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Maharishi (Sanskrit: महर्षि, lit. 'great seer', IAST: Maharṣi) is a Sanskrit word used for members of the highest order of ancient Indian sages, popularly known in India as "seers", i.e., those who engage in research to understand and experience nature, divinity, and the divine context of existence, and these experiences' governing laws.
The term Charaka is a label said to apply to "wandering scholars" or "wandering physicians". According to Charaka's translations, health and disease are not predetermined and life may be prolonged by human effort and attention to lifestyle [citation needed]. Charaka seems to have been an early proponent of "prevention is better than cure" doctrine.
Little is known about the life or century in which Ashtavakra actually lived, except for the accounts found in the major Indian Chronicle (the Ramayana and the Mahabharata) and the Puranas. The legends state that sage Aruni, mentioned in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, ran an ashram ([school]) teaching the Vedas. Kahoḍa was one of his students ...
Maharishi Jyotish is premised on the ability to precisely calculate mathematically the unfolding pattern of life, and to locate the trends and tendencies of an individual life within that pattern, making it possible to determine in advance whether a difficult period was coming, and to take action in the present to amend a future difficulty. [57]
Estimated to have lived sometime between 6th century to 2nd century BCE, little is known about his life. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 4 ] His traditional name "Kaṇāda" means "atom eater", [ 8 ] and he is known for developing the foundations of an atomistic approach to physics and philosophy in the Sanskrit text Vaiśeṣika Sūtra .
It is about the nature of life, human suffering, choices as the nature of life, free will, human creative power and spiritual liberation. [38] [39] Yoga Vasishtha teachings are structured as stories and fables, [40] with a philosophical foundation similar to those found in Advaita Vedanta. [41] [42] [43] The text is also notable for its ...
Parashara (Sanskrit: पराशर; IAST: Parāśara) was a maharishi and the author of many ancient Indian texts. He is accredited as the author of the first Purana, the Vishnu Purana, before his son Vyasa wrote it in its present form.
The Skhalitapramathana Yuktihetusiddhi by Āryadevapāda, in a manuscript found in Tibet, discusses the Charvaka philosophy, but attributes a theistic claim to Charvakas - that happiness in this life, and the only life, can be attained by worshiping gods and defeating demons. Toso posits that as Charvaka philosophy's views spread and were ...