Who Is An Acarya? A teacher is referred to as Acarya in Sanskrit. It is derived from acara, 'course,' according to Nirukta ...

  Yajnavalkya is mentioned in the Upanishads, the theoretical books that make up the Veda's most recent textual layer, as a sage affilia...

    Vedarambha (“beginning of Veda [study]”) Samskara.   T raditionally, the twelfth of the life cycle ceremonies (samskaras). In this...

  A Sanskrit word that in its essence means "“knowledge”.  The earliest and most authoritative collection of Hindu holy scriptures,...

  The idea that the Aryans were natives of the Indian subcontinent rather than immigrants from other countries is postulated and argued with...

    Chandas Are One of the Six Vedangas.  These were supplementary areas of knowledge designed to make the Vedas, the earliest Hindu sacred ...

    Description of a Few Plants Used in Vamana Therapy:   Apamarga The leaves, flowers, seeds, and root of apamarga, also known as t...