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Panth (also panthan, meaning "path" in Sanskrit), also called the Sampradaya, is the term used for several religious traditions in India. A panth is founded by a guru or an acharya in guru-shishya parampara , and is often led by scholars or senior practitioners of the tradition.
Antarikṣa Pārśvanātha Tīrtha is a Digambar Jain temple in Shirpur (Jain) town in Akola district, Maharashtra, India.Most popular for the main deity which is supposedly a 'floating' black-colored idol of Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara, this temple has been a center of devotion for Jains as well as of disputes between the Śvetāmbara and Digambara sect of Jainism.
Nimbarkacharya with Srinivasacharya, chief proponents of Svābhāvika Bhedābheda. Svābhāvika Bhedābheda, also known as Dvaitādvaita [1] and as Bhinnābhinna, [2] is the philosophical doctrine of "natural identity-in-difference" [1] or "natural difference cum-non-difference."
The guruship of the collective Khalsa, as realized through the collective body of "committed" Amritdharis (baptized Sikhs), is known as the Guru Panth. [55] The Sikh Rehat Maryada states "The Guru Panth (Panth’s status of Guruhood) means the whole body of committed baptized Sikhs. This body was fostered by all the ten Gurus and the tenth Guru ...
The term Nath or Natha, with the meaning of lord, is a generic Sanskrit theological term found in all the dharmic religions that utilize Sanskrit. It is found in Vaishnavism (e.g. Gopinath, Jagannath), Buddhism (e.g. Minanath), and in Jainism (Adinatha, Parsvanatha).
Ratan Singh Bhangu (ca.1785 – 10 February 1846 [1]: 17 ) was a Sikh historian and Nihang who wrote about the Sikhs' struggles and rise to power in North India, in his book Prachin Panth Prakash. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This work describes how the Sikh people came to dominate Punjab in the 1700s and remains one of the few historical accounts of the era.
Definition of the Preceptor (Upadhyaya) - verse 53. Definition of the Ascetic (Sadhu) - verse 54. Meditate on, recite or chant the sacred mantras, consisting of thirty-five, sixteen, six, five, four, two and one letter(s), pronouncing the virtues of the five supreme beings (Pañca-Parameṣṭhi).
Below is the meaning of the Namokar Mantra line by line, wherein the devotee first bows to the five supreme souls or Pañca-Parameṣṭhi: Arihant — Those who have destroyed the four inimical karmas; Siddha — The persons who have achieved "Siddhi" Acharyas — The teachers who teach how to behave / live one's life