Encyclopedia of Hinduism

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1 A J:AF abhaya mudra The abhaya mudra (see MUDRAS) is an important gesture in Indian iconography. In it, the right hand is rais ...

PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS. Abhedananda organized the celebration in Calcutta of the swami’s American success, and three years late ...

Abhinavagupta (c. middle of 10th century to middle of 11th century) Kashmiri Shaivite philosopher Abhinavagupta, who lived his e ...

the Himalayas. He undertook several pilgrim- ages and often visited the holy city of BENARES, (Varanasi), where he found others, ...

stunning and intricately carved statuary and ornamentation. Further reading: Lothar Clermont, Jainism and the Temples of Mount A ...

itz, 1977); Arthur B. Keith, trans., The Veda of the Black Yajus School (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1967); J. Frits Staal, The ...

central teaching of this path is that all seeking requires constant activity, a factor that, in itself, prevents conscious reali ...

Adishesha was the churning rope, according to some versions of the story. It is also said that, when time begins again in a new ...

bears fruit upon that person’s death. Adrishta has lent itself to extensive commentary in the Mimamsa literature. It is intangib ...

Ramanuja (New Delhi: Oriental, 1978); Ramnarayan Vyas, The Bhagavata Bhakti Cult and the Three Acaryas, Sankara, Ramanuja and Va ...

In contrast to free Hindu immigration in Uganda, Hindus first appeared in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and MAURITIUS as indentured se ...

Hindu practice, spread Hindu teaching, and revive festivals. Schools were established under his direction, focused on the study ...

agama In the tantric tradition (see TANTRISM) agama most commonly means “authoritative scripture.” Dif- ferent systems of tantri ...

the end Agastya became a star—Canopus, which shines in the southern sky in India. Further reading: G. S. Ghurye, Indian Accultur ...

at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Ross-Erikson, 1976); ———, The Ochre Robe: An Auto ...

Mythology (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1986); Sachidan- anda Mahapatra, Concept of Jatavedas in Vedic Literature (Delhi: Eastern ...

cultural centers in America. Several institutes and museums were established, including the Agni Yoga Society. The society has p ...

ahimsa Ahimsa means “non-killing.” This is a concept that seems to emerge in late Vedic times (c. 800 B.C.E.) and is primarily a ...

Press, 1978); E. Washburn Hopkins, Epic Mythology (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1986); T. G. Gopinatha Rao, Elements of Hindu Ico ...