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• Gandiva (गाण्डीवः)
  ...lways gave the wielder a heavy advantage over his opponent. After the war, in Svargarohanika Parva, Agni reappears before Arjuna and asks him to return G Agni, the God of fire, wanted to devour the Khandava forest, in order to regain his power and splendour. He had enlisted the help of the tw
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• Thiru Thanjai
  ...he three temples of Thanjai Mamani Koil, Manikundram and Thanjaiyali Nagar in Tanjore that together constitute one of the 108 vaishnava divya desas. Here ...he word Tanjan, a demon who was vanquished by Lord Vishnu. The word Tanjam in Tamil means 'refuge'. Hence, Tanjore also means a city of refuge.
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• Shruti (श्रुतिः)
  ...Sruti and Smriti as follows: “Sruti is the primary scripture and authority in itself, whereas Smriti literature takes its authority from Sruti and is wri ...s composed of the collective realizations of several Rishis received while in a meditative state. Sruti is not attributed to an author (hence apauruseya)
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• Dharmawiki (धर्मविकि)
  ...in the Sanatana Dharmika treatises starting from the traditions set forth in the Vedas. ...iseased global family'. The society is stricken with countless evils (both in thought and deed) which translate into the diseases of the Humanity primari
  10 KB (1,392 words) - 14:22, 18 June 2020
• Dasharatha (दशरथ:)
  ...y of life and knew how to train the citizens to come to the same standard. In other words, they knew how to deliver the citizens from the entanglement of ...th knowledge of the Vedas, expertise in military sciences, far-sightedness in administration, purity of mindset and kindness and empathy made his kingdom
  9 KB (1,243 words) - 14:11, 28 December 2020
• Mandavya (माण्डव्यः)
  ...rs standing silent in front of his Asrama, under a tree, raising his hands in prayer.</nowiki> ...e pursuing them, the thieves fled away after leaving their stolen property in Mandavya's Asrama. The King's men seized Mandavya with the king's property.
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• Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga (क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोगः)
  ...eld. And it is none other than the Supreme Being who has projected Himself in form of Knower of the Field within the body. It is said that the knower of
  15 KB (897 words) - 18:06, 22 March 2020
• Introduction to Mathematics (English)
  | title = Class 1 Lesson Plans in English # Role of mathematics in our daily lives - Ganita Sarasangraha
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• Four Oceans in Rigveda (ऋग्वेदोक्त चतुःसमुद्राः)
  ...]''. Gauhati University. (Chapter 5 : Geographical Information as recorded in the Rgvedasamhita)</ref> ...ties. The use of the word "samudram" in the sense of the ocean is met with in the Rigveda. Samudra is said to be the chief of waters.<ref name=":0" />
  14 KB (2,121 words) - 23:17, 16 December 2021
• Dharmasutras (धर्मसूत्राणि)
  ...as Sutragranthas, primarily because a majority of these texts are composed in Sutra style of writing or short terse aphorisms. The sutras lay equal stres ...ls, the Dharmasutras include a broader scope of treatment of a human being in social, economic, political, religious and philosophical spheres. A point o
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• Grahas (ग्रहाः)
  Planets are enumerated as either 5, 7 or 9 in number. ...13 ; xiv , 1175 ] and moon Ya1jn5. i , 295 MBh. iv , 48 VarBr2S. make it 9 in number. They are termed together as the नवग्रहाः or ‘the
  29 KB (3,431 words) - 18:51, 28 April 2020
• Gandhari (गान्धारी)
  ...She was the daughter of Maharaja Subala, the King of Gandhara(now Kandahar in Kabul) and the sister of Shakuni. She was the most attractive girl of her t ...n her actions she was a great ascetic. She lost all her sons and grandsons in the great war of Kurukshetra. She suffered this great shock and disaster wh
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• Akshara Brahma Yoga (अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः)
  ...d unmanifest, names and forms and which is the highest goal to be attained in the human life. ...ns that all beings, including even the deities, repeatedly come into being in this created universe from the state of unmanifest being wherein they remai
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• Roga (रोगः)
  ...of happiness) and a method to obtain such state of happiness can be found in Ayurveda samhitas. ...gets vitiated from dosha) like disturbed dhatus, malas or other structures in the body. Vyadhis (व्याधिः), Papma (पाप्मा), Jwar
  15 KB (1,581 words) - 19:42, 17 June 2019
• Pramana (प्रमाणम्)
  ...s of knowing a negative fact a critical study on the theory of Anupalabdhi in Indian philosophy] University of North Bengal</ref> ...kary, Jaya. (2003) Ph. D. Thesis Title : ''[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/137458/4/04_chapter_01.pdf The Nyaya Concepts of
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• Kubera (कुबेरः)
  ...avana or Kubera is known for his wealth and riches among the devatas. Even in the present day, Kubera is worshiped during Deepavali festival time. He is ...</blockquote>Interestingly Yakshadhipati is mentioned by Mahakavi Kalidasa in his Meghadoota kavya.
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• Moksha Sannyasa Yoga (मोक्षसन्न्यासयोगः)
  ...tions of the Gita and covers the important points discussed therein. It is in this chapter that Arjuna's despondency finally sees the light of triumphant ...d Gita. Therefore, it covers in brief numerous important points dealt with in the previous Chapters. This is the Chapter that lets one behold the ultimat
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• Srisailam
  ...and Namaskaarams to the great bhakta, Parvata, who brought Shiva to earth, in and as, the great ShriShaila Kshetram!
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• Smrti (स्मृतिः)
  ...ttributed to an author, traditionally written down but constantly revised, in contrast to [[Śruti]]s (the Vedic literature) considered authorless, that ...Sruti and Smriti as follows: “Sruti is the primary scripture and authority in itself, whereas Smriti literature takes its authority from Sruti and is wri
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• Agnyadhana (अग्न्याधानम्)
  ...ss by which the [[Agni (अग्निः)|Agni]] or sacred fire is newly established in the kundas along with the chanting of mantras as prescribed by Shrauta sutr ...e offering of purnahuti. When this last takes place the person who engages in the rites attains the position of an Ahitagni (one who consecrated the sacr
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