According to one of the principal texts of Hindu philosophy, the Tattwa Kaumudi authored by Vacaspati in the 9th century A. D., the Creator used akasha ( ether ), the most " subtle " element, to create the other four traditional elements ; each element created is in turn used to create the next element, each less subtle than the last.

According to National Geographic, the population consists of 45 % Tajiks, 25 % Hazaras, 25 % Pashtuns, 2 % Uzbeks, 1 % Baloch, 1 % Turkmen, and 1 % Hindu.

According to some Hindu mythological accounts, the god Krishna obtained the Syamantaka from Jambavanta, whose daughter Jambavati later married Krishna.

According to the census of 1998, the religious breakdown of the city was as follows: Muslim ( 96. 45 %); Christian ( 2. 42 %); Hindu ( 0. 86 %); Ahmadiyya ( 0. 17 %); Others ( 0. 10 %) ( Parsis, Sikhs, Bahá ' ís, Jews and Buddhists ).

According to the Hindu philosophy the essence of God or Brahman can never be understood or known since Brahman is beyond both existence and non-existence, transcending and including time, causation and space, and thus can never be known in the same material sense as one traditionally ' understands ' a given concept or object.

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 ....

According to the Hindu sage Adi Shankaracharya, the world-as we ordinarily understand it-is like a dream: fleeting and illusory.

According to the Hindu mythology, a land bridge existed between the Indian mainland and Sri Lanka.

According to Hindu scriptures, a journey was made during the Mahabharata by Balrama along the banks of the Saraswati from Dwarka to Mathura.

* According to Hindu tradition, lifetime of Rama, the 7th Avatar of Vishnu

* According to calculations of Aryabhata ( 6th century ), the Hindu Kali Yuga began at midnight ( 00: 00 ) on 18 February 3102 BC.

According to the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy, Akasha is one of the five Mahābhūtas ( grand physical elements ) having the specific property of sound.

According to the ancient Hindu Scriptures, it is said to have covered an area of, and was the capital of the powerful Hindu kingdom of Kosala ( Kaushal ).

According to Hindu tradition, the Ramayana takes place during a period of time known as Treta Yuga.

According to Brahma Kumaris, a spiritual organisation which is based on Hindu philosophy, sex lust is the greatest enemy to mankind and the gateway to hell.

According to Hindu mythology, the area was ruled by the demon Mahishasura.

According to the 2001 Nepal Census, there are 52, 237 Chepang in the country, of which 70. 23 % were Hindu, 18. 75 % were Buddhists and 8. 78 % were Christians.

According to Angkor scholar Georges Coedès, " Angkor Wat is, if you like, a vaishnavite sanctuary, but the Vishnu venerated there was not the ancient Hindu deity nor even one of the deity's traditional incarnations, but the king Suryavarman II posthumously identified with Vishnu, consubstantial with him, residing in a mausoleum decorated with the graceful figures of apsaras just like Vishnu in his celestial palace.

According to some Hindu traditions, Kundalini yoga is considered a highly developed spiritual awakening which relies upon a technique called shaktipat to attain enlightenment under the guidance of a spiritual master.

According to Savarkar, Hindutva is meant to denote the Hindu characteristic, or Hinduness.

According to traditional Hindu astrology, worship or propitiation of Bṛhaspati or Guru ( Jupiter ) results in cure from ailments affecting the stomach and helps ward off sins.

According to Hindu mythology Chandra has not been very fortunate in life.

According to Hindu legend, Daksha is said to be the son of Brahma.

According to Hindu mythology, Virabhadra or Veerabhadra was a super being created by the wrath of Rudra ( Shiva ), when he stepped in to destroy the Yagna ( fire sacrifice ) of Daksha, after his daughter Dakshayani ( Sati )-consort of Shiva, self-immolated in yagna fire.

According to the Biblioteca, the " library " of mythology mis-attributed to Apollodorus, he fathered the Corybantes on the Muse Thalia.

According to the mythology outlined by Virgil in the Aeneid, Romulus and Remus were both descendants of Aeneas through their mother Rhea Silvia, making Aeneas progenitor of the Roman people.

According to this mythology, Perseus is the ancestor of the Persians.

According to Greek mythology, the amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from the Gorgon Medusa's head as Perseus flew over the Libyan Desert with it in his hand.

According to mythology, the dynasty ended around 1600 BC as a consequence of the Battle of Mingtiao.

According to scholars including Neil Forsyth and John L. McKenzie, the Old Testament incorporates stories, or fragments of stories, from extra-biblical mythology.

According to the New American Bible, a Catholic Bible translation produced by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, the story of the Nephilim in Genesis 6: 1-4 " is apparently a fragment of an old legend that had borrowed much from ancient mythology ", and the " sons of God " mentioned in that passage are " celestial beings of mythology ".

According to Lorena Laura Stookey, " many scholars " see a link between stories in " Irish-Celtic mythology " about journeys to the Otherworld in search of a cauldron of rejuvenation and medieval accounts of the quest for the Holy Grail.

According to Carl Mitcham, " the Christian mythology of progress toward transcendent salvation " created the conditions for modern ideas of scientific and technological progress.

According to mythology, Diana was born with her twin brother Apollo on the island of Delos, daughter of Jupiter and Latona.

According to Irish mythology, Donn, or the Dark One, is the Lord of the Dead and father of Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, whom he gave to Aengus Óg to be nurtured.

According to German and Danish folklore, the Erlkönig appears as an omen of death, much like the banshee in Irish mythology.

According to Sumerian mythology, Enki also assisted humanity to survive the Deluge designed to kill them.

According to South American mythology the belief of the Brazilian Indians, who live alongside the Parima River in Brazil, claim that their forefathers emerged in ancient times from an underground land, and that many of their ancestors still remained inside the earth.

According to Greek mythology, hexameter was invented by the god Hermes.

According to the historical sources the ships ' prows carried carvings of menacing beasts, such as dragons and snakes, allegedly to protect the ship and crew, and to ward off the terrible sea monsters of Norse mythology.

According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta.

According to Norse mythology as contained in the thirteenth-century Icelandic work Prose Edda, the lake was created by the goddess Gefjon when she tricked Gylfi, the Swedish king of Gylfaginning.

According to Schwartz, the Jewish people continue to elaborate on, and compose additions to, their traditional mythology.

According to Giorgio de Santillana, professor of the history of science at MIT, and student of mythology, the sampo and the world pillar both refer to the precession of the equinox.

According to Totonac mythology, the tropical orchid was born when Princess Xanat, forbidden by her father from marrying a mortal, fled to the forest with her lover.

According to Roman mythology, when Romulus and Remus founded Rome, they did so on the Palatine Hill according to Etruscan ritual ; that is, they began with a pomerium or sacred ditch.

According to Australian Aboriginal mythology and the animist framework of the descendants of these early Australians, the Dreaming is a sacred era in which ancestral Totemic Spirit Beings formed The Creation.