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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
- represent sections of the Constitution of India that prescribe the fundamental ... 1947 and 1949 by the Constituent Assembly of India. Credit for the ...44 KB (6,390 words) - 07:20, 15 April 2024
- philosopher, who founded the Pushti sect in India and the philosophy of ... Vallabha Acharya occupies a unique place in Indian culture as a scholar ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 14:14, 3 May 2023
- ancient order of mystical ascetics who lived in many parts of the ancient world ... According to Philo, communities of Therapeutae were widely established ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 18:27, 30 April 2023
- a wave of creative experimentation in modern dance. dance school and company, Denishawn, in 1915. One of her most famous ...12 KB (1,963 words) - 23:52, 21 August 2022
- Roman trade with India started around the beginning of the Common ... coastal voyage, helped enhance trade between India and Rome. ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- According to the Hindu religion, Shakti (Sanskrit: meaning force, ... In some systems of Hindu thought, Shakti may also be worshiped as ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 10:17, 26 January 2023
- ) is a form of sacred theater traditionally performed in Hindu temples ... and women of the Ambalavasi Nambiar caste in sacred theaters, called Koothambalam ...19 KB (2,773 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- belief, established the first monastery in the region. Also known as Guru Rinpoche ... of his biographical information is found in a mystically "recovered ...11 KB (1,775 words) - 06:13, 18 November 2022
- Jesus. He is mentioned as the sixth apostle in the three Synoptic Gospels ... as a disciple other than what is related in the Gospel of John concerning ...11 KB (1,622 words) - 19:13, 22 December 2022
- of Mahayana Buddhist thought, but also in triggering Hindu responses ... (344–413 c.e.), Nagarjuna was born in South India near the town of ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 23:10, 10 November 2022
- Razzak, the Persian who visited Vijayanagara in 1440, mention six fortifications ... behold. One of the great cities of its time in the world, the city's ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 19:11, 26 July 2023
- In Tibetan Buddhism, Shambhala (Tibetan: bde byung, pron. 'De ... The concept of Shambhala plays an important role in Tibetan religious ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 09:52, 6 October 2022
- Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 - 1929), born in Patiala State, India, became ... Asian people have profound faith than those in the West. ...21 KB (3,248 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- ) is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "wheel of time ... Kalachakra"—the physical world—and in particular the calculation ...25 KB (3,831 words) - 06:50, 28 February 2023
- Buddhist scriptures, and the ideas contained in and based on them, that attempts ... and used by schools of Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, Korea ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- ; "orthodox") are technical terms used in Indian philosophy ... the criterion of both orthodoxy and heresy in Hinduism is not based on the ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- In Hinduism, Brahmā (Sanskrit: meaning "swelling" or "expansion ... No longer widely worshiped in modern Hinduism, Brahmā is still important ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- c. 1500 – c. 500 B.C.E.) is the period in the history of India during ... organization, its profound interest in human origins, in the question ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- Religion plays a major role in life in Indonesia, which has the largest ... be free to choose and to practice the religion of his/her choice" ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- tradition of political statecraft that arose in India, which is epitomized ... While the Arthaśāstra tradition played a key role in the establishment ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 11:01, 16 August 2023
- most fundamental virtues universally found in diverse cultures throughout ... In Confucian thought, filial piety ( c=孝|p=Xiào ) is one of the ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 22:58, 1 May 2021
- was a Bengali Indian physicist, specializing in mathematical physics. He is ... In his book, The Scientific Edge, noted physicist Jayant Narlikar observed: ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 17:03, 23 December 2022
- considered to be the standard work on love in Sanskrit literature. A portion ... stereotypes about the text have developed in the western popular culture ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 02:33, 5 October 2022
- Zanskar is a subdistrict or tahsil of the Kargil district, which lies ... The people of Zanskar have subsisted, until recently, in nearly total ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 21:53, 2 December 2022
- for various tantric assemblies or feasts, in which practitioners meet to ... The feast is an esoteric ritual that unfolds in many stages. The sacred ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 04:22, 18 April 2024
- a seventeenth century Marathi poet Sant of India, related to the Bhakti movement ... ways, and was often cheated and humiliated in dealings with the public. His ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- concern for monetary profit. NPOs are active in a wide range of areas, including ... Since those involved in running a non-profit organization must pursue ...18 KB (2,646 words) - 09:59, 11 March 2023
- Authority (Latin auctoritas, used in Roman law as opposed to potestas ... authority has been a subject of research in a variety of empirical settings; ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 19:17, 22 August 2023
- Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यना) in (Sanskrit ... "clear-seeing," though, the "in-" prefix may be misleading; ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 20:31, 3 May 2023
- and powerful political and military empire in ancient India. Originating ... Emperor Bindusara expanded the Empire into India's central and southern ...32 KB (4,663 words) - 00:50, 9 November 2022
- of the ancient Aryan peoples described in the Rig Veda. Secondly, the ... The meaning of the word dāsa, which has been long preserved in the ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 20:43, 19 May 2020
- and Pakistan, as well as large parts of India, Mesopotamia, and Caucasus ... In the sixteenth century, Timurid prince Babur, the ruler of Ferghana ...22 KB (3,337 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- The cuisine of India is one of the world's most diverse cuisines ... India’s unique blend of cuisines evolved through large-scale cultural ...28 KB (4,219 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- Avantikapuri), an ancient city of Malwa in central India on the eastern ... Ujjain has served as a center of science and culture in northern India ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- . Many believe him one of the earliest Marxists in India. ... Born to a family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary ...28 KB (4,246 words) - 03:31, 1 October 2023
- , built on the banks of the Yagachi River in Belur, served as an early capital ... The Hoysala Empire of southern India prevailed during the tenth to ...18 KB (2,563 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- William Wilberforce (August 1759 - July 1833) was born in the great ... to overcome the many setbacks and defeats. In 1807, Parliament finally passed ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- and included all his baptized disciples in the Amrit Sanchar ceremony ... Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa to inspire the Sikh community ...20 KB (3,030 words) - 03:34, 6 October 2022
- a system of traditional medicine native to India, and practiced in other parts ... , meaning 'science.'A.S. Chopra, in "Ayurveda," ...26 KB (3,585 words) - 06:06, 10 January 2023
- lines, on mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas, on temples or ... Daoism, and Buddhism have evolved together in a kindred relationship throughout ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 20:32, 8 September 2023
- Mother Teresa, in full Saint Teresa of Calcutta, (born Agnesa Gonxha ... was a woman who experienced God's call in such an intense and personal ...24 KB (3,633 words) - 20:00, 15 March 2023
- a tiered tower with multiple eaves, common in China, Japan, Korea, Nepal ... were incorporated into the overall design. In China, these structures incorporated ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- and is consulted for religious guidance in all aspects of life. ... The Holy Book is organized in the form of hymns written in praise ...19 KB (2,945 words) - 06:37, 10 January 2024
- In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ... In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- Hindu god Vishnu, as well as a complete God in his own right, Krishna is depicted ... impact on both Hinduism and Indian culture in general, especially among the ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 23:27, 12 June 2023
- created the discipline of comparative religion. He was also one of the ... Müller's use of comparative linguistics in his research methodology ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- major works deal with the sociology of religion and government, but he also ... While the twentieth century in many ways proved him correct, stronger ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- refers to those deliberately castrated in order to perform specific social ... Servants or slaves were usually castrated in order to make them safer servants ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- In the religions of India, Maya (Sanskrit māyā, from mā "not ... ==Maya in Hinduism== ===Vedas=== Maya is introduced in the Rg Veda ...13 KB (2,085 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- on Mount Lu. Daoxin was ordained as a monk in 607 and eventually settled ... The earliest historical mention of Daoxin is in the Hsü kao-seng ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 19:44, 22 May 2020
- who was the chief architect of the Constitution of India. untouchables to obtain a college education in India. Ambedkar became a renown ...34 KB (5,057 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- (October 19, 1910, Lahore, British India, now in Pakistan, – August ... was an eminent astrophysicist. Of Tamil Indian heritage, he was born ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- Lingayatism, also known as Veerashaivism, began as a reform movement ... The term derives from Lingavantha in Kannada. Legend relates that ...20 KB (2,822 words) - 04:17, 29 October 2022
- this school as well as of bhakti and Islam. In his life and teachings, he ... In contemporary India, the famous Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba is often ...29 KB (4,491 words) - 20:40, 17 April 2023
- as the twelfth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... He led one of the most important administrations in India's modern ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 10:56, 11 March 2023
- Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India are a Buddhist monastery complex ... in Aurangabad District in the Indian state of Maharashtra (N. lat ...19 KB (2,978 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2023
- a tribal group of approximately 60,000 in Ziro in the Apatani plateau ... striving to protect their traditional ways in the face of modernization. ...11 KB (1,672 words) - 05:57, 11 August 2023
- is a controversial Hindu goddess, depicted in religious iconography as a ... Durga. The text of the Devi-Mahatmyam (found in the Markandeya Purana, c. 300 ...16 KB (2,621 words) - 02:27, 5 October 2022
- of womanly elegance and wifely virtue in Hinduism. She is also considered ... the goddess known as Sita appearing in early Vedic literature is closely ...19 KB (3,150 words) - 22:35, 29 January 2023
- who traveled on foot from China to India in the early Tang period ... Xuanzang’s detailed account of his travels, Journey to the West ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- family of Buddhist lineages found primarily in Tibet and Japan, which combine ... While Vajrayana Buddhism is a part of Tibetan Buddhism, in that it ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- attested areas of settlement (North India). The Indo-Aryans derive ... In the case of the Indo-Aryan race, they indeed appear to have origin ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... After it was conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021 C.E., the name Gandhara ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- related to fertility and generally conducted in the spring. It can also refer ... the first deity and his or her consort(s). In terms of the ritual expression ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- C.E.), also known as Yamin ad-Dawlah Mahmud (in full: Yamin ad-Dawlah Abd al ... In any case, in the long run, no believer will be proud of historical ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- Ismā'īlī Shīˤa Islām that formed in 765 C.E. when the followers ... educational and medical organizations in the service of humanity and ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 06:09, 16 June 2023
- In the Hindu religion, Sarasvati (Sanskrit sa|सरस्वती ... to her flowing thoughts, words, and music. In ancient India, Sarasvati was ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 03:27, 23 December 2022
- 1936 he was a Church of Scotland missionary in India, where he was consecrated ... Despite roots in a non-Episcopal tradition, he became convinced that ...30 KB (4,685 words) - 22:01, 25 October 2022
- it to Vajrayana Buddhism and the Bön religion. Though Chöd is not ancestor ... In Tibet, Dampa Sangye is known as the Father of Chod and Machig Labdron ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 22:01, 10 December 2023
- A quarterly journal, Athenäum, founded in 1798 by Freidrich von Schlegel ... der Indier (On the Language and Wisdom of India, 1808) was a pioneering work ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- a "god" or "deity" found in both Vedic Hinduism and Buddhism ... god of the Indo-European pantheon, continued in Sanskrit as Dyaus. Today, Hindus ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 10:11, 29 January 2024
- orders of Sufism, his primary initiation was in the Nizamiyya subbranch of ... Khan returned to India at the end of 1926. While there, he chose the ...13 KB (2,071 words) - 19:28, 6 September 2022
- The word Ananda means "bliss" in Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhala ... Ananda was born in Kapilavatthu and was the Buddha's cousin, ...12 KB (1,953 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- kingdom on the earth, a utopian society in which wealth would be spread ... Richard Henry Tawney was born on November 30, 1880, in Calcutta, India ...14 KB (1,999 words) - 01:48, 14 December 2022
- a symbol of divine purity and illumination. In Zoroastrianism, fire, together ... divinity. The veneration and awe for light in some form or another is to ...25 KB (4,046 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- Sir William Muir, KCSI (April 27, 1819 – July 11, 1905) was born ... His writing on Islam pioneered, in the English-speaking world, use ...26 KB (3,916 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- ) is a major river in the Indian subcontinent flowing east through ... In his book Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru says: "… The ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- groups that constitute traditional societies in certain regions of the world ... similar structures. While most are no longer in force, one common attribute ...31 KB (4,665 words) - 14:24, 29 November 2023
- important sacred tool and ritual implement in Vajrayana Buddhism, Hinduism ... The Tibetan word for vajra is dorje, which is also a common male name ...7 KB (1,107 words) - 14:11, 3 May 2023
- The Minaret of Jam is located in the Shahrak District, Ghor Province ... Remains of Jam a World Heritage Site in 2002. UNESCO designated the ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 18:44, 9 November 2022
- philosopher, and politician, whose poetry in Persian and Urdu is regarded ... After studying in England and Germany, Iqbal established a law practice ...34 KB (5,166 words) - 17:56, 10 November 2022
- and that the word Maoism has never been used in its English-language publications ... In the People's Republic of China (PRC), Mao Zedong Thought is ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 03:00, 6 November 2022
- sixth century C.E. and played a seminal role in the transmission of Zen Buddhism ... Tanlin's biography of Bodhidharma found in the Long Scroll of the Treatise ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- of Karnataka that ruled from Banavasi in present day Uttara Kannada ... Mayurasharma founded the dynasty in 345 C.E., showing at times the ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 21:31, 7 September 2023
- or Axum), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- Born at Tyana in Asia Minor, Apollonius was educated at Tarsus and ... to be forgeries, but play an important role in how he was perceived throughout ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 15:49, 11 August 2023
- Hindu spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant ... practice of Yoga became increasingly popular in the West. The Yoga taught in ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- modern education for the Muslim community in India by founding the Muhammedan ... working as a jurist for the British East India Company. Personally affected ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- and prerogatives to be performed properly, in order to maintain the harmony ... important contributions to Hindu thought in the fields of logic and epistemology ...18 KB (2,750 words) - 18:03, 9 November 2022
- Indian philosophy. He is said to have lived in the Indian subcontinent, around ... numerous myths and legends, but does appear in Hindu literature in connection ...11 KB (1,609 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- Bidar, and Berar of south-central India. The Deccan sultanates located ... Although generally rivals, they allied against the Vijayanagara empire ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 09:00, 28 January 2024
- ) refers to a race of large serpentine creatures that abound in the ... In Sanskrit, the term nāgaḥ ( sa|नागः ) refers specifically ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- 1448)Vinay Dharwadker, "Kabir" in Religions of India in Practice ... )Charlotte Vaudeville, "Kabir" in The Encyclopedia of Religion ...23 KB (3,622 words) - 17:22, 5 April 2023
- was an Indian spiritual teacher. He lived in India and in other countries ... (चन्द्र मोहन जैन) in Kuchwada, a small village in ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 03:34, 1 October 2023
- on essential needs. He was often combative in defending his ideas, generating ... Marvin Harris was born in Brooklyn, New York, into a poor family of ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- the diverse cultures and countries in which it has spread. Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- southward. Thus the rounding of the cape in 1488 was considered a significant ... In 1488, navigator Bartholomew Dias named the Peninsula "Cabo ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- Anglicanism has its roots in the Celtic Christianity of the earliest ... Anglicanism today operates flexibly and autonomously in many nations ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 05:52, 28 July 2023
- , or the 'Emperor's Mosque', in 1673 in Lahore, Pakistan. The ... The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, completed in 1673, had been designed ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- is an iconographic representation of God in Hinduism, which depicts divinity ... This Trimurti concept is a tenet most strongly held in Hindu denomination ...22 KB (3,588 words) - 17:21, 2 May 2023
- The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The dynasty revived under Kadungon in the early sixth century. They ...21 KB (3,154 words) - 06:36, 18 November 2022
- As technology enabled humans to settle in larger numbers, however, more ... The development of microlith tools began in response to these changes. ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 06:20, 18 November 2022
- Shi'a Islam as Iran's official religion and united its provinces ... The Safavid dynasty had its origins in a long established Sufi order ...23 KB (3,547 words) - 18:36, 22 December 2022
- a large jaw") is an important character in Hindu mythology and religion ... Hanuman is one of the more popular deities in the Hindu pantheon, ...19 KB (3,063 words) - 19:40, 29 January 2022
- as for his promotion of religious harmony. In particular, he was known for ... service (called seva), and teach Education in Human Values. His followers ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
- of Creatures") is a Hindu god. He is in close communication with Nature ... However, in the post-Vedic period, as Hindu religion became more internalized ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 22:13, 30 November 2022
- and Limpopo rivers of Southern Africa in the modern states of Zimbabwe ... and Traditional Evidence, History in Africa 3(1976): 1-17. The Mutapa ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 23:43, 21 October 2023
- Nader rose to power during a period of anarchy in Persia after a rebellion ... prestige especially as an alternative power in the region to the larger Ottoman ...23 KB (3,626 words) - 23:01, 10 November 2022
- brush and weed control, and as symbols in religion, folklore, and mythology ... Goats naturally live in rugged mountain or desert habitats. They are ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- Music of the Spheres is cited in old scriptures, and the Greek philosopher ... Although New Age musical structures can be understood in relation ...8 KB (1,225 words) - 16:29, 11 November 2022
- 31, 1984) nee Nehru) was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 to ... Daughter of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and ...30 KB (4,508 words) - 00:36, 27 January 2021
- century B.C.E.. The vast majority are found in South India, written on plates ... evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in detail the first wide expansion ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- at his mother's home at Amphoe Amphawa in present day Samut Songkhram ... and Mongkut as Rama IV, famous as the king in Anna and the King of Siam. ...9 KB (1,378 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- Moghul Empire from the time of his accession in 1556 until 1605. He is considered ... his policies clearly had pragmatic benefits in attracting the loyalty of non ...23 KB (3,546 words) - 07:14, 16 June 2023
- The Great Living Chola Temples were built during the Chola rule in ... and religious commitment of the Cholas in the cities of Thanjavur and ...28 KB (4,178 words) - 16:37, 13 July 2017
- but ultimately dispensable aspect of life in the Hindu tradition; for Buddhists ... The word kama is a masculine noun referring to "desire" ...13 KB (1,937 words) - 02:33, 5 October 2022
- was founded by the Mongol leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim ... Jahan, Jehangir's son, became emperor in October 1627, the empire was ...31 KB (4,705 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- of Bodhidharma and Huike; accounts of them in historical texts are semi-legendary ... was the second of the almost-legendary early Ch'an patriarchs ...17 KB (2,535 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- the selection of marriage partners. In the case of exogamy, even the ... of exogamy and endogamy has fluctuated. In cases where a minority group ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 21:17, 26 May 2015
- ), is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand ... Samarkand revolted against its Mongol rulers in 1365, and became the ...15 KB (2,116 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- which include northern Nepal, Bhutan, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh ... The earliest well-documented influence of Buddhism in Tibet dates ...27 KB (3,993 words) - 23:24, 30 April 2023
- The folklore of India comprises the folklore of the nation of India ... The folklore of India is distinguished from classical Sanskrit literary ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- low-ranking male nature dieties that appear in both Hindu, Buddhist, and sometimes ... == In Hinduism == ===Early Conception=== In the Hindu tradition, the ...9 KB (1,445 words) - 07:26, 2 April 2008
- synthesis of masculine and feminine energies in the process of creation. In Hindu iconography, Ardhanarisvara is depicted as half-male and ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- is an educational organization founded in India in 1937 that offers instruction ... Lawrence A. Babb, Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the ...28 KB (3,991 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- is a central and much revered figure in the majority of [Hinduism|Hindu ... Vyasa is the author of, and an important character in, the Mahabharata ...17 KB (2,751 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
- The political integration of India established a united nation for ... When the Indian independence movement succeeded in ending the British ...40 KB (5,861 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- E. There are accounts of the Pasupata system in the Sarvadarsanasamgraha of ... They are also referred to in the Mahabharata. The Pasupata doctrine ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 19:20, 23 June 2020
- traditions and churches that developed in Greece, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria ... common religious tradition or communion. In particular, the Eastern Orthodox ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- cluster of religious schools and traditions in Hinduism devoted primarily ... The central figure is seated in a yogic posture and is surrounded ...34 KB (5,141 words) - 19:47, 14 April 2020
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431 C.E. The christological ... Nestorianism originated in the fifth century out of an attempt to ...10 KB (1,525 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- , a hill station (a hill town) nestled in the Shiwalik Hills (or Lower ... attracts students from all over North East India, West Bengal, Bhutan, Nepal ...23 KB (3,408 words) - 02:28, 5 October 2022
- of Madhva's views, such as his beliefs in eternal damnation and the co ... Bhatta and mother Vedavati at Pajakaksetra in Udupi District, in the Tulunadu ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 04:55, 5 November 2022
- Annie Wood Besant (October 1, 1847 – September 20, 1933) was born ... M. K. Gandhi said that she woke India from a deep sleep and that he ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- , one of the six largest cities in India during Gautama Buddha ... The main monasteries in Sravasti were Jetavana and the Pubbarama. ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 16:17, 8 February 2023
- bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology ... ==Garuda in Hinduism== ===Origins=== The Vedas, composed in approximately ...14 KB (2,324 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- or Dhilli, is the second largest metropolis in India after Mumbai. Located ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- pay heed to when deciding to put themselves in this situation. While surrogacy ... the essential quality of creativity in this process. If the surrogacy ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 13:57, 28 April 2023
- or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers ... . This is the opposite of the term Occident. In terms of the Old World, Europe ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- In the Vajrayana Buddhism, Upasaka Dharmatala is a well known Upasaka ... In the Pali Canon's Jivaka Sutta, In this article, regarding the ...9 KB (1,341 words) - 02:11, 18 April 2023
- and beyond, from present day Afghanistan in the north to Bengal in the ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- and remains a principal tonal foundation in both western and non-western ... who say that it is far from universal in formative and early music ...7 KB (1,075 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... In the Western tradition, ancient philosophy was developed primarily ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- In Hinduism, the term Isvara (ईश्वर in Devanagari script ... In some Hindu schools, the term Isvara is used apologetically to affirm ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 06:19, 11 March 2024
- to 1969. He handed over power to Commander in Chief General Yahya Khan, whom ... Ayub Khan was born in the village of Rehana in Haripur District to ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- Menander I Soter, (The Saviour), known as Milinda in Indian sources ... least 30 years. Menander's predecessor in Punjab seems to have been the ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 04:28, 9 November 2022
- several traditions of Vedānta philosophy in India. “Bhedābheda” is ... century C.E.). The history of Bhedābheda in India is at least as old as ...15 KB (2,341 words) - 03:36, 1 October 2023
- history, although each remains controversial in certain sects of modern society. group. Whether that group is defined by religion, race, or other difference ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- River and the Ghaggar River-Hakra River in what is now Pakistan and western ... The Indus civilization peaked around 2500 B.C.E. in the western part ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
- the Baptist Missionary Society. His interest in mission was stimulated by reading ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
