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• Shadurmi (षडूर्मिः)
  ...and 6) '' [[mrtyu]] '' ('death'). These are the natural abiding emotions, and these are the six excitements of ''shadripu'' ('six enemies') or the six wa ...elong to the [[prana]], grief and delusion belong to the mind, and old age and death to the body.<ref>{{cite book|title=Sri Samkara’s Vivekacudamani|pub
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• Mrta-Asoucha (मृताशौचम्)
  ...ed has undergone has undergone any samskara such as Namakarana, Chudakarma and specifically the Upanayana samskara
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• Brahma (ब्रह्मा)
  ...ibed as part of its cosmology, he is a mortal like all gods and goddesses, and dissolves into the abstract immortal Brahman when the universe ends, therea ...nce and destruction) in our daily existence is to be found in birth, life, and death. These correspondences occur not only at a physical level, but at psy
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• Vayas (वयः)
  ...that age group and are manifested due to specific dosha dominance in that age. ...rding [[Svasthavrtta (स्वस्थवृत्तम्)|svasthavrtta]] could be more specific and beneficial. Thus, ancient Ayurveda acharyas have given high importance to u
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• Jaata-Asoucha (जाताशौचम्)
  ...he sixth month; thereafter it is called Prasuuti (प्रसूतिः । Parturition). And then for the period of ten days will the Asoucha last.<blockquote>तत्
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• Vrshabha (वृषभः)
  ...in. Brahma has posted four diggajas named '''Vrsabha''', Puspacuda, Vamana and Aparajita in the four corners of this mountain. (8th Skandha, Devi Bhagavat ...yaroma. Thus Brahma organised a universe with suitable emperors to control and supervise. (Chapter 22, Am'a 1, Visnu Purana). (Page 609-610, Puranic Encyc
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• Nachiketa's Qualities (नचिकेतसः गुणाः)
  ..., known for his enlightenment and Sadhaka qualities at an extremely tender age. ...at the cows given in charity were old, barren and useless to the receiver, and such an act would only lead the donor, his father to the lands devoid of ha
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• Mandavya (माण्डव्यः)
  ...o death. The royal executioners took all of them to the place of execution and stuck them up at the tip of a trident (Sula).}} ...m. The King came to know of all these stories. Full of repentance, he went and begged pardon of Mandavya. The attempt to pull out the trident from Mandavy
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• Manana (मननम्)
  ...title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization|author=S.N.Sen|publisher=New Age International|page=96|url= https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC ...upreme Universal Self with the great sayings is what is known as shravana; and to arrive at the possibility of its validity through logical reasoning is w
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• Ayu (आयुः)
  ...tain it. In few other Indian languages, the term 'Ayu' is used to denotes 'Age' of an individual. ...chetananuvritti, being alive (jeevita), bonding with the body (anubandha) and sustenance of life (dhari).
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• Mrutyu (मृत्युः)
  ...ussed the causes of differences in life span of individuals, role of karma and types of death. Charaka samhita (चरकसंहिता), the treatise .../blockquote>Meaning: Dissociation of link between Sharira, Indriyas, Atman and manas is called as Mrutyu. ह्
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• Antyesti (अन्त्येष्टिः)
  ...itions, who follows the principles of Purusharthas, [[Karma (कर्म)|Karma]] and Punarjanma meticulously, the value of the next world is higher than that of ...d results it produced for the victim and his relatives is forever shocking and incomprehensible.<ref name=":12" />
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• Venkateshvara Mandiram
  '''Timings:''' 6:30am-12:00pm and 4:00pm-8:00pm ...lihotra asked for Mokṣham and also requested the Lord to stay in this form and bless the bhaktas. This form of the Lord sleeping is what is presently wors
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• Chaulam (चौलम्)
  ...s rituals, it was also supported by the medical texts of Acharyas Sushruta and Charaka.<ref name=":12">Pandey, Raj Bali. (1949) ''Hindu Samskaras, A Socio ...ch the purpose is making a "Cūḍā" (tuft / Śikhā) is called Caulam (चौलम्), and also Cauḷam (चौळम्).
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• Gautama Dharmasutra
  ...d likely one of the oldest whose manuscripts have survived into the modern age. ...utras have been lost to history. The text belongs to [[Samaveda]] schools, and its 26th chapter on penance theory is borrowed almost completely from Samav
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• Thiru Pernagar
  ...dhyarangam]] (Srirangam), [[Thiru Kudanthai|Chaturtharangam]] (Kumbakonam) and Pancharangam (Indalur-Mayavaram).<ref name=":0">Prof. S. Narayanan (April 2 ...Cholas and has been immortalised by Nammalvar, Periyalvar, Tirumangaialvar and Thirumazhisai Alvar in their hymns. In fact, Nammalvar's last composition w
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• Shreyas and Preyas (श्रेयः प्रेयः च)
  ...ad highlights the ability to discern between needs and wants or essentials and desires. ...r his exceptional courage to face death, Yama grants Nachiketa three boons and the dialogue between them forms the essence of brahmavidya as elucidated in
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• Asoucha (आशौचम्)
  ...(संस्काराः)|samskaras]], [[Yajna (यज्ञः)|yajnas]], [[Dana (दानम्)|danas]] and even mingling with other family members preventing socialization extending ...e deliberate process by which we accept the changes in nature by practical and philosophical ways.
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• Akshara Brahma Yoga (अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः)
  ...reality who is beyond all things manifest and unmanifest, names and forms and which is the highest goal to be attained in the human life. ...at radiant, imperishable Divine Reality is the highest goal to be attained and single-minded devotion of our heart is the means of attaining this highest
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• Sharira Traya (शरीरत्रयम्)
  ...ilosophy, especially [[Yoga Darshana (योगदर्शनम्)|Yoga]], Advaita Vedanta, and Tantra. ...dy to another with a Sukshma Sharira or subtle form in the cycle of births and deaths.
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• Yama Deva (यमदेवः)
  ...er realms namely Devayana and Pitruyana are dependent on the Karma (deeds) and the knowledge attained by a Jiva or soul, the records of which are maintain ...table punishments depending on the severity of sins in their earthly lives and are all sent to naraka (hell).
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• Nidra (निद्रा)
  ...e and thus has given significant attention to the causes, process, effects and disorders related to the sleep. ...ka samhita online (Sutra Sthanasutra Chapter 11.The Three Desires of Life and important triads sutram 35)</ref>
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• Donor (दाता)
  ...gusting diseases, be religious, charitably inclined, free from vices, pure and following a blameless profession for livelihood. Veda Vyasa in his smriti s ...an take the sankalp of donation and be a donor. Any person irrespective of age, gender can make a donation
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• Gandhari (गान्धारी)
  ...with beautiful womanly qualities. She worshiped Lord Siva when as a maiden and satisfied him. She was blessed to bring forth one hundred sons. She was bet == Pregnancy and birth of her children ==
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• Yama Nachiketa Samvada (यमनचिकेतसोः संवादः)
  ...mskrit : नचिकेता) is the son of Vajashrava (also Auddalaka) who at a young age is known to have sought [[Brahmavidya (ब्रह्मविद्या ...ith perseverance he undertakes the journey to the Yamapuri (land of death) and awaits the return of Yama at his abode for three nights. For his exceptiona
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• Aupasana (औपासनः)
  ...ved throughout one's life. The seven pakayajnas, rites including upanayana and [[Shraddha (श्राद्धम्)|shraddha]], must be conducted in t ...utras deal with such rites. They belong to the [[Smrti (स्मृतिः)|Smritis]] and so are called "Smarta-karmas". The seven Pakayajnas also belong to this cat
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• Dharma of husband and wife and family life
  = Dharma of Marriage and Family life = ...quote>Meaning : You shall not transgress Dharma in the attainment of Artha and Kama.
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• Namakaranam (नामकरणम्)
  ...144)</ref> To give individual identity in relation with the father, family and society, a name is selected for the child with care. ...e>“Name is the primary means of social intercourse, it brings about merits and it is the root of fortune. From name man attains fame. Therefore, naming ce
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• Sulphur or Gandhaka (गन्धकः)
  ...n which sulphur in utilized in Ayurvedic medicines is completely different and it has been in practice since many thousand years before the western medici ...tury, Parada (पारदः Mercury) was mixed with Gandhaka and used in medicines and in Dhatuvada (धातुवाद) or metallurgical work. Since then till
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• Vata dosha (वातः वातदोषः वा)
  ...षः)]]. When their balance is disturbed, they vitiate other body components and lead to disease development. Health according to Ayurveda, can be achieved ...nctioning of the body. Vata literally means “wind” or “air”. Other doshas and dhatus are dependent on the Vata dosha for their proper movement across the
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• Dhanvantari (धन्वन्तरिः)
  ...ुश्रुतसंहिता)|Sushruta Samhita]], any person who is skilled in the science and art of Surgery has been called as Dhanvantari. ...ily mean Lord Dhanvanatari but, a skilled surgeon who has mastered the art and science of Surgery. Dhanwantari is also referred to as the teacher of Shaly
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• Grhyasutras (गृह्यसूत्राणि)
  ...cribe the grhyakarmas as practiced in their respective schools. The number and order of these activities vary from one Grhyasutra to another. Since most o
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• Stri Dharma (स्त्रीधर्मः)
  ...n and women play a distinct but mutually complementary roles within family and outside in the larger society. ...ates what constitutes the predominant means of pursuing ''dharma'' for men and women.
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• Chandogya Upanishad (छान्दोग्योपनिषतद्)
  ...Hinduism. It is one of the most cited texts in later ''Bhasyas'' (reviews and commentaries) by scholars from the diverse schools of Hinduism. It has gain
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• Dharma and Women’s Rights
  ...and consequently, it is the woman who suffers irreparable physical, mental and socio-economic damage.  In particular, sexual assault is the most heinous ...and in particular in men through adhyatmik education right from inception and at all levels of education. Thus, right to protection of women was a cheris
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• Guna Traya Vibhaga Yoga (गुणत्रयविभागयोगः)
  ...ree cosmic qualities - [[Sattva (सत्त्वम्)|Sattva]], [[Rajas (रजः)|Rajas]] and [[Tamas (तमः)|Tamas]]. It is said that the secret to success in both ...sorrow. Therefore, one should acquire this precious knowledge for progress and happiness in life.<ref name=":0" />
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• Panchagnividya (पञ्चाग्निविद्या)
  ...लकः)|Uddalaka Aruni]] (उद्दालक-आरुणिः). It was vested with the Kshatriyas and Uddalaka Aruni was the first Brahmana to receive this knowledge. Pravahana ...kara's Commentary, Fourth Volume.'' Madras:The India Printing Works.</ref> and the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad (Chapter 6.2).
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• Vivaha (विवाहः)
  ...make a girl attain wifehood, i.e. earlier there was "strītvam" (girlhood) and after marriage she attains "bhāryātvam" (wifehood) also. This Saṃskāra ...rded as sacred. When the Hindu descends from the adoration of the Absolute and takes to the worship of a personal god, his god has always a consort. He do
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• Dharmic (Bharat's) Worldview
  ...blind assumptions as indicated by the innumerable clashes between science and religious ideology. ...n bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool.
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• Veera Narayana Temple, Belavadi, Chikmanguluru, Karnataka
  ...e Hoysalas, based at Halebidu. They also built the famous temples at Belur and Halebidu. [[File:Veera Narayana Temple, Belavadi, Chikamagaluru, Karnataka. ...tates of present day Bharat namely West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
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• Rajodharma (रजोधर्मः)
  ...acred celebration, from yoga perspective, as in Ayurveda, the restrictions and attitudes involved.<ref name=":6" /> ...followed by women and not following them is said to cause garbha (uterine and related) doshas.<ref name=":4">''Sanskarprakash'' by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.
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• Bhagavad Gita (भगवद्गीता)
  ...[Yoga Darshana (योगदर्शनम्)|Yoga]], [[Vedanta (वेदान्तः)|Vedanta]], Bhakti and Karma.<ref name=":2">Swami Sivananda (2000), [https://holybooks-lichtenberg ...urukshetra boldly and defeat the rajasic and tamasic tendencies within us. And the Gita is the greatest guide he bestowed on us.<ref name=":0">http://hind
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• Vidyarthi's Qualities (विद्यातुराणां लक्षणानि)
  ...owed the rules of etiquette and good manners towards their seniors, equals and inferiors. These rules afforded an imperceptible but effective help in the ...tudent should have given in texts like Smritis, Mahabharata, Chanakyaneeti and later day sources like Subhashitas.
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• Sayanacharya (सायणाचार्यः)
  ...er day scholars, hence this article is compiled to throw light on his life and works. ...literature. The learned commentaries written by him on the Vedic Samhitas and Brāhmaṇas are the most important works of their kind, which are of immen
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• Svasthavrtta (स्वस्थवृत्तम्)
  ...y discussed topic under Ayurveda. Various aspects of preventive healthcare and public health are discussed under Svasthvrttam in Ayurveda literature. It i ...tance, their union functions well and results in generation of good health and wellbeing of that individual.
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• Trivarga (त्रिवर्गः)
  ...Dharma must control desires as well as the means of acquisition of wealth and deriving pleasure<ref name=":2">Justice Mandagadde Rama Jois (1997), [https * Artha - that refers to wealth and the desire for securing material pleasure and,
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• Rights of Women (स्त्रीत्वाधिकारः)
  ...discusses respect to womanhood, the responsibility of protection of women and the various provisions designed for the welfare of women in the Bharatiya P ...or women against the immoralities prevalent in the society. Thus, creating and maintaining this value has been one of the most valuable contribution of th
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• Ayurveda (आयुर्वेदः)
  ...obtain health and longevity, by preventing illness in healthy individuals and eradicating the diseases in diseased individuals. ...tion of Ayurveda is not limited to physical body but to all the 4 elements and the union of all these.
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• Pataka (पातकम्)
  ...ng Vaman. (1953) ''History of Dharmasastra (Ancient and Medieval Religious and Civil Law in India), Volume 4.'' Poona : Bhandarkar Oriental Research Insti ...f the doctrine of Pataka in India from Vedic times to the medieval digests and commentaries on Dharmasastra.
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• Marriage (विवाह: संस्कार:)
  ...ar and make one's own), '''Kanyadana''' (giving away of the Kanya in dana) and '''Panigrahana''' (taking the hand of the girl) are synonymous with each ot ...rded as sacred. When the Hindu descends from the adoration of the Absolute and takes to the worship of a personal deity, his deity has always a consort. H
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