Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia - Vedas
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedas - Study
In the dharmashastras the study of the Vedas was regarded as a religious duty of the three upper varnas (Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedas - Position And Compilation
Hindu tradition regards the Vedas as uncreated, eternal and being revealed to sages (Rishis). The hymns of the Rig-Veda Samhita are belie...   » Read the article

Article - Sanatana Dharma: The Brahmacharin Or The Celibate Student In Sanatana Dharma
Brahmacharya is the period of study and discipline. The student should not indulge in any pleasures. He stays in the house of his precept...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedas - Religious Views: Monism, Monotheism, Henotheism And Polytheism
The religion of the Vedic period, particularly at its earliest, was distinct in a number of respects, including reference to females in p...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism And Celibacy: Hindu View On Celibacy
Hinduism and Celibacy Hinduism considers celibacy (brahmacharya) as an important virtue and an essential aspect of spiritual life. In a...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Quotes: Higher Knowledge
Hindu Quotes: Higher Knowledge   The study of the Vedas, linguistics,  Rituals, astronomy and all the arts  Can be c...   » Read the article

Article - The Vedas: Physics Is The New Bhashya Of Vedanta  
Vedas are four in number: The Rig Veda , the Sama Veda , the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda . Each of these four Vedas has four parts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Meter: Encyclopedia - Vedic Meter
The verses of the Vedas have a variety of different meters. They are divided by number of padas in a verse, and by the number of syllable...   » 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 - Vedavati: Encyclopedia - Vedavati
In Hindu mythology, Vedavati is speculated to have been the spirit of Sita Devi, the wife of Rama in the epic Ramayana. Vedavati - Early ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmin: Encyclopedia - Brahmin
A Brahmin (pronunciation is Brahmann) is a member of the Hindu priestly caste. The word is related to, but not to be confused with, the H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neale Donald Walsch: Encyclopedia - Neale Donald Walsch
Neale Donald Walsch was born in Milwaukee,USA, and brought up as a Roman Catholic, by a family which encouraged his quest for spiritual t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Encyclopedia - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (श्री श्री रवि शंकर) is a spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living movement to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism
Hinduism is based on numerous texts, some of which date back to 2000 BC. They are varied in authority, aunthencity, content and theme, wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sutra: Encyclopedia - Sutra
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aranyaka: Encyclopedia - Aranyaka
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanga: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vedanga
Vedanga: (Sanskrit) "Veda-limb." Six branches of post- Vedic studies revered as auxiliary to the Vedas. Four Vedangas govern...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanga: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vedanga
Vedanga: (Sanskrit) "Veda-limb." Six branches of post- Vedic studies revered as auxiliary to the Vedas.   Four Vedanga...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedas: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vedas
Vedas The original revealed scriptures, eternal like the Supreme Lord and thus in need of no author. Because in Kali-yuga the Vedas ar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Swadhyaya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Swadhyaya (svaadhyaaya)
Swadhyaya: Swadhyaya (Svaadhyaaya). A name for Veda; self study; study of self.   (See also: Swadhyaya , Hinduism, Hinduism...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mundaka Upanishad: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Mundaka Upanishad
Mundaka Upanishad: (Sanskrit) Belongs to the Atharva Veda and teaches the difference between the intellectual study of the Vedas and t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jabalas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Jabalas
Jabalas (Sanskrit) A school whose students study the mystical portions of the White Yajur-Veda.   (See also: Jabalas , Mystici...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Swadhyaya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Swadhyaya (svaadhyaaya)
swadhyaya: swadhyaya (svaadhyaaya). Study of religious scriptures, especially the Vedas.   (See also: swadhyaya , Hinduism,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mimamsa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Mimamsa
Mimamsa “Systematic study” of the meaning of the Vedas. The earlier Mimamsa (Purva-mimamsa), which explains the ritual mea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aranyakas: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Aranyakas
Aranyakas The parts of the original Vedas that give more esoteric explanations than do the Brahmanas. The Aranyakas are meant for renu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trisuparna: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Trisuparna
Trisuparna (Sanskrit). A certain portion of the Veda, after thoroughly studying which a Brahman is also called a Trisuparna.   ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Hinduism - Study Of Scriptures
Several women sages and seers are mentioned in the Upanishads, the philosophical part of the Vedas, notable among them being Gargi and Ma...   » 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 - Brahma-yajna: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Brahma-yajna
Brahma-yajna: Brahma-yajna. Intense study and observance of the Veda; special daily worship-ritual dedicated to the Supreme. &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmacharya: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Brahmacharya
Brahmacharya: Brahmacharya: celibate; one who belongs to the  first of the four Asramas or orders of life; one who lives in pu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmacharya: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Brahmacharya
Brahmacharya: Brahmacharya: celibate; one who belongs to the  first of the four Asramas or orders of life; one who lives in pu...   » 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 - Shiksha Vedanga: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shiksha Vedanga
Shiksha Vedanga: (Sanskrit) Auxiliary Vedic texts on Sanskrit phonetics, among four linguistic skills taught for mastery of the Vedas ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brihadaranyaka: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Brihadaranyaka
Brihadaranyaka (Sanskrit) The name of a Upanishad. One of the sacred and secret books of the Brahmins; an Aranyaka is a treatise appen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Patha-sala: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Patha-sala
Patha-sala - literally means a school in which four subjects (patha) are taught. These four subjects refer to the study of the four Ve...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Upanayana: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Upanayana
Upanayana - a ceremony in which a guru initiates a boy into one of the three twice-born classes by investing the boy with the sacred t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dvija: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Dvija
Dvija - anyone among the brahmanas, ksatriyas, or vaisyas who has received a ‘second birth’ through the upanayana-samskara...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tantras: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Tantras
tantras Scriptures that teach mantra chanting and Deity worship, especially for persons not initiated into study of the original Vedas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmacharya Ashrama: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Brahmacharya Ashrama
brahmacharya ashrama: the first of the four stages of life in the Hindu system. This period of life, usually from five to twenty-five ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vanaprastha Ashrama: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Vanaprastha Ashrama
vanaprastha ashrama: the third stage of a Hindu's life. As a forest-dweller, he lives in semi-retirement at the edge of the family est...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adi Shankara: Encyclopedia Ii - Adi Shankara - Philosophy And Religious Thought
At the time of Shankara's life, Hinduism had lost some of its appeal because of the influence of Buddhism and Jainism. Shankara stressed ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedas: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Vedas
Vedas: the four principal books of sacred knowledge: Rg, Yajur, Sama and Atharva. Each Veda is divined into four sections to guide the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Science: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Science - Types Of Vedic Science
Adherents of Maharishi Vedic science describe it as the science of self (atmavidya). Veda means knowledge; and Vedic science asserts that...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shruti: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shruti
shruti: (Sanskrit) "That which is heard."   Hinduism's revealed scriptures, of supreme theological authority and spiri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shukracharya: Encyclopedia Ii - Shukracharya - Birth And Early Life
He was born as the son of Rishi Brighu and his wife Ushana. The feminic natured Shukra is a Brahminical planet. He was born on Friday in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punjabi Khatri: Encyclopedia Ii - Punjabi Khatri - Historical Background
The region from where the Khatris emerged is now in an Islamic country, Pakistan; but in ancient times this was one of the most important...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Grihastha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Grihastha
Grihastha (Sanskrit) (from griha house, home + stha to station oneself, stand)   A householder; the second state or period in the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agneya: Theosophy Dictionary On Agneya
Agneya (Sanskrit) (from agni fire)   Belonging to or consecrated to fire or the god of fire, Agni. A name of the god of war (Skan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Grihasta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Grihasta
Grihastha (Sanskrit) (from griha house, home + stha to station oneself, stand)   A householder; the second state or period in the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aranyaka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aranyaka
Aranyaka (Sanskrit) (from aranya forest-like from aranya wilderness, forest)   Forest-born; a hermit or holy man who dwells in th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dvapara Yuga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dvapara Yuga
Dvapara Yuga (Sanskrit) (from dvapara twain, double + yuga age)   The third of the four great yugas which constitute a mahayuga (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Calendar - History
The Hindu Calendar descends from the Vedic times. There are many references to calendrics in the Vedas. The Vedānga (adjunct to Veda) ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Hindu Sacred Texts
The overwhelming majority of Hindu sacred texts are composed in the Sanskrit language. Indeed, much of the morphology and linguistic phil...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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

Dictionary - Saiva Agamas: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Saiva Agamas
Saiva Agamas: (Sanskrit) The sectarian revealed scriptures of the Saivas. Strongly theistic, they identify Siva as the Supreme Lord, i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahman: Parapsychology Dictionary On Brahman
Brahman: A person who belongs to the first class or caste of human beings. A person who studies the vedas diligently and imbibes all ...   » 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 - 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

Dictionary - Upanayana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Upanayana
upanayana: (Sanskrit) "Bringing near."   A youth's formal initiation into Vedic study under a guru, traditionally as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Science In Early Cultures: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Science In Early Cultures - Indic
See: Ancient Indian science and technology The precession of Earth's axis can be used to grasp just how ancient is the study of astronomy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yajna: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Yajna
yajna: (Sanskrit) "Worship; sacrifice."   One of the most central Hindu concepts - sacrifice and surrender through act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Philosophical And Spiritual Writings
Integral organizations: Integral Institute Cal. Inst. of Integral Studies Integral University In 1914 after four years of concentrated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Philosophical And Spiritual Writings
Integral organizations: Integral Institute Cal. Inst. of Integral Studies Integral University In 1914 after four years of concentrated ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Natural Health Dictionary Ii On Yoga
Yoga: Yoga is an applied science of the mind and body, involving physical, mental and spiritual forms of practice. It comes from the H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-aryan Migration: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryan Migration - Physical Anthropology
Brian E. Hemphill and Alexander F. Christensen's study (1994) of the migration of genetic traits does not support a movement of Aryan spe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Natural History: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Natural History - Vedic Times
The vedas represent some of the oldest historical records available and it lists the names of nearly 250 kinds of birds and also has note...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-aryan Migration: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryan Migration - History
When British and European language students first encountered Sanskrit in the late 18th century, they naturally assumed Sanskrit was the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yama: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Yama
Yama (Hebrew, Jewish). The personified third root-race in Occultism.   In the Indian Pantheon Yama is the subject of two distinc...   » 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 - Ayurveda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ayurveda
ayurveda: (Sanskrit) "Science of life." A holistic system of medicine and health native to ancient India. This sacred Vedic ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurveda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ayurveda
ayurveda: (Sanskrit) "Science of life." A holistic system of medicine and health native to ancient India. This sacred Vedic sc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purity Impurity: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Purity Impurity
Purity impurity: Shaucha-ashaucha.   Purity and its opposite, pollution, are a fundamental part of Hindu culture. While they imp...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Varuna: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Varuna
Varuna (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root vri to surround, envelop]   The all-enveloping sky; originally Varuna represented the wat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Laws Of Manu, Laws Of Manava-dharma-sastra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Laws Of Manu, Laws Of Manava-dharma-sastra
Laws of Manu, Laws of Manava-dharma-sastra Also called the Manu-samhita; The Code of Manu (or Institutes of Manu).   Well-known ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yama: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yama
Yama (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root yam to subdue, control]   A curb, rein, bridle; hence the act of curbing, suppression, self...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Language: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Language
LANGUAGE Maurice Nicoll in Living Time says: "We communicate badly, partly because we never notice how we are doing it, and partl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atharva Veda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Atharva Veda
Atharva Veda: (Sanskrit) From "Atharva," the name of the rishi said to have compiled this fourth Veda. The Atharva consists ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atharva Veda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Atharva Veda
Atharva Veda: (Sanskrit) From "Atharva," the name of the rishi said to have compiled this fourth Veda. The Atharva consists of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sama Veda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sama Veda
Sama Veda: (Sanskrit) "Song of wisdom."   Third of the four Vedas. Ninety percent of its 1,875 stanzas are derived fro...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Veda (vedas): Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Veda (vedas)
A Theosophical definition of Veda (Vedas) :   Veda (Vedas) (Sanskrit) From a verbal root vid signifying "to know." Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shukla Yajur Veda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shukla Yajur Veda
Shukla Yajur Veda: (Sanskrit) See: Yajur Veda. (See also: Shukla Yajur Veda , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Yajur Veda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Yajur Veda
Yajur Veda: (Sanskrit) "Wisdom of sacrificial formulas."   One of the four compendia of revelatory texts called Vedas ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Veda: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Veda
Veda True or sacred knowledge or lore; name of celebrated works which constitute the basis of the first period of the Hindu religion....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aitareya Brahmana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Aitareya Brahmana
Aitareya Brahmana: (Sanskrit) Part of the Rig Veda dealing principally with worship and ceremonies of royal inauguration. See: Rig Ved...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aitareya Brahmana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Aitareya Brahmana
Aitareya Brahmana: (Sanskrit) Part of the Rig Veda dealing principally with worship and ceremonies of royal inauguration. See: Rig Veda,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Veda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Veda
Veda: (Sanskrit) "Wisdom."   Sagely revelations which comprise Hinduism's most authoritative scripture. They, along wi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Veda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Veda
Veda: (Sanskrit) "Wisdom." Sagely revelations which comprise Hinduism's most authoritative scripture. They, along with the A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rig Veda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Rig Veda
Rig Veda: (Sanskrit) "Veda of verse (rik)."   The first and oldest of the four Veda compendia of revealed scriptures (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedic-agamic: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vedic-agamic
Vedic-Agamic: Simultaneously drawing from and complying with both of Hinduism's revealed scriptures (shruti), Vedas and Agamas, which ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedic-agamic: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vedic-agamic
Vedic-Agamic: Simultaneously drawing from and complying with both of Hinduism's revealed scriptures (shruti), Vedas and Agamas, which ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aranyaka: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Aranyaka
Aranyaka: (Sanskrit) "Forest treatise." Third section of each of the four Vedas. Texts containing esoteric, mystical knowled...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedas - Organization
The Mantras are collected into anthologies called Samhitas. There are four Samhitas, the Rk (= Poetry), Sāman (=Song), Yajus(=Prayer) an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedas: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedas - Religious Views: Monism Monotheism Henotheism And Polytheism
The religion of the Vedic period, particularly at its earliest, was distinct in a number of respects, including reference to females in p...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - V
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - V . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article