Dictionary - Yudhishthira: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Yudhishthira
Yudhishthira The eldest of the five sons of Pandu. He was actually begotten in Pandu’s wife Kunti by Yamaraja, the maintainer of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yudhishthira, Yudhisthira: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yudhishthira, Yudhisthira
Yudhishthira Yudhisthira (Sanskrit) One of the principal heroes of the Mahabharata, eldest of the five Pandavas, son of Kunti by the g...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yudhistira: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Yudhistira (yudhishthira)
Yudhistira: Yudhistira (Yudhishthira). Eldest brother of the Pandavas; also called Dharmaraja.   (See also: Yudhistira , Hi...   » Read the article

Article - Ancient Indian History And Culture: Knowledge Of Ancient Indian History And Culture In The Hindu Scriptures
Knowledge of Ancient Indian History and Culture: The Mahabharata contains also the immortal discourse of Bhishma on Dharma, which he gave...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Inspiration: Moksha - Break Free From Fear Of Death
Death perhaps is the only certainty in this world. Yet, the fear of death stalks most people. Literature � western and Indian � regards t...   » Read the article

Article - Life And Death: Moksha - Break Free From Fear Of Death
Death perhaps is the only certainty in this world. Yet, the fear of death stalks most people. Literature - western and Indian - regard...   » Read the article

Article - Dharma
Dharma (Sanskrit, roughly law or way) is the way of the higher Truths. Dharma forms the basis for philosophies, beliefs and practices ori...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Ethics: Benefits Of The Practice Of Ethics
Morality is the gateway to religion. He who leads a moral or virtuous life attains freedom, perfection or Moksha.   Practice of et...   » Read the article

Article - Truth: Truth And Ahimsa
Truth must be observed in thought, word and deed. If you are established in truth, all other virtues will cling to you by themselves &nb...   » Read the article

Article - Dharma: Definition Of Dharma
What is Dharma? Dharma is so called, because it holds; Dharma alone holds the people, etc. The word Dharma is derived from the root Dhr -...   » Read the article

Article - Dharma: Dharma In Hinduism - The Hindu Dharma
What is Dharma? Dharma is so called, because it holds; Dharma alone holds the people, etc. The word Dharma is derived from the root Dhr -...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Ethics: Ethics In Hindu Darma
The mark of Dharma is Achara or good conduct. Achara is the mark of the good. From Achara is Dharma born. Dharma enhances life. Man att...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Mythology: Hinduism Mythology And Symbols
There are great truths behind the ancient mythology of Hinduism. You cannot ignore a thing simply because it has a garb of mythology. Do ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arjuna: Encyclopedia - Arjuna
In Hindu mythology, Arjuna is one of the heroes of the epic Mahabharata. His name means 'bright', 'shining', or 'silver' [1]. He was the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharma: Encyclopedia - Dharma
Dharma (Sanskrit, roughly law or way) is the way of the higher Truths. Beings that live in harmony with Dharma proceed more quickly towar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Timeline: Encyclopedia - Vedic Timeline
According to Hindu mythology, the universe is cyclically created and destroyed. The life span of Brahma, the creator, is 120 divine years...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharmaraja: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Dharmaraja
Dharmaraja “King of religious principles,” an epithet of Yama (the Lord of Death) and his son Yudhishthira. Yama enforces ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Partha: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Partha
Partha “Son of Pritha (Kunti)”, an epithet of Arjuna, Yudhishthira, or Bhima.   (See also: Partha , Bhakti, Bhakti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sishupala: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Sishupala
Sishupala A king of Cedi who viciously insulted Krishna at Yudhishthira’s Rajasuya sacrifice and lost his head to Krishna’...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kunti: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Kunti (pritha)
Kunti (Pritha) One of King Pandu’s two wives. By union with various demigods, she became the mother of Karna, Yudhishthira, Bhim...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prativindhya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Prativindhya
Prativindhya A son of Yudhishthira and Draupadi, murdered in his sleep with his brothers during the Battle of Kurukshetra while they w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sakas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sakas
Sakas (Sanskrit) A people supposed to be of Western origin, Indo-Scythians; according to Orientalists, the same as the classical Sacae...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pandavas, Pandavas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pandavas, Pandavas
Pandavas Pandavas (Sanskrit) Also Pandus. The descendants of Pandu; the five well-known Pandavas were Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nak...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vasishtha: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vasishtha
Vasishtha A great sage, one of the mind-born sons of Brahma, reborn in a later age as a son of Mitra and Varuna. He served as priest f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sahadeva: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Sahadeva
Sahadeva One of the twin sons of Madri, who were the youngest of the five Pandavas. At Yudhishthira’s Rajasuya sacrifice, Sahade...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pandavas: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Pandavas
Pandavas The five sons of Pandu. The three older Pandavas—Yudhishthira, Bhima, and Arjuna—were born to Pandu’s wife ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parikshit: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Parikshit
Parikshit The son of Abhimanyu who inherited the Kuru throne from Yudhishthira. Krishna personally saved him in his mother’s wom...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jarasandha: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Jarasandha
Jarasandha A powerful enemy of Krishna’s, the emperor of the Magadha kingdom. Yudhishthira could not perform the Rajasuya sacrif...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kunti: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Kunti
Kunti (Sanskrit). The wife of Pandu and the mother of the Pandavas, the heroes and the foes of their cousins the Kauravas, in the Bhag...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Charvaka, Carvaka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Charvaka, Carvaka
Charvaka carvaka (Sanskrit) A rakshasa (demon) who in the Mahabharata was a friend of Duryodhana, chief of the Kurus, and hence an ene...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anugita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anugita
Anugita (Sanskrit) (from anu after, alongside + gita sung, chanted, song from the verbal root gai to sing, intone)   After-song; ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dharma
Dharma (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root dhri to bear, support)   Equity, justice, conduct, duty; right religion, philosophy, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - The Central Story
The core story of the work is that of a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The two coll...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Draupadi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Draupadi
Draupadi (Sanskrit) The wife in common of the five Pandava princes and brothers. In the allegory of the Mahabharata, she stands for th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arjuna: Encyclopedia Ii - Arjuna - After The War
At the successful conclusion of the war, Arjuna is appointed Commander in Chief by his brother, King Yudhisthira, who conducts the Asvame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Timeline: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Timeline - Six Shaka-karte Kings Of Kaliyuga
The age named Kaliyuga or the "Black Age" is now running. The age is to last 4,32,000 human years in all; of this number, 5,106 years hav...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sisupala: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sisupala
Sisupala (Sanskrit) Child-protector; a son of Damaghosha (King of Chedi), Krishna's great enemy, slain by him at the sacrifice of Yudh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - Birth And History
See Also: History of Early Hinduism, Vedic civilization The earliest ancestor of Dharmic religions was the Vedic religion of the ancient ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - Common Modern Practices
See also: Dharmic rituals after death Dharmic religions share a variety of theological, philosophical and ceremonial similarities. ... ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharma: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharma - Meanings And Origins Of The Word Dharma
The word Dharma (Sanskrit; "धर्म" in the Devanagari script) or dhamma (Pali) is used in most or all philosophies and religions of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - What Is Dharma?
Main Article: Dharma The word Dharma (Sanskrit; "धर्म" in the Devanagari script) or dhamma (Pali) is used in most or all philoso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - Exchanges With Abrahamic Religions
Dharmic religions and Abrahamic religions were conceived over 7,000 years ago in the two opposite parts of Asia, and share a complex and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - Scope
With its vast philosophical depth and sheer magnitude, a consummate embodiment of the ethos of not only grand India but of Hinduism and V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - In Modern Times
Between 1919 and 1966, the scholars at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, compared the various manuscripts of the epic fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arjuna: Encyclopedia Ii - Arjuna - Personality
Arjuna is depicted as a wholesome and well-rounded personality, a healthy mind in a healthy body, a person whom any mother, wife and frie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharma: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharma - In Jainism
Dharma is natural. Jain Acharya Samantabhadra writes: "Vatthu sahavo dhammo" the dharma is the nature of an object. It is the nature of t...   » 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 - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - The Books
The Mahabharata is written in eighteen parvas (chapters or books) which are: Adi-parva - Introduction, birth and upbringing of the princ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arjuna: Encyclopedia Ii - Arjuna - The Kurukshetra War
Upon finishing the period of their exile, the Pandavas claim their kingdom back from the Kauravas, who will not hear of it. War breaks ou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharma: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharma - Dharma In Hinduism
Within Indian philosophy "dharma" also means "property" and "dharmin" means "property-bearer". In a Sanskrit sentence like "zabdo 'nityaH...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharma: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharma - In Buddhism
In East Asia, the word for Dharma is 法, pronounced fǎ in Mandarin and hō in Japanese. Dharma - The teachings of the Buddha. For pra...   » Read the article

Article - Sanskrit Sitemap I - Y
This is a sitemap for Sanskrit - Y . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. The site...   » Read the article