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WebShani (Sanskrit: शनि, Śani), or Śanaiśchara (Sanskrit: शनैश्चर), refers to the divine personification of the planet Saturn in Hinduism, and is one of the nine heavenly objects in Hindu astrology. Shani is also a male Hindu deity in the Puranas, whose iconography consists of a black figure carrying a sword or danda (sceptre) and sitting on a Crow.

WebAmbabai Temple (also known as Mahalaxmi Mandir) is an important Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi, who resides here as Supreme Mother Mahalakshmi and is worshipped by locals as Ambabai.Goddess Mahalakshmi is the consort of Lord Vishnu and it is customary among Hindus to visit Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Kolhapur Mahalakshmi …

WebShri Rudram (Sanskrit: श्रीरुद्रम्, romanized: śrī-rudram), is a Vedic mantra or chant in homage to Rudra (an epithet of Shiva) taken from the ...

WebTranslated by P. R. Ramachander. This stotra occurs in Brahmanda purana in the chapter that contains the discussion between Hayagreeva and Agasthya.At his request Hayagreeva taught him the 1000 names of Lalitha. Parama shiva is one of the trinity of Hindu pantheons who is in charge of destruction. He married Sathi, the daughter of Daksha. Daksha and …

WebFrom Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia. Jump to:navigation, search. By Swami Harshananda. Sometimes transliterated as: Nirodha-samadhi, Nirodha-samAdhi, Nirodha-samaadhi. Nirodha-samādhi is the same as Nirbīja samādhi. References. The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore;

WebSant Dnyaneshwar (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪ɲaːn̪eʃʋəɾ]), also referred to as Jnaneshwar, Jnanadeva, Dnyandev or Mauli or Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni (1275–1296), was a 13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath Shaiva and Varkari tradition. In his short life of 21 years, he authored Dnyaneshwari (a commentary on the …

WebEtimología. La palabra sánscrita cakra (aprox. "chakra") significa ‘círculo’ o ‘disco’. [9] [10] cakra, en el sistema AITS (alfabeto internacional para la transliteración del sánscrito).; चक्र, en escritura devanāgarī del sánscrito.; Pronunciación: /chakrá/ o /chakrám/ en sánscrito védico. [11] [ˈʨʌkrə̃] en AFI (alfabeto fonético internacional).

WebKali’s statue stands naked beside the motionless body of the Hindu deity Siva, tongue stuck out with blood dripping from fang-like teeth. She holds a noose, a skull-topped staff, a blood-encrusted sword and a severed head.

WebSangha (संघ) is a Sanskrit word used in many Indian languages, including Pali (सङ्घ, saṃgha/saṅgha) meaning "association", "assembly", "company" or "community"; Sangha is often used as a surname across these languages. It was historically used in a political context to denote a governing assembly in a republic or a kingdom, and has long been …

WebThe Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day). Furthermore, when specifying the masa, one of two traditions are applicable, viz. amānta / pūrṇimānta. Iff a festival falls in the …

WebSri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, also called the Sri Kanchi Matham or the Sri Kanchi Monastery or the Sarvagna Peetha, is a Hindu institution, located in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.It is located near a temple dedicated to Goddess Sri Kamakshi (Durga, Kamakoti, Maha Tripurasundari) of the Shaktism tradition, along with a shrine for the Advaita …

WebMahadevi (Sanskrit: महादेवी, IAST: Mahādevī), also referred to as Adi Parashakti, Adi Shakti, and Abhaya Shakti, is the supreme goddess in the Shaktism sect of Hinduism. According to this tradition, all Hindu goddesses are considered to be manifestations of this single great Goddess, who is comparable to the deities Vishnu and Shiva as Para Brahman.

WebKama (Sanskrit IAST: kāma) means "desire, wish, longing" in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh literature. Kama often connotes sensual pleasure, sexual desire, and longing both in religious and secular Hindu and Buddhist literature, as well as contemporary Indian literature, but the concept more broadly refers to any desire, wish, passion, longing, …