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3 days ago · The name Rāmāyaṇa is composed of two words, Rāma and ayaṇa. Rāma, the name of the main figure of the epic, has two contextual meanings. In the Atharvaveda, it means 'dark, dark-coloured, black' and is related to the word rātri which means 'darkness or stillness of night'. The other meaning, which can be found in the Mahabharata, is ...
2 days ago · Buddhism and Hinduism have common origins in the culture of Ancient India. Buddhism arose in the Gangetic plains of Eastern India in the 5th century BCE during the Second Urbanisation (600–200 BCE). [1] Hinduism developed as a fusion [2] [note 1] or synthesis [3] [note 2] of practices and ideas from the ancient Vedic religion and elements and ...
4 days ago · The history of Hinduism covers a wide variety of related religious traditions native to the Indian subcontinent. [1] It overlaps or coincides with the development of religion in the Indian subcontinent since the Iron Age, with some of its traditions tracing back to prehistoric religions such as those of the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilisation.
5 days ago · Hinduism. Shaktism ( Sanskrit: शाक्त, IAST: Śākta, lit. 'doctrine of energy, power, the eternal goddess') is one of the several major Hindu denominations wherein the metaphysical reality, or the godhead, is considered metaphorically to be a woman. Shaktism involves a galaxy of goddesses, all being regarded as different aspects ...
6 days ago · If you were born on this date: Your heart has experienced approximately 12,838,129,843 heartbeats since your birth.. You've slept for 38,556 days or 105.63 years!. You've had about 578,915 dreams.
3 days ago · Sanskrit (ब्रह्मन्) Brahman (an n -stem, nominative bráhma, from a root bṛh- "to swell, expand, grow, enlarge") is a neuter noun to be distinguished from the masculine brahmán —denoting a person associated with Brahman, and from Brahmā, the creator God in the Hindu Trinity, the Trimurti. Brahman is thus a gender-neutral ...
4 days ago · A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Koil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and devotion. It is considered the house of the god to whom it is dedicated. [1] [2] The design, structure and symbolism of Hindu temples are deeply rooted in Vedic traditions ...
