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The Taittiriya Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" Upanishads, part of the Yajur Veda. It says that the highest goal is to know the Brahman, for that is truth. It is divided into three sections, 1) the Siksha Valli,...
added 2014-09-14
Vol. V contains an examination of the literature of southern Saivism, Vira-Saivism, the philosophy of Srikantha, the Saiva philosophy in the Puranas, and Saiva philosophy in some important texts.
This is the fifth and final of ...
added 2014-09-13
The Markandeya Purana is one of the major eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of Hindu religious texts.
The contents of the text can be indexed as follows:
1. Cantos 1-9, in which Jaimini is referred by MärkaÀ¹‡À¸eya to the wise...
added 2014-09-07
This content is based mainly on Ch. V of book by Sandhya Jain: Adi Deo Arya Devata - A Panoramic View of Tribal-Hindu Cultural Interface, Rupa & Co, 7/16, Ansari Road Daryaganj, New Delhi, 2004
added 2014-09-06
A partial alphabetical list of the Clans, Kings, Cities, Rivers, Mountains, Places and Countries as mentioned in Mahabharata in various Chapters.
added 2014-09-05
The Mahabharata is a large text describing ancient India. In it are records of the adventures of mythological beings, wars among the gods and stories of ancient humans. Also, it documents the fate of the Kauravas and the Pandavas ...
added 2014-09-05
These Så«tras give some general information about the performance of sacrifices, and may prove useful to the students both of the åšrauta and the GÀ¹»hya sacrifices. Paribhäshä is defined as a general rule or definition applicab...
added 2014-09-05
The short treatise of ä€pastamba on the GÀ¹»hya ritual forms one Praå»na of the great corpus of the ä€pastambä«ya-Kalpa-så«tra and stands, among the GÀ¹»hya texts, in closest connection with the HiraÀ¹‡yakeå»i-GÀ¹»hya-så«tra.
added 2014-09-05
HiraÀ¹‡yakeå»in was the founder of a ritual and scholastic tradition belonging to the Taittirä«ya branch of the Black Yajur Veda.
added 2014-09-05
The Så«tra of Gobhila presupposes, beside the SaÀ¹ƒhitä of the Säma-veda, another collection of Mantras which evidently was composed expressly with the purpose of being used at GÀ¹»hya ceremonies.
added 2014-09-05
The Khädira-GÀ¹»hya has evidently been composed with the intention of abridging Gobhila's very detailed and somewhat lengthy treatise on the domestic rites
The GÀ¹»hya-så«tra ascribed to Khädiräcärya belongs to the Drähyä...
added 2014-09-05
THE GÀ¹»hya-så«tra of Päraskara, which belongs to the White Yajur-veda and forms an appendix to Kätyäyana's åšrauta-så«tra, has been edited, with a German translation.
added 2014-09-05
Most of the questions referring to the GÀ¹»hya-så«tra of ä€å»valäyana will be treated of more conveniently in connection with the different subjects which we shall have to discuss in our General Introduction to the GÀ¹»hya-så«tras.
added 2014-09-04
The GÀ¹»hya-så«tra ascribed to åšäÀ¹…khäyana, which has been edited and translated into German in the XVth volume of the "Indische Studien", is based on the first of the four Vedas, the Rig-veda in the Bäshkala recens...
added 2014-09-04
The praå»nas of the Dharmaså«tra of Baudhäyana consist of the Srautasutra and other ritual treatises, the Sulvasutra which deals with vedic geometry, and the Grhyasutra which deals with domestic rituals.
The Dharmaså«tra of Ba...
added 2014-09-04
The Dharmaså«tra of VasiÀ¹¸À¹ha forms an independent treatise and has no relationship with the Kalpasutra. The chapters of this text are divided in a way that resemble the practice of later Smritis. This Dharmaså«tra has a unique...
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Markandeya 18 Sep. 15:49 Viräj 18 Sep. 01:13 Vajrayana 17 Sep. 23:08 Theravada Council 17 Sep. 23:08 Sthavira 17 Sep. 23:07 Sannagarika 17 Sep. 23:06 Bhadrayaniya 17 Sep. 23:05 Dharmottariya 17 Sep. 23:05 Vätsä«puträ«ya 17 Sep. 23:04 Mahisasaka 17 Sep. 23:04 Kasyapiya 17 Sep. 23:03 Dharmagupta 17 Sep. 23:03 MahäsäÀ¹ƒghika 17 Sep. 23:03 Sammatä«ya 17 Sep. 23:03 Må«lasarvästiväda 17 Sep. 23:02 Mahayana 17 Sep. 23:01 Earliest Mahäyäna så«tras 17 Sep. 22:58 Diamond Sutra 17 Sep. 22:56 Nibandha 17 Sep. 15:40 Aå»vamedha 17 Sep. 15:40 Para Brahman 15 Sep. 22:50 Durga 15 Sep. 22:38 Bhäratä« KÀ¹»À¹¸À¹‡a Tä«rtha 14 Sep. 20:06 Tat 14 Sep. 19:57 savituÀ¸¥ 14 Sep. 19:57 Varenyam 14 Sep. 19:56 bhargaÀ¸¥ 14 Sep. 19:56 Dhä«mahi 14 Sep. 19:55 Devasya 14 Sep. 19:55 pracodayät 14 Sep. 19:55 DhiyaÀ¸¥ 14 Sep. 19:54 yaÀ¸¥ 14 Sep. 19:54 |
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