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  2. Ka (Indic) - Wikipedia

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    Ka (ക) is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter , via the Grantha letter Ka. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

  3. Glossary of Hinduism terms - Wikipedia

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    Spiritual abode of Radha Krishna. Gopi Milkmaids of Braj region who are revered as the consorts and devotees of Krishna. Gotra Ancestral lineage among Hindus. Grahana Eclipse in Hindu mythology. Grihastha The second of the four phases (Purushartha) of a man, when a person gets married and settles down in life and begets children. Guru A ...

  4. Satsang - Wikipedia

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    Thus the literal meaning of satsang is "the company of Truth", but it holds multiple meanings within the Sant and Bhakti traditions of northern India. Charlotte Vaudeville defines Sant as a distinct tradition because of its emphasis on devotion to the Divine Name (satnam), the Divine Guru (satguru), and the importance of the company of devotees ...

  5. Mantra - Wikipedia

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    A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) [1] is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language like Sanskrit or Avestan) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.

  6. Ka (Devanagari) - Wikipedia

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    Ka (क k) (कवर्ण kavarṇa) is the first consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter 𑀓 ( ), after having gone through the Gupta letter . Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter ક , and the Modi letter 𑘎.

  7. Sevā - Wikipedia

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    Kar seva (Gurmukhi: ਕਰ ਸੇਵਾ), from the Sanskrit words kar, meaning hands or work, and seva, meaning service, [6] [7] another concept of Sikhism, is often translated as "voluntary labour". A volunteer for kar seva is called a kar sevak (voluntary labourer)—someone who freely offers their services to a religious cause. [ 8 ]

  8. Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Egyptians believed that a soul (kꜣ and bꜣ; Egypt. pron. ka/ba) was made up of many parts. In addition to these components of the soul, there was the human body (called the ḥꜥ, occasionally a plural ḥꜥw, meaning approximately "sum of bodily parts").

  9. Spirituality - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality is referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.