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• Jivdani Mata Mandir
  ...Devī'', they then worshipped Her in the mountain caves near by in the form of invisible Goddess by the name ''Jīvadhani Mātā''. Even today, one can se ...were destroyed by the portugese. To a large extent, the ''Śankarcharyas'' of ''Pūrī'' have played a key role in reversing the damage done by Buddhists
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• Rajasuya Yajna (राजसूययज्ञः)
  ...of the [[historical Vedic religion|Vedic religion]]. It is a consecration of a king. It is described in the Taittiriya corpus, including Apastamba Sraut ...] on behalf of the sonless king [[Harishchandra]]. Also included is a game of throwing dice by which the king is enthroned and the cosmos is regenerated.
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• Bharata (भरतः)
  Son of Dusyanta born of Sakuntala. ASrama of Kanva Muni and the king followed it. On
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• Para Vidya (पराविद्या)
  ...owledge" of this world, the empirical knowledge. There can be various ways of understanding this difference. The Para Vidya refers to philosophical dimen ...vamidaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavatīti |'' (" Revered Sir, what is that by the knowing of which all this becomes known? "), - was told by [[Angiras (sage)|Angiras]]
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• Upapurana (उपपुराणम्)
  ...ral Heritage of India'', Vol.II, Kolkata:The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, ISBN 81-85843-03-1, pp.271-286</ref> ...oned in the different lists. But, it can not be denied that a large number of these texts have been lost without leaving any trace.<ref name="Hazra"/>
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• The magnificence of Somnath Temple
  == Gujarat: Jewel of Western India == ...Trade in the Indian Ocean'. Gujarat as the rest of BharatVarsha was a part of the highly advanced Indus Valley Civilization. Notably, the famous and magn
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• Shadurmi (षडूर्मिः)
  ...ies') or the six waves of ''shadurminadi''. <ref>{{cite book|title=Stories of Indian Saints Vol.1|author=Mahipati|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=Appe ...which is not affected by the six waves, which is meditated on in the minds of the yogins, which cannot be apprehended by the sense-organs, which is unkno
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• Srshti Siddhanta (सृष्टिसिद्धान्तः)
  ...ut the Atman, Brahman and Srshti or the Origin of the world have the seeds of thought from the Upanishads. ...himself out of these cycles of punarjanma. The concepts around the origin of Srshti, Kala (time) and Matter are explained in detail in these shastras.
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• Svaymabhu Ganesh Mandir
  ...s around 5000 years old. There is an interesting story about the discovery of this ancient murti or vigraha. ...rated this experience to his colleagues. Everyone decided to stop the work of blasting the rocks. Next day they discovered the murti or vigraha on the ro
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• Thiru Talai Changa Nanmadhiam
  ...to this place.<ref name=":0">Prof. S. Narayanan (April 2004), 108 Temples of Azhvars, Volume 1, Maharashtra: Sri Ramanuja Mission.</ref> ...mango groves, the plantain farms, the sugar cane fields, the strong smell of wild flowers present a calm but an exotic atmosphere."'', says Prof. S. Nar
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• Arundhati (अरुन्धती)
  ...known by the name Urja also. There is a Puranic story behind the marriage of Vasistha and Arundhati. ...t fire as the daughter of Medhatithi. You should go into the fire thinking of him whom you want to be your husband in this birth."<ref name=":1">Mani, Ve
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• Agamas (आगमाः)
  ...as]], '''Agamas''' and [[Shad Darshanas (षड्दर्शनानि)|Darsanas]]. The four other literary writings are: Subhashitas, Kavyas, Natakas, and Alankaras. ...about ontology and cosmology, liberation, devotion, meditation, philosophy of Mantras, mystic diagrams, charms and spells, temple-building, image-making,
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• Nidanapanchakam (निदानपञ्चकम्)
  ...important tool for diagnosis and evaluation of disease presented in front of a [[Vaidya (वैद्यः)|vaidya]] (वैद्यः). ...most of the prevalent diseases of their time which is helpful for Vaidyas of today's age also to view and treat diseases in an authentic Ayurveda method
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• Atharvaveda (अथर्ववेदः)
  ...raṇavaidyā.<ref name="brmodak15">BR Modak (1993), The Ancillary Literature of the Atharva-Veda, Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan, ISBN 9788121506076, pag ...ent of Atharvan ''Prayascitthas'', two ''Pratishakhyas'', and a collection of ''Parisisthas''.<ref>SS Bahulkar (2003), Samskararatnamala: An Atharvanic P
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• Vak (वाक्)
  ...orm of oral tradition, through the breath of utterance. The creative power of Vak is held in high esteem in Vedas. Upanishads uphold that the primordial ...ll the passages referring to vak, it is possible to reduce the main shades of meaning to six:<ref name=":0">Narayanan, Sharda. (2012) ''Vakyapadiya, Spho
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• Ayurveda in Puranas (पुराणॆषु आयुर्वेदः)
  ...y BCE. Maharishi Vyas, who narrated Mahabharat, is considered the compiler of the Puranas along with his disciple “Lomaharsha” and his two disciples. ...to the knowledge of Ayurveda can also be found in Puranas since the source of these both are the Vedas (four major literature in Hinduism).
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• Brahma (ब्रह्मा)
  ...s. In theistic schools of Hinduism where deity Brahma is described as part of its cosmology, he is a mortal like all gods and goddesses, and dissolves in ...hysical level, but at psychic level as well. They represent the very basis of the universe, in its continuous becoming.
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• Bhavaprakasha Samhita (भावप्रकाश संहिता)
  ...of Ayurveda). This treatise contains knowledge of almost all the branches of Ayurveda however, the main focus is on the Kayachiktsa (Medicine in Ayurved ...a is written to compile the ideas from his predecessors to dispel darkness of ignorance on medicines used in Ayurveda.
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• Snataka (स्नातकः)
  ...aryashrama]] and who are awaiting their entrance into the responsibilities of the [[Grhasthashrama (गृहस्थाश्रमः)|Grhasthashrama] ...he is ready for the transition from brahmacharyashrama to the second phase of his life – the grhasthashrama.
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• Non-translatability (अननुवाद्यता)
  |description=Non-translatability of Samskrit words ...odern parlance and is not an endorsement to use a translated word in place of the original term. Hence "Atman" may be loosely translated as "Soul", but n
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