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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] [4] Peetha means seat, altar or holy place where a deity resides ('sits'); it also refers to a temple or ashram where knowledge is acquired. Vyasa Gaddi refers to the ‘seat of Vyasa’. [1] The term Vyasa Peetha is also used to denote the seat where priests sits to recite the Veda's and other texts. [5] [6]
The Vedas (/ ˈ v eɪ d ə z / [4] or / ˈ v iː d ə z /; [5] Sanskrit: वेदः, romanized: Vēdaḥ, lit. 'knowledge'), sometimes collectively called the Veda, are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest ...
Vānaprastha (Sanskrit: वानप्रस्थ) literally meaning 'way of the forest' or 'forest road', is the third stage in the 'Chaturasrama' [1] system of Hinduism. It represents the third of the four ashramas (stages) of human life, the other three being Brahmacharya (bachelor student, 1st stage), Grihastha (married householder, 2nd ...
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]
Veda Sampradaya Present Shankaracharya Padmapāda: East Puri Govardhanmaṭha Pīṭhaṃ: Prajñānam brahma (Consciousness is Brahman) Rig Veda: Bhogavala Swami Nischalananda Saraswati: Sureśvara: South Sringeri Śārada Pīṭhaṃ: Aham brahmāsmi (I am Brahman) Yajur Veda: Bhurivala Sri Bharati Tirtha: Hastāmalakācārya: West Dvāraka ...
Vedanga: limbs of the Veda. Vachanamrut: (IAST: Vacanāmṛta, lit. "immortalising ambrosia in the form of words") is a sacred Hindu text consisting of 273 religious discourses delivered by Swaminarayan from 1819 to 1829 CE and is considered the principal theological text within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. Compiled by five of his senior ...
The Atharva Veda was thus added to the list of Vedas, making the total four. The Kumaras went to their brother, the Prajapati Daksha , who was a bitter rival of Shiva. On listening about the defeat of his four brothers, he cursed them to become small children.