Encyclopedia - Kalpa: Encyclopedia - Kalpa
Kalpa is one of the six disciplines of Vedanga, treating ritual. See also. Kalpa Sutras Kalpa Sutras Kalpa - Reference. Dictionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Kalpa
Kalpa Periodic manifestations and dissolutions of universes which go on etemally. Great kalpas consist of four asamkhiya kalpas corre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Kalpa
kalpa: An age. See yuga.   (See also: kalpa , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)  ...   » Read the article

Article - Vedangas: The Vedangas In The Hindu Scriptures
The Vedangas: There are six Angas or explanatory limbs, to the Vedas: the Siksha and Vyakarana of Panini, the Chhandas of Pingalacharya, ...   » Read the article

Article - Yogis: Yogi Bhusunda
Yogi Bhusunda Yogi Bhusunda is one of the Chiranjivis amongst the Yogins. He was the master in the science of Pranayama. It is said that...   » Read the article

Article - Vedas: Vedas As A Guide To Good Living  
The Vedas contain revelations of the eternal Truth. The culture of a community or a nation is derived from the values that people live...   » Read the article

Article - Venus Transit: The Divine Awakening Of The Heart
Sufi Teacher Phillippe De Vos explain the emergence of what the sufis call the “Fath Rabani" (Divine Awakening), and he relates this awak...   » Read the article

Article - Amarnath: Amarnath Journey Prompts Reflection  
We tend to pray to God only for our worldly needs, which are much more than our requirements. Krishna says in the Gita, "Four typ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pralaya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Pralaya
pralaya: (Sanskrit) "Dissolution, reabsorption; destruction; death."   A synonym for samhara, one of the five function...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalpa Sutras: Encyclopedia - Kalpa Sutras
Kalpa Sutras is a Jain ancient text book containing the life and history of the Jain Tirthankars. It contains a detailed and illustrated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaivasvata Manu: Encyclopedia - Vaivasvata Manu
In Hindu mythology, Vaivasvata Manu (also Manu Vaivasvate) is one of the 14 Manus. He is considered the progenitor of the current Manvant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manu Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Manu Hinduism
In Hindu mythology, Manu is a title accorded the progenitor of humankind during an eon called a Manvantara. 14 Manvantaras make up a Kalp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viswanatha Satyanarayana: Encyclopedia - Viswanatha Satyanarayana
Viswantha Satyanarayana (1895-1976), popularly known as the Kavi Samraat or the emperor of poetry, was a modern Telugu poet. He was born ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sesha: Encyclopedia - Sesha
In Hindu mythology, Sesha (also known as Ananta) is a naga (serpent). His massive form floats coiled in space, or on the universal ocean,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Kalpa
kalpa a unit of cosmic time, equal to one day of Brahma (or one night), or 4,320,000,000 years.   (See also: kalpa , Bhakti, B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Kalpa
Kalpa: Kalpa. An age. See Yuga.   (See also: Kalpa , Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Kalpa
kalpa: (Sanskrit) From krlip, "arranged, ordered." 1)    Rules for ceremony or sacred living, as in the Kalp...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Kalpa
kalpa: kalpa. Age; a day of Brahma, a period of 4,320,000,000 years.   (See also: kalpa , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Sai Baba Dictionary On Kalpa
Kalpa: Kalpa: Age (BV 36). A day according to the time-calculation of Brahma.   (See also: Kalpa , Hinduism, Hinduism Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Kalpa
A Theosophical definition of Kalpa :   Kalpa (Sanskrit) This word comes from a verb-root klrip, meaning "to be in order&qu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Kalpa
KALPA A day of Brahma. 4,320,000,000 years long, divided unequally into 4 ages. Satya Yuga was the first age (Golden Age).   &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kalpa
Kalpa (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root klrip to be in order)   A generalizing term for a period or cycle of time.   (See a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Kalpa
Kalpa (Sanskrit). The period of a mundane revolution, generally a cycle of time, but usually, it represents a "day" and &quo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Kalpa
KALPA: a period of 432,00,00,000 years   (See also: KALPA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Kalpa
Kalpa: A Day of Brahma-4,320,000,000 years. It alternates with a Night of Brahma of the same length. In the Day of Brahma creation is ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asamkhiya (kalpa): Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Asamkhiya (kalpa)
Asamkhiya (kalpa) Term related to the Buddhist metaphysics of time. Each of the periodic manifestations and dissolutions of universes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Padma Kalpa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Padma Kalpa
Padma Kalpa (Sanskrit). The name of the last Kalpa or the preceding Manvantara, which was a year of Brahma.   (See also: Padma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samvartta Kalpa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Samvartta Kalpa
Samvartta Kalpa (Sanskrit). The Kalpa or period of destruction, the same as Pralaya. Every root-race and sub-race is subject to such K...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maha Kalpa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Maha Kalpa
Maha Kalpa (Sanskrit). The "great age".   (See also: Maha Kalpa , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa Vedanga: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Kalpa Vedanga
Kalpa Vedanga: (Sanskrit) "Procedural or ceremonial Veda-limb."   Also known as the Kalpa Sutras- a body of three grou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Padma-kalpa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Padma-kalpa
Padma-kalpa (Sanskrit) The lotus age; the last kalpa or preceding manvantara which lasted a Year of Brahma.   (See also: Padma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalpa-vriksha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Kalpa-vriksha
kalpa-vriksha: kalpa-vriksha. Wish-fulfilling tree.   (See also: kalpa-vriksha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vi-kalpa: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Vi-kalpa
vi-kalpa: vi-kalpa. Negativity, indecisiveness.   (See also: vi-kalpa , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ratnavabhasa Kalpa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ratnavabhasa Kalpa
Ratnavabhasa Kalpa (Sanskrit). The age in which all sexual difference will have ceased to exist, and birth will take place in the Anup...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhadra-kalpa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bhadra-kalpa
Bhadra-kalpa (Sanskrit) (from bhadra auspicious, blessed + kalpa age)   The time period of the sages; the present age, said exote...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ratnavabhasa-kalpa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ratnavabhasa-kalpa
Ratnavabhasa-kalpa (Sanskrit) [from ratna jewel + avabhasa splendor + kalpa age]   The age that shall be as of the splendor of je...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Urine Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Urine Therapy
urine therapy (amaroli, auto-urine-therapy, shivambu kalpa, uropathy): Subject of The Water of Life (1937), by English urine therapist...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ganadevas: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ganadevas
Ganadevas (Sanskrit)A certain class of celestial Beings who are said to inhabit Maharloka. They are the rulers of our Kalpa (Cycle) an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samvarta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Samvarta
Samvarta (Sanskrit) A minor kalpa. {SD 1:368, 2:307n}   (See also: Samvarta , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Samvarta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Samvarta
Samvarta (Sanskrit). A minor Kalpa. A period in creation after which a partial annihilation of the world occurs.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Grihya Sutras: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Grihya Sutras
Grihya Sutras: (Sanskrit) "Household maxims or codes." An important division of classical smriti literature, designating rul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvikalpa Samadhi: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Nirvikalpa Samadhi
nirvikalpa samadhi: (Sanskrit) "Enstasy (samadhi) without form or seed."   The realization of the Self, Parasiva, a st...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manava: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Manava
Manava (Sanskrit). A land of ancient India; a Kalpa or Cycle. The name of a weapon used by Rama; meaning of "Manu" as,? &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sveta-lohita: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sveta-lohita
Sveta-lohita (Sanskrit). The name of Siva when he appears in the 29th Kalpa as "a moon-coloured Kumara".   (See also:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharmaprabhasa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Dharmaprabhasa
Dharmaprabhasa (Sanskrit). The name of the Buddha who will appear during the seventh Root-race. (See "Ratnavabhasa Kalpa", w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vaikunthas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vaikunthas
Vaikunthas (Sanskrit) One of the names given in each kalpa to the twelve great gods or jayas who were emanated by Brahma as the first ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sveta-lohita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sveta-lohita
Sveta-lohita (Sanskrit) The white and red; a name of Siva "when he appears in the 29th Kalpa as 'a moon-coloured Kumara' " (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Baudhayana Dharma Shastra: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Baudhayana Dharma Shastra
Baudhayana Dharma Shastra: (Sanskrit) A book of laws associated with the Krishna Yajur Veda and governing studentship, marriage, house...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shrauta Shastra: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shrauta Shastra
Shrauta Shastra: (Sanskrit) "Texts on the revelation." 1)    Refers to scriptures or teachings that are in a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Original Enlightenment: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Original Enlightenment
Original enlightenment (Jpn.: hongaku)   A reference to the enlightenment Shakyamuni attained countless kalpas ago, as described...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhadrakalpa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Bhadrakalpa
Bhadrakalpa (Sanskrit). Lit., "The Kalpa of the Sages". Our present period is a Bhadra Kalpa, and the exoteric teaching make...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gana
Gana (Sk) (from the verbal root gan to count)   A group, flock, troop, multitude, number, class, etc.; in the plural used for tro...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deva-sarga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Deva-sarga
Deva-sarga (Sanskrit) (from deva divine + sarga emanation, emission, creation)   Divine emanation or emission; the creation of th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anukalpa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Anukalpa
Anukalpa - refers to acceptance by the bhakta of anu (a small amount) kalpa (for minimum capability) , meaning a quantity of food (whi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Satyas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Satyas
Satyas (Sanskrit) [from satya truth, reality]   A name given in each kalpa to the twelve great gods (jayas) emanated by Brahma to...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Skanda-purana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Skanda-purana
Skanda-Purana (Sanskrit) One of the 18 principal Hindu Puranas consisting of several samhitas and khandas.   The most celebrated...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahakalpa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mahakalpa
Mahakalpa (Sanskrit) [from maha great + kalpa age]   Great age; lifetime of Brahma consisting of 100 Divine Years, equivalent to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kinnaur District: Encyclopedia Ii - Kinnaur District - Tourism
Kinnaur offers beautiful scenery, including the Kinnaur Kailash, but its climate allows visitors to travel only between April and October...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cosmic Cycle: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Cosmic Cycle
cosmic cycle: One of the infinitely recurring periods of the universe, comprising its creation, preservation and dissolution. These cy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shulba Shastra: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shulba Shastra
Shulba Shastra (Shulba Shastras): (Sanskrit) Practical manuals giving the measurements and procedures for constructing the sites of Ve...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahayuga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mahayuga
Mahayuga (Sanskrit) [from maha great + yuga age, period of time]   Great age; in Hindu works, the 1000th part of a kalpa or Day o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sutra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sutra
Sutra (Sanskrit) [from siv to sew]   A string, thread; the sutras are strings of rules or aphorisms written in serve form, compos...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Linga Purana: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Linga Purana
Linga Purana (Sanskrit). A scripture of the Saivas or worshippers of Siva. Therein Maheswara, "the great Lord", concealed in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddha: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddha - Eternal Buddha
The idea of an everlasting Buddha is a notion popularly associated with the Mahayana scripture, the Lotus Sutra. That sutra has the Buddh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coconut: Encyclopedia Ii - Coconut - Uses
All parts of the coconut palm are useful, and the trees have a comparatively high yield (up to 75 "nuts" per year); it therefore has sign...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Attainment Of Buddhahood In The Remote Past: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Attainment Of Buddhahood In The Remote Past
Attainment of Buddhahood in the remote past (Jpn.: kuon jitsujo)   Shakyamuni's original attainment of enlightenment in the incon...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahma: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Brahma
A Theosophical definition of Brahma :   Brahma (Sanskrit) A word of which the root, brih, means "expansion." It stand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kali Yuga: Encyclopedia Ii - Kali Yuga - Other Views Of Kali Yuga
According to Sri Aurobindo, Kali Yuga lasts far less than 432,000 years. The followers of the Purna Yoga believe that the Mother successf...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kali Yuga: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Kali Yuga
KALI YUGA 1/1000 of Kalpa. This age in which we are living is the Kali Yuga, or "Dark Age," and lasts 432,000 years, having ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanga: Sai Baba Dictionary On Vedanga
Vedanga: Vedanga: Veda-limb. Six branches of post-Vedic studies revered as auxiliary to the Vedas. Four Vedangas govern correct cha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmas Day, Night, Age, Year, Life: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brahmas Day, Night, Age, Year, Life
Brahma's Day, Night, Age, Year, Life A Day of Brahma, a cosmic manvantara or out-breathing of Brahma, represents a period where worlds...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paramartha-satya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Paramartha-satya
Paramartha-satya (Sanskrit) [from paramartha sublime comprehension + satya truth, reality]   Absolute or sublime truth or reality...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kurma-purana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kurma-purana
Kurma-Purana (Sanskrit) (from kurma tortoise)   One of the 18 principal Hindu Puranas, so named because it deals with the avatari...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmas Day, Night, Age, Year, Life: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brahmas Day, Night, Age, Year, Life
Brahma's Day, Night, Age, Year, Life A Day of Brahma, a cosmic manvantara or out-breathing of Brahma, represents a period where worlds...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manu Dharma Shastra: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Manu Dharma Shastra
Manu Dharma Shastra: (Sanskrit) "Sage Manu's law book."   An encyclopedic treatise of 2,685 verses on Hindu law assemb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sowing Maturing And Harvesting: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Sowing Maturing And Harvesting
Sowing maturing and harvesting (Jpn.: shu-juku-datsu)   The three-phase process by which a Buddha leads people to Buddha-hood. In...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Seven Eternities: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Seven Eternities
Seven Eternities Seven kosmic aeons or vastly long periods of duration, becoming time to human thought; and each such kosmic aeon is a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Madhu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Madhu
Madhu (Sanskrit) An asura; in the Mahabharata and the Puranas, Madhu and Kaitabha sprang from the ear of Vishnu while he was asleep at...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Teacher Of The True Effect: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Teacher Of The True Effect
Teacher of the true effect (Jpn.: honga-myo-no-kyoshu)   In Nichiren's teachings, Shakyamuni Buddha. In the "Life Span"...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Teacher Of The True Cause: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Teacher Of The True Cause
Teacher of the true cause (Jpn.: honnin-myo-no-kyoshu)   In Nichiren's teachings, the Buddha who expounds the fundamental Law, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahajanapadas: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahajanapadas - Malla
The Mallas are frequently mentioned in Buddhist and Jain works. They were a powerful people dwelling in Eastern India. Panduputra Bhimase...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yuga: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Yuga
Yuga (Sanskrit). A 1,000th part of a Kalpa. An age of the World of which there are four, and the series of which proceed in succession...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharma Shastra: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Dharma Shastra
Dharma Shastra: (Sanskrit) "Religious law book."   A term referring to all or any of numerous codes of Hindu civil and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Life Span Of The Thus Come One Chapter: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Life Span Of The Thus Come One Chapter
Life Span of the Thus Come One chapter (Jpn.: Nyorai-juryo-hon)   Abbreviated as the "Life Span" chapter. The sixteenth...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Round: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Round
Round In connection with a planetary chain, when the life-wave of any planet passes through the seven root-races of one of its globes,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Narada: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Narada
Narada (Sanskrit) One of the ten great rishis, mind-born sons of Brahma, or prajapatis; the most difficult to understand of the Vedic ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kinnara: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kinnara
Kinnara (Sanskrit) (from kim what + nara man)   Also Kim-nara.   "What sort of a man?" -- a mythical being suppose...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Jaya
Jaya (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root ji to conquer)   Conquering, winning, victorious. As a noun, conquest, victory, hence a fav...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eternity: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Eternity
Eternity (from Latin aeternus, aeviternus from aevum an age)   Originally eternity signified time divided into endless cycles str...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Round: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Round
A Theosophical definition of Round :   Round The doctrine concerning our planetary chain commonly called that of the seven roun...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhyan (dhyani) - Chohan (chohans): Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Dhyan (dhyani) - Chohan (chohans)
A Theosophical definition of Dhyan (Dhyani) - Chohan (Chohans) :   Dhyan (Dhyani) - Chohan (Chohans) A compound word meaning &q...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Smriti: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Smriti
smriti: (Sanskrit) "That which is remembered; the tradition."   Hinduism's nonrevealed, secondary but deeply revered s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prophecy Of Future Enlightenment: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Prophecy Of Future Enlightenment
Prophecy of future enlightenment (Skt.: vyakarana; Pali.: veyüakarana; Jpn.: juki or kibetsu or wagarana)   A Buddha's predi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manvantara: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Manvantara
A Theosophical definition of Manvantara :   Manvantara (Sanskrit) This word is a compound, and means nothing more than "be...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Japa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Japa
Japa - loud chanting or soft utterance of the holy names of Krsna to oneself; usually referring to the practice of chanting hari-nama ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manu: Sai Baba Dictionary On Manu
Manu: Manu: impersonation of Krishna as the ruler, father and legislator of humanity. There are fourteen of them for each day of Br...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saptarshis, Saptarsis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Saptarshis, Saptarsis
Saptarshis saptarsis [from sapta seven + rishi sage]   Seven sages or rishis; the seven great planetary spirits intimately connec...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Centaurs: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Centaurs
Centaurs (Greek) Greek mythology preserves legends of monsters, half man, half horse, located in wild spots in Greece. "See, for ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meditation: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Meditation
MEDITATION - n. or adj. 1. art and science of contemplation and concentration spanning Paleolithic hunting rituals. Neolithic mysteri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sandhi, Samdhi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sandhi, Samdhi
Sandhi, Samdhi (Sanskrit) [from sam together + the verbal root dha to place]   That which combines or unites; the interval betwee...   » Read the article