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- independent of the person's actions. In contrast to other schools of ... doctrine comes from fragments preserved in Buddhist and Jain sources, ...6 KB (943 words) - 05:13, 30 April 2021
- St. Thomas Mount is a small hillock located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu ... * Religion in India ==Notes== ==References== * Gibbon, Edward, Henry ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 16:21, 8 February 2023
- and statesman, the second president of India (1962-1967). Radhakrishnan was one of the foremost scholars of comparative religion ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 16:20, 27 July 2021
- ایبک) was a Turkic ruler of medieval India, the first Sultan of Delhi ... The Muslim presence in India would see Hindu-Muslim conflict, violence ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- Ming, (張文明) who traveled by sea to India and studied at Nalanda for ... of the ancient kingdom of Srivijaya, in modern day Sumatra, as well ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 13:24, 4 February 2023
- her modest lifestyle and unwavering faith in her religion. She traveled ... Christianity has had difficulty coping with racial diversity, and ...7 KB (1,128 words) - 02:38, 24 July 2023
- used by followers of the Zoroastrian religion in their rituals surrounding ... At one time, the most widely practiced religion in the world, Zoroastrianism ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- spiritual leader who played a seminal role in re-articulating Hinduism for ... Swami Vivekananda was born to Bengali Kayastha (in Bengal the Kayastha ...10 KB (1,573 words) - 15:56, 18 June 2022
- the spiritual leadership is not understood in the same way as the Eastern ... Church and Eastern Orthodox Church occurred in the fifth century. This separation ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 01:18, 18 November 2022
- In ancient India, Nālānda (Sanskrit: meaning "giver of knowledge ... Nalanda has been called "one of the first great universities ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- founded Manichaeism, an ancient dualistic religion that was once prolific in ... The teachings of Mani were once widely circulated in the ancient world ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- or Lal Qila, meaning the Red Fort, located in Delhi, India, has been awarded ... Shahjahanabad, the seventh Muslim city in the Delhi site. ...10 KB (1,606 words) - 02:24, 8 December 2022
- Sanchi refers to a small village in India located 46 km north-east ... monuments demonstrate the high regard rulers in the Madhya Pradesh region of ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- to the understanding of cosmic rays. In addition, he was a gifted administrator ... Homi Bhabha was born in a rich Parsi family in Bombay (now Mumbai ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 11:24, 2 February 2024
- Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897, who in 1893, when he attended the ... as the best expression of that truth. In a lecture delivered several ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- of the most famous Hindu mystics of modern India, who claimed that all religions ... Ramakrishna was born into a poor Brahmin family in Karampukur village ...11 KB (1,615 words) - 15:51, 18 June 2022
- Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) ("Chattopadhyay" in ... revival of Bengal. His writings awakened in the Bengalis a spirit of self ...11 KB (1,623 words) - 03:34, 17 September 2023
- and Buddhist cave-temple complexes found in India. They were built between ... of the Buddha, bodhisattvas and saints. In many of these caves, the original ...8 KB (1,190 words) - 17:15, 13 February 2024
- focal point of the Elephanta Island, located in the Mumbai harbour off the ... Many domestic and foreign tourists have visited it. In recent years ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- Serampore College, located in Serampore Town, in Hooghly District ... establishment of the University of Calcutta in 1857 the arts, science and ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India, the Qutub Minar ... In addition to the most famous monument in the complex, Qutub Minar ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- Ashrama, in the Hindu religion (from Sanskrit āśramaḥ: meaning ... of life" for a twice-born man laid out in the Manusmrti and later Classical ...8 KB (1,212 words) - 04:45, 18 August 2023
- royal patronage allowed pre-Muslim India to become a land of many ... In the early decades of Buddhism the wandering monks of the Sangha ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 22:03, 17 April 2023
- IAST Ayodhyā), an ancient city of India, holds a cherished place ... (320 to 550 C.E.), Hinduism again ascended in Ayodhya, entering a golden ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 07:27, 23 August 2023
- Goa Velha ("Velha" means old in Portuguese), referring to ... Christianity constitutes India's third-largest religion, following ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- an important Hindu religious scholar born in Gujarat, India. He is best ... * The philosophy of religion in India. Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- Khajuraho (Hindi खजुराहो), a village in the Indian state ... thirteenth century C.E. until rediscovered in the jungles of northern India ...13 KB (1,947 words) - 22:34, 3 March 2023
- often referred to as the Golden Age of India. Chandragupta had been the ... In addition to military prowess, Chandragupta II elevated culture ...13 KB (1,823 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- December 11, 1767 – August 13, 1795) of India ruled as a Holkar dynasty ... Rani Ahilyadevi ordered the building of a multitude of Hindu temples ...11 KB (1,580 words) - 06:51, 16 June 2023
- that controlled North-central and Eastern India as well as parts of the northwest ... The beginning of larger, centralized polities in India was largely ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:32, 26 February 2023
- Damdami Taksal, a Sikh religious group based in India."Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: ... In 1981, the government arrested Bhindranwale for his suspected involvement ...16 KB (2,278 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- site and World Heritage Site located in the Indian state of Madhya ... The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 03:37, 1 October 2023
- Christianity stands as India's third largest religion, following ... has been rapidly growing religion in India, spreading greatly ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- The Partition of Bengal in 1947 divided Bengal into the two separate ... third state, rather than joining either India or Pakistan. However, the ...19 KB (2,769 words) - 23:04, 28 June 2023
- Empire and the Deccan sultanates, resulting in a rout of Vijayanagara, ending ... and Christians, the Hinduism of southern India remained strong and resilient ...11 KB (1,587 words) - 01:37, 26 September 2023
- the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. A soldier-adventurer ... or chief constable at Budikote, near Kolar in present-day Karnataka. He is ...12 KB (1,977 words) - 18:40, 31 July 2023
- John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni Da/di Montecorvino in Italian, also ... In 1294, he finally reached Khanbaliq (Beijing), just after the death ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- the most important Hindu pilgrimage circuit in the Indian Himalayas. Located ... All four pilgrimage sites sit in the Himalayas, previously difficult ...11 KB (1,617 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- on the isolated Nilgiri plateau of Southern India. Prior to the late eighteenth ... and linguists would prove important in the creation of the fields ...14 KB (2,124 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- her schooling, took her vows to the order in 1936. She taught school for ... her death, and often involved the children in the convent school where she ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- Ilāhābād) is the English name of a city in the north Indian state of Uttar ... , with ilāh being Arabic for "(a) god" (in this context ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- His name means "Voice of the Buddha" in the Pāli language ... 039;s works, 2) details of his life recorded in the Mahavamsa, a Sri Lankan ...14 KB (1,973 words) - 17:39, 30 April 2020
- made with the hands or fingers, used in meditation, iconography, dance ... In Indian religious practice, the role of mudras as a concentration ...13 KB (2,114 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- symbolizes the victory of good over evil. In North India, Diwali marks the ... Hindu month of Ashwayuja. It usually occurs in October/November, and is one ...17 KB (2,633 words) - 15:51, 29 January 2024
- temple, sits on the Alaknanda river, in the hill town of Badrinath ... Devotees worship several murtis in the temple, the most important ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 05:36, 26 August 2023
- Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located ... Nagaland has played a crucial role in the development of the Republic ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- Amritsar, stands as the central holy place in the Sikh religion. The housing ... Sikhism has played a vital role in the history of India. An indigenous ...15 KB (2,334 words) - 18:54, 23 June 2020
- - July 31, 1942) was a British Army officer in India, explorer, and spiritualist ... Francis Younghusband was born in 1863 at Murree, British India (now ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- an Awadhi poet and philosopher. He was born in Rajapur, India in the district ... conjunction of the stars, he was abandoned in infancy by his parents, and ...12 KB (1,974 words) - 18:42, 2 May 2023
- The Nilgiris District is in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri ... popular summer retreat for the British East India Company during the nineteenth ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- network of secret fraternities engaged in murdering and robbing travellers ... during the time of British Imperial rule of India and still denotes a brutality ...16 KB (2,481 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- Ananthabhadram (also spelled Anandabhadram; in Malayalam: അനന്തഭ ... Ananthabhadram won five awards in the Kerala State Film Awards 2005 ...14 KB (1,924 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- #039;Great Hero") is a central figure in the religion of Jainism, revered ... It is said that Mahavira was born in the ancient Kingdom of Vaishali ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 05:27, 5 November 2022
- In the sociology of religion, a sect is generally a small religious ... In an Indian context, however, a sect refers to an organized tradition ...9 KB (1,258 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- The Sanskrit word Kalpa has several distinct meanings in the context ... The Vedangas are first mentioned in the Mundaka Upanishad as topics ...10 KB (1,446 words) - 22:19, 3 April 2023
- of Jesus (Jesuit Order), was instrumental in the establishment of Christianity ... In 1529, while attending the University of Paris, Xavier became acquainted ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- popular Indian scriptures, primarily found in Hinduism, usually written in ... Hindu god Vishnu. Puranas are often written in the vernacular, making them ...11 KB (1,583 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- Islam in India constitutes the second-most practiced religion after Hinduism, with approximately 151 million Muslims in India's population ...25 KB (3,703 words) - 06:10, 8 March 2024
- He turned to religious reform after a career in the service of the British ... In 1828, prior to his departure to England, Rammohan founded, with ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- Geographical Society and a civil servant in India where he served as Governor ... relevant. Elphinstone is said to have loved India. His goal was to improve ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:48, 10 November 2022
- Shiva and the main cultic object of devotion in Shaivism (the school of Hinduism ... In ritual practice, the linga is commonly found in proximity to a ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 23:15, 18 April 2020
- Samsāra refers to the state of perpetual reincarnation or rebirth ... that human action has consequences not only in this life, but in future lives ...14 KB (2,256 words) - 02:15, 23 December 2022
- Literature in Sanskrit, the classical language of India, represents ... Due to its extensive use in religious literature, primarily in Hinduism ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- ) is a city in Ajmer District in India's Rajasthan state. The ... Prithviraj Chauhan founded Ajmer (Ajaya-meru in Sanskrit) in the late ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate ... Several references to the Yonas are found in ancient Indian documents ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977-1979. He was the ... His relatively brief term as Prime Minister proved to India that a ...17 KB (2,426 words) - 00:04, 16 December 2022
- and large size (up to 30 meters (98 feet) in height and a trunk diameter ... date of the Sri Maha Bodhi, 288 B.C.E., in Sri Lanka, gives it the oldest ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- (January 29, 1926 at Santokdas, Sahiwal in Punjab – November 21, 1996 ... During the early 1960s Salam played a very significant role in establishing ...10 KB (1,560 words) - 04:45, 14 June 2023
- In Hinduism, a sampradaya (IAST sampradāya word commands much more respect and power in the Indian context than its ...15 KB (2,058 words) - 02:15, 23 December 2022
- various religious traditions that originated in India, and now are practiced ... caste. Throughout his life, a person remains in the same caste into which he ...19 KB (2,973 words) - 13:22, 22 January 2024
- "great countries"), or regions, in ancient India. The core of ... from circa 684 B.C.E. to 424 B.C.E. Two of India's major religions, Jainism ...20 KB (3,019 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- Portuguese India ( Índia Portuguesa of Portugal's colonial holdings in India. At the time of British ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- an eminent theologian and religious scholar in the German Protestant tradition ... Born in Peine (near Hanover), Rufolf Otto attended the Gymnasium Adreanum ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 17:41, 22 December 2022
- his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India. A lifelong pacifist ... Gandhi ("Frontier Gandhi"). In 1985, he was nominated for ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 22:34, 3 March 2023
- the Licchavis and the Vajjian Confederacy. In Buddha's time, Vesali ... and watch towers stood at three places in the walls' gates. Buddhaghosa ...15 KB (2,417 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- the exception being when a tautology occurs in testing the validity of an argument. In mathematics, ‘A = A’ is a tautology. In formal two-valued logic ...9 KB (1,481 words) - 16:04, 23 June 2023
- fame and glory. Norgay was also involved in most subsequent expeditions ... world to the divergent conditions that exist in its furthest reaches. Unknown ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 03:46, 30 April 2023
- movement that marked a turning point in the cultural history of India ... Dasa and Kanaka Dasa played a leading role in propagating Haridasa using ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 23:13, 26 December 2022
- an Indian yogi and guru. He was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation ... of the Bible was unique for someone raised in the Hindu tradition, and he ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- 22, 1539) was the founder of the Sikh religion whose message of monotheistic ... Sikhs changed their organization, their religion retained the deep-rooted ...16 KB (2,463 words) - 00:15, 5 March 2024
- Vedic thought. Vyasatirtha's genius lay in his clear understanding and ... Vyasatirtha was extremely influential in the Vijayanagar Empire. He ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- of cultural-religious syncretism that arose in Japan, which blends Buddhist ... The relationship between Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan is complex ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 20:48, 31 December 2023
- of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in India, but throughout the world ... heritage of the city. As a cultural nexus in northern India, Varanasi has ...18 KB (2,802 words) - 14:36, 3 May 2023
- Temple") refers to a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, the location where ... The Mahabodhi Temple marks the most holy spot in creation for Buddhism ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 05:24, 5 November 2022
- from the Malabar coast (now Kerala) in South India, who follow Syriac ... such as covering their heads while in worship and holding their ritual ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- Robert Morrison (born January 5, 1782 in Bullers Green, near Morpeth ... Morrison produced a Chinese translation of the New Testament in 1813 ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- oppression. Gandhi developed this philosophy in his struggles against racial ... King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement in North America during the 1960s. ...17 KB (2,735 words) - 22:38, 3 April 2020
- existed from 975 to 1187. It was centered in Ghazni, a city in present day ... around the city of Ghazni from his father-in-law, Alp Tigin, a break-away ...15 KB (2,234 words) - 16:57, 8 December 2022
- Taxila is an important archaeological site in Pakistan containing ... In 1980, Taxila was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site with multiple ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- into spiritual beings. Siddhas are described in Hindu, Buddhist, and Tantric ... A distinct concept of "siddha" is also found in the religion ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 20:06, 21 April 2023
- as the bodhisattva of infinite compassion in East Asian Buddhism. The name ... spread to China, he was also first worshiped in male form, but the representation ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- the Kali Yuga, the fourth and final stage in the history of the universe ... and the apocalyptic return of Jesus depicted in the Book of Revelation. It ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:29, 5 October 2022
- 77,000 square miles of rolling sand dunes in eastern Pakistan and the northwestern ... Range to the southeast and the Punjab plain in the north and northeast. To ...14 KB (2,193 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2023
- religious figure (after the Dalai Lama) in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) sect ... is Qoigyijabu, while the Tibetan Government in Exile maintains it is Gedhun ...11 KB (1,374 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982, provides an enlightening ... 1300 C.E. when invasions from Southern India could no longer be resisted ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 08:40, 24 November 2022
- Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed. (Macmillan Reference ... The origins of the scholarly Indian Yogācāra tradition were rooted ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- history. His 1835, Minute on Education in India, where he was a senior ... freedom and fair-play they had encountered in English literature. Macauley ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 18:39, 30 April 2023
- In Hinduism, Balarama (Devanagri: बलराम) is listed in the ... Reverence of Balarama is especially popular in South India as well as in the ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 05:51, 26 August 2023
- 326 B.C.E. when Alexander the Great invaded India. He ruled an area of what ... no place for privilege of birth or of wealth in his system. There is little ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- Jesus alive, Thomas professed his faith in Jesus, exclaiming "My ... said to have taken it eastwards as far as India. The churches of Malankara ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
