The word Nataraja is a Sanskrit term, from नट Nata meaning "act, drama, dance" and राज Raja meaning "king, lord"; it can be roughly translated as Lord of the dance or King of the dance. According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, the name is related to Shiva's fame as the "Lord of Dancers" or "King of Actors".. The form is known as Nataraja in Tamil Nadu and as Narteśvara …

Kama (Sanskrit: काम, IAST: Kāma), also known as Kamadeva and Madana, is the Hindu god of love and desire, often portrayed alongside his consort, Rati.. The Atharva Veda regards Kamadeva as the wielder of the creative power of the universe, also describing him to have been "born at first, him neither the gods nor the fathers ever equalled". He is described to be …

The Rāmāyana (/ r ɑː ˈ m ɑː j ə n ə /; Sanskrit: रामायणम्, IAST: Rāmāyaṇam) is a Sanskrit epic composed in India over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages extending up to the 3rd century CE. Ramayana is one of the two important epics of Hinduism, the ...

The Shiva-related tradition is a major part of Hinduism, found all over the Indian subcontinent, such as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia, such as Bali, Indonesia. Shiva has pre-Vedic tribal roots, having "his origins in primitive tribes, signs and symbols." The figure of Shiva as we know him today is an amalgamation of various older deities into a single figure, due to the …

Generalità Il sūtra I.2 in scrittura devanāgarī e trascritto secondo lo IAST. "Lo Yoga è inibizione (nirodhaḥ) dei processi (vṛtti) mentali (citta)".L'opera consiste in una raccolta di 196 aforismi, ovvero brevi e significative frasi concepite per essere memorizzate con facilità, come era costume presso i maestri hindu, ove la tradizione orale era il mezzo principale per condividere ...

The Narmada River, also called the Reva and previously also known as Narbada or anglicised as Nerbudda, is the 5th longest river and overall longest west-flowing river in India. It is also the largest flowing river in the state of Madhya Pradesh.This river flows through the states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in India. It is also known as the "Life Line of Madhya Pradesh and …

Dans l'hindouisme, la Trimūrti (devanagari : त्रिमूर्ति), trois formes en sanskrit) est la partie manifestée de la divinité suprême qui se fait triple pour présider aux différents états de l'univers. Les dieux Brahmâ, Vishnou et Shiva (ou Rudra, une forme terrible de Shiva) symbolisent respectivement la création, la préservation et la destruction [1].

The usage and meaning of the term mahāmudrā evolved over the course of hundreds of years of Indian and Tibetan history, and as a result, the term may refer variously to "a ritual hand-gesture, one of a sequence of 'seals' in Tantric practice, the nature of reality as emptiness, a meditation procedure focusing on the nature of Mind, an innate blissful gnosis cognizing emptiness …

Story. There is a story related to the composition of this Hymn. It is said that Shri Adi Shankaracharya, accompanied by his disciples, was walking along a street in Varanasi one day when he came across an old aged scholar reciting the rules of Sanskrit grammar of Panini repeatedly on the street. Taking pity on him, Adi Shankara went up to the scholar and advised …

The damaru is very common throughout the Indian subcontinent.The damaru is known as a power drum, and when played, it is believed to generate spiritual energy. [citation needed] It is associated with the Hindu deity Shiva.It is believed that Sanskrit language was recognized by the drumbeats of the damaru (see Shiva Sutra for the sounds), and his performance of the …