Deona Mati (Kolarian) One who exorcises evil spirits among the Kolarians of central India.

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Ayurveda, Ayur-veda:

Ayurveda, Ayur-veda ("life science"): one of India's traditional systems of medicine, the other being South India's Siddha medicine

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Bharata-bhumi

ancient India.

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Krishna: A Divine Incarnation born in India about three thousand years ago, Whose teachings to His disciple Arjuna on the eve of the Great India (Mahabharata) War comprise the Bhagavad Gita.

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Swami Ramdas: One of the best-known and most influential spiritual figures of twentieth-century India, founder of Anandashram in South India and author of the spiritual classic In the Vision of God as well as many other inspirational books.

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Rama Tirtha: One the key spiritual figures in late nineteenth and early twentieth century India. A former university professor of mathematics in the Punjab, Swami Rama Tirtha traveled throughout India and even to Japan and America, preaching the truths of Advaita Vedanta and vigorously teaching the practice of Pranava Yoga.

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Vidwan Mahasabha:

Vidwan Mahasabha: an all India academy of vedic scholars who will strive to awaken humanity to the need to attain the prasanthi (inner harmony and equipoise) which has its nilayam (above) in the Sanathana Dharma, enshrined in the ancient scriptures of India (SSS-II)

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Dattatreya:

Dattatreya. The ultimate guru figure of India. Some sects have deified him.

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Vindhya

A range of hills that form the natural boundary between northern and southern India.

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kurta

a tunic-like men’s shirt, commonly worn in India.

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Mayapur

a town in West Bengal, India, where Lord Chaitanya appeared.

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gamcha

a thin cotton towel, commonly used in India.

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Andhras

Residents of Andhra Pradesh, the province of southeastern India above Tamil Nadu.

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Lahiri Mahasaya: One of the greatest yogis of nineteenth-century India, written about extensively in Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda.

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Rama: An incarnation of God-the king of ancient Ayodhya in north-central India. His life is recorded in the ancient epic Ramayana.

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Anandamayi Ma: One of the major spiritual figures in twentieth-century India, first made known to the West by Paramhansa Yogananda in his Autobiography of a Yogi.

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Vedas: The oldest scriptures of India, considered the oldest scriptures of the world, that were revealed in meditation to the Vedic Rishis (seers).

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Vyasa: One of the greatest sages of India, commentator on the Yoga Sutras, author of the Mahabharata (which includes the Bhagavad Gita), the Brahma Sutras, and the codifier of the Vedas.

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Ganga:

Ganga (Gangaa). The 1560-mile-long Ganges river; starts in the Himalayas and flows generally east into the Bay of Bengal; the most sacred river of India.

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Bharatha-desa:

Bharatha-desa (Bhaaratha-dhesha). India; region of God-loving people.

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Sankara:

Sankara (Shankara). Celebrated philosopher, preceptor of non-dualistic Vedanta. Defeated all religious opponents in debates throughout India.

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Sankasya:

Sankasya (Sankaasya). Kingdom of ancient India; capital city of Kushadwaja, who was Sita's uncle.

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