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Hinduism - What Are The Yajnavalkya?

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  Yajnavalkya or "remembered" writings, a genre of literature that is significant but not as authoritative as the shrutis, or ...

Hinduism - What Is The Viramitrodaya?

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  One of the most recent and largest nibandhas ("collections"), compiled by scholar Mitra Mishra in the early seventeenth cent...

Hinduism - What Is Surapana In Dharma Literature?

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    (“liquor-drinking”) In the dharma literature, one of the Four Great Crimes, the act of which rendered one a social outcast. Although...

Hinduism - Where Is Rishikesh In India?

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  Rishikesh    is a city and a holy location (tirtha) in Uttar Pradesh's Himalayan foothills. Rishikesh is around fifteen miles up t...

Hinduism - Who Was Mitra Mishra?

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  Mitra Mishra   (early 17th c.) is the author of the Viramitrodaya, a compendium of Hindu lore. The Viramitrodaya is an example of a cl...

Hinduism - What Is Manu Smrti?

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  ("Manu's Laws") One of the smrtis, or "remembered" texts, a subset of shrutis, or "heard" scriptures, ...

Hinduism - Who Is Considered A Mahapataka In A Hindu Society?

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  ("Sinner Great") A person who has done one of the Four Great Crimes, namely murdering a brahmin (brahmahatya), stealing a brah...

Hinduism - What Is The Notion Of Hells Or Hell In Hindu Spirituality?

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Apart from the apparent physical domain, Hinduism believes there are many other levels of existence. The hells are one of these parallel...