Dictionary - Mahabharata: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Mahabharata
MAHABHARATA: A Hindu epic.   (See also: MAHABHARATA ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: Mahabharata: a Hindu epic.   (See also: Mahabharata , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Mahabharata
Mahabharata The epic history of “greater India” composed by Dvaipayana Vyasa. One chapter is the Bhagavad-gita.   (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Sanskrit Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: A famous Hindu Epic.   (See also: Mahabharata , Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) A B C D E F G H I J K ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: epic story of Krishna   (See also: Mahabharata , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Mahabharata
Mahabharata:   Mahabharata ("Great Bharata"): one of India's two great ancient epics telling of the great war between...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Sai Baba Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: Mahabharata: Epic of the battle of the aristocrats in the Vedic culture during the pastimes of Krishna, out of which t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Mahabharata
mahabharata: the epic of krishna, pandavas & kauravas   (See also: mahabharata , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Mahabharata
Mahabharata:  One of India's two great ancient epics telling of the great war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas and serving a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: an epic poem of ancient India detailing the history of the evolution of mankind through the lineage of the Bharata family...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Siddha Yoga Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: An epic poem that recounts the struggle between the Kauravas and Pandavas over the disputed kingdom of Bharata, the anci...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: The world's longest epic poem (110,00 verses) about the Mahabharata (Great Indian) War that took place about three thousa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata (Sanskrit) One of the two great epic poems of ancient India, the largest poetic work known to literature, consisting of 22...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata (Sanskrit). Lit., the "great war"; the celebrated epic poem of India (probably the longest poem in the world) wh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Vedic Hindu Scriptures Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata "[The Mahabharata] is...probably the longest single poem in the world's literature. Traditionally the author of the p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: (Sanskrit) "Great Epic of India."   The world's longest epic poem. It revolves around the conflict betwee...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arjuna-misra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Arjuna-misra
Arjuna-misra (Sanskrit) A commentator on the Mahabharata.   (See also: Arjuna-misra , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occulti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arjuna: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Arjuna
Arjuna: Arjuna - a disciple of Krishna, hero of the Mahabharata   (See also: Arjuna , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ithihasas: Sai Baba Dictionary On Ithihasas
Ithihasas: Ithihasas: epics; famous epics are Mahabharata and Ramayana.   (See also: Ithihasas , Hinduism, Hinduism Diction...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parvan: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Parvan
Parvan (Sanskrit) Also parva (nominative singular). A division or section of a book, such as the Mahabharata.   (See also: Par...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kunti: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kunti
Kunti (Sanskrit) Wife of Pandu and mother of three of the Pandavas, foes of their cousins, the Kauravas, in the Mahabharata.   ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kurus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kurus
Kurus (Sanskrit) The foes and cousins of the Pandavas, as related in the Mahabharata.   See also KAURAVAS   (See also: K...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Daytha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Daytha
Daytha (Sanskrit) The Hindu Nimrod in the Mahabharata. {IU 2:425}   (See also: Daytha , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pandu: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Pandu
Pandu (Sanskrit). "The Pale", literally; the father of the Pandavas Princes, the foes of the Kurava in the Mahabharata. &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Harivansa: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Harivansa
Harivansa (Sanskrit) A portion of the Mahabharata, a poem on the genealogy of Vishnu, or Hari.   (See also: Harivansa , Theoso...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vaishampayana: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vaishampayana
Vaishampayana The disciple of Dvaipayana Vyasa who narrated the Mahabharata to King Janamejaya.   (See also: Vaishampayana , B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mayasura: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mayasura
Mayasura (Sanskrit) The asura mentioned in the Mahabharata, who presented the Padanava brothers with a gift of a bundle of wonderful t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vyasa: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Vyasa
Vyasa: One of the greatest sages of India, commentator on the Yoga Sutras, author of the Mahabharata (which includes the Bhagavad Gita...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dvaipayana - Vyasadeva: Sai Baba Dictionary On Dvaipayana - Vyasadeva
Dvaipayana - Vyasadeva: Dvaipayana - Vyasadeva: the original compiler of the Vedas and Puranas and author of the Vedanta-sutra and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pandu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pandu
Pandu (Sanskrit) The pale one; a son of Vyasa by the wife of Vichitra-virya. The brother of Dhritarashtra and Vidura, and the father o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kiratarjuniya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kiratarjuniya
Kiratarjuniya (Sanskrit) A poem by Bharavi describing the combat of Arjuna with the God Siva in the form of the wild mountaineer Kirat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adivamsa: Theosophy Dictionary On Adivamsa
Adivamsa (Sanskrit) (from adi primeval, first + vamsa lineage, race)   The first race; used in the Mahabharata for the primeval r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhargava: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bhargava
Bhargava (Sanskrit) Descendant of Bhrigu, the great rishi; Sukra, regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the Daityas; likewise an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vitatha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vitatha
Vitatha (Sanskrit) In the Harivansa (generally regarded as an addition to the Mahabharata), one name of the rishi Bharadvaja, regarded...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhimanyu: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu (Sanskrit). A son of Arjuna. He killed Lakshmana,in the great battle of the Mahabharata on its second day, but was himself k...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sabha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sabha
Sabha (Sanskrit). An assembly; a place for meetings, social or political. Also Mahasabha , "the bundle of wonderful (mayavic or i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Puranas: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Puranas
Puranas (Sanskrit). Lit., "ancient". A collection of symbolical and allegorical writings - eighteen in number now - supposed...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Itihasas: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Itihasas
Itihasas Epic histories, including the Mahabharata and Ramayana. In contrast to the more encyclopedic Puranas, each Itihasa usually te...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanatsujatiya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sanatsujatiya
Sanatsujatiya (Sanskrit) One episode in the Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata, consisting of a dialogue between Sanatsujuata and Dhritar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arjuna: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Arjuna
Arjuna: The hero of the Indian epic Mahabharata, he was the friend and devotee of Lord Krishna, who revealed the teachings of the Bhag...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramayana: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Ramayana
Ramayana:   Ramayana ("Rama's life"): one of India's two great national epics telling the story of Rama; cf. Mahabhar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mayasabha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mayasabha
Mayasabha (Sanskrit) [from maya illusion + sabha assembly]   An assemblage of illusions; one of the wonderful gifts given to the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agneyastra: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Agneyastra
Agneyastra (Sanskrit). The fiery missiles or weapons used by the Gods in the exoteric Puranas and the Mahabharata the magic weapons sa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Krishna: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Krishna
Krishna: A Divine Incarnation born in India about three thousand years ago, Whose teachings to His disciple Arjuna on the eve of the G...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavad Gita: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita: "The Song of God." The sacred philosophical text often called "the Hindu Bible," part of the epic M...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kurukshetra: Sai Baba Dictionary On Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra: Kurukshetra: A holy pilgrimage place going back to the oldest Vedic times; close to present New Delhi in India. Place ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pandavarani: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pandavarani
Pandavarani (Sanskrit) [from Pandava son of Pandu + arani figuratively mother]   Matrix or mother of the Pandavas; a title given ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kurukshetra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra Kuruksetra (Sanskrit) The plain upon which the great battle between the Kurus and Pandavas took place, as told in the Maha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lokapala-sabha-varnana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Lokapala-sabha-varnana
Lokapala-sabha-varnana (Sanskrit) (from lokapala world protector + sabha assembly + varnana description)   The description of the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kauravya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kauravya
Kauravya (Sanskrit) King of the nagas or initiates in Patala (geographically the Americas) at least some 5000 years ago. Krishna's dis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jahnavi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Jahnavi
Jahnavi (Sanskrit) Jahnu's daughter; applied to the river Ganges. In the Mahabharata, when the Ganges came from heaven it flowed over ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karna: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Karna
Karna (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root kri to pour forth, scatter, throw out)   Radiant; a son of Kunti by Surya, the sun, before...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aghora: Theosophy Dictionary On Aghora
Aghora (Sanskrit) (from a not + the verbal root ghur to frighten)   Nonterrifying; as a masculine noun, a title of Siva in the Ma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aurva: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aurva
Aurva (Sanskrit) A rishi, son of Urva and grandson of Bhrigu, mentioned in the Rig-Veda (8:102:4). The Mahabharata relates that Aurva ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ulupi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ulupi
Ulupi (Sanskrit) The daughter of Kauravya, king of the nagas of Patala -- the initiates in ancient prehistoric America, according to B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramayana: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ramayana
Ramayana (Sanskrit). The famous epic poem collated with the Mahabharata. It looks as if this poem was either the original of the Iliad...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavad-gita: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Bhagavad-gita
Bhagavad-gita (Sanskrit). Lit., "the Lord’s Song". A portion of the Mahabharata, the great epic poem of India. It cont...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tishya Tisya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tishya Tisya
Tishya tisya (Sanskrit) The sixth or eighth nakshatra (asterism); also a name in the Mahabharata and Harivansa for kali yuga (the four...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Suta Gosvami: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Suta Gosvami
Suta Gosvami Ugrashrava, the son of Romaharshana who succeeded his father as speaker of the Puranas and epics to the sages at Naimisha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Janmajaya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Janmajaya
Janmajaya Parikshit’s eldest son, the next emperor of the Kuru dynasty. After Parikshit died, Janamejaya heard the Mahabharata f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavad-gita: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Bhagavad-gita
Bhagavad-gita The essential teachings on progressive spiritual life and pure devotion to the Supreme Lord spoken by the Supreme Lord H...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arjuna: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Arjuna
Arjuna:   Arjuna ("White"): one of the five Pandava princes who fought in the great war depicted in the Mahabharata, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagvad Gita: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary V On Bhagvad Gita
Bhagvad Gita: a part of the famous Hindu epic 'Mahabharata'. Teachings of Lord Krishna to his disciple Arjuna at the commencement of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Matsya-purana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Matsya-purana
Matsya-Purana (Sanskrit) One of the 18 principal Hindu Puranas, said to have been communicated to the seventh manu, Vaivasvata, by Vis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Markandeya-purana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Markandeya-purana
Markandeya-Purana (Sanskrit) One of the 18 principal Puranas of ancient India, named from its supposed author Markandeya. It expounds ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nara: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nara
Nara (Sanskrit) [cf Sanskrit nri, Zend nar, Greek aner Latin nero]   A man; in the Mahabharata and the Puranas, sometimes used as...   » 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 - Itihasa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Itihasa
Itihasa - (1) history in general. (2) a book which contains instructions on dharma, artha, kama, and moksa, and narrations of ancien...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vyasa: Sai Baba Dictionary On Vyasa Deva
Vyasa: Vyasa(deva) (also known as Krishna Dvaipayana; Badarayana, another name for Vyasa and father of Sukadeva Gosvami): [see also...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyaksha, Hiranyaksa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hiranyaksha, Hiranyaksa
Hiranyaksha hiranyaksa (Sanskrit) (from hiranya golden + aksha eye)   Golden eye; one of the principal daityas (titans), twin bro...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Harivamsa, Harivansa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Harivamsa, Harivansa
Harivamsa, Harivansa (Sanskrit) The lineage of Hari, or Krishna. A celebrated poem of 16,374 verses, generally regarded as a part of t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiranyakasipu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hiranyakasipu
Hiranyaksha hiranyaksa (Sanskrit) (from hiranya golden + aksha eye)   Golden eye; one of the principal daityas (titans), twin bro...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kauravas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kauravas
Kauravas (Sanskrit) The adjectival noun of Kurus, the opponents of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata. In a similar way Pandavas is deriv...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jaras: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Jaras
Jaras (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root jri to become old)   The becoming old, decay, old age; a hunter in the Mahabharata who acc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Angara, Angaraka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Angara, Angaraka
Angara, Angaraka (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root ag to move tortuously, wind (cf agni); or from the verbal root ang to go)   The...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anugita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anugita
Anugita (Sanskrit) (from anu after, alongside + gita sung, chanted, song from the verbal root gai to sing, intone)   After-song; ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Apava: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Apava
Apava (Sanskrit) (from Ap water)   Water-mover; associated with Narayana, "he who moves in or on the waters of space," ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavad-gita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bhagavad-gita
Bhagavad-Gita (Sanskrit) (from bhagavat illustrious, sacred, holy, lord (one of Krishna's titles) + gita song)   The noble song, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Astra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Astra
Astra (Sanskrit) Missile, weapon; in the war between the Pandavas and Kurus in the Mahabharata, in addition to the regular weapons (as...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Harischandra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Harischandra
Harivamsa, Harivansa (Sanskrit) The lineage of Hari, or Krishna. A celebrated poem of 16,374 verses, generally regarded as a part of t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dharma
Dharma (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root dhri to bear, support)   Equity, justice, conduct, duty; right religion, philosophy, and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Draupadi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Draupadi
Draupadi (Sanskrit) The wife in common of the five Pandava princes and brothers. In the allegory of the Mahabharata, she stands for th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devapi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Devapi
Devapi (Sanskrit) (from deva god + api friend)   Friend of the god; a rishi mentioned in the Rig-Veda as the son of Rishti-shena....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vasudeva: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vasudeva
Vasudeva (Sanskrit) The son of Vasudeva -- Krishna. The Mahabharata, however, gives another explanation why Krishna was given this nam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naimisha: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Naimisha (-aranya)
Naimisha (-aranya) A sacred forest located exactly in the center of the universe, where the discus of Lord Vishnu once struck the eart...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sastra-devatas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sastra-devatas
Sastra-devatas (Sanskrit) [from sastra weapon + devata celestial being, god]   The gods of divine weapons; in the Mahabharata and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavad-gîtâ: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Bhagavad-gîtâ
Bhagavad-Gîtâ: meaning "Song of God", The epic poem Bhagavad Gita was spoken by Krishna, part of the 2000-year-o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavad Gita: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita:   Bhagavad Gita ("Lord's Song"): the oldest full-fledged yoga book found embedded in the Mahabharata 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 - Aithihya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aithihya
Aithihya (Sanskrit) (from iti thus, in this manner + ha emphatic particle)   Thus indeed it was; traditional instructions, tradit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agasti, Agastya: Theosophy Dictionary On Agasti, Agastya
Agasti, Agastya (Sanskrit) (from aga mountain + the verbal root as to throw, cast off)   Mountain-thrower; a celebrated muni and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhimanyu: Theosophy Dictionary On Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu (Sanskrit) (from abhi towards + the verbal root man to think)   Son of Arjuna by Subhadra, sister of Krishna. In the my...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vyasa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vyasa
Vyasa (Sanskrit) One who expands or amplifies, an interpreter or revealer;   "applied in days of old to the highest Gurus in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yudishthira: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Yudishthira
Yudishthira (Sanskrit). One of the heroes of the Mahabharata.   The eldest brother of the Pandavas, or the five Pandu princes wh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sankhya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Sankhya
Sankhya - the path of knowledge involving an analysis of spirit and matter. This philosophy is atheistic in nature. It was propagated ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rishi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Rishi
Rishi rsi (Sanskrit) An adept, seer, inspired person; in Vedic literature, used for the seers through whom the various mantras or hymn...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mjolnir: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mjolnir
Mjolnir (Icelandic) [from mjoll meal, flour from mala, mola to grind, crush, mill]   Also Miolnir. The hammer of Thor, the Thunde...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yudhishthira, Yudhisthira: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yudhishthira, Yudhisthira
Yudhishthira Yudhisthira (Sanskrit) One of the principal heroes of the Mahabharata, eldest of the five Pandavas, son of Kunti by the g...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Krishna, Krsna: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Krishna, Krsna
Krishna krsna (Sanskrit) Black, dark, dark blue; the most celebrated and eighth avatara of Vishnu. Hindus consider him their savior, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chandravarma Kamboja: Encyclopedia - Chandravarma Kamboja
Chandravarma Kamboja is the first Kamboja king mentioned by name in the Mahabharata. He appears to have been an ancient and very powerful...   » Read the article