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Hinduism - What Is Viraha?
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Viraha means “separation” in classical Sanskrit poetry . Much of vernacular devotional ( bhakti ) poetry, has Viraha as a well-established...
Hinduism - Who Is Considered A Yatri In Hindu Spirituality?
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The term yatri refers to a novitiate Bairagi, a renunciant ascetic society made up of worshippers of the deity Vishnu (bhakta). As a c...
Hinduism - Who Is Yashoda In Hindu Mythology?
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Krishna's foster mother in Hindu mythology, who welcomes him the night he is born and raises him until he is old enough to return ...
Hinduism - How Is Hindu Worship Practiced Or Expressed?
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Hindu devotion may be described using two different terms, each with two different sets of assumptions. Darshan ("seeing") is ...
Hinduism - What Is Visarjana?
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Visarjana means "dismissing" in Sanskrit. The sixteenth and last upacharas ("offerings") offered to a god as part o...
Hinduism - What Is The Vinaya Patrika By Tulsidas?
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Vinaya Patrika or a petition letter is a collection of 280 short poems written in the Braj Bhasha dialect by poet-saint Tulsidas (1...
Hinduism - Who Is Vibhishana In Hindu Mythology?
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Vibhishana is the younger brother of Ravana , the demon king of Lanka, in the Ramayana, the earlier of the two major Indian epics. V...
Hinduism - What Is Vibhuti?
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Vibhuti is a Sanskrit word that means “power”. Sacred ash with which worshippers of the deity Shiva ( bhakta ) brand their bodies, genera...
Hinduism - What Is A Venu In Indian Music?
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("bamboo") In Indian classical music, the bamboo flute is an essential instrument. It is the signature instrument of the d...
Hinduism - What Is Vatsalya?
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Vatsalya ("calf-like") is a Sanskrit word that means to be or behave like a calf. Bhava Rupa Goswami , a devotee ( bhakta ) o...
Hinduism - Who Were Thugs In Association With Kali Worship?
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One of the most convincing legends in colonialist mythology about the ferocity of the East and the demonic aspects of Hinduism is that...
Hinduism - What Is The Swaminarayan Sect?
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The practice of Sahajananda Swami (1781–1830), who was born near the holy city of Ayodhya in eastern India but lived most of his life in...
Hinduism - Who Was Surdas Among The Ashtachap?
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(early sixteenth century) One of the ashtachap , a group of eight bhakti (devotional) poets from northern India. The Pushti Marg, ...
Hinduism - Who Was Sundaramurtti Among The Nayanars?
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(8th century) The last of the Nayanars, a group of sixty-three poet-saints from southern India who were Shiva worshippers (bhakta). ...
Hinduism - What Is A Rudraksha?
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("Rudra's eye") The dried seed of the Elaeocarpus ganitrus tree, which is revered as Shiva's holy tree. Shiva's ...
Hinduism - Who Are Considered Rasik Or Rasik Devotees In Hinduism?
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Someone who is intellectual and intelligent who can appreciate a developed artistic mood (rasa). The term refers to a person who has tra...
Hinduism - Who Was Raskhan?
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(late 16th c.) Saiyid Ibrahim was a poet-saint and Krishna follower (bhakta) who was born a Muslim, especially a Pathan (Afghan), and wh...
Hinduism - What Is Radhashtami In The Hindu Calendar?
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Radhashtami ("Radha's eighth") is a Hindu festival. The festival takes place on the eighth day of the bright (waxing) hal...
Hinduism - What Is The Pushti Marg?
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Vallabhacharya (1479–1531) formed a religious community whose teachings have remained the sect's primary impact. Vallabhacharya...
Hinduism - Who Are The Pashupata?
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An austere society of devo monks (bhakta) of the deity Shiva in his guise as Pashupati, "Lord of Beasts," that has vanished. A...
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