Dictionary - Jaimini: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Jaimini
Jaimini: (Sanskrit) Founder of the Mimamsa Darshana. See: shad darshana. (See also: Jaimini , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jaimini: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Jaimini
Jaimini A prominent sage, a disciple of Dvaipayana Vyasa. Jaimini wrote the Mimamsa-sutras, which established the philosophical school...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jaimini: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Jaimini
Jaimini: Jaimini. Author of Purva Mimamsa, or the portion relating to ritual action.   (See also: Jaimini , Hinduism, Hindu...   » Read the article

Article - Purva Mimamsa: Hindu Philosophy - The Purva Mimamsa
Purva Mimamsa or Karma-Mimamsa is an enquiry into the earlier portion of the Vedas, an enquiry into the ritual of the Vedas or that porti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maharshi Jaimini: Encyclopedia - Maharshi Jaimini
Maharshi Jaimini is a student on Vyasa Maharishi. He is believed to have been born (or to have lived) sometime in the 32nd century BC, at...   » Read the article

Article - Six Darsanas : The Six Darsanas In The Hindu Scriptures
The Six Darsanas are the intellectual section of the Hindu writings, while the first four are intuitional, and the fifth inspirational an...   » Read the article

Article - Dharma: Definition Of Dharma
What is Dharma? Dharma is so called, because it holds; Dharma alone holds the people, etc. The word Dharma is derived from the root Dhr -...   » Read the article

Article - Atheism: Atheism Is A Truly Divine Science
Atheism is a Truly Divine Science In 'The Song Divine', Krishna classifies nature as material nature and supernature. He says that super...   » Read the article

Article - Orthodox And Heterodox Systems: Vedic Philosophy - The Orthodox And The Heterodox Systems Of Indian Philosophy
The orthodox systems of philosophy believe in the authority of the Vedas. The heterodox systems of philosophy do not believe in the autho...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Introduction To Hinduism
Introduction to Hinduism Statistically, there are over 700 million Hindus, mainly in Bharat (India), and Nepal. Hinduism is referred to ...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Philosophy: Hindu Philosophy And Its Various Schools And Systems
A clear understanding of mans relation to God is a matter of momentous importance to students of philosophy and to all aspirants. Philoso...   » Read the article

Article - New Age Spirituality: New Age Vs. Vedic Tradition
A critical in-depth analysis of the differences and similarities between the New Age movement and the Vedic traditions by Henry Makow PhD...   » Read the article

Article - Dharma: Dharma In Hinduism - The Hindu Dharma
What is Dharma? Dharma is so called, because it holds; Dharma alone holds the people, etc. The word Dharma is derived from the root Dhr -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia - Aryan Invasion Theory
Aryan invasion theory, often abbreviated to AIT, is a term used to refer to the theory developed by 19th Century European linguists to ex...   » Read the article

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

Dictionary - Jaimini: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Jaimini
Jaimini (Sanskrit). A great sage, a disciple of Vyasa the transmitter and teacher of the Sama Veda which as claimed he received from h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jaimini: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Jaimini
Jaimini (Sanskrit) Celebrated sage and philosopher of antiquity, pupil of Vyasa, to whom the Sama-Veda was transmitted by his teacher ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maharishi Jaimini: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Maharishi Jaimini
Maharishi Jaimini A sage who wrote an elucidation of sections of Maharishi Parashara's work. This became the basis for another system ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maharishi Jaimini: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Maharishi Jaimini
Maharishi Jaimini A sage who wrote an elucidation of sections of Maharishi Parashara's work. This became the basis for another system ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - The Books
The Mahabharata is written in eighteen parvas (chapters or books) which are: Adi-parva - Introduction, birth and upbringing of the princ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - The Central Story
The core story of the work is that of a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The two coll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - Scope
With its vast philosophical depth and sheer magnitude, a consummate embodiment of the ethos of not only grand India but of Hinduism and V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - In Modern Times
Between 1919 and 1966, the scholars at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, compared the various manuscripts of the epic fro...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purva-mimamsa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Purva-mimamsa
Purva-mimamsa - the philosophy established by Maharsi Jaimini, also known as jaimini-darsana. To thoroughly examine a topic and arrive...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mimamsaka: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Mimamsaka
Mimamsaka - a philosopher. One who adheres to the mimamsa philosophical doctrine of which there are two divisions. This usually refers...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purva Mimsamsa: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Purva Mimsamsa (puurva Meemaamsa)
Purva Mimsamsa: Purva Mimsamsa (Puurva Meemaamsa). A text by Jaimini on the early school of Mimamsa philosophy.   (See also:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mimamsa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Mimamsa
Mimamsa “Systematic study” of the meaning of the Vedas. The earlier Mimamsa (Purva-mimamsa), which explains the ritual mea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karma-vadins: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Karma-vadins
Karma-vadins (Sanskrit) Karma-preachers; applied to the followers of the Karma-Mima-nsa-Darsana, one name of the Purva-Mima-nsa school...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mimamsa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Mimamsa
Mimamsa - a philosophical doctrine which has two divisions: (1) purva or karma-mimamsa founded by Jaimini, which advocates that by ca...   » 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

Dictionary - Mimansa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mimansa
Mimansa (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root man to think]   Profound thought, profound consideration; one of the six Darsanas or Hin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purva-mimansa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Purva-mimansa
Purva-mimansa (Sanskrit) [from purva prior + mimansa profound or striving thought or meditation from the verbal root man to think] &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shad Darshana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shad Darshana
shad darshana: (Sanskrit) "Six views or insights; six philosophies."   Among the hundreds of Hindu darshanas known thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Later Developments
Even in the 19th century several theorists had criticised the use of the term "primitive [i.e. primal] Aryans" to refer to the earliest s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Origin Of The Theory
The theory arose from the discovery by William Jones that Sanskrit was related to the classical European languages Latin and Greek, and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Role In Imperialism And Nazism
The theory that the original Aryans were northern Europeans who had migrated into India was used by some British imperialists as an ideol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Modern Theory
While the classical "Aryan invasion" scenario – the idea that a wave of Vedic Aryan invaders were the cause of the Indus Valley Civiliz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Racial Aspects Of The Theory
Because of the view that the Aryans were the ancestors of Europeans it was assumed by many scholars that they must have been "white" cauc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Political And Religious Issues
In modern India, the discussion of Indo-Aryan migration is charged politically and religiously. Supporters of migration are faced with se...   » Read the article

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