" According to Vedic principles, the first part of life should be utilized in brahmacarya for the development of character and spiritual qualities.

According to Dumezil the forerunner of all frame gods is an Indian epic hero who was the image ( avatar ) of the Vedic god Dyaus.

According to Antonia Tripolitis, Roman Mithraism originated in Vedic India and picked up many features of the cultures which it encountered in its westward journey.

According to the late Vedic Sarvanukramani text, there were as many as 20 women among the authors of the Rig Veda, known as rishika.

According to Yaska, Sanskrit scholar of the 5th century BCE, who made various attempts to interpret difficult Vedic mythologies in his work Nirukta ( Etymology ) ( 12, 12 ), the time of Savitr ’ s appearance is when darkness has been removed.

According to J. Lynwood King, in his dissertation Fundamentals of Maharishi Vedic Science, the feedback Brahmachari Mahesh received from the diverse population that learned his technique suggested to him that it could be of wide benefit.

According to traditional views, the hymns of the Rigveda and other Vedic hymns were divinely revealed to the rishis, who were considered to be seers or " hearers " ( Śruti means " what is heard ") of the Veda, rather than " authors ".

According to MVAH, each of these 40 branches of Vedic literature has a direct correlation to various aspects of the human physiology.

According to the Maharishi and his successor, Tony Nader, there is a correspondence between the nine Grahas of Vedic Astrology and the structure of DNA, the brain and the structure of cells.

According to Venerable Tripitaka Master Bhikshu Shramana Hsuan Hua's " Shurangama Mantra Commentary " ( Buddhist Text Translation Society of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, 1981, Volume 1 ), the Shurangama Mantra mystically and literally includes all of the Buddha Dharma in its entirety, and its focus is on the Five Dhyana Buddhas ( Vairochana, Amitabha ), Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, and Amoghasiddhi, with stress on Vairochana and Ashobhya Buddhas ) and their retinues of Dharmapalas and wrathful deities in male and female forms, such as Vajrapani, wrathful Manjushri, Mahakala, Tara, Pandaravasini, Prakruti, Uchushma Fire Head Vajra, Brahma, Indra, Shiva as Rudra, Raudri-Umapati form of Vajrayogini, Narayana, Ganapati, various Dhakinis, Naga kings, Yaksha kings, Rakshasha kings, and many other Dharma Protectors of the Buddhist Pantheon and Vedic pantheon.

According to the Rigveda, the Vedic Mantras were composed by various seers who had ' seen ' ( dṛś ) them in deep concentration ( dhī ).

According to the movement's Global Good News website, there are 23 Maharishi Vedic Health Centres in 15 countries, including Austria, France, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States.

According to its website, Ramraj TV is being established in India to introduce Vedic principles and practical programmes to the " World Family ".

According to Vedic writings, the earliest known monarch ruling over this region with his capital at Ayodhya was Iksvaku, founder of the Solar dynasty.

According to Jan Houben, the early Vedic period was followed by a period of embarrassment about violence in rituals.

According to Jan Houben, the Sramanic period was followed by another period where Vedic ritualists tried to defend their actions against Buddhist and Jain criticism.

According to Oak, modern secular and Marxist historians have fabricated " idealized versions " of India's past and drained it of its " Vedic context and content ".

According to studies, women enjoyed equal status and rights during the early Vedic period.

According to a tradition preserved in Vedic literature, the Videhas marched eastwards from the Saraswati until they reached the banks of the Gandak and were informed by Agni, the God of fire, that their home lay to the east of its broad stream.

According to one source, " they could be a synthesis between Vedic deities and autochthonous Dravidian totemic deities.

According to Dr. Zimmer, Gandharas were settled since Vedic times on the south bank of the river Kubha ( Kabol ) up to its mouth into Indus itself.

The supposed prediction of an astronomical conjunction of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy with the winter solstice Sun on December 21, 2012, referred to by Jenkins in Maya Cosmogenesis 2012: The True Meaning of the Maya Calendar End-Date ( 1998 ) and Galactic Alignment: The Transformation of Consciousness According to Mayan, Egyptian, and Vedic Traditions ( 2002 ) as having been predicted by the ancient Maya and others, is a much-anticipated event in Mayanism.

According to Roy, the Narasimha-Sharabha encounter may be a shaivite version of Vedic tale of Vishnu piercing the boar.

According to puranic legend Dabas are the descendants of Maharishi Dadhichi the great king of Sindh in Vedic period.

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.