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This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including gurus, sants, monks, yogis and spiritual masters. A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual guide, [or] godman ," [ 1 ] by author David Smith.
Hindu saints have often renounced the world, and are variously called gurus, sadhus, rishis, swamis, muni, yogis, yoginis and other names. [ 1 ] Many people conflate the terms "saint" and " sant ", because of their similar meanings.
Hindu ascetic/monastic (monk or nun) such as a Sanyasi, Sadhvine or Sadhu, Swami. Satyabhama is the Hindu Goddess and third queen of Krishna she is the personification of the goddess Bhumi and one of the incarnations of Lakshmi. Saraswati The goddess of education and knowledge, and consort of Brahma. Shakta
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St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (Anna Muttathupadathu) [7] 19 August 1910 [8] Kottayam: 28 July 1946 [8] Kottayam: Professed Religious of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation: 28 July: 2 December 1953: 9 November 1984: 8 February 1986: 12 October 2008: Palai: Syro-Malabar St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Rosa Eluvathingal or Euphrasia of ...
The Alvars were influential in promoting the Bhagavata cult and the two Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. [12] The religious works of these saints in Tamil, and their hymns, are compiled as the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, containing 4000 verses, and the 108 temples revered in their hymns are classified as Divya Desams.
List of Hindu deities. List of titles and names of Krishna; List of Tridevis; List of names of Vishnu; List of avatar claimants; List of mythological objects (Hindu mythology) List of Gandharvas; List of Nāgas; List of Rakshasas; List of Asuras; List of Hindu gurus and sants. List of teachers of Vedanta
The word Hindu is an exonym. [86] [87] This word Hindu is derived from the Indo-Aryan [88] and Sanskrit [88] [70] word Sindhu, which means "a large body of water", covering "river, ocean". [89] [d] It was used as the name of the Indus River and also referred to its tributaries.