Vijaya - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Vijaya: Encyclopedia - Vijaya
There is a story about Vijaya and his men landing on the shores of Sri-Lanka. There were no women with them, since they were exciled by t...   » 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 - Vijaya: Sai Baba Dictionary On Vijaya
Vijaya: Vijaya: Victory (SSS-II) also another name for Arjuna   (See also: Vijaya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vijaya Dasami Day: Sai Baba Dictionary On Vijaya Dasami Day
Vijaya Dasami Day: Vijaya Dasami Day: The tenth day of the light-half of the month Asvina, day of victory (SSS) (SSS-II) the tenth ...   » Read the article

Article - Kali: The Hindu Godess Mother Kali
MOTHER KALI The Destroyer of Demoniac Attributes It is unfortunate that Devi is ignorantly understood by many as a mere blood-thirsty H...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jaya And Vijaya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Jaya And Vijaya
Jaya and Vijaya The guards of a main gate of Vaikuntha. When the four Kumara sages tried to enter Vaikuntha, Jaya and Vijaya stopped t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sankara-vijaya: Sai Baba Dictionary On Sankara-vijaya
Sankara-vijaya: Sankara-vijaya: The classical biography of Sankaracharya. (SSS-II)   (See also: Sankara-vijaya , Hinduism, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vijaya-vigraha: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vijaya-vigraha
vijaya-vigraha Deity forms which are taken out of the temple for processions and other outdoor functions, generally because of Their s...   » Read the article

Article - Durga Puja Or Navaratri: Hindu Festivals - Durga Puja Or Navaratri
Durga Puja or Navaratri: This festival is observed twice a year, once in the month of Chaitra and then in Aswayuja. It lasts for nine d...   » Read the article

Article - Saraswathi: The Hindu Godess Mother Saraswathi
MOTHER SARASWATHI The presiding Deity over Creation and Dissolution Mother Saraswathi, is divine knowledge personified, the embodiment ...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Worship: Worship In Hinduism For Different Hindu Gods
Religious observances, traditional worship and Vratas have, at times, more than one significance. Apart from being the adoration of the D...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: History Of Buddhism
The history of Buddhism spans from the 6th century BCE to the present, starting with the birth of the Buddha Siddharta Gautama. This make...   » Read the article

Article - Shivaratri: Hindu Rituals And Ceremonies - Shivaratri
Shivaratri THIS FALLS on the 13th (or 14th) day of the dark half of Phalgun (February-March). The name means "the night of Shiva&qu...   » Read the article

Article - Lokas Or Planes: Hell Or Naraka
Hells are not imaginary fiction as ordinarily conceived of by the modern rationalistic mind. The empiricist believes only in experience o...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  : Sai Baba Dictionary On Arjuna
 : Arjuna [Phalgunah, another name for Arjuna, meaning 'One who is pure and unsullied, white']: Son of queen Kunti and King Pa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Seemollanghanam: Sai Baba Dictionary On Seemollanghanam
Seemollanghanam: Seemollanghanam: Means the act of crossing the boundary, from one kingdom into another. Kings, in former days, gat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yadava: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yadava
Yadava (Sanskrit) A descendant of Yadu; also a great race of Hindustan in which Krishna was born. The founder of this race, Yadu, was ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yadaya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Yadaya
Yadaya (Sanskrit). A descendant of Yadu; of the great race in which Krishna was born. The founder of this line was Yadu, the son of Ki...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabhacharyas, Vallbhacaryas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vallabhacharyas, Vallbhacaryas
Vallabhacharyas Vallbhacaryas (Sanskrit) A Vaishnava sect founded by Vallabhacharya, a sectarian mystic said to have been the disciple...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jaya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Jaya
jaya “Victory!” or “All glories!” Jaya a gatekeeper in one of the Vaikuntha planets who, along with another ga...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sayana, Sayanacharya, Sayanacarya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sayana, Sayanacharya, Sayanacarya
Sayana or Sayanacharya Sayanacarya (Sanskrit) The celebrated commentator on the Rig-Veda, who flourished under Vira-bukka I of Vijaya-...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dantavakra: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Dantavakra (dhanthavakra)
Dantavakra: Dantavakra (Dhanthavakra). The rebirth of Vijaya, doorkeeper of Vishnu, as a demonic king; was killed in battle by Kris...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dig Vijaya: Sai Baba Dictionary On Dig Vijaya
Dig vijaya: Dig vijaya: conquest of territory (SSS-IV)   (See also: Dig vijaya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharma Vijaya: Sai Baba Dictionary On Dharma Vijaya
Dharma vijaya: Dharma vijaya: the triumph of righteousness (SSS-IV)   (See also: Dharma vijaya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jaya And Vijaya: Sai Baba Dictionary On Jaya And Vijaya
Jaya and Vijaya: Jaya and Vijaya: two doorkeepers of Vaikuntha who were cursed on account of offending the four Kumara Rsis, and wh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vijaya And Jaya: Sai Baba Dictionary On Vijaya And Jaya
Vijaya and Jaya: Vijaya and Jaya: two doorkeepers of Vaikuntha who were cursed on account of offending the four Kumara Rishis, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Champa: Encyclopedia - Champa
The kingdom of Champa (or Lin-yi in Chinese records) controlled what is now south and central Vietnam from approximately 192 through 1697...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 540s Bc: Encyclopedia - 540s Bc
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a tropical island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India. Sri Lanka - Name. In 1972, the official n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - History
Legend states that the prince Vijaya came to Sri Lanka from Orissa, in north-eastern India, during the sixth century BCE and started to r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sri Lanka - Independence
Dominion status followed in February 1948, with military treaties with Britain (the upper ranks of the armed forces were British) and Bri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Champa: Encyclopedia Ii - Champa - History
Champa was established by the rebellion of a local official named Kiu-lien against the Chinese authority in 192 in the region of present-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - History
Sri Lanka - Prehistory. The Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa are claimed to give a near-continuous written history of the island and is also the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sri Lanka - Civil War
Under Jayewardene's government the ethnic situation deteriorated, and in 1983 civil war (Eelam War I) broke out, with the Tamil areas com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Politics
The President of the Republic, who is directly elected for a six-year term, serves as Head of State, Head of Government and Commander in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Demographics
Racial identities in Sri Lanka do not represent the genetic heritage. Assimilation and intermixing has produced a group of people who are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Ethnic Conflict In Sri Lanka
See Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka The ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka is an ongoing conflict between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sri Lanka - European Occupation
The first Europeans to visit Sri Lanka in modern times were the Portuguese: Francisco de Almeida arrived in 1505, finding the island divi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sri Lanka - The Struggle For Independence
In 1919 the Ceylon National Congress(CNC) was founded to agitate for greater autonomy. The party soon split along ethnic and caste lines,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Geography
The island of Sri Lanka lies within the Indian Ocean, with the Bay of Bengal to the northeast. It is separated from the Indian subcontine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Ecology
Sri Lanka is one of the world's bio-diversity hot-spots. Its forests are amongst the most floristically rich in Asia and for some faunal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Provinces
Sri Lanka consists of 8 provinces: Central North Central North Eastern North Western Sabaragamuwa Southern Uva Western ... See also:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Geography
The island of Sri Lanka lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal. It is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Politics
The President of the Republic is directly elected for a six-year term and serves as Head of State, Head of Government and Commander in Ch...   » 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 - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Economy
Sri Lanka is historically famous for its cinnamon and tea (introduced by the British in the 19th century). From independence, till 1977, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Economy
Sri Lanka is historically famous for its cinnamon and tea (introduced by the British in the 19th century). From independence, till 1977, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Ecology
Sri Lanka is one of the world's bio-diversity hot-spots. Its forests are among the most floristically rich in Asia and for some faunal gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Champa: Encyclopedia Ii - Champa - The Dynasties Of Champa
Dynasty I 192- ? Sri Mara ? ? circa 270 Fan Hiong circa 284-336 Fan Yi Dynasty II 336-349 Fan Wen 349- ? Fan Fo circa 377 Bh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Name
In 1972, the official name of the nation that governs the island was changed to the Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sri Lanka - Pre-history
There were palaeolithic human settlements in Sri Lanka by at least 125,000 years ago, by people using chert and quartz tools. The country...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - Demographics
About 74 percent of the population belongs to the Sinhalese majority, which is predominantly Buddhist, mostly following the Theravada tra...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vijaya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vijaya
Vijaya See Jaya and Vijaya.   (See also: Vijaya , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

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

Dictionary - Vijaya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Vijaya
Vijaya: Vijaya. Conqueror, or Victory (name for Arjuna).   (See also: Vijaya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vijaya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Vijaya
vijaya: vijaya. Victory.   (See also: vijaya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) &nb...   » Read the article