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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).
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]
The Jabala Upanishad is an ancient text, composed before 300 CE and likely around the 3rd century BCE. [4] It is among the oldest Upanishads that discuss the subject of renouncing the worldly life for the exclusive pursuit of spiritual knowledge. The text discusses the city of Banaras in spiritual terms, as Avimuktam.
All four brothers studied Vedas from their childhood, and always travelled together. [4] The Bhagavata Purana lists the Kumaras among the twelve mahajanas (great devotees or bhaktas) [5] who although being eternally liberated souls from birth, still became attracted to the devotional service of Vishnu from their already enlightened state. [6]
He is also mentioned in the other three Vedas and the Vedanga literature such as in verses 5.13–14 of the Nirukta. [ 11 ] [ 36 ] Agastya and his ideas are cited in numerous other Vedic texts, such as section 7.5.5 of Taittiriya Samhita , 10.11 of Kathaka Samhita , 2.1 of Maitrayani Samhita , 5.16 of Aitareya Brahmana , 2.7.11 of Taittiriya ...
The Ashta Mathas of Udupi (Kannada: ಉಡುಪಿಯ ತುಳು ಅಷ್ಟ ಮಠಗಳು) are a group of eight mathas or Hindu monasteries established by Madhvacharya, the preceptor of the Dvaita school of Hindu thought with his direct disciples to be the first Swami, head of the matha.
The Havyakas are united by their language, known as Havigannada, which is a dialect of Kannada. There are two distinct dialects of the Havyaka language. One in Uttara Kannada and Shivamogga districts and another in Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragodu districts. The dialect differs from mainstream Kannada; non-Havyakas who understand and speak ...
Vaikhanasa tradition says the sage Vikhanasa, who was a manifestation of Vishnu, acquired an education of the Vedas and the Shastras. He learnt how to worship Vishnu as an arcāvatāra , a temple image regarded to be an iconic form of the deity.