Encyclopedia of Hinduism

the boon that he could not be defeated by any male god or demon. When the defeated gods approached Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma for ...

Mahabharata credits him with giving Kunti a boon for treating him as a proper guest—she will have children by five gods. These f ...

Whereas in the Treta Yuga SATTVA, the pure aspect of nature (PRAKRITI) tended to prevail, in Dvapara Yuga, rajas (impure) and ta ...

143 J:AF Easwaran, Eknath (1910–1999) founder of Blue Mountain Center of Meditation An Indian-born proponent of MEDITATION, Ekna ...

dhi’s insistence on transforming oneself before trying to transform others. Easwaran earned graduate degrees in law and English ...

imparted the teachings of ECK to individuals throughout history. Twitchell believed that he was entrusted by these masters to di ...

Further reading: Darwin Gross, Your Right to Know (Menlo Park, Calif.: Illuminated Way Press, 1979); Harold Klemp, The Art of Sp ...

In March 1973 in Gopeshwar, Uttar Pradesh, a sports equipment factory marked trees near the vil- lage for harvesting. The villag ...

Elan Vital See RAWAT, PREM. elements, five In Hindu science, the five gross elements that make up the universe are ether/space ( ...

around the sixth century C.E. It is not known which dynasty built the temple. The temple is famous for a colossal sculpture of S ...

The most elaborate monument at Ellora is the Kailasanatha Temple (to Shiva who resides on Mount KAILASH), built by the Rastrakut ...

In the last century, native Europeans have supported an entire array of contemporary Hindu movements, particularly the INTERNATI ...

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153 J:AF facial markings Various facial markings are used in India to denote sectarian affiliations or to serve other ceremonial ...

the fire of knowledge (AGNI) vanquished all of his previous learning, and in September 1966 cosmos and consciousness became conc ...

Further reading: Gian Giuseppe Filippi, Mrtyu: Con- cept of Death in Indian Traditions: Transformation of the Body and Funeral R ...

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157 J:AF ganadhara See JAINISM. gandharvas The gandharvas are celestial singers and musi- cians. They are mentioned in the VEDAS ...

University of Bombay in 1887. Since his father had a high position in government, and wanted the same for his son, Mohandas was ...

he received from whites in South Africa, includ- ing several famous incidents, began to change his thinking. Gandhi was forced o ...