Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism

According to VAIŸEÆIKAthere are many different selves, distinguished by their viÿe•as (properties, specifics), which can be perc ...

Ÿibi An ancient tribe in north-western India, described as going about clad in the skins of wild animals and using clubs as weap ...

between upapätaka (‘lesser sins’), such as teaching the Veda for money, adul- tery, killing a woman or a man from a low caste, a ...

173 Ÿloka-värtika abode: the ‘Golden temple’ is a Ÿiva sanctuary. ŸA¢KARA(2), the founder of Advaita Vedänta, was a Ÿaivite and ...

smaraæa (‘remembering’) The second stage in the process of MEDITATION. smärta (‘pertaining to smøti’) A designation of ultra-ort ...

by Rajendra Prasad, president of India, in 1951. son A son was considered essential to the continuation a family line, and his b ...

Ÿrïraögam Situated on an island in the Kauverï river, near Tirucirapalli, it houses the famous Raöganätha (Vi•æu) temple, surrou ...

177 sukha-du.hkha be considered ÿruti by the followers of these saƒpradäyas (sects) as well. Ÿruti is the ultimate authority in ...

•ukla-pak•a 178 ÿukla-pak•a (‘bright part’) The fortnight of a lunar month begin- ning with the new moon (ämavasya). Its opposit ...

Sürsägar SeeSÜRDÄS. Sürya SeeSUN. sustenance (sthithi) One of the three divine cosmic functions ascribed to the Supreme Being. W ...

which are considered especially power- ful, such as the liöga formed of ice at Kedarnäflh. svayam-vyakta (‘self-revealed’) IMAGE ...

Tagore, Debendranath (1818–1905) Religious and social reformer. Founder of Sädhäran Brahmo Samäj and of the forest retreat Ÿanti ...

Tantra (2) A form of Hinduism in which ÿakti, the energy of Ÿiva, is worshipped. ‘Right- hand’ Tantra (daksinäcära) is a form of ...

Mahäbhärata and the Rämäyaæa and entered into polemics with Western Indologists on several issues. He trans- lated the Bhagavadg ...

and its divisions, the second is an uncre- ated principle of the universe. The Øgveda speaks of the rotating wheel of time as ha ...

ered to be one day and night of the pitø (deceased forefathers); one human year is equal to one day and night of the deva (gods) ...

sequence can no longer sustain even a k•aæa. In dharmameghasamädhï the YOGI reaches a zero-time experience before merging his co ...

called ‘marriage of the trees’, when two close-standing trees are united in a ritu- al not unlike that of vivaha(MARRIAGE). Tret ...

tri-mürti (‘three forms’) The designation either of the triad of Brahmä (creator), Vi•æu (sustainer) and Ÿiva (destroyer), or of ...

tri-varga (2) Three conditions: loss, stability and increase. tri-varga (3) The three qualities of nature: sattva, rajas, tamas. ...