Encyclopedia - Nirukta: Encyclopedia - Nirukta
Nirukta is one of the six Vedanga disciplines of Hinduism, treating etymology. Nirukta sutras consist of glossaries of difficult or rare ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirukta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Nirukta
Nirukta (Sanskrit). An anga or limb, a division of the Vedas; a glossarial comment.   (See also: Nirukta , Theosophy, Spiritua...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirukta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nirukta
Nirukta (Sanskrit) [from nir forth, out + the verbal root vac to speak, utter]   Uttered, pronounced, expressed, defined; as a no...   » 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 - 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

Encyclopedia - Yaska: Encyclopedia - Yaska
Yaska Acharya is a celebrated Sanskrit scholar and grammarian of ancient India. He is believed to have flourished, according to one schoo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanga: Encyclopedia - Vedanga
The Vedanga (IAST vedāṅga, "member of the Veda") are six auxiliary disciplines for the understanding and tradition of the Vedas. Shik...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahābhāṣya: Encyclopedia - Mahābhāṣya
The Mahābhāṣya ("great commentary"), attributed to Patañjali, is a commentary on the celebrated Ashtadhyayi of Panini is one of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samudra: Encyclopedia - Samudra
Samudra is a Sanskrit term for ocean. The term occurs over 150 times in the Rig Veda. There are more references to the Samudra than to ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patañjali: Encyclopedia - Patañjali
Patañjali (Devanāgarī पतञ्जलि) is the compiler of the Yoga Sutra, a major work containing aphorisms on the practical and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirukta Vedanga: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Nirukta Vedanga
Nirukta Vedanga: (Sanskrit) "Etymology Veda-limb."   Auxiliary Vedic texts which discuss the origin and development of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Etymology: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Etymology
etymology: The science of the origin of words and their development. The history of a word. See: Nirukta Vedanga, Sanskrit. (See als...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aurnavabha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aurnavabha
Aurnavabha (Sanskrit) A grammarian mentioned in Yaska's Nirukta; also a demon in the Rig-Veda.   (See also: Aurnavabha , Mysti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nighantu, Nighantuka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nighantu, Nighantuka
Nighantu, Nighantuka (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root ghat, ghant to collect, bring together]   A glossary; particularly in the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Etymology
The traditional Hindu explanation of the name Viṣṇu involves the root viś, meaning "to settle, to enter", or also (in the Rigveda) "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudas: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudas - Battle Of The Ten Kings
The battle of the ten kings was led against the Turvashas (one of the five vedic people of the RV), the Bhrigus (a family of Vedic seers ...   » 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 - Vayu: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Vayu
Vayu (Sanskrit). Air: the god and sovereign of the air; one of the five states of matter, namely the gaseous; one of the five elements...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sushumna: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sushumna
Sushumna susumna (Sanskrit) Astronomically, the highest of the seven principal rays or Logoi of the sun, the others being Harikesa, Vi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vayu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vayu
Vayu (Sanskrit) Air; one of the five cosmic elements. Personified, the god and sovereign of the air and the king of the gandharvas. Ag...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asvins, Asvinau: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Asvins, Asvinau
Asvins, Asvinau (Sanskrit) The two horsemen; two Vedic divinities which in some respects parallel the Greek Dioscuri, Pollux and Casto...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aswins: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Aswins
Aswins (Sanskrit), or Aswinau, dual ; or again, Aswini-Kumarau, are the most mysterious and occult deities of all; who have "puzz...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trimurti: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Trimurti
Trimurti (Sanskrit). Lit., "three faces", or "triple form" - the Trinity.   In the modern Pantheon these thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Sutras: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Sutras - Sutras Primarily Associated With Hinduism
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Sutras: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Sutras - Sutras Primarily Associated With Buddhism
List of sutras - Pali sutras. Digha Nikaya: 34 sutras, including Brahmajala Sutta, a critique of 64 'wrong views' current at the time...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sadhya
Sadhya (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root sadh to finish, complete, subdue, master]   To be fulfilled, completed, attained; to be m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Relations With Other Deities
Vishnu's consort is Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth. Maya is the samvit (the primary intelligence) of Vishnu, while the other five attribu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Theological Beliefs And Philosophy
Major branches of Vaishnavism include:- Srivaishnavism (espoused by Ramanuja who advocated Vishishtadvaita), Dvaita (espoused by Madhvac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Pre-puranic Vishnu
Vishnu - In the Vedas. In the Rigveda, Vishnu is mentioned 93 times. He is frequently invoked with other gods, especially with Indra, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Theological Attributes And More
Vishnu takes form as an all-inclusive deity, known as Purusha or Mahāpurusha, Paramātma [Supreme Soul], Antaryāmi [In-dwelle ... See a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Worship
It is not clearly known when or how the worship of Vishnu began. In the Vedas, and the information on Aryan beliefs, Vishnu is associated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Names
Vishnu has a number of names, collected in the Vishnu sahasranama ("Vishnu's thousand names"), which occurs in the Mahabharata. In Vishnu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Iconography
According to various Purana, Vishnu is the ultimate omnipresent reality, is shapeless and omnipresent. However, a strict iconography gove...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Hinduism Sitemap I - N
This is a sitemap for topic pages related to Hinduism. Click on a link and you will find multiple articles related to the topic:  ...   » Read the article