Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This book was written by Madhabdev in Assamese in about 1568–1596. Naalayira Divya Prabhandham ( Tamil : நாலாயிர திவ்ய பிரபந்தம்) is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses (Naalayiram in Tamil means 'four thousand') composed before 8th century AD,[1] by the 12 Alvars, and was compiled in its present form ...
Dharma (/ ˈ d ɑːr m ə /; Sanskrit: धर्म, pronounced ⓘ) is a key concept in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. [7] The term dharma is understood to denote behaviours which are in accord with the "order and custom" that sustains life; "virtue", righteousness or "religious and moral duties".
The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic poem Mahabharata.
The sahasranamas such as the Vishnu Sahasranama, are not found in early Samhita manuscripts, rather found in medieval and later versions of various Samhitas. [9] One of the significant works on Sahasranama is from the sub-school of Ramanuja and the Vishnu Sahasra-namam Bhasya (commentary) by 12th-century Parasara Bhattar.
Āpastamba thus proposed that scriptures alone cannot be source of Law (dharma), and dharma has an empirical nature. [45] Āpastamba asserted that it is difficult to find absolute sources of law, in ancient books or current people, states Patrick Olivelle with, "The Righteous (dharma) and the Unrighteous (adharma) do not go around saying, 'here ...
The book is written in the form of conversations between characters set in modern-day India that are relatable and echo the insights and lessons from Upanishads, Mahabharata and Amish's fiction books, the Shiva Trilogy and Ram Chandra series.
Hindu texts or Hindu scriptures are manuscripts and voluminous historical literature which are related to any of the diverse traditions within Hinduism. Some of the major Hindu texts include the Vedas , the Upanishads , and the Itihasa .
The authorship of the Mahishasura Mardini Stotra is attributed to the theologian Adi Shankara.This hymn is mentioned in the 53rd chapter of the 1st portion of the text Shivarahasya Purana. [5]