteer. It is one of the many titles of Krishna who was the charioteer of Arjuna in the fight of the Pandavas against the Kauravas as described in the Bhagavad Gita. The title has symbolic meaning. The avatar Krishna should always be the charioteer/leader for all men and women according to many Hindus. Santhana Sarathi is also the name of the official monthly magazine of the Sathya Sai Organisation, published by the Sri Sathya S ...

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Swami Dayananda Saraswati (दयानन्‍द सरस्‍वती) was born in Tamil Nadu. He became a swami as a young man and was the assistant to Swami Chinmayananda when he took the initiative to establish Vishwa Hindu Parishad. In 1986, Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, a Gurukula that has branches in India and the United States. Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is an institute for the traditional study of Advaita Vedanta, Yoga, Ayurveda, Jyotish, Sanskrit and other classical Hindu studies ...

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Gopuram or gopura, a prominent feature of the Hindu temple architecture of South India, is the rising tower at the entrance of a temple. Gopuram is equisitely decorated with sculpture and carvings and painted with a variety of themes derived from the Hindu mythology, particularly those associated with the presiding deity of the temple to which a particular gopuram may form part of. Gopuram of Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam, Tamilnadu state is one of tallest Gopuram of South India. This Gopuram known as the Ra ...

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Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. The Harivamsa (Skt. हरिवंश) is an important work of Sanskrit literature. It is a kind of appendix to the Mahābhārata, that runs to 16,375 verses and focuses specifically on the life of Lord Krishna. Along with the Rāmāyaṇa and Yogavasishtha, the Harivamsa is considered to belong to the category of Hindu scripture known as itih� ...

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Rajarshi or Rajarishi (from Sanskrit rajan "king" + rishi) is in Hinduism and Hindu mythology, a royal saint and rishi. Rajarshi - Order. A Rajarshi is a king who turned into a royal sage, or rishi. A rajarshi may have left the kingship and became rishi for example Vishwamitra (who later advanced to becoming a Brahmarishi) or may still be ruling the kingdom but has reached a state of rishi and have attained self realization. They still belong to the kshatriya caste, and re ...

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The Upanayana is a Hindu samskara for children of the three highest castes. It is the beginning of serious study with a guru and also means that the child is fully a part of the religious community. Young male members of the Brahmin and Kshatriya caste may perform a coming of age ceremony, the Upanayana commonly known as Janoy, or the thread ceremony. The Janoy is many strings rolled together to resemble an umblical cord to symbolise the New birth as a student and from this day on he belongs to the ...

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In Hinduism, Prajapati is Lord of Creatures, thought to be depicted on ancient Harappan seals, sitting in yogic posture, with an erection and what appear to be bison horns. Like the Biblical Adam, he is in close communication with Nature and Nature revolves around him. In the Vedas, Prajapati is the name of God as the sustainer of all beings. This would identify him with the later Hindu god Vishnu. Prajapati has also been associated with the non-Aryan Shiva. The presence of hundreds of what appear to be shivalinga discov ...

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Keshava and Keshav (केशव) are alternate names for the Hindu Lord Krishna. Keshava is the Sanskrit form of the name, Keshav the Hindi pronounciation. Keshava appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama. Kesava (Sanskrit) is the first of the 24 epithets of Lord Krishna. According to Adi Sankara' s commentary on the Vishnu sahasranama, Keshava has three meanings: one whose Kesa or locks are beautiful one who is Himself the three: kah Brahma; ah Vishnu and Isa Shiva one who destroyed the as ...

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In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Nakula was the son of king Pandu and queen Madri. He and his twin brother Sahadeva are in the image of the Ashwini Gods. He was one of the five Pandavas whose story is told in the Mahabharata - the youngest two. According to the legend, the twins have ability to speak with animals. Nakula is described as extremely fair and attractive. ...

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A Tapasvin is a performer of Tapasya, a great human endeavor of discipline. The most famous tapasvins include Rama, Vishwamitra, Ravana, Vritra, Arjuna. The Lord Siva sits in a perennial tapasya atop Mt. Kailash. Categories: Meditation | Hindu philosophical concepts ...

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In the Hindu caste system, a Vaishya (Sanskrit वैश्य vaiśya) is a member of the third of the four major castes of the varna system of traditional Indian society, comprising of merchants, farmers, landowners and artisans. Etymologically, the word derives from the root vish meaning "to work". In Buddhist literature, they are termed as Grihapati. Surnames of Vaishyas include Agrawal, Oswal, Porwad, Maheshwari etc. According to the Manu-smriti, the Vaishyas are ...

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