Encyclopedia of Hinduism

is no trace in them of REINCARNATION, of the hopeless mire of birth and rebirth. Reincarnation appears in the Upanishads, the sm ...

1999); Param Dayal Faqir, Satya Sanatan Dharam: Or, True Religion of Humanity. Translated by B. R. Kamal and Swami Yogeshwar Ana ...

in Indian philosophy. There are several Sanskrit universities today in India, where all classes are conducted in that language. ...

Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989); A ...

who was said to have initiated over a million disciples. Throughout the 20th century, the Sant Mat movement emerged into both an ...

saptamatrika The saptamatrika (sapta, seven; matrika, mothers) are a grouping of seven goddesses found in the VEDAS, and possibl ...

him a suitable spouse. She found Sarada Devi in a neighboring village. After the marriage, Sarada Devi returned to her family an ...

Samata, 1985); Swami Tapasyananda, Sri Sarada Devi: The Holy Mother (Mylapore: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1958). Sarasvati The Sarasv ...

Peace Award. He was also the recipient of several honorary doctorates and honorary titles. Satchidananda’s teaching centers arou ...

deteriorated. Widows were almost considered to be dead. They had to shave their heads and dress in white with no decoration. The ...

feel kinship with him, yet to rise to superhuman heights to protect the virtuous and destroy evil. Quoting Lord KRISHNA’s words ...

heaven should do the AGNICHAYANA, or “building of the fire altar,” ritual for Savitri. The name is derived from the SANSKRIT su ...

now sponsors two temples, both of which were opened early in the new century. The VISHVA HINDU PARISHAD has also formed as a coo ...

decided to stay in the United States. He formed a center of the Yogoda Satsang in Boston, Mas- sachusetts, and traveled widely i ...

Under the direction of Sri Daya Mata SRF publishes the writings, lectures, and informal talks of Paramahansa Yogananda and of hi ...

on a par with the Jewish and Christian traditions and as a fulfillment of Christ’s prophecy. He also believed that his movement ...

Ecstatic Religion in Bengal (Chicago: University of Chi- cago Press, 1989). Shaiva Siddhanta See SAIVA SIDDHANTA. Shaivism Shaiv ...

would simply wear a lingam around the neck to show devotion. Caste was outlawed and women were made equals to men in the traditi ...

the male principle, especially in the later medieval tantric traditions, is considered to be the quies- cent, receptive force. I ...

Shakti Shakti is the primordial creative, sustaining and destructive power of all existence. Although con- ceived as female in n ...