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Showing posts with label Indology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indology. Show all posts

Hinduism - Where Are The Vindhya Mountains? What Is The Mythology Of Agastya Muni And The Vindhya?

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  Central India has a mountain range that runs east to west known as the Vindhya. Despite their diminutive stature, they have long served as...

Hinduism - What Is The Kashi Vishwanath Corridor At Varanasi Or Benares In India?

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed the 400-meter-long Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi on Monday, the 13th of December 2021, which c...

Hinduism - How Does The Zodiac In Hindu Astrology Compare With Western Astrology?

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  The signs of the zodiac in Indian astrology (jyotisha) are almost similar to those in Western astrology, and it is widely assumed that t...

Hinduism - Who Is Yogmaya In The Hindu Pantheon?

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  Yogmaya is a powerful Goddess form known for her capacity to bewitch and perplex people—in other words, her ability to wield maya, the pow...

Hinduism - What Is A Yoni And The Concept Of Yoni In Hindu Spirituality?

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  Although it has become a pejorative term for female genitalia in contemporary Hindi, its most literal meaning is "womb,". Th...

Hinduism - Who Is Yudhishthira In Hindu Mythology?

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  ("strength in combat") Yudhishthira is the oldest of the Pandava brothers, the epic's heroes, in the Mahabharata, the late...

Hinduism - What Is A Yuga In Hindu Cosmology?

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  A moniker for a unit of cosmic time that might have two meanings. Traditional thinking is that time has no origin or conclusion, but rat...

Hinduism - Who Was Yogi Bhajan Or Harbhajan Singh Puri?

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  Yogi Bhajan or Harbhajan Singh Puri, was the 'Sikh Dharma Brotherhood' founder and modern Hindu missionary. In 1969, he arrived ...

Hinduism - What Is Yogini Ekadashi? When Is It Observed In The Hindu Calendar?

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  The eleventh day (ekadashi) of the dark (waning) half of the lunar month of Ashadh (June–July) is a religious celebration. This, like ...

Hinduism - Who Is A Yogi?

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    In practice, the term "yogic adept" refers solely to a yogic adept—someone who "possesses" yoga in the sense of ...

Hinduism - What Is Yoganidra?

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  ("yoga slumber") The Goddess's epithet appears in the first episode of the Devi Mahatmya, the oldest and most authoritativ...

Hinduism - Who Was Paramahamsa Yogananda Or Mukunda Lal Ghosh?

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  Yogananda, Paramahamsa, Mukunda Lal Ghosh was born in 1893 and died in 1952. Self-Realization Fellowship founder and modern Hindu instru...

Hinduism - What Are The Yoga Sutras?

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      ("yoga aphorisms") A collection of short sayings attributed to the sage Patanjali that serve as the basic texts for the ...

Hinduism - What Is Yoga Mudra?

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  A symbolic hand gesture (mudra) in Indian dance, sculpture, and ritual in which the right hand is put flat on the left, both palms facin...

Hinduism - Who Is Goddess Yellamma In The Hindu Pantheon?

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  Presiding deity of the sanctuary atop Yellama hill in Saundatti, Karnataka's Belgaum district. Yellama's temple is famous fo...

Hinduism - What Does Yoga Mean?

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  The English term "yoke" is connected with the word yoga, which literally means "act of joining." Similarly to how ...

Hinduism - Who Is Yayati In Hindu Mythology?

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  Yayati is the Hindu ruler Nahusha's son and a king of the Chandra Vamsha or lunar dynasty in Hindu mythology. You may also want to rea...

Hinduism - What Is A Hindu Year In The Hindu Lunar Calendar?

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  Both the solar and lunar calendars are used to establish the Hindu ritual year. There are two indigenous Hindu solar year estimates, bot...

Hinduism - What Is Yathakhyati In Hindu Philosophy?

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  Yathakhyati means, "discrimination in the state of things". Satkhyati is another term for the theory of mistake. Yathakhyati i...