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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
- from 1976 to 1977. Despite being ousted in a Marxist coup, Mancham returned ... businessman, sent James to law school in England. He also studied at ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- and ethnographer who gained prominence in 1962 with his idealized, lyrical ... Colin Macmillan Turnbull was born to Scottish parents in Harrow, England ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- was a major political leader of the All India Muslim League who founded ... Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress expounding ...37 KB (5,500 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- by humans and have had an important role in human life for thousands of ... chambered stomach, which plays a vital role in digesting, regurgitating, and ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 21:23, 6 October 2022
- Ethical Culture is a nontheistic religion established by Felix Adler ... In adhering to its social and moral imperatives, the Ethical Culture ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
- and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious ... Smart became widely known outside the academy, at least in Britain ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- Huike, he secluded himself for many years in the mountains to avoid the ... Huiyuan (Compendium of Five Lamps), compiled in the early thirteenth century ...18 KB (2,660 words) - 12:22, 1 August 2022
- of philosophical thought that originated in India. Indian philosophy has ... philosophy conceives of man as spiritual in nature, and relates him to ...22 KB (3,133 words) - 22:02, 4 February 2023
- matriarchy and his work on the role of women in ancient societies. His work ... Johann Jakob Bachofen was born on December 22, 1815 in Basel, Switzerland ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 14:47, 1 August 2022
- would never be sufficient to secure India's independence, and ... him of Fascist sympathies, while others in India have been more sympathetic ...36 KB (5,476 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- religious movement that emerged in Qadian, a small village in ... Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam). These groups vary in their specific interpretations ...36 KB (5,381 words) - 06:53, 16 June 2023
- Manichaeism is an extinct dualistic religion of Iranian origin, founded ... Theologically, Manichaeism is a dualistic religion that postulated ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- to the world rendered by the other religion(s). People involved in dialogue ... of unprecedented global interaction in the modern age, which has provided ...33 KB (5,242 words) - 16:49, 26 February 2022
- The People's Republic of Bangladesh lies in a corner of South ... Bangladesh's rank among the most densely populated countries ...30 KB (4,435 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- coined the term "ethnocentrism" in the nineteenth century, although ... of ethnocentrism has proven significant in the social sciences, both with ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- an Irani (Indian of Persian descent) born in Poona (now Pune), India, who ... a seven-year process of transformation in the young man. For much of ...32 KB (4,996 words) - 04:10, 9 November 2022
- Sikhism is a religion that began in sixteenth-century Northern India with the life and teachings of Guru Nanak and nine successive human gurus ...38 KB (5,913 words) - 22:00, 29 January 2023
- 674) was the fifth Chan (Buddhist) patriarch in the traditional lineage of ... After Chan Buddhism had been established in China for several centuries ...14 KB (1,945 words) - 17:46, 15 May 2020
- root kri, "to do") is a term used in several eastern religions referring ... with earthly existence. The concept of karma in Indian philosophy and religion ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 07:22, 5 October 2022
- Aleppo (Arabic Halab) is a city in northern Syria, the second largest ... Originating in the early second millennium B.C.E., Aleppo competes ...14 KB (2,080 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most ... Buddhism originated in India and came to Korea by way of China. A ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 04:34, 4 March 2023
- ruled large parts of southern and central India between the sixth and twelfth ... The rise of the Chalukyas marks an important milestone in the history ...41 KB (5,966 words) - 01:14, 4 December 2023
- are called Bhikkhunis. The holy orders in Buddhism connect back to the ... In addition to pursuing their own spiritual advancement, Bhikkhu and ...18 KB (2,886 words) - 03:36, 1 October 2023
- , refers to a ritual drink of importance in ancient Vedic and Persian culture ... Soma is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, which contains many hymns ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as "John ... This was arrogant but it resulted in many initiatives, such as education ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
- | religion = Buddhist |}} and to reduce inequality. She succeeded in the latter but high government ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- and Silla. The fall of Baekje to Silla in 668 marks the recognized beginning ... Archaeological discoveries in the ancient Unified Silla dynasty reveal ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- in Kannada) stood as a prominent South Indian empire that ruled most ... of Malnad Karnataka, an elevated region in the Western Ghats range. In ...35 KB (5,038 words) - 18:09, 15 March 2023
- employ yantra, mantra and other items in their sadhana, puja and yajna. ... Historically, yantras have been used in Hinduism for a variety of ...9 KB (1,275 words) - 10:12, 22 May 2023
- Lama, and as such, is often referred to in Western media simply as the ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- It was originally published anonymously in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty ... , who set out on an arduous pilgrimage to India, where they receive Buddhist ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ... powers. Macao has many similarities with Goa in India. The presence of Portuguese ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... centers of Jewish diasporan culture emerged in such places as Alexandria, ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- the late twentieth century, when many jobs in both industrial and information ... In recent years, many societies have recognized same sex marriages ...24 KB (3,629 words) - 06:41, 18 April 2024
- Incense has been used since antiquity in different parts of the world ... Incense is available in various forms and degrees of processing. Depending ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- Jainism (pronounced jayn-izm), traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is a dharmic religion with its origins in the prehistory of India, still practiced ...28 KB (4,275 words) - 12:42, 6 November 2021
- Stewart Mill worked for most of his life in the examiner’s office of ... different types of happiness. As a logician, in A System of Logic, Mill describes ...27 KB (4,047 words) - 07:56, 3 August 2022
- is a form of ornamental handwriting found in various cultures throughout ... typography and non-classical hand-lettering in that characters are disciplined ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- Zoroastrianism (or Mazdaism) refers to the religion developed from ... to scholars, Zoroastrianism was the first religion to believe in angels, a ...42 KB (6,394 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- Vedas, the earliest sacred literature of India, and to the school arising ... Vedanta schools have a number of doctrines in common, including transmigration ...17 KB (2,516 words) - 14:43, 3 May 2023
- is generally considered to have been in about the sixth century B.C.E. ... on nature and the self, which has resulted in the development of themes like ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- defining what is acceptable and what is not, in public display, as essential ... Obscenity (in Latin obscenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable ...14 KB (2,133 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- 1583 – August 28, 1645) worked as a jurist in the Dutch Republic and laid ... very nature, natural laws were authoritative in themselves, with or without ...25 KB (3,772 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- , also Sikhim) - a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas ... ranking as the second-smallest in area after Goa. The thumb-shaped ...35 KB (5,094 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- Devi)—the female principle of the divine—in her many forms as the absolute ... necessity of a female image of the divine in religious experience. ...40 KB (6,102 words) - 10:18, 26 January 2023
- cultural activities including religion, philosophy, language, customs ... and concepts, literature and history, and religion and philosophy, established ...10 KB (1,498 words) - 06:44, 5 April 2024
- as the Golden Temple of Dambulla) is located in the central part of in Sri ... north of Kandy. The largest and best-preserved cave temple complex ...13 KB (1,949 words) - 18:09, 24 January 2024
- Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530–1540 and again ... He succeeded his father in India in 1530, while his half-brother Kamran ...33 KB (5,251 words) - 21:14, 11 January 2023
- Hindus and Confucianists. However, in the modern West, particularly ... In attempting to combat the current permissive climate, social conservatives ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 5 December 2023
- 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the United States. He wrote ... Huston Cummings Smith was born in Suzhou, China on May 31, 1919, to ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- , also known as Jetsun Dolma in Tibetan, is a popular female ... In Tibet, Tārā is a Tantric deity whose mantra and visualization ...26 KB (4,258 words) - 04:30, 27 February 2023
- finite, limited, and contextual postulates. In other words, Syādvāda is ... of view and thus removing any dogmatism in the statement. ...19 KB (2,999 words) - 00:56, 21 April 2023
- or The Lights of Canopus (in Persian) The Lights of Canopus, described ... or Kalilag and Damnag (in Syriac) Ion Keith-Falconer. Kalilah and Dimnah ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 06:28, 18 November 2022
- gaana) is a traditional dance drama popular in the coastal districts and adjacent ... Yakshagana enjoys great popularity in predominantly rural areas of ...30 KB (4,418 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- The sociology of religion is primarily the study of the practices ... Historically, sociology of religion was of central importance to sociology ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- national poet of Bangladesh and commemorated in India. Scholars credit him ... Born in a poor Muslim family, Nazrul received religious education ...34 KB (5,210 words) - 22:44, 14 September 2023
- a popular work, as it has survived in numerous manuscripts in several ... #039; miraculous evangelistic adventures in India, where he traveled after ...27 KB (4,575 words) - 05:44, 15 June 2023
- has been described as the first true empire in world history. It was a flourishing ... but the Empire was an important bridge in the development of the culture ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- Purana, and Bhagavata Purana. Practice in Vaishnavism is also informed ... with the vast majority of adherents situated in India. The Gaudiya Vaishnava ...42 KB (6,471 words) - 14:11, 3 May 2023
- of Gojoseon, the first kingdom of Korea, in present-day Liaoning, Manchuria ... Although myth shrouds the origins of the Korean people, the message ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- or bodies, which are said to be manifested in different ways: 1) the nirmanakaya ... conflicting teachings about the Buddha found in Buddhist texts. As with earlier ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 16:53, 2 May 2023
- Fundamentalism refers to any sect or movement within a religion that ... Historically, the term "fundamentalism" was first used in ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Like all art forms in Indian culture, music is believed to have a ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- the dualistic ethos that spawned these terms in the first place. ... In this new understanding, pagan traditions are defined by the absence ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- The Bhagavadgita is written in the form of a conversation between ... with similes and metaphors, are written in a poetic form that is traditionally ...36 KB (5,510 words) - 03:32, 1 October 2023
- most popular and influential Mahayana sutras in East Asia and the basis on ... Such language has deep resonances in other religions, that also ...10 KB (1,578 words) - 02:49, 4 November 2022
- most common type of educational institutions in many nations. Public schools ... While public schools are to be found in virtually every country, there ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- ) are a large corpus of texts originating in ancient India. They are ... Law"), refers to this belief in the ageless nature of the wisdom ...32 KB (4,855 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- Wonhyo (元曉, 원효; "Genngyo" in Japanese) (617 – ... Unified Silla, Wonhyo played a vital role in the reception and assimilation ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- ) is a Hindu temple complex, located in the village of Duy Phú in ... Many Champa temples exist in a valley roughly two kilometers wide ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... on December 10, 1948, defines freedom of religion and belief as follows: ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- Labour Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald in the early 1920s, and as Churchill ... The government he led put in place the post-war consensus, based upon ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English (New York: SUNY Press ... so they cannot be completely grasped in all aspects and manifestations ...30 KB (4,673 words) - 18:01, 27 July 2023
- , President of Toronto University College, in 1851. The term Pré-historique ... Religious accounts of creation, such as the biblical account in Genesis ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- by a ligature, usually a noose or cord tied in a "Hangman's knot ... While hanging, especially when carried out in public, is generally ...19 KB (2,904 words) - 01:19, 28 January 2022
- , ignited fierce controversy and protests in many Muslim countries. The ... with the modern world among Muslims, couched in secularist language and expressed ...35 KB (5,157 words) - 01:51, 23 December 2022
- of the Sarvastivada schools, he grew up in centers of Hinayana Buddhism ... translation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to Chinese, which ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- of other nations that are not its colonies. In various forms, imperialism ... as spreading order, morality, the true religion and civilization, and have ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- Chakra (Sanskrit: meaning circle or wheel) is a widely used concept ... Another use of the term "chakra" is found in classical Indian ...24 KB (3,564 words) - 17:25, 30 September 2021
- from modern-day Afghanistan to Bangladesh in the sixth century B.C.E., prior ... to the Mahajanapadas only incidentally. In a struggle for supremacy during ...50 KB (7,467 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- between 800 to 200 B.C.E. was the time in which all foundations that ... of a political unity of the world in while writing his book Die ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- woodcut. The original was published in Paris in 1888. Pantheism states ... The term panentheism (meaning "all-in-God") was coined by ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:13, 11 March 2023
- which influenced all subsequent teachers in the Linji (Japanese: Rinzai ... Keqin (Wade-Giles: Yuan-wu K'o-ch'in; Japanese: Engo Kokugon) (1063 ...16 KB (2,594 words) - 16:55, 13 May 2020
- 23, 1937) was a Bengali from undivided India, who contributed to the foundations ... Bose is highly regarded in the scientific communities of the world ...24 KB (3,668 words) - 12:40, 6 November 2021
- and the leaves are usually bound with string in a small bundle and dried. ... deal to Native American history and rituals. In addition to having spiritual ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- such laws, civil disobedience developed in an effort to achieve social ... Civil disobedience has been used successfully in nonviolent resistance ...28 KB (4,286 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... own coins by the third century, converting in the fourth century to Christianity ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- In Jainism, the Tirthankara ("Fordmaker") (also Tirthankara ... The Tirthankara provide the highest model of spiritual conduct in ...12 KB (1,718 words) - 17:11, 30 September 2021
- roar") is one of the principal demons in Hindu mythology who battled ... to endure as the archetypal villain in the Hindu tradition, and is ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 19:05, 16 April 2023
- quot;) is an institution of great importance in Tibetan Buddhism, whose incumbent ... In addition to his supreme religious and temporal authority, the Dalai ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- ) refers to a town in the Indian state of West Bengal, the headquarters ... town with the plains, a World Heritage Site in 1999 and constitutes one of ...33 KB (4,712 words) - 06:27, 15 January 2023
- temporarily disrupted by the Crimean War. In fact, Britain was at war every ... increasingly liberal with a number of shifts in the direction of gradual political ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe ... At first, Prester John was imagined to be in India, with tales of ...29 KB (4,428 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- gives a precious insight into life in ancient Greece, and several ... Theophrastus was born at Eressos in Lesbos c. 372 B.C.E. Diogenes ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 18:21, 30 April 2023
- , IPA: [kəɾˈnɑːʈəkɑː]), a state in the southern part of India ... or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India, comprises ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous Churches in full communion ... The Eastern Catholic Churches were located historically in Eastern ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- The First War of Indian Independence was a period of rebellions in ... Mangal Pandey, a Sepoy in the colonial British army, was the spearhead ...43 KB (6,818 words) - 17:25, 28 March 2024
- the need for scientific methodology in his work. He pioneered the ... Adolf Bastian was born in Bremen, Germany, into a prosperous bourgeois ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 06:01, 15 June 2023
- through meditation. Yoga is also found in the Puranas, the Vedas and ... the mind and body, spread. "Yoga" in traditional Hinduism involves ...18 KB (2,929 words) - 09:05, 18 November 2022
- vibrant expression of contemporary Hinduism, in the Vaisnavite tradition. Swaminarayan was born Ghanshyam Pande in Chhapaiya, Uttar Pradesh ...36 KB (5,036 words) - 16:42, 6 December 2023
- to the study of logic and epistemology in Indian thought. In particular ... again went to great pains to identify, in each case, what it took to ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 01:23, 17 November 2022
- and Western ideas to the Chinese Empire in the sixteenth century. He was ... In 1601, Ricci became the first foreigner from the West to enter the ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- the void left by the Pyu. The kingdom grew in relative isolation until the ... number of temples and religious monuments in the capital of Bagan. The last ...24 KB (3,647 words) - 06:14, 18 November 2022
- the economic development and centralization in modern cities around the world. of life through the presence of mosques in the close vicinity, and their ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 03:11, 26 September 2023
- August 16, 2018) was the Prime Minister of India, briefly in 1996, and from ... Vajpayee was also a poet, writing in his native language, Hindi. His ...47 KB (6,896 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- the Julian calendar. It is also celebrated in other cultures, such as the ... displays of fireworks at midnight, welcoming in the New Year. In contemporary ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- doctrine of bhedabheda dvaitadvaita, duality in unity. There is considerable ... generally accept the date given in the Vedic Scriptures. There ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- and among the earliest of those who wrote in the Marathi language. Namdev ... became very popular and have been collected in Namdevachi Gatha, which also ...18 KB (3,150 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- British Raj (rāj, lit. "rule" in Hindi) or British India ... (contemporaneously, "British India") as well as the princely ...52 KB (7,786 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... eco-friendly and elderly-friendly designs in their temple. During a major ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... The first attempt by Jesuits to reach China was made in 1552 by Saint ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- the blessings associated with such a state. In its more extreme form, religious ... Exclusivism is most prevalent in Abrahamic religions. In Jewish tradition ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- began as a mutiny of sepoys of British East India Company's army on May ... northern Indian Gangetic Plain and central India." ...41 KB (6,196 words) - 18:35, 4 March 2024
- In Hindu iconography, Parvati is regularly pictured alongside her ... Parvati has mythological roots in the character of Sati, the first ...16 KB (2,503 words) - 08:58, 18 November 2022
- Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature, religion ... of culture and society at the time, and in particular, the state of intellectualism ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 01:03, 2 May 2023
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are volcanic in origin; ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- jpg|thumb|right|400px|Refugees arrive in Travnik, central [[Bosnia and ... Refugee was defined as a legal group in response to the large numbers ...35 KB (5,240 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- Perhaps the fact that Blavatsky was not in any way affiliated with ... She was born in the house of her mother's parents in Ekaterinoslav ...24 KB (3,559 words) - 13:46, 27 October 2022
- Bahram II was the fifth Sassanid King of Persia in 276–293. He was ... Persia remained an important bridge between India further to the East and the ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- [[Image:Sermon in the Deer Park depicted at Wat Chedi Liem-KayEss ... lessons to anyone being introduced to the religion. More than simply a doctrine ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- down, derived from custom or implied. In the United States and most ... is to understand what the rights are in "civil rights." ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- of the later philosophies and religions of India. Vedic texts are traditionally ... Islamic influence was spreading through India. According to tradition, ...28 KB (4,159 words) - 13:11, 3 May 2023
- Buddhism, and Jainism, being a key precept in their ethical codes; however ... today. The most famous proponent of ahimsa in modern times was Mahatma Gandhi ...25 KB (3,653 words) - 06:51, 16 June 2023
- A state religion (also called an official religion, established church ... or creed designated as a state religion can vary. It can range from ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- of philosophy (orthodox Vedic systems) of India. Historically, it has been ... which emphasizes that reality consist in difference. The Vaisesika school ...19 KB (2,996 words) - 14:10, 3 May 2023
- is an island nation off the coast of Africa in the southwest Indian Ocean ... In addition to the island of Mauritius, the republic includes the ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- until his death. He was the last Emperor of India (until 1947) and the last ... inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother ...35 KB (5,207 words) - 21:42, 8 February 2024
- of the Norse pantheon. She is best known in two unrelated roles: as the ... one of the more exhilarating moments in Norse mythology—one which ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- that lasted for roughly nine months in 1971. The war resulted in Bangladesh ... Pakistan's partition from India in 1947 had arisen from the ...42 KB (6,477 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- His first book was published in 1902, when he was already 36 years ... peace during and after the First World War in the works of the philosophers ...26 KB (3,958 words) - 21:37, 16 April 2023
- In addition to extensive territory around and beyond the Baltic, Sweden ... of the United Nations and a major donor in the fields of aid and development ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- and social thinker from British India, commonly referred to as ... Yuga, or "Scholar Era" – a time in which Gujarati writers explored ...44 KB (6,296 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2023
- Tamil literature refers to literature in the Tamil language. Tamil ... and philosophical nature were written in a style that made it easier ...33 KB (4,960 words) - 00:53, 21 April 2023
- of the foremost Romantic novelists to write in English. While the realism ... again and again to place her characters in situations of extremity in ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- ), a Tamil dynasty, ruled primarily in southern India until the thirteenth ... a military, economic and cultural power in Asia. The Chola territories ...44 KB (6,505 words) - 17:15, 10 December 2023
- denomination of Korean Buddhism developed in the late Goryeo period, as ... currently comprises nearly 3,000 temples in Korea, organized into 25 districts. ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- from inauspicious beginnings to success in fields traditionally dominated ... psychotherapy and solace through religion. Ultimately, the Catholic ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pali language. ... the occasion of the Fourth Buddhist Council (in the usual Theravada numbering ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 17:41, 2 May 2023
- In an arranged marriage, the marital partners are chosen by parents ... been utilized to cement political alliances. In more recent times, Reverend ...25 KB (3,836 words) - 02:27, 9 January 2023
- 250px|The effigial monument to John Gower in Southwark Cathedral, Surrey]] space or burial chamber. The term is used in a broad sense to encompass ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- Apostasy is the formal renunciation of one's religion. One who ... Apostasy is distinguished from heresy in that the latter refers to ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- and Marpa, became one of the major figures in the establishment of the Sarma ... after Buddha. Born into a royal family in the city of Vikramapura, Southeast ...20 KB (3,073 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- prayers she said she received from Christ in revelation, which also spread ... Bridget lived in the time of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) with ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 23:04, 20 November 2023
- as one of the most brilliant mathematicians in recent history.Doug Peterson ... ill health, and his lack of formal training in higher mathematics, Ramanujan ...35 KB (5,270 words) - 16:14, 5 November 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It also ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods. In a ... The word blasphemy is derived from the Middle English blasfemen, which ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- of a religious ritual. It has been practiced in many cultures throughout much ... animal sacrifice and of religious sacrifice in general, human victims were ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- quot; or "Perfection." In Buddhism, the Paramitas refer ... important part of the bodhisattva path found in Mahayana Buddhism. This path ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah in 586 B.C.E. The member of a ... Gedaliah had been a member of the minority faction in Judah, along ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 21:06, 20 July 2021
- Language 32 (1) (Jan-Mar 1956): 5, India as a Lingustic Area. quote ... some of the greatest contributions of India to the art world. The music ...56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
- origin. It was Ahura Mazda (or Ormazd, in its shortened Pahlavi transliteration ... akin to the conceptualization of God in the Abrahamic traditions. At ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 16:30, 30 December 2021
- Maitreya, the "future Buddha" in Buddhist eschatology, is ... The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- [[File:Om symbol.svg.png|thumb|right|250px|Om/Aum in Devanagari script]] , also rendered Om, is the most sacred sound in Hinduism, symbolizing the infinite ...13 KB (2,123 words) - 07:07, 13 June 2023
- 5,900 feet (1,800 m) above sea level in a narrow valley, between two ... through the Khyber Pass from Pakistan and India. Over the centuries of Kabul ...23 KB (3,393 words) - 06:47, 28 February 2023
- In Hinduism, the Mahābhārata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics ... prose passages, or some 1.8 million words in total, it is the longest epic ...33 KB (5,198 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- [[Image:Totem_Park_pole_1.jpg|thumb|right|100px|A totem pole located ... Derived from the term "ototeman" in the Ojibwe language ...20 KB (3,178 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- of knowledge, economics, anthropology, religion, aesthetics, theories of ... Western political philosophy has its origins in ancient Greek society, when ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- portrays the courage of Japanese Christians in the seventeenth century and ... Many of Endo’s protagonists are weak and had failed in some important ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 18:33, 13 February 2024
- , Urdu: لدّاخ; "land of high passes") is a province ... Situated on a high altitude plain, Ladakh became the midway point ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- France had colonial possessions, in various forms, from the beginning ... are various islands and archipelagos located in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- In some scholarly accounts, parallels have been drawn between Heimdall ... ==Heimdall in a Norse Context== As a Norse deity, Heimdall belonged ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- is the god of mischief, lies, and trickery in Norse mythology. He is the ... the amount of time that he spends among them in Asgard (as opposed to among ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- during the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy. His teachings ... Zou Yan is regarded as the founder of natural science in China. His ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- not being fulfilled by mainstream churches in Victorian England. A large ... Booth was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, England, the only son of four ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 15:41, 6 May 2023
- In several Eastern religions (such as Hinduism, Tantra, Zen and Sikhism ... commitment, devotion and obedience in the student. In some forms ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 07:58, 24 July 2023
- A Boy Scout is a boy, usually a teenager, participating in the worldwide ... Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts as an organization in 1908 ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- ), is a Chan Buddhist temple at Song Shan in Zhengzhou City, Henan ... China after the Shaolin Temple was destroyed in 1644 by the Qing government ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- 250px|Billboards and street advertising in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, 2005]] of computers, advertising has been common in most societies. In fact, those ...19 KB (2,738 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ... the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, and India on the northwest, with the ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- 1948) was one of the most important leaders in the fight for freedom in India ... As a member of a privileged and wealthy family, he studied law in ...56 KB (8,938 words) - 15:04, 16 June 2023
- ; alternately, raksasa or rakshas) is a demon or unrighteous spirit ... Legend has it that many rakshasas were particularly wicked humans ...11 KB (1,695 words) - 00:11, 8 December 2022
- historian, philosopher, theorist of religion, literary critic, and novelist ... His most significant contributions to the study of religion are his ...30 KB (4,475 words) - 18:55, 9 November 2022
- Ganesha is one of the most easily recognizable gods in the Hindu pantheon ... his metaphysical ability to remove obstacles in his devotees' lives. Widely ...34 KB (5,402 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- however, salsa refers to a style developed in the 1960s and 1970s by Cuban ... The word salsa means sauce in the Spanish language and carries connotations ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- The term polygamy (literally many marriages in late Greek) is used ... and world levels is not to be found in polygamy, but rather in individuals ...37 KB (5,815 words) - 17:42, 30 November 2023
- city to more centrally located Dodoma in 1996, it continues to serve ... Tanzania remains one of the poorest countries in the world, but has ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- and brutal tale of revenge is relayed in the Völundarkviða, a poem ... heroic sacrifice, and epic battles. In the history of northern Europe ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- colonies or administrative dependencies in which indigenous populations ... continue to impact the lives of many people in the world today, informing ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- essayist. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made ... Lin was born on October 10, 1895 in the town of Banzai in Zhangzhou ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- [[Image:MetCemBrunswigSphynx.jpg|thumb|300 px|Marble sphinx on tomb ... as guardians of knowledge and as speaking in riddles. Originating in Ancient ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- ابن إسحاق الكندي) (also known in the Western world by the Latinized ... revelation as a superior source of knowledge in some matters of faith that ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 04:13, 17 June 2023
- appeared among the royal families of Europe in the eighteenth century, known ... Myths and speculations about Saint Germain began to be widespread ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 08:29, 10 January 2024
- parts of southern, central and northern India between the sixth and the ... impressive empire with the Gulbarga region in modern Karnataka as its base ...53 KB (7,699 words) - 00:10, 14 November 2023
- many, and theos, god) refers to belief in, or worship of, multiple gods ... needed if we are to avoid misunderstandings. In particular, some beliefs that ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ... Italy, facing opposition to its war in Abyssinia from the League of ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- or early Islamic philosophy are the religion of Islam itself (especially ... During the Abbasid caliphate in Spain, Arabic philosophic literature ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 21:49, 8 March 2024
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and the conflict over ... continued to be called "Nestorian" in the West, to distinguish it ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- The Dharmakāya (lit. Truth Body or Reality Body) is a central concept ... In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha explains that he has always and will always ...13 KB (2,027 words) - 10:18, 29 January 2024
- For many centuries, Theravada Buddhism has been the predominant religion ... . It is also a significant minority religion in many other Asian countries ...32 KB (4,844 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- a society. Thus, civilization is expressed in physical attributes, such as ... as a racial or ethnic group, a nation, or in the age of globalization, by ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- quot;) is the oldest translatable scripture in the Hindu religion, providing ... indicate that the Rigveda was composed in the North-Western region of ...41 KB (6,083 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- In natural philosophy, atomism is the theory that all the objects ... Traditional atomism is used in two distinct domains: The atoms of ...37 KB (5,618 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- to news gathering and processes involved in obtaining information for public ... some limitations are always present both in principle and in practice. ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- prophecy that the Joseon Dynasty would end in its 500th year (1392-1892) ... to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in July 1894 and the crushing ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles. Separated ... Aruba seceded in 1986 as a separate country within the Kingdom of ...29 KB (4,221 words) - 04:34, 11 March 2023
- philosopher who was a leading influence in analytic philosophy in the ... Black was born in Azerbaijan but grew up in London, England, where ...9 KB (1,265 words) - 00:54, 9 November 2022
- In Hinduism, the Rāmāyaṇa is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed ... in seven cantos (kāṇḍas) and tells the story of a prince, Rama ...37 KB (6,200 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- ) is the capital and the largest city of Nepal, and is situated in ... Founded in 723, Kathmandu was ruled by the Malla Dynasty from the ...24 KB (3,331 words) - 17:13, 5 October 2022
- taken religious vows of poverty and celibacy in order to dedicate himself to ... (Eremitic Monasticism) while others live in a community with like-minded ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- of the countries south of China, east of India and north of Australia. South ... the north. Austronesian peoples predominate in the maritime region; taken ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- Malwa (Malvi:माळवा, IAST: Māļavā), a region in west-central ... and dynasties ruling the region. With roots in the Neolithic period, Malwa ...38 KB (5,752 words) - 11:00, 9 March 2023
- energy. Although dakini figures appear in Hinduism and in the Bön tradition ... Dakinis, being associated with energy in all its functions, are linked ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- In addition to painting two United States presidents - Theodore Roosevelt ... John Singer Sargent was born in Florence, Italy in 1856 to American ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- ancient Indus valley civilization. Located in the modern state of Gujarāt ... on the trade route between Harappan cities in Sindh and the Saurashtra peninsula ...37 KB (5,691 words) - 16:48, 25 October 2023
- constraints bring them greater freedom in various areas of their lives ... and hermits, who withdraw from the world in order to live an ascetic life; ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- In religious discourse, Inclusivism designates a particular theological ... All religions provide a sense of community to their followers, in ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- and his support for King Charles I resulted in his beheading in the middle ... become more tolerant of the notion of unity in diversity, which has been described ...19 KB (2,977 words) - 11:10, 10 May 2023
- East Indies, Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and political ... events, Java is the 12th largest island in the world and the fourth largest ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- He was and is a very controversial figure in Indian history. ... person from person. His policies polarized India and may have directly contributed ...35 KB (5,433 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- Dubai (in Arabic: دبيّ, Dubayy, /dʊ'baɪ/ in English) is one of the seven emirates that constitute the United ...35 KB (5,297 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- Greeks and Romans, who explored and settled in North Africa. Fifteenth century ... but also of courage and determination in the face of geographical and ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- the baptism of the Holy Spirit, as described in the biblical account of the ... the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 07:23, 23 November 2022
- ) located on Tai Gin Road in Novena, Singapore, lies within walking ... devotees earn merits participating in temple activities together. ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- is a predominantly Buddhist island nation in South Asia, located 18 miles ... Portugal and the Dutch, the British gained control in 1796. ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... ), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. The name India ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- This article is about the Australian territory in the Indian Ocean ... is a small territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean, 1645 miles ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- ) was an influential Chinese master of Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism ... of beings, one of the central concepts in Chan teachings. He pointed ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 20:57, 7 February 2024
- the leadership of the Uddhav Sampraday in 1802 by his guru Ramanand Swami ... The organization is based on vedic Hinduism. In addition to its grounding in ...48 KB (6,849 words) - 14:17, 28 April 2023
- the first Jewel, Buddha. Founded in 646 C.E. by Master Jajang, ... or master Buddha’s teachings in order to bring salvation to ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- to be over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 ... of the faith founded by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century. There ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- its metropolitan area, is the largest city in Bangladesh and one of the most ... Under Mughal rule in the seventeenth century, the city was also known ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- includes Jammu and Kashmir administered by India (comprising Jammu, Kashmir ... Since 1947, when Pakistan separated from India, the region has had a Muslim ...52 KB (7,879 words) - 07:24, 5 October 2022
- that its main tenets are fully expressed in the Upanishads and systematized ... extensive, and its influence is still felt in modern Hindu thought. ...32 KB (4,839 words) - 06:20, 15 June 2023
- In the cosmology of Hinduism, the term Yuga (meaning: "age" ... In Hinduism, the devolution from the Satya Yuga to the Kali Yuga is ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 21:36, 4 June 2023
- The epic is considered the longest literary work in the world. Although ... The Epic of King Gesar is considered the longest literary work in ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- Outdoor education refers to organized learning that takes place in ... individuals on the methods of surviving in isolated and dangerous environments ...21 KB (3,090 words) - 05:58, 18 November 2022
- ), a form of ritual dance drama, originated in the Southern Indian ... on human nature and inspire higher thought in its audiences. Buddhist drama ...22 KB (3,220 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which reaffirmed the ... quot; churches with direct roots in the Protestant reformers, the ...23 KB (3,274 words) - 08:17, 2 December 2022
- days, he partied constantly and participated in acts for which he later felt ... religious assault on a century that, in his opinion, had ripped up ...17 KB (2,728 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- of their religious heritage, which were in decline due to rapid modernization ... D. T. Suzuki was born as Teitarō Suzuki in Honda-machi, Kanazawa ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 07:35, 12 January 2024
- The kingdom began when the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius invaded India ... in the easternmost part of the Pakistani Punjab, or Pushkalavati and ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
- In Norse mythology, Frigg or Frigga was said to be "foremost ... these domains). Frigg's primary roles in Norse mythology celebrate her ...17 KB (2,558 words) - 07:03, 15 April 2024
- Bun'en; he is also variously known in English as "Unmon," ... Chinese Chan master in Tang-era China. He founded one of the five ...14 KB (2,283 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- Venn diagrams are schematic diagrams used in logic and in the branch ... (1834–1923), introduced the Venn diagram in his paper, “On the Diagrammatic ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 17:01, 3 May 2023
- 200px|right|Sherpa porter carrying wood in the Himalaya, near Mount Everest ]] the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas. In Tibet shar ...16 KB (2,467 words) - 14:10, 27 January 2023
- New Testament (John 13:1-15; 1 Timothy 5:10) in which Jesus tells his followers ... The religious act of foot-washing is also practiced in Islam and Sikhism ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- "big cats" (subfamily Pantherinae) in the Panthera genus, along with ... and the largest surviving feline species in the world. The critical endangered ...34 KB (5,273 words) - 03:13, 4 November 2022
- One of the best known stories in Chan history is the verse writing ... Shenxiu was born in Weishi County, suburb of Luoyang, Henan, then ...14 KB (2,174 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- is a worldwide religious tradition rooted in Indian culture and based on ... It is an English term, probably first used in the 1829 Oxford English Dictionary ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- and most vibrant Hindu empire outside of India. The Khmer name has become ... with Thai. 2) Decline of the Hindu state religion with the adoption of Theravada ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- The term religion (from Latin: religio meaning "bind, connect ... In this context, religious thought and practice are aimed at delineating ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- South Asian nation situated between India and China. A strategic location ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... laborers from the Dutch East Indies and India, as well as China and the ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- is an association of these churches in full communion with the Church ... The status of full communion means that all rites conducted in one ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 18:08, 27 July 2023
- left|First arrival of the Roma outside Berne in the fifteenth century, described ... ethnic group who live primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe ...37 KB (5,594 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- ) is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, and the capital ... and Nur Jehan are popular tourist spots in the city. Colonial British ...30 KB (4,227 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... are represented in the country today. Christianity was introduced to ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Resembling in shape a figurehead on a ship's prow, the Sultanate ... making slaves of Africans), the country may in its current affluence be on ...14 KB (2,071 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- Virginity is a term used to describe the state of never having engaged ... experiences has been held as the standard in most cultures. The world's ...20 KB (2,940 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- Shakyamuni (“sage of the Shakyas,” in Pali "śakamuṇi" ... " that bind us to suffering and keep us in ignorance. More than any other ...39 KB (6,288 words) - 18:32, 22 November 2023
