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  • ...with noncombatants. No one should attack an enemy who has temporarily lost or dropped their weapon. The lives of women, prisoners of war, and farmers wer Dharma-yuddha also signifies that the war is not fought for gain or selfish reasons. A dharma-yuddha is waged to uphold the principles of right
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  • Chronology or Dating of texts is an important area of History and depends on many techniq ...ed in the concept of Sanatanata (agelessness or timelessness) of our texts or more correctly the Sanatanata of knowledge. It has existed for millenias, m
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  • ...sentence may contain facts that may not require in-text attributed phrases or may contain opinions that may require in-text attribution (so-and-so says).
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  • ...from the usual practice. This is allowed only in times of extreme distress or calamity.<ref name=":4">Swami Sivananda (1999), [http://www.dlshq.org/downl
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  • ...motions, and these are the six excitements of ''shadripu'' ('six enemies') or the six waves of ''shadurminadi''. <ref>{{cite book|title=Stories of Indian ...%20old%20age&f=false }}</ref> And, according to [[Atharvaveda]], ''Mrtyu'' or death, as the messenger of [[Yama]], dominates the living beings, and Yama
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  • ...into the near-by ''Chakreśvar Talao'' (lake). Many such old and rare murti or vigrahas were recovered later and put up in the current temple structure. T
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  • ...A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE) Brahmavidya]; Avasadanam means to loosen or dissolve - the bondages of samsara.
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  • ...and animals,' and invoked when desiring offspring, called ''garbha-pati'' or ''the lord of the womb''.<ref name="md">{{cite book|last=Macdonell|first=Ar ...]] and [[Yamuna in Hinduism|Yami]]. He is also the father of ''Visvarupa'' or [[Trisiras]] who was killed by Indra, and in revenge Tvaṣṭṛ created [
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  • ...arjana was therefore performed on the fullmoon day of Pausha (Pushya masa) or Magha masa (February - March). In the present days Utsarjana is not perform
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  • ...ter or ''Panchamruthas'') – The deity is ritually bathed with either water or with ''Panchamrutha'' on special occasions and festivals. Alternatively the #''Vastra Abharana'' (New Clothes) – After bathing, new or freshly washed clothes are offered to the deity.
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  • ...gle', 'the act of hearing', 'study', 'fame', 'glory', 'that which is heard or revealed', 'wealth', 'flowing', 'oozing', <ref>{{cite book|title=The Practi ...est is ''Shravana'', and one has to become a ''shravaka'' for whom hearing or '' [[shabda]] '' creates interests, then sorts out those interests, sifts t
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  • The प्रातिपदिकऽ that are ending in ह्र​स्व-अ (अत्) or the प्रातिपदिकऽ in the अजादि-गण. Option ...ed by षिद् or that belongs to गौरादि-गण or मनुष्य-जाति-वाचक or प्राणि-वाचक or देवता-वाचक
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  • ...r symbols were written using sticks on dust or find sand spread on a board or ground. Much of the mathematical calculations used to depend on memory. Peo Every person uses mathematics in his daily life in one form or the other. However, from early times all Indian mathematicians recognized a
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  • ...year. According to Shankhayana grhyasutras it may be performed in the 16th or 18th year. There are many versions of views about the starting point from w ...aghu Ashvalayana smriti says that Godana may be performed in the 16th year or at the time of marriage.<ref name=":2" />
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  • ...n Ayurveda. It is utilized for carrying out clinical evaluation, diagnosis or discernment of diseases on the grounds of authentic Ayurveda. By understand ...ures at every level of disease development are different their progression or suppression both have been regarded as clinically significant since the fin
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  • ...benefit to the donor. This makes sense, if dana is about Tyaga (sacrifice or consciously giving up) and its benefits for the donor are partly psychologi ...stly a brahmana. The thing or property to be donated is at hand physically or is specified as part of the sankalpa. Agnipurana<ref>Agni Purana ([https://
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  • ...as and Shastras from the bharatiya perspective. We see from last 300 years or so the invading missionaries have dictated the way the sanskriti and sanskr ...o believe in the Vedas and to prove to them that there is nothing of worth or value in the Vedas.
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  • All the places where the image of Hari or Saligrama is found (or wherever the worship of Lord Hari is being done) that place is the abode of ...ings, should constantly sojourn at these sacred-most spots where the murti or vigrahas of Hari are installed. For, the righteous duties performed here yi
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  • ;#Kalaateeta (कालातीतः) ॥ Mis-timed or delayed hetu. कालात्ययापदिष्टः काला ...thing else. Hence, an "unestablished" evidence-reason is a pseudo-evidence or a pseudo-sign. A purported evidence-reason may be countered by a purported
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  • .... The Para Vidya refers to higher learning or learning related to the Self or the Ultimate Truth that is transcendental knowledge. The Apara Vidya refers ...gical reasoning (''Apara Vidya'') as well as the faculty of self-awareness or intuitive vision) (''Para Vidya'') Para Vidya is the transcendental knowled
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