Etimología. 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).

Kali’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.

Sangha (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 used by religious …

The 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 waning phase of ...

Sri 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 Vedanta teacher Adi Shankara.

Mahadevi (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.

Kama (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, pleasure of the senses, desire for, …

Hinduisme (di Indonesia disebut Agama Hindu) merupakan kepercayaan dominan di Asia Selatan, terutama di India dan Nepal, yang mengandung beraneka ragam tradisi.Kepercayaan ini meliputi berbagai aliran, di antaranya Saiwa, Waisnawa, dan Sakta, serta suatu pandangan luas akan hukum dan aturan tentang "moralitas sehari-hari" yang berdasar pada karma, darma, dan …

Рождение Лакшми из вод молочного океана. Появление Лакшми описывает Вишну-пурана, хотя варианты предания можно найти также в Рамаяне и Махабхарате.В Вишну-пуране изложены мифы о Вишну, а также о его супруге Лакшми.

Om Namah Shivaya (Devanagari: ॐ नमः शिवाय; IAST: Om Namaḥ Śivāya) is one of the most popular Hindu mantras and the most important mantra in Shaivism.Namah Shivaya means "O salutations to the auspicious one!", or “adoration to Lord Shiva". It is called Siva Panchakshara, or Shiva Panchakshara or simply Panchakshara meaning the "five-syllable" mantra (viz., …

Six pramanas. Hinduism identifies six pramanas as correct means of accurate knowledge and to truths: Pratyakṣa (perception), Anumāṇa (inference), Upamāṇa (comparison and analogy), Arthāpatti (postulation, derivation from circumstances), Anupalabdhi (non-perception, negative/cognitive proof) and Śabda (word, testimony of past or present reliable experts).

Smriti (Sanskrit: स्मृति, IAST: Smṛti), literally "that which is remembered" are a body of Hindu texts usually attributed to an author, traditionally written down, in contrast to Śrutis (the Vedic literature) considered authorless, that were transmitted verbally across the generations and fixed. Smriti is a derivative secondary work and is considered less authoritative than ...

Viewpoint Development Process. On Generating Compassion _____Phase One / Stage One / Day Two_____ 5 The study and practice of compassion is the core of the spiritual path. It is the union of heart and Spirit without the differentiation of religion or philosophy.

Surdas (IAST: Sūr, Devanagari: सूर) was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna, the supreme lord. He was a Vaishnava devotee of Lord Krishna, and he was also a revered poet and singer. His compositions glorified and captured his devotion towards lord Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj …