Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - History
The adjective saṃskṛta- means "refined, consecrated, sanctified". The language referred to as saṃskṛtā vāk "the refined languag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - History
The word saṃskṛta means "refined, consecrated, sanctified". The language referred to as saṃskṛtā vāk "the refined language" has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Sanskrit - History
Five chronologically distinct strata can be identified within the Vedic language. Rigvedic. The Rigveda is by far the most archaic of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia - Sanskrit
Sanskrit (saṃskṛtam संस्कृतम्) is a classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit: Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit
Vedic Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, the earliest sacred texts of India. The earliest of the Vedas, the Rigveda, was composed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grantha: Encyclopedia - Grantha
Grantha (from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ grantha meaning book or manuscript) is an ancient script that was prevalent in South India. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhavishya Purana: Encyclopedia - Bhavishya Purana
The Bhavishya Purana is an ancient Sanskrit text authored by Sri Vyasa Muni, the compiler of the Vedic texts. It is one of the 18 major P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prasad: Encyclopedia - Prasad
Prasãd (Hindi) or prasãda (Sanskrit)or Prasadam is both a mental condition of generosity, as well as a material substance that is first...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaivism: Encyclopedia - Shaivism
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryan: Encyclopedia - Aryan
Aryan is an English word derived from the Indo-Aryan Vedic Sanskrit and Iranian Avestan terms ari-, arya-, ārya-, and/or the extended fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemachandra: Encyclopedia - Hemachandra
Hemachandra Suri (हेमचन्द्र सूरी) (correct Sanskrit spelling Hemacandra Sürí) (1089 -1172) was one of the gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raja: Encyclopedia - Raja
A Raja (sometimes spelled Rajah) is a king, or princely ruler. The female equivalent is Rani (sometimes spelled Ranee). Raja comes from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Awakening Of Faith In The Mahayana: Encyclopedia - Awakening Of Faith In The Mahayana
The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (or 'Awakening of Mahayana Faith', 大乘起信論) is a text of the Mahayana branch of Buddhism. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nair: Encyclopedia - Nair
Nair or Nayar (Malayalam: നായ൪) is the name of an upper Hindu caste in the Southern Indian state of Kerala. Nairs are an integral...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soham: Encyclopedia - Soham
For the Sanskrit word see Soham Soham is a small town in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It lies just off the A142 between Ely and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vasubandhu: Encyclopedia - Vasubandhu
Vasubandhu (Sanskrit. Chinese 世親. Korean 세친) was an Indian Buddhist scholar-monk, and along with his half-brother Asanga, one of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kama Sutra: Encyclopedia - Kama Sutra
Kamasutram, generally known to the Western world as Kama Sutra, is an ancient Hindu text on human sexual behavior, widely considered to b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashtavinayak: Encyclopedia - Ashtavinayak
Ashtavinayak literally means "eight Ganeshas" in Sanskrit. Ganesha is the Hindu deity of prosperity and learning. The term also refers to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raghu: Encyclopedia - Raghu
In Hindu mythology, Raghu was a valorous king of the Ikshavaku dynasty. The name in sanskrit translates to the fast one, deriving from Ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avesta: Encyclopedia - Avesta
See Avesta Municipality for the Swedish town The Avesta is a collection of the sacred texts of ancient Persia belonging to the Zoroastria...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japa Mala: Encyclopedia - Japa Mala
A japa mala or mala is an Indian rosary with 108 beads. It is often used for saying a mantra or other forms of sadhana (spiritual exercis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perfection Of Wisdom: Encyclopedia - Perfection Of Wisdom
Perfection of Wisdom is a translation of the Sanskrit term prajñā pāramitā (Hanzi. 般若波羅蜜多, Pinyin. bān ruò bō luó mì...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanization Of Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanization Of Sanskrit - History
Originating in a purely oral culture, Sanskrit has no single script associated with it. Since the late Middle Ages, the script by Indian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness-only: Encyclopedia - Consciousness-only
In Buddhism, consciousness-only (Sanskrit: vijñapti-mātratā, vijñapti-mātra, citta-mātra; Chinese: 唯識; Pinyin: wei shi; Japanes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Numerals: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Numerals - Devanagari Numerals And Their Sanskrit Names
Below is a list of the Indian numerals in their Devanagari form, the corresponding European (Indo-Arabic) equivalents, and their Sanskrit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Sanskrit - Grammar
Vedic had a subjunctive absent in Panini's grammar and generally believed to have disappeared by then at least in common sentence constru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Numerals: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Numerals - Other Modern Indian Languages
The three Indian languages (Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit itself) that have adapted the Devanagari script to their use also naturally emplo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanization Of Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanization Of Sanskrit - Ascii Schemes
In the late 20th century, typesetting Sanskrit on computers became an issue. Lacking diacritics led to the innovation of ASCII only roman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Dravidian Languages - History
The origins of the Dravidian languages, as well as their subsequent development and the period of their differentiation, are unclear, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Dravidian Languages - History
The origins of the Dravidian languages, as well as their subsequent development and the period of their differentiation, are unclear, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Hurri Mitanni/maitani And Hanilgalbat
"Mitanni" seems to have been the native term; this entity may also have been the Biblical Harran, though this is contested. We may assume...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Hurri Mitanni/maitani And Hanilgalbat
"Mitanni" seems to have been the native term; this entity may also have been the Biblical Harran, though this is contested. We may assume...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - History
As early as Akkadian times, Hurrians are known to have lived east of the river Tigris on the northern rim of Mesopotamia, and in the Khab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - History
As early as Akkadian times, Hurrians are known to have lived east of the river Tigris on the northern rim of Mesopotamia, and in the Khab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marathi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Marathi Language - History
Marathi descends from the Sanskrit language of India via the Prakrit dialect Maharashtri. The Satavahana empire based at Pratishthana (no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marathi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Marathi Language - Vocabulary
Interestingly, Marathi uses the large number of modified Urdu, Persian and Arabic words. This came about because, for a significant peri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas And Manusmriti: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas And Manusmriti - A Formal Procedure To Elevate One’s Position
A formal procedure is detailed in Mahabharata as to how these Vratya Kshatriyas (or the alien hordes) could attain the high status of nob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Dravidian Languages - List Of Dravidian Languages
National languages of India are in boldface: Dravidian languages - Southern. Tamil Kannada Malayalam Tulu Bellari Toda Kota Koraga Bad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marathi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Marathi Language - Grammar
The supposedly purest form of Marathi is spoken in the historical city of Pune, which was the capital of the Peshwa rulers. Marathi lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Dravidian Languages - List Of Dravidian Languages
National languages of India are in boldface: Dravidian languages - Southern. Tamil Kannada Malayalam Tulu Bellari Toda Kota Koraga Bad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marathi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Marathi Language - Marathi Literature
Marathi has a long literary tradition, and a huge literature has grown up in Marathi in the last seven centuries. The first known major l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marathi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Marathi Language - Alphabet
Marathi uses the Devanagari script for writing. Get Marathi Writing simple software baraha, Madhyam, Itranslator, ITRANS online, Yudit. M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grantha: Encyclopedia Ii - Grantha - Sanskrit And Grantha
Although Sanskrit is now almost exclusively written in the Devanagari script, the language lacked a standard script during its early hist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marathi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Marathi Language - Modern Issues
Marathi language - Rules of Orthography. In Marathi rules of Orthography are very important as incorrect use of catastrophes may change...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Grammarians: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Grammarians - Early Accounts
The earliest historical accounts of Indian grammatical tradition is from Chinese Buddhist pilgrims to India from the 7th century. Hsüan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Sanskrit - Phonology
Sound changes between Proto-Indo-Iranian and Vedic Sanskrit include loss of the voiced sibilant z. Vedic Sanskrit had a labial fricative ...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Possible Connections To Sanskrit And Indo-aryans
Some scholars try to equate the deities venerated by the Mitanni with Vedic deities, and trace the names used by the aristocracy to Indo-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Possible Connections To Sanskrit And Indo-aryans
Some scholars try to equate the deities venerated by the Mitanni with Vedic deities, and trace the names used by the aristocracy to Indo-...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashvaghosha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ashvaghosha
Ashvaghosha: (Sanskrit) Buddhist scholar, pantheist philosopher (ca 80 bce150 ce), and one of the great poets of Indian history. A pri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashvaghosha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ashvaghosha
Ashvaghosha: (Sanskrit) Buddhist scholar, pantheist philosopher (ca 80 bce150 ce), and one of the great poets of Indian history. A princ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology Of India - Bhārat
Bhāratavarsha (Bhārat or Bharatvarsha) is the name in Sanskrit, Hindi and the languages of India for the World, but properly the Indian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Patna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Patna - The Name
Etymologically, Patna derives its name from the word Pattan, which means port in Sanskrit. It may be indicative of the location of this p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Jammu And Kashmir: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jammu And Kashmir - The Histories
The metrical chronicle of the kings of Kashmir, called Rajatarangini, was pronounced by Professor H. II. Wilson to be the only Sanskrit c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Nepal - Modern History
History of Nepal - Toponymy. The toponym "Nepal" may derive from the Sanskrit nipalaya, which means "at the foot of the mountains" or "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rishi-prajapati: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Rishi-prajapati
Rishi-Prajapati (Sanskrit). Lit., "revealers", holy sages in the religious history of Aryavarta. Esoterically the highest of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sanskrit
Sanskrit [from Sanskrit sanskrita or samskrita]   The ancient sacred language of the Aryans, originally the sacred or secret lang...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kashmir: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Kashmir
Kashmir (Kashmira): (Sanskrit) The Northernmost area of India, part of the present-day state of Jammu and Kashmir. It figures prominen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Jammu And Kashmir: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jammu And Kashmir - Early History And Buddhism
Literally Kashmir means "land desiccated from water" (Sanskrit: Ka = water, shimeera = desiccate). According to Hindu mythology, Sage Kas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - The Dharmic Faiths
Dharmic faiths have a close and irreversible influence with the history, society and cultures of India and every South East Asian nation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Linguistics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Linguistics - Linguistics In Antiquity
Linguistics was pursued in ancient India for many centuries. The 5th century BC grammar of Pāṇini is a particularly detailed descripti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constructed Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Constructed Language - History
Grammatical speculation is documented from Classical Antiquity, with Plato's Cratylus. However the suggested mechanisms of grammar were d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology Of India - Hindustan
To the Western world, Bhārat has always been known under the name of Hindu or its variants. In Vedic Sanskrit, the word Sindhu meant the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Royal Asiatic Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Asiatic Society - History
The Society was founded in London in 1823, and received its Royal Charter from George IV the following year. The RAS was established by a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagarjuna: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagarjuna - History
Very few details on the life of Nāgārjuna are known, although many legends exist. He may have been born in South India, probably near t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allahabad University: Encyclopedia Ii - Allahabad University - Departments
The following are the different academic departments offering degrees and performing research at the University. Faculty of Arts Ancient...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Goa: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Goa - Ancient History
Mahabharata refers to Goa as Goparashtra, ‘a nation of cowherds or of nomadic tribes’. Par­shuram, the Hindu god, according to legen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - Early Indian Literature
Indian epics such as Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavad Gita have influenced countless other works, including Balinese Kecak and other p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early History Of Cambodia: Encyclopedia Ii - Early History Of Cambodia - Chenla
The people of Chenla were Khmer and wrote in Khmer script, as opposed to the Funan practice of writing in Sanskrit. Chenla is first menti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sri Lanka - Early History
The Sinhalese chronicle the Mahavamsa relates the landing of Vijaya, the first Sinhalese king, in 543 BC. The Sinhalese people are believ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhutan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhutan - The Name
The origins of the name Bhutan are unclear; historians have suggested that it may have originated in variations of the Sanskrit words Bho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Yoga-bhasya 450 - 850 Ce
The Yoga-bhasya, Veda Vyasa's commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali could have been written as early as 450 CE. Professor J. H. Wood...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pitri-pati, Pitr-pati: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pitri-pati, Pitr-pati
Pitri-pati pitr-pati (Sanskrit) Lord of the pitris or fathers; a title of Yama, the Hindu god of death and the judge of mortals -- fun...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahavansa, Mahavamsa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mahavansa, Mahavamsa
Mahavansa, Mahavamsa (Sanskrit) [from maha great + vansa lineage, race]   Great lineage; a Pali work written by the monk Mahanama...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kailasa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kailasa
Kailasa (Sanskrit) A lofty mountain in the Himalayas; in mythology Siva's paradise is placed upon Kailasa, north of Lake Manasasarovar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Hinduism - Modern Hinduism
Modern Hinduism is the reflection of continuity and progressive changes that occurred in various traditions and institutions of hinduism ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancer Constellation - History Of The Name
The early Sanskrit name of this constellation was Karka and Karkata, the Tamil Karkatan, and the Cingalese Kathaca. The later Hindus knew...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Purana
Purana: (Sanskrit) "Ancient (lore)."   Hindu folk narratives containing ethical and cosmological teachings relative to...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Vedanta
Vedanta (Sanskrit). A mystic system of philosophy which has developed from the efforts of generations of sages to interpret the secret...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism In The Philippines: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism In The Philippines - Language
Strong Hindu influences are also common in Filipino languages and vocabulary. These words of Sanskrit origin entered the language via Mal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perfection Of Wisdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Perfection Of Wisdom - History
The earliest sutra in this class is the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra or "Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines", which was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ujjain: Encyclopedia Ii - Ujjain - History
The earliest references to the city, as Ujjaini, are from the time of the Buddha, when it was the capital of the kingdom of Avanti. Ujjai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Encyclopedia Ii - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar - Background
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a great orator, prolific writer, historian, poet, philosopher and social worker who devoted his entire life ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bangladeshi Taka: Encyclopedia Ii - Bangladeshi Taka - History
The word is derived from the Sanskrit tanka which was an ancient, even in medieval times, denomination of silver coin. The term taka was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wendy Doniger: Encyclopedia Ii - Wendy Doniger - Background
Doniger holds two doctorates, from Harvard and Oxford, in Sanskrit and Indian Studies. From 1978, she has taught at the University of Chi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kauravya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Kauravya
Kauravya (Sanskrit). The King of the Nagas (Serpents) in Patala, exoterically a hall. But esoterically it means something very differe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plane Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Plane Cosmology - History
Directly equivalent concepts in Indian thought are lokas and bhuvanas. In Hindu cosmology, there are traditionally seven lokas or worlds,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sumatra: Encyclopedia Ii - Sumatra - History
An ancient name for Sumatra was Swarna Dwipa, (Sanskrit for Isle of Gold), apparently based on the fact that mines in the Sumatran highla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kannada Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Kannada Language - History
Perhaps the oldest language after Sanskrit and Prakrit, the Kannada country and language have a rich heritage. 'Kavirajamarga' of king Nr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gujarati Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Gujarati Language - History
The history of the language can be traced back to 12th c. CE. A formal grammar of the precursor of this language was written by Jain monk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pandurang Vaman Kane: Encyclopedia Ii - Pandurang Vaman Kane - Recognition
Dr. Kane was revered as Mahamahopadhyay (Etymology: Maha+Maha+Upadhyay = The greatest among the great teachers), usually shortened to MM ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sonipat District: Encyclopedia Ii - Sonipat District - History
On the south of sonipat if we cross delhi, there is a city called SONa and On the north of sonipat there is a city called paniPAT. If we ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Hindu-arabic Numeral System: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Hindu-arabic Numeral System - Origins
In Sanskrit literature number words for 1-9, 10, 100 and further powers of 10 - up to 10 - were used (similar to decimal system). [2]. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maharashtra: Encyclopedia Ii - Maharashtra - History
Not much is known about Maharashtra's early history, and its recorded history dates back to the 3rd century BC, with the use the Maharast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Phonology And Writing System
Classical Sanskrit distinguishes 48 sounds. Some of these, are, however, allophones. The number of phonemes is smaller, at about 35, see ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Phonology And Writing System
Classical Sanskrit distinguishes 48 sounds. Some of these, are, however, allophones. The number of phonemes is smaller, at about 35, see ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Influence
Sanskrit - Modern-day India. Sanskrit's greatest influence, presumably, is that which it exerted on languages that grew from its vocabu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Influence
Sanskrit - Modern-day India. Sanskrit's greatest influence, presumably, is that which it exerted on languages that grew from its vocabu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Grammar
Sanskrit - Grammatical tradition. Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa, one of the six Vedanga disciplines) begins in late Vedi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Grammar
Sanskrit - Grammatical tradition. Main article: Sanskrit grammarians Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa, one of the six Ved...   » Read the article