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Om Jai Jagdish Hare (Hindi: ॐ जय जगदीश हरे) is a Hindu religious song written by Shardha Ram Phillauri. [1] It is a Hindi-language composition dedicated to the deity Vishnu, popularly sung during the ritual of arti.
The word hymn derives from Greek ὕμνος (hymnos), which means "a song of praise". [2] A writer of hymns is known as a hymnist. The singing or composition of hymns is called hymnody. Collections of hymns are known as hymnals or hymn books. Hymns may or may not include instrumental accompaniment. Polyhymnia is the Greco/Roman goddess of ...
The Hymn of Samadhi or A Hymn of Samadhi was a song written by Swami Vivekananda.The song was originally written in Bengali as Nahi surjo, nahi jyoti or Pralay.Later the song was translated into English and was added into "The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda" as The Hymn of Samadhi.
"Jaya Ho" originated from folk music in northern India. Taiwanese ethnomusicologist I-to Loh, whom Perkins School of Theology professor C. Michael Hawn called the "foremost scholar on Asian hymnody", said the first phrase of the song, "Jaya ho", is the "most common phrase for praising God in the Indian subcontinent, with only slight variations". [1]
In this hymn, Narayana is described to be the one with a thousand heads, the one who watches and illuminates all. [5] The deity is stated to pervade all of existence, be indestructible and eternal, the heart of all things, and the one who does good to all. He is also stated to be the Absolute, and the supreme meditation.
The four hymns are from the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scriptures and appear on Ang 773 to 774 of the total of 1430. The Laavaan Shabad was written by the Fourth Guru, Guru Ram Das . Guru Amar Das Ji explains in Ang 788 of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib the meaning of marriage to a Sikh couple: "They are not said to be husband and wife who ...
The Gambler's lament (or "Gamester's lament") is one of the hymns of the Rigveda which do not have any direct cultic or religious context. It is found in the late Tenth Book (RV 10.34), where most of such hymns on "miscellaneous" topics are found, suggesting a date of compilation corresponding to the early Indian Iron Age.
Three hymns of the Rigveda, 5.83, 7.101 and 7.102, are dedicated to Parjanya. In Vedic Sanskrit Parjanya means "rain" or "raincloud". Prayers dedicated to Parjanya, to invoke the blessings of rains are mentioned in the Atharvaveda. [5] Parjanya was also one of the Saptarishi (Seven Great Sages Rishi) in the fifth Manvantara. [6]