While the general concept of a " Spirit " that permeates the cosmos is a general feature of most religions ( e. g. Brahman in Hinduism and Tao in Taoism and Great Spirit among Indigenous peoples of the Americas ), the term Holy Spirit specifically refers to the beliefs held in the Abrahamic religions.

In Hinduism, incarnation generally refers to an Avatar of Vishnu, the preserver in the Trimurti.

In Hinduism the term refers to an adherent of Yoga.

In Hinduism, Andhaka ( अ ं धक ) often refers to a malevolent demon.

In certain dharmic spiritual traditions such as Hinduism, the third eye refers to the ajna, or brow, chakra.

In Hinduism, Brahmin refers to the class of educators and preachers.

The second, and most common meaning of the word, refers to the sacred ancient literature of Hinduism, the Vedas, a collection of hymns, poetry and Hindu ceremonial formulae ( Veda ).

In Hinduism, a murti ( Devanagari: म ू र ् त ि), or murthi, or vigraha or pratima typically refers to an image that expresses a Divine Spirit ( murta ).

Powell stated that Sanat Kumara ( whom he refers to as the Lord of the World ) is in continuous telepathic rapport with the Spirit of the Earth ( i. e., the Planetary Logos – equivalent to the goddess known in some religions as Gaia or as Prithivi in Hinduism ). C. W.

The physical plane or physical universe, in emanationist metaphysics taught in Neoplatonism, Hermeticism, Hinduism and Theosophy, refers to the visible reality of space and time, energy and matter: the physical universe in Occultism and esoteric cosmology is the lowest or densest of a series of planes of existence.

The name Durga can refer to a specific aspect of the Goddess but in the Shakti forms of Hinduism generally refers to the Great Goddess as AdyaShakti: the primoridal Shakti who incorporates all aspects.

The Sanskrit word smṛti स ् म ृ त ि ( also transliterated variously as smriti, smRti, or sm ' Rti ) literally means " that which is remembered ", and refers both to " mindfulness " in Buddhism and " a category of metrical texts " in Hinduism, considered second in authority to the Śruti scriptures.

* In Hinduism, according to the Laws of Manu, " householder " ( grihastha ) refers to the second of four stages ( ashrama ) of life, typified by marriage, children and financial stability.

Shaktipat or Śaktipāta ( Sanskrit, from sakti-"( psychic ) energy "-and pāta, " to fall ") refers in Hinduism to the conferring of spiritual " energy " upon one person by another.

In Hinduism, when used as a technical term in Raja Yoga, the phrase samādhi refers to a particular type of samādhi that Heinrich Zimmer distinguishes from other states as follows:

* Marga in Hinduism refers to a way of accomplishing something such as yoga or sadhana

The physical plane ( actually hyperplane ), physical world, or physical universe, in emanationist metaphysics such as are found in Neoplatonism, Hermeticism, Hinduism and Theosophy, refers to the visible reality of space and time, energy and matter: the physical universe in Occultism and esoteric cosmology is the lowest or densest of a series of planes of existence ( hyperplanes that are said to be nested ).

In Hinduism and Buddhism, rūpa ( Sanskrit ; Pāli ; Devanagari: ; ) generally refers to material objects, particularly in regards to their appearance.

It also sometimes refers to reverting to Hinduism after converting from Hinduism to another religion.

In Hinduism, ( Sanskrit प ु र ु ष ा र ् थ: " that which is sought by man ; human purpose, aim, or end ") refers to a goal, end or aim of human existence.

The Guardians of the Directions ( Sanskrit: द ि क ् प ा ल, Dikpāla ) are the deities who rule the specific directions of space according to Hinduism and

In Hinduism, is the goddess of death and corruption, one of the dikpāla ( Guardians of the directions ), representing the southwest ( or — according Monier-Williams ’ s Sanskrit-English Dictionary — the south ).

In Hinduism, Yama is the lokapala (" Guardian of the Directions ") of the south.

In Hinduism, celibacy is usually associated with the sadhus (" holy men "), ascetics who withdraw from worldly ties.

Because Nirvana is associated with Samadhi, Hinduism acknowledges it as Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Buddhism, as Cetovimutti Samadhi and Jainism as Asamprajyat Samadhi.

According to Karel Werner's Popular Dictionary of Hinduism, " ost Hindu places of pilgrimage are associated with legendary events from the lives of various gods ....

Finding inner peace is often associated with traditions such as Buddhism and Hinduism as well as the New Age movement.

The concept of avatar within Hinduism is most often associated with Vishnu, the preserver or sustainer aspect of God within the Hindu Trinity or Trimurti or the one and only supreme God for followers of Vaishnavism.

The crescent moon is also a symbol associated with the Indian / Hindu iconography, specifically Within Puranic and Tantric Hinduism.

The graphics on these decorations are usually associated with topics such as aliens, Hinduism, other religious ( especially eastern ) images, mushrooms ( and other psychedelic art ), shamanism and technology.

Buddhist monks associated with the temple claim that this represents an attempt by Hindu nationalist elements to assert control over the temple, and to establish the primacy of Hinduism by advancing the claim that the Buddha was an incarnation of the god Vishnu.

" associated with Shiva "), is one of the four most widely followed sects of Hinduism, which reveres the god Shiva as the Supreme Being.

In religious use, enlightenment is most closely associated with South and East Asian religious experience, being used to translate words such as ( in Buddhism ) bodhi or satori, or ( in Hinduism ) moksha.

The goal was to unite Hindus, make them rise over their caste differences and work to achieve a Hindu Rashtra ; the ideology of the Sangh, closely associated with political Hinduism, came to be known as Hindutva.

Matangi is often associated with pollution, especially left-over or partially eaten food ( Ucchishta or Ucçhishṭa, उच ् छ ि ष ् ट ) considered impure in Hinduism.

Savarkar created the term Hindutva, and emphasized its distinctiveness from Hinduism which he associated with social and political disunity.

The main schools of bhakti in Hinduism are five vaisnava sampradayas, among them very popular are speculative philosophers ( advaita bhakti as taught by Sankaracarya, avatara of Shiva ): Shaivas who worship Shiva, and the demigods and goddesses associated with them.

Rituals associated with temple worship in Hinduism are called agamic, while those involving communication with divinity through Agni are considered to be Vedic.

In Hinduism, the divine providence is associated with Lord Shiva, a major Hindu deity, who is one with great powers, yet lives a life of a sage and is known to keep himself intoxicated and meditating with bhang so that the world remains safe from his anger.

Jagannath is non-sectarian and has not been associated with any particular denomination of Hinduism in entirety, though there are several common aspects with Vaishnavism, Saivism, Shaktism, Smartism, as well as with Buddhism and Jainism.

Finding inner peace is often associated with traditions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.

Due to the fluid and diverse nature of Hinduism there are a wide variety of beliefs and traditions associated with both Vishnu and Shiva.

" It is said that this can also be associated with the nine planets in Hinduism.

Other indigenous Khasa deities include the Mali-ka goddesses, associated in Hinduism with Bhagavathi, whom the Matwali worship on certain full moon days on high ridges.

Most notably, the second realm is explicitly labelled the realm of the Hungry Ghosts, but each realm in the enumerated hierarchy is associated with a given human shortcoming, much like in Hinduism and Buddhism.