Encyclopedia - Hiranyagarbha: Encyclopedia - Hiranyagarbha
According to an account of the Hindu mythology, Hiranyagarbha, meaning the golden womb, is the source of the creation of the universe. It...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyagarbha: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Hiranyagarbha
HIRANYAGARBHA: Cosmic intelligence; the supreme lord of the universe; cosmic   (See also: HIRANYAGARBHA ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyagarbha: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Hiranyagarbha
Hiranyagarbha:   Hiranyagarbha ("Golden Germ"): the mythical founder of yoga; the first cosmological principle (tattv...   » Read the article

Article - Pranic Healing: Pranic Healing And Pranayama
Those who practise Pranayama, can impart their Prana for pranic healing of morbid diseases. They can also recharge themselves with Prana ...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga-kundalini Upanishad: The Absorption In Paramatman
The Absorption In Paramatman 23. Through the absorption of their respective Upadhis or vehicles all these in turn are absorbed in the Pr...   » Read the article

Article - What Is Death?: Function Of Udana Vayu
Vayu is wind or air. Vayu is Prana or vital force. Prana moves the senses or Indriyas. Prana generates thoughts. Prana moves the body and...   » Read the article

Article - Soul�s Journey After Death: How The Self Departs
The passage of the self from the body varies according to the number of good actions done by the Jiva and the knowledge gained by him. If...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Hindu Philosophy - The Yoga
The word Yoga comes from the root Yuj which means to join. Yoga is restraint of the activities of the mind, and is the union of the indiv...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism And Creation: The 24 Principles Of Creation Samkhya Yoga
Hinduism and Creation: The 24 Principles of Creation & Samkhya Yoga According to the Bhagavad gita, the Purusha enters the Prakriti...   » Read the article

Article - Karma: The Devayana And The Pitriyana
  Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda      » Read the article

Article - Hinduism And Jiva: The Constitution Of Man - The Jiva
Hinduism and Jiva: The Constitution of Man - The Jiva In Hinduism man is the microcosm who contains within himself all the constituents ...   » Read the article

Article - Reincarnation: The Doctrine Of Reincarnation
The doctrine of reincarnation or transmigration of souls is a fundamental tenet of Hinduism. The word reincarnation literally means embod...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Hints On Yoga
Brahmacharya is very very essential Even in dreams you must be free from lustful thoughts. It requires long practice and careful watch ov...   » Read the article

Article - Kundalini Yoga: Yoga-kundalini Upanishad, Part Iii
Part III of III of Yoga-Kundalini Upanishad The Yoga-Kundalini Upanishad is the eighty-sixth among the 108 Upanishads. It forms part of ...   » Read the article

Article - Karma: The Law Of Karma
Karma means not only action, but also the result of an action. The consequence of an action is really not a separate thing. It is a part ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahma: Encyclopedia - Brahma
Brahma (written Brahmā in IAST transliteration) (Devanagari ब्रह्मा, pronounced as "brəhmα:") is the Hindu creator god, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raja Yoga: Encyclopedia - Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga or Ashtanga Yoga is one of the four major Yogic paths of Hinduism, the others being Karma yoga, Jnana yoga and Bhakti yoga. Raj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia - Vedas
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atharvaveda: Encyclopedia - Atharvaveda
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cosmology: Encyclopedia - Cosmology
Cosmology, from the Greek: κοσμολογία (cosmologia, κόσμος (cosmos) world + λογια (logia) discourse) is the study of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia - Mantra
A mantra is a religious syllable or poem, typically from the Sanskrit language. Their use varies according to the school and philosophy a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyagarbha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hiranyagarbha
Hiranyakasipu (Sanskrit) (from hiranya golden + kasipu clothing, vesture)   Golden clothing; one of the most celebrated of the Hi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyagarbha: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Hiranyagarbha
HIRANYAGARBHA: Cosmic mind   (See also: HIRANYAGARBHA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyagarbha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Hiranyagarbha
Hiranyagarbha: Hiranyagarbha. Cosmic divine mind; cosmic womb; golden egg first created by Brahman, from which all creation issued....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyagarbha: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Hiranyagarbha
Hiranyagarbha: Cosmic intelligence; the Supreme Lord of the universe; also called Brahman.   (See also: Hiranyagarbha , Hindui...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyagarbha: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Hiranyagarbha
Hiranyagarbha: Hiranyagarbha: cosmic intelligence; the  supreme Lord of the universe; also called Brahma, cosmic Prana,  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyagarbha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hiranyagarbha
Hiranyagarbha (Sanskrit) (from hiranya imperishable substance, golden + garbha womb, embryo, fetus, also the interior of anything, hen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mundane Egg: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mundane Egg
Mundane Egg.   See HIRANYAGARBHA; WORLD EGG   (See also: Mundane Egg , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Cosmic Egg: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cosmic Egg
Cosmic Egg. See EGG; HIRANYAGARBHA   (See also: Cosmic Egg , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Egg Of Brahma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Egg Of Brahma
Egg of Brahma. See BRAHMANDA; EGG; HIRANYAGARBHA   (See also: Egg of Brahma , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Haima: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Haima
Haima (Hebrew, Jewish) The same as the Sanskrit hiranya (golden), as "the golden Egg" Hiranyagarbha.   (See also: Ha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Athri: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Athri
Athri: Athri. A sage; father of Dattatreya. Also, one of 10 mental sons of Hiranyagarbha.   (See also: Athri , Hinduism, Hi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prathama-ja: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Prathama-ja (-jaa)
Prathama-ja: Prathama-ja (-jaa). Primal-born; a name for Veda and for Hiranyagarbha.   (See also: Prathama-ja , Hinduism, H...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Golden Egg: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Golden Egg
Golden Egg. See HIRANYAGARBHA; FOURFOLD CLASSIFICATION; WORLD EGG; DUCK   (See also: Golden Egg , Mysticism, Mysticism Diction...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Golden Cow: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Golden Cow
Golden Egg. See HIRANYAGARBHA; FOURFOLD CLASSIFICATION; WORLD EGG; DUCK   (See also: Golden Cow , Mysticism, Mysticism Diction...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahma: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Brahma
Brahma: The Creator (Prajapati) of the three worlds of men, angels, and archangels (Bhur, Bhuwah, and Swah); the first of the created ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marichi: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Marichi (mareechi)
Marichi: Marichi (Mareechi). Mental son of Hiranyagarbha; one of the ten sages. King Dasaratha's ancestral line is traced back to M...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hiranya
Hiranya (Sanskrit) Golden, hence any vessel or ornament made of gold; also substance, imperishable matter.   See also HIRANYAGAR...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiram: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hiram
Hiranya (Sanskrit) Golden, hence any vessel or ornament made of gold; also substance, imperishable matter.   See also HIRANYAGAR...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahma’s Day: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Brahma’s Day
Brahma’s Day. A period of 2,160,000,000 years during which Brahma having emerged out of his golden egg (Hiranyagarbha), creates ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Mythological Creation Of Universe
In the begining there was no sky, no light, nor motion. Spread everywhere was the awful silence. Then at his own proper time, Prajapati (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crux Ansata: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Crux Ansata
Crux Ansata (Latin) Cross with a handle ; the handle of this cross may mean that the four terrestrial elements are grasped and control...   » Read the article

Dictionary - World Egg, Mundane Egg: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On World Egg, Mundane Egg
World Egg, Mundane Egg The virgin or eternal egg is chaos, which is fecundated by the ray from spirit, and yet remains immaculate. Acc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rootless Root: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Rootless Root
Rootless Root The cosmic origin or womb of all, itself therefore necessarily without origin except itself -- self-born, parentless. Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gold: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gold
Gold The king of metal, symbol of perfection, durability, and purity; of the real sun, the great masculine principle, the Father, the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gokard: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gokard
Gold The king of metal, symbol of perfection, durability, and purity; of the real sun, the great masculine principle, the Father, the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahman: Sai Baba Dictionary On Brahman
Brahman: Brahman:'The universal spirit, soul' (also called Hiranyagarbha: 'of the gold inside' - SB 8-17) Associated with Creation,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Womb: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Womb
Womb The productive and reproductive powers of nature have often been symbolized by peoples in world history; and as production or rep...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hiranya
Hiranyagarbha (Sanskrit) (from hiranya imperishable substance, golden + garbha womb, embryo, fetus, also the interior of anything, hen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahma: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahma - Temples
Although Brahmā is prayed to in almost all hindu religious rites, there are only two temples dedicated to him in India, the more promine...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Birds: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Birds
Birds Birds are regarded as originating from certain families of reptiles: "They of the long necks in the water, became the proge...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Germ: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Germ
Germ In cosomogenesis, the germ stands for the first well-developed localized cosmic entity, luminous and semi-astral, that is to be a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Cosmology - Hindu Cosmology
Professor Arthur Holmes (1895-1965) geologist, professor at the University of Durham. He writes regarding the age of the earth in his gre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prajapatis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Prajapatis
Prajapatis (Sanskrit) [from praja that which is brought forth from pra forth + the verbal root jan to be born + pati lord]   The ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fourfold Classification: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Fourfold Classification
Fourfold Classification There are many different ways of dividing the constitution of the universe or of any integral entity within it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Cosmology - Christian Cosmology
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. ....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Egg: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Egg
Egg One of the most comprehensive symbols, equally suggestive in a spiritual, physiological, and cosmological sense. Among other thing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedas - Position And Compilation
Hindu tradition regards the Vedas as uncreated, eternal and being revealed to sages (Rishis). The hymns of the Rig-Veda Samhita are belie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - The Wars
Main article: Wars of Hindu Mythology Hindu mythology - The weapons. There are several weapons used by the Gods of the Hindu mythology,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - The Deluge
The story of a great flood is mentioned in ancient Hindu texts, particularly the Satapatha Brahmana. It is compared to the accounts of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - Bharatavarsha
The first king to conquer all of the world was Bharata, son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala. All of this world, Vishwa, is named Bharatavarsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedas - Organization
The Mantras are collected into anthologies called Samhitas. There are four Samhitas, the Rk (= Poetry), Sāman (=Song), Yajus(=Prayer) an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - Vedic Mythology
See Also: Indo-Iranian mythology, Vedic mythology, Indian mythology The roots of mythology that evolved from classical Hinduism come from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - Epics
The most important of these are a voluminous group of works known as the Puranas, of which there are eighteen main. The two great Hindu E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Origin Of Sword
Hearing the protest from Devas, Brahma collected sacrificial objects and proceeded to perform a grand sacrifice with the foremost of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedas - Religious Views: Monism, Monotheism, Henotheism And Polytheism
The religion of the Vedic period, particularly at its earliest, was distinct in a number of respects, including reference to females in p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedas - Study
In the dharmashastras the study of the Vedas was regarded as a religious duty of the three upper varnas (Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - The Peoples Of The Epics
Hindu mythology is not only about Gods and men, but classifies a host of different kinds of celestial, ethereal and earthly beings. Hind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Sword With The Mythological Deities
Brahma gave that sword to Rudra (one of Shivas forms) with the bull-banner and asked him to put down the sinners and evil-doers (papa and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Historical Value Of The Legend
This Mahabharata legend seems to point to a remote era of transition from Bronze age to Iron age (around 14th BC?). The discovery of iron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Cosmology - Jain Cosmology
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raja Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Raja Yoga - Eight Limbs Of Raja Yoga
The term Ashtanga means eight limbs, thus Raja Yoga is also known as Ashtanga Yoga which refers to the eight limbs of yoga. The eight lim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedas - Religious Views: Monism Monotheism Henotheism And Polytheism
The religion of the Vedic period, particularly at its earliest, was distinct in a number of respects, including reference to females in p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Sword With The Historical Personages
The Devas then presented the mighty sword to Manu, advising him to wield it with utmost care, only resorting to it for punishing the tran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cosmology - Religious Cosmology
Many world religions have origins beliefs that explain the beginnings of the Universe and life. Often these are derived from scriptural t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cosmology - Religious Cosmology
Many world religions have origins beliefs that explain the beginnings of the Universe and life. Often these are derived from scriptural t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Remarks
The following subsections contain remarks on the nature and use of mantras in their context as Hindu religious practice. Mantra - What i...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xii: Why Jagrat Is A Dream?
The mind creates the dream-world out of the experience and Samskaras of the waking consciousness. Dream is a reproduction of the expe...   » Read the article

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