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• Khila Suktas (खिलसूक्तानि)
  ...Oriental Research Institute, Poona, 1995</ref> Many scholars have referred to the number of suktas while a few mention the number of mantras as ninety-ei ...ttributed to any shaka and it is customary to publish them as a supplement to the Rigveda.<ref>Rig Veda (With Sayanacharya's Commentary) [https://archive
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• Shruti (श्रुतिः)
  ...en to explain and elaborate Sruti to make it understandable and meaningful to the common people” (p. 189).
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• Indian sine tables
  ...es expressed in arcminutes, and because of this the table is also referred to as ''Āryabhaṭa's table of sine-differences''.<ref>Āryabhat·a's Rule an ...matics, and the tabulation of a sine table by Madhava with values accurate to seven or eight decimal places.
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• धर्म की उत्पत्ति
  ...dharma, would mean that which one has to do because of one's committing to it or because of one's station in life. Dharma can also mean the faith and ...tal diseases flowing from the six inherent enemies of man, it is necessary to expound what are those fundamental rules of Dharma;
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• Tretagni (त्रेताग्निः)
  ...in the three designated places. Decorate them and drink somarasa according to the seasons.<ref name=":2">Pt. Sripada Damodara Satavalekar. (1985). ''Rig ...esides over the yajnas, shine forth in the three places (3 lokas according to Pt. Satvalekar).<ref name=":3">Pt. Sripada Damodara Satavalekar. (1985). '
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• Ayurvedic method of body scrub (उद्वर्तनम्)
  ...daily regime or [[Dinacharya (दिनचर्या)]] described in Ayurveda and known to promote the health of skin. Therefore udwartana is actually a special type of body massage which needs to be done using some herbal mixture/powder.
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• Acharya (आचार्यः)
  ...ls to their students. In this article we discuss various points pertaining to the teachers of the ancient days along with a comparison with the role pres ...(सप्तर्षयः)|Saptarshis]] and Raja Vrshadarbhi who insisted on giving dana to them which they refused at all costs.
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• Origin and Propagation of Sound (शब्दोत्पत्तिः प्रसारश्च)
  * Sankhya siddhanta holds that the ear (श्रोतेन्द्रियं) travels to the source of sound and grasps the sound ...that create the sound. The same principle works in the ear also.<ref>By S. R. Krishnamurthy ([https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bvparishat/A2Oucv-EarA/v_E
  23 KB (2,618 words) - 19:47, 26 July 2020
• Yantra Shastra (यन्त्रशास्त्रम्)
  ...elopment of instruments and appliances in the past few centuries, may lead to a misplaced conclusion that sciences have only developed in the recent few ...dvancements in the field of science and technology, many of which continue to exist as the foundational principles of modern day appliances and technical
  21 KB (2,936 words) - 20:36, 5 December 2020
• Tantrayukti (तन्त्रयुक्तिः)
  ...own for their assiduous pursuit of knowledge (ज्ञानम्) which is considered to be the most sacred thing in the world. They laid down the rules in construc ...ts, the critics who expounded theoretical works on subjects, were required to be familiar with.
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• Ganita Shastra (गणितशास्त्रम्)
  ...a Publishing House. (Page 7)</ref></blockquote><blockquote>yathā śikhā mayūrāṇāṁ nāgānāṁ maṇayo yathā । tadvadvedāṅgaśāsrāṇāṁ ...On the contrary they were considered as helpful adjuncts and were studied to aid the progress of Paravidya as expounded in Mundakopanishad (1.1.3-5).
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• Smrti (स्मृतिः)
  ...an author, traditionally written down but constantly revised, in contrast to [[Śruti]]s (the Vedic literature) considered authorless, that were transmi ...en to explain and elaborate Sruti to make it understandable and meaningful to the common people” (p. 189).
  21 KB (3,083 words) - 19:58, 6 July 2020
• Yoga and Ayurveda Perspective on Workplace Well-Being
  ...ty of life and signifies both individual and social welfare.<ref>Veenhoven R (2015), Happiness: history of the concept, Wright J (ed), International enc ...nships, work, the degree of control that matter and are worth striving for to enhance the level of happiness. Haidt reconsiders happiness and states that
  46 KB (6,677 words) - 22:17, 2 September 2022
• Krshi Vijnana (कृषिविज्ञानम्)
  ...be sown (based on panchanga) followed by seed sowing and appropriate steps to manure, pollinate and protect the yield from pests. Thus it cannot be more ...ay there is a dire need for research on traditional agricultural practices to find out the ethos behind it and adopt it in the modern times.
  42 KB (6,079 words) - 19:12, 22 February 2024
• Sadhana (साधनम्)
  ...ly represent instruments or means which are helpful in leading an aspirant to experience the higher states of consciousness. Sadhana is one among the fou ...tinguished from the discussion of the theories of the relation of divinity to man and the universe and other such topics which constitute the theoretical
  40 KB (5,875 words) - 17:31, 25 December 2022
• Indian Concept of Self
  ...agavad-Gita. (Page 72)]]In the Indian worldview, a person is not limited to the physical body, but has multiple perspectives. There is a general agreem ...y issue thus involves consideration of justice and value, and thus belongs to ethics or axiology as well.<ref name=":22">Paranjpe, A. C. (2006) ''Self an
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• Charvaka Darshana (चार्वाकदर्शनम्)
  ...portunism; they are often described as addressing princes, whom they urged to act exclusively in their own self-interest, thus providing the intellectua ...dieval period, its onetime importance is confirmed by the lengthy attempts to refute it found in Dharmic philosophical texts, which also constitute th
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• Agnihotra (अग्निहोत्रम्)
  ...gni) performed daily at sunrise and sunset, as a nityakarma. The procedure to perform Yajnas including Agnihotra is described in Brahmanas and Aranyakas ...22" />It needs to be emphasized that the term Agnihotra technically refers to the Shrauta yajna that is performed as a nityakarma (daily basis) as well a
  46 KB (6,142 words) - 13:16, 6 December 2021
• Gotra and Pravara (गोत्रप्रवरश्च)
  ...Gotra came to denote the 'family' or the 'clan'. Pravara rshis are belong to the same clan. One of the most important rule laid down in the [[Grhyasutra ...ndharinath H. Valavalkar (1939) ''Hindu Social Institutions with reference to their psychological implications.'' Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd </r
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• Sayanacharya (सायणाचार्यः)
  ...nt perspectives by many later day scholars, hence this article is compiled to throw light on his life and works. ...chārya but unknown as many of their works are, most of them are mere names to us.  
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