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  2. Āśrama (stage) - Wikipedia

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    Āśrama (Sanskrit: आश्रम) is a system of stages of life discussed in Hindu texts of the ancient and medieval eras. [1] The four asramas are: Brahmacharya (student), Gṛhastha (householder), Vanaprastha (forest walker/forest dweller), and Sannyasa (renunciate). [2] The Asrama system is one facet of the Dharma concept in Hinduism. [3]

  3. Vedic Heritage Portal - Wikipedia

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    The objective of the portal is to: [1] Introduce the four Vedas: Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda. Recite and chant Vedic samhita. Record ancient scholars to create awareness about their Vedic wisdom and its importance in present world. Document manuscripts and books such as Upanishads and Vedangas, in digital format.

  4. Char Dham - Wikipedia

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    The Char Dham (Hindi: चारधाम, romanized: Cārdhām transl. the four abodes), or the Chatur Dhama (Sanskrit: चतुर्धाम, romanized: Caturdhāma), [1] is a set of four Hindu pilgrimage sites in India, [2] consisting of Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram.

  5. Sannyasa - Wikipedia

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    Adi Shankara, founder of Advaita Vedanta, with disciples, by Raja Ravi Varma (1904). Sannyasa (Sanskrit: संन्यास, romanized: saṃnyāsa), sometimes spelled sanyasa, is the fourth stage within the Hindu system of four life stages known as ashramas, the first three being brahmacharya (celibate student), grihastha (householder) and vanaprastha (forest dweller, retired). [1]

  6. List of largest Hindu ashrams - Wikipedia

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    The Art of Living International Center is the headquarter of the Art of Living Foundation. [1] The center is located 21 km southwest of Bangalore on Kanakapura road, at the top of the Panchagiri Hills. [2] It is connected by Road via Nice Ring Road or Banshankari - Kanakpura Road. [3] 2 Adiyogi Shiva: 607,020 [4] Velliangiri Mountains India

  7. Four Kumaras - Wikipedia

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    [1] [7] [18] They are sometimes included in the list of Siddhars (Tamil practitioners of Siddha). [20] The four Kumaras are said to reside in Janaloka or Janarloka (loka or world of the intellectuals in the present parlance) or in Vishnu's abode of Vaikuntha. [18] [21] They constantly recite the mantra Hari Sharanam (Refuge in Vishnu) or sing ...

  8. Vedas - Wikipedia

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    The oldest part of the Rig Veda Samhita was orally composed in north-western India between c. 1500 and 1200 BCE, [note 1] while book 10 of the Rig Veda, and the other Samhitas were composed between 1200 and 900 BCE more eastward, between the Yamuna and the Ganges rivers, the heartland of Aryavarta and the Kuru Kingdom (c. 1200 – c. 900 BCE).

  9. List of Hindu texts - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Each tradition has a long list of Hindu texts, with subgenre based on syncretization of ideas from Samkhya, Nyaya, Yoga, Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy. [3] [4] [5] Of these some called Sruti are broadly considered as core scriptures of Hinduism, but beyond the Sruti, the list of scriptures vary by the scholar. [6]