Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू, Javāharlāl Nehrū) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), also called Pandit ('Scholar, Teacher') Nehru, was one of the most important leaders of the Indian Independence Movement and the Indian National Congress, and became the first Prime Minister of India when India won its independence on August 15, 1947. Nehru's 17 years as Prime Minister are the most influential of any national leader in the post-independence history of India. An adherent of sociali ...

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Banaras Hindu University is among the top 3 largest residential universities in the world having more than 128 independent teaching departments. The icon of Banaras Hindu University is associated more with National struggle for independence and gaining self-reliance in terms of Education. It is known as the Oxford of the East. The Core Streams of studies are Languages and Literature, Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Medical Sciences, Agriculture, Visual Arts, ...

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Banaras Hindu University, Banaras Hindu University - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Banaras Hindu University - Hostels, Banaras Hindu University - There are 38 hostels for boys:, Banaras Hindu University - Institute of Technology IT-BHU [1]:, Banaras Hindu University - Institute of Medical Sciences IMS-BHU [2]:, Banaras Hindu University - Institute of Agricultural Sciences IAS-BHU [3]:, Banaras Hindu University - Faculty of Science [4]:, Banaras Hindu University - Faculty of Social Sciences [5]:, Banaras Hindu University - Faculty of Commerce [6]:, Banaras Hindu University - Faculty of Law [7]:, Banaras Hindu University - Faculty of Arts [8]:, Banaras Hindu University - Faculty of Education [9]:, Banaras Hindu University - Faculty of Management Studies [10]:, Banaras Hindu University - Faculty of Performing Arts [11]:, Banaras Hindu University - Faculty of Visual Arts [12]:, Banaras Hindu University - Faculty of SVDV [13]:, Banaras Hindu University - There are 14 hostels for girls:, Banaras Hindu University - There are 3 hostels for foreign students:

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Kerala School - Narayana Pandit c. 1340-1400. Narayana Pandit, the earliest of the notable Keralese mathematicians, is known to have definitely written two works, an arithmetical treatise called Ganita Kaumudi and an algebraic treatise called Bijganita Vatamsa. He was strongly influenced by the work of Bhaskara II, which proves work from the classic period was known to Keralese mathematicians and was thus influential in the continued progress of the subject. Due to this influence Narayana is also th ...

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Kerala School, Kerala School - Keralese Mathematicians, Kerala School - Narayana Pandit c. 1340-1400, Kerala School - Madhava of Sangamagramma 1340-1425, Kerala School - Parameshvara c. 1370-1460, Kerala School - Nilakantha Somayaji 1444-1544, Kerala School - Jyesthadeva c. 1500-1575, Kerala School - Sankara Varman Early 1800s, Kerala School - Possible transmission of Keralese mathematics to Europe

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The santoor was a part of the classical music of Kashmir in India. It was a 100 stringed instrument played in a style of music known as the Sufiana Mausiqi. The Sufi mystics used it as an accompaniment to their hymns. In the Vedic period the strings were made of dried grass, later replaced by gut strings and finally the metal chords we see today. For an instrument to be accepted as classical it has to be able to emulate the human voice, the ultimate classical instrument. This requires the effect of meend (glissando), which is the ability to pass, unbroken, from one n ...

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Santoor, Santoor - Development, Santoor - Anatomy of the santoor

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The Mantras are collected into anthologies called Samhitas. There are four Samhitas, the Rk (= Poetry), Sāman (=Song), Yajus(=Prayer) and Atharvan (=A kind of priest) commonly referred to as the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. Each Samhita is preserved in a number of versions or recensions (shakhas), the differences among them being minor, except in the case of the Yajur Veda, where two "White" (shukla) recensions contain the Mantras only, while four "Black" (krishna) recensions interspersed ...

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Vedas, Vedas - Organization, Vedas - Position and compilation, Vedas - Study, Vedas - Religious views: Monism Monotheism Henotheism and Polytheism, Vedas - Cosmogony

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Hindu tradition regards the Vedas as uncreated, eternal and being revealed to sages (Rishis). The hymns of the Rig-Veda Samhita are believed to have been collected and arranged by Paila under the supervision of Vyasa. Others were chanted during religious and social ceremonies and were compiled by Vaishampayana under the title Yajus mantra Samhita (see Yajur-Veda). Jaimini is said to have collected hymns that were set to music and melody — 'Saman' (see Sama-Veda). The fourth collec ...

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Vedas, Vedas - Organization, Vedas - Position and compilation, Vedas - Study, Vedas - Religious views: Monism Monotheism Henotheism and Polytheism, Vedas - Cosmogony

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In the dharmashastras the study of the Vedas was regarded as a religious duty of the three upper varnas (Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas). Women and Shudras were neither required nor allowed to study the Veda (this came to happen only in the very Later Vedic or the Sutra Age, because numerous evidences suggest that all humans were equally allowed to study the Vedas, and many Vedic "authors" were women). Elaborate methods for preserving the text (by learning them by heart and not by writing), subsidiary disciplines (Vedanga), exegetical literature, etc., were developed in the Vedic schools. In the fourteenth century Sayana wrote famous c ...

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Vedas, Vedas - Organization, Vedas - Position and compilation, Vedas - Study, Vedas - Religious views: Monism Monotheism Henotheism and Polytheism, Vedas - Cosmogony

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The religion of the Vedic period, particularly at its earliest, was distinct in a number of respects, including reference to females in positions of religious authority (female rishis, or sages), an apparent lack of belief in reincarnation, and a markedly different pantheon, with Indra generally the chief god, and little mention of the later primary gods Vishnu and Shiva, although Brahma does appear quite frequently. While Hinduism is generally monistic or monotheistic admitting emanating deities, the early Rig Veda (undeveloped early ...

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Vedas, Vedas - Organization, Vedas - Position and compilation, Vedas - Study, Vedas - Religious views: Monism Monotheism Henotheism and Polytheism, Vedas - Cosmogony

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There are a number of publications, including a recent paper of great interest written by D. Almeida, J. John and A. Zadorozhnyy, which suggest Keralese mathematics may have been transmitted to Europe. Kerala was in continuous contact with China, Arabia, and from around 1500, Europe as well, thus transmission would have been possible. There is no evidence by way of relevant manuscripts but the evidence of methodological similari ...

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Kerala School, Kerala School - Keralese Mathematicians, Kerala School - Narayana Pandit c. 1340-1400, Kerala School - Madhava of Sangamagramma 1340-1425, Kerala School - Parameshvara c. 1370-1460, Kerala School - Nilakantha Somayaji 1444-1544, Kerala School - Jyesthadeva c. 1500-1575, Kerala School - Sankara Varman Early 1800s, Kerala School - Possible transmission of Keralese mathematics to Europe

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The santoor is basically made out of wood. The framework is generally made out of either Walnut or Maple wood. The top and bottom boards sometimes can be either plywood or veneer. On the top board, also known as sound board, wooden bridges are placed, in order to seat stretched strings across. The strings are tied on nails or pins on the left side of the instrument and are stretched over the sound board on top of the bridges to the right side. On the right side there are steel tuning pegs or tuning pins, as they are commonly known, th ...

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Santoor, Santoor - Development, Santoor - Anatomy of the santoor

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pandit (pandita): (Sanskrit) "Learned one."

Hindu religious scholar or theologian, a man well versed in philosophy, liturgy, religious law and sacred science.

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The first appearance of evidence of the use of mathematics in the Indian subcontinent was in the Indus Valley Civilization, which dates back to around 3300 BC. Excavations at Harrapa, Mohenjo-daro and the surrounding area of the Indus River, have uncovered much evidence of the use of basic mathematics. The mathematics used by this early Harrapan civilisation was very much for practical means, and was primarily concerned with weights, measuring scales and a surprisingly advanced brick technology, which utilised ratios. The ratio for brick ...

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Indian mathematics, Indian mathematics - Indian contributions to mathematics, Indian mathematics - Harappan Mathematics 3300 BC - 1700 BC, Indian mathematics - Vedic Mathematics 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Vedas 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Samhitas 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Lagadha 1350 BC - 800 BC, Indian mathematics - Yajnavalkya 1000 BC - 600 BC, Indian mathematics - Sulba Sutras 800 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Ancient Period 500 BC - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Panini 500 BC - 400 BC, Indian mathematics - Pingala 400 BC - 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Vaychali Ganit 300 BC - 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Katyayana 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Jaina Mathematics 400 BC - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Surya Siddhanta 300 CE - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Classical Period 400 CE - 1200 CE, Indian mathematics - Aryabhata I 476-550, Indian mathematics - Bhaskara I 600-680, Indian mathematics - Brahmagupta 598-668, Indian mathematics - Shridhara Acharya 650-850, Indian mathematics - Mahavira Acharya 850, Indian mathematics - Aryabhata II 920-1000, Indian mathematics - Shripati Mishra 1019-1066, Indian mathematics - Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravati 1100, Indian mathematics - Bhaskara Acharya Bhaskara II 1114-1185, Indian mathematics - Keralese Mathematics 1300 CE -1600 CE, Indian mathematics - Narayana Pandit 1340-1400, Indian mathematics - Madhava of Sangamagramma 1340-1425, Indian mathematics - Parameshvara 1370-1460, Indian mathematics - Nilakantha Somayaji 1444-1544, Indian mathematics - Jyesthadeva 1500-1575, Indian mathematics - Charges of Eurocentrism

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As a result of the mathematics required for the construction of religious altars, many rules and developments of geometry are found in Vedic works, along with many astronomical developments for religious purposes. These include the use of geometric shapes, including triangles, rectangles, squares, trapezia and circles, equivalence through numbers and area, squaring the circle and visa-versa, the Pythagorean theorem and Pythagorean triples, and computations of π. Vedic works also contain all four arithmetical operators (addition, subt ...

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Indian mathematics, Indian mathematics - Indian contributions to mathematics, Indian mathematics - Harappan Mathematics 3300 BC - 1700 BC, Indian mathematics - Vedic Mathematics 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Vedas 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Samhitas 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Lagadha 1350 BC - 800 BC, Indian mathematics - Yajnavalkya 1000 BC - 600 BC, Indian mathematics - Sulba Sutras 800 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Ancient Period 500 BC - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Panini 500 BC - 400 BC, Indian mathematics - Pingala 400 BC - 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Vaychali Ganit 300 BC - 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Katyayana 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Jaina Mathematics 400 BC - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Surya Siddhanta 300 CE - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Classical Period 400 CE - 1200 CE, Indian mathematics - Aryabhata I 476-550, Indian mathematics - Bhaskara I 600-680, Indian mathematics - Brahmagupta 598-668, Indian mathematics - Shridhara Acharya 650-850, Indian mathematics - Mahavira Acharya 850, Indian mathematics - Aryabhata II 920-1000, Indian mathematics - Shripati Mishra 1019-1066, Indian mathematics - Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravati 1100, Indian mathematics - Bhaskara Acharya Bhaskara II 1114-1185, Indian mathematics - Keralese Mathematics 1300 CE -1600 CE, Indian mathematics - Narayana Pandit 1340-1400, Indian mathematics - Madhava of Sangamagramma 1340-1425, Indian mathematics - Parameshvara 1370-1460, Indian mathematics - Nilakantha Somayaji 1444-1544, Indian mathematics - Jyesthadeva 1500-1575, Indian mathematics - Charges of Eurocentrism

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Sathanang Sutra, Bhagvati Sutra and Anoyogdwar Sutra are famous books of this time. Apart from these the book titled Tatvarthaadigyam Sutra Bhashya by Jaina philosopher Omaswati (135 BC) and the book titled Tiloyapannati of Aacharya (Guru) Yativrisham (176 BC) are famous writings of this time. Indian mathematicians during this period used notations for squares, cube and other exponents of numbers. They gave shape to Beezganit Samikaran (Algebraic Equations). ...

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Indian mathematics, Indian mathematics - Indian contributions to mathematics, Indian mathematics - Harappan Mathematics 3300 BC - 1700 BC, Indian mathematics - Vedic Mathematics 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Vedas 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Samhitas 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Lagadha 1350 BC - 800 BC, Indian mathematics - Yajnavalkya 1000 BC - 600 BC, Indian mathematics - Sulba Sutras 800 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Ancient Period 500 BC - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Panini 500 BC - 400 BC, Indian mathematics - Pingala 400 BC - 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Vaychali Ganit 300 BC - 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Katyayana 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Jaina Mathematics 400 BC - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Surya Siddhanta 300 CE - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Classical Period 400 CE - 1200 CE, Indian mathematics - Aryabhata I 476-550, Indian mathematics - Bhaskara I 600-680, Indian mathematics - Brahmagupta 598-668, Indian mathematics - Shridhara Acharya 650-850, Indian mathematics - Mahavira Acharya 850, Indian mathematics - Aryabhata II 920-1000, Indian mathematics - Shripati Mishra 1019-1066, Indian mathematics - Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravati 1100, Indian mathematics - Bhaskara Acharya Bhaskara II 1114-1185, Indian mathematics - Keralese Mathematics 1300 CE -1600 CE, Indian mathematics - Narayana Pandit 1340-1400, Indian mathematics - Madhava of Sangamagramma 1340-1425, Indian mathematics - Parameshvara 1370-1460, Indian mathematics - Nilakantha Somayaji 1444-1544, Indian mathematics - Jyesthadeva 1500-1575, Indian mathematics - Charges of Eurocentrism

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This period is often known as the golden age of Indian Mathematics. Although earlier Indian mathematics was also very significant, this period saw great mathematicians such as Aryabhatta, Brahmagupta, Mahavira Acharya and Bhaskara Acharya give a broad and clear shape to almost all the branches of mathematics. Their important contributions to mathematics would spread throughout Asia and the Middle East, and eventually Europe and other parts of the world ...

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Indian mathematics, Indian mathematics - Indian contributions to mathematics, Indian mathematics - Harappan Mathematics 3300 BC - 1700 BC, Indian mathematics - Vedic Mathematics 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Vedas 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Samhitas 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Lagadha 1350 BC - 800 BC, Indian mathematics - Yajnavalkya 1000 BC - 600 BC, Indian mathematics - Sulba Sutras 800 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Ancient Period 500 BC - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Panini 500 BC - 400 BC, Indian mathematics - Pingala 400 BC - 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Vaychali Ganit 300 BC - 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Katyayana 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Jaina Mathematics 400 BC - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Surya Siddhanta 300 CE - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Classical Period 400 CE - 1200 CE, Indian mathematics - Aryabhata I 476-550, Indian mathematics - Bhaskara I 600-680, Indian mathematics - Brahmagupta 598-668, Indian mathematics - Shridhara Acharya 650-850, Indian mathematics - Mahavira Acharya 850, Indian mathematics - Aryabhata II 920-1000, Indian mathematics - Shripati Mishra 1019-1066, Indian mathematics - Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravati 1100, Indian mathematics - Bhaskara Acharya Bhaskara II 1114-1185, Indian mathematics - Keralese Mathematics 1300 CE -1600 CE, Indian mathematics - Narayana Pandit 1340-1400, Indian mathematics - Madhava of Sangamagramma 1340-1425, Indian mathematics - Parameshvara 1370-1460, Indian mathematics - Nilakantha Somayaji 1444-1544, Indian mathematics - Jyesthadeva 1500-1575, Indian mathematics - Charges of Eurocentrism

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The Kerala School was a school of mathematics and astronomy founded by Madhava in Kerala (in South India) which included as its prominent members Parameshvara, Neelakanta Somayaji, Jyeshtadeva, Achyuta Pisharati, Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri and Achyuta Panikkar. It flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries and has its intellectual roots with Aryabhatta who lived in the 5th century. The lineage continues down to modern times but the original research seems to have ended with Narayana Bhattathiri (1559-1632). These astronomers, in atte ...

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Indian mathematics, Indian mathematics - Indian contributions to mathematics, Indian mathematics - Harappan Mathematics 3300 BC - 1700 BC, Indian mathematics - Vedic Mathematics 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Vedas 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Samhitas 1500 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Lagadha 1350 BC - 800 BC, Indian mathematics - Yajnavalkya 1000 BC - 600 BC, Indian mathematics - Sulba Sutras 800 BC - 500 BC, Indian mathematics - Ancient Period 500 BC - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Panini 500 BC - 400 BC, Indian mathematics - Pingala 400 BC - 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Vaychali Ganit 300 BC - 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Katyayana 200 BC, Indian mathematics - Jaina Mathematics 400 BC - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Surya Siddhanta 300 CE - 400 CE, Indian mathematics - Classical Period 400 CE - 1200 CE, Indian mathematics - Aryabhata I 476-550, Indian mathematics - Bhaskara I 600-680, Indian mathematics - Brahmagupta 598-668, Indian mathematics - Shridhara Acharya 650-850, Indian mathematics - Mahavira Acharya 850, Indian mathematics - Aryabhata II 920-1000, Indian mathematics - Shripati Mishra 1019-1066, Indian mathematics - Nemichandra Siddhanta Chakravati 1100, Indian mathematics - Bhaskara Acharya Bhaskara II 1114-1185, Indian mathematics - Keralese Mathematics 1300 CE -1600 CE, Indian mathematics - Narayana Pandit 1340-1400, Indian mathematics - Madhava of Sangamagramma 1340-1425, Indian mathematics - Parameshvara 1370-1460, Indian mathematics - Nilakantha Somayaji 1444-1544, Indian mathematics - Jyesthadeva 1500-1575, Indian mathematics - Charges of Eurocentrism

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The three first castes, however unequal to each other in privilege and social standing, are yet united by a common bond of sacramental rites (samskaras), traditionally connected from ancient times with certain incidents and stages in the life of the Hindu, as conception, birth, name-giving, the first taking out of the child to see the sun, the first feeding with boiled rice, the rites of tonsure and hair-cutting, the youths investiture with the sacrificial thread, and his return home on ...

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Brahmanism, Brahmanism - Theology, Brahmanism - Pantheism, Brahmanism - Caste, Brahmanism - Sub castes, Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:, Brahmanism - The four stages of life, Brahmanism - Sacramental rites, Brahmanism - Vegetarianism, Brahmanism - Moksha, Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism, Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy, Brahmanism - Trimurti, Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy and Caste System, Brahmanism - Buddhism, Brahmanism - Charvaka, Brahmanism - B.R. Ambedkar, Brahmanism - Famous Brahmins

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The tendency towards a comprehension of the unity of the divine essence had resulted in some minds, as has been remarked before, in a kind of speculation of the origin of the universe. In the Brahminical literature we meet with this conception as a common element of speculation; and so far from its being considered incompatible with the existence of a universal spirit, Prajapati, the personal creator of the world, is generally allowed a prominent place in the pantheistic theories. Yet the state of theological speculation, reflected i ...

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Brahmanism, Brahmanism - Theology, Brahmanism - Pantheism, Brahmanism - Caste, Brahmanism - Sub castes, Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:, Brahmanism - The four stages of life, Brahmanism - Sacramental rites, Brahmanism - Vegetarianism, Brahmanism - Moksha, Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism, Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy, Brahmanism - Trimurti, Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy and Caste System, Brahmanism - Buddhism, Brahmanism - Charvaka, Brahmanism - B.R. Ambedkar, Brahmanism - Famous Brahmins

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The following are the universities in Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University - Founded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, a renowned educationist, it is one of the most prestigious in the country and an international center for Indological study. Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth University which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi and founded by Shiva Prasad Gupta Tibetan University at Sarnath Sir Sampoornanand Sanskrit University, in which most of ...

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Varanasi, Varanasi - Hindu holy city, Varanasi - Industry, Varanasi - Schools and colleges, Varanasi - Arts and crafts

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The pantheistic doctrine which forms the foundation of the Brahmanical system of belief found its most complete exposition in one of the six orthodox dersanas, or philosophical systems, the Vedanta philosophy. These systems are considered as orthodox inasmuch as they recognise the Veda as the revealed source of knowledge about the Universe, and never fail to claim the authority of the ancient seers for their own teachings, even though as in the case of Kapila, the founder of the materialistic Sankhya system, they involve the denial of so essential a dogmatic point as the exist ...

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Brahmanism, Brahmanism - Theology, Brahmanism - Pantheism, Brahmanism - Caste, Brahmanism - Sub castes, Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:, Brahmanism - The four stages of life, Brahmanism - Sacramental rites, Brahmanism - Vegetarianism, Brahmanism - Moksha, Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism, Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy, Brahmanism - Trimurti, Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy and Caste System, Brahmanism - Buddhism, Brahmanism - Charvaka, Brahmanism - B.R. Ambedkar, Brahmanism - Famous Brahmins

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In India and Nepal, Brahmins, being members of the highest caste, historically enjoyed high social status as being traditionally learned and many for their religious knowledge. The Vaishya were artisans and craftsmen and later connected with trade, the cultivation of the land and the breeding of cattle; while those of a Kshatriya consist in ruling and defending the people, administering justice, and the duties, of the military profession generally. Both share with the Brahman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far a ...

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Brahmanism, Brahmanism - Theology, Brahmanism - Pantheism, Brahmanism - Caste, Brahmanism - Sub castes, Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:, Brahmanism - The four stages of life, Brahmanism - Sacramental rites, Brahmanism - Vegetarianism, Brahmanism - Moksha, Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism, Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy, Brahmanism - Trimurti, Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy and Caste System, Brahmanism - Buddhism, Brahmanism - Charvaka, Brahmanism - B.R. Ambedkar, Brahmanism - Famous Brahmins

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