There are many examples in Greek, Norse, and Hindu mythology.

Zimmer does not explicitly describe the cyclical conception of time as itself " mythical " per se, although he notes that this conception " underl Hindu mythology ".

** Mahābhārata, ascribed to Vyasa ( Hindu mythology )

** Ramayana, ascribed to Valmiki ( Hindu mythology )

These include the epic battle of Mahabharata at Kurukshetra mentioned in the Hindu mythology ( including the recital of the Bhagavad Gita by Krishna ), and the three battles of Panipat.

However, the form itself is reputed to have been one of the gifts bestowed on man by the gods of Hindu mythology.

* King Kuru ( Hindu mythology ), the imputed ancestral king of Indo-Aryan Kuru tribe

* Hindu mythology

The final stage is Samādhi — Union with the All, it is considered to be the utmost level of awareness that one could possibly achieve, according to Hindu mythology, one of their main three deities, Shiva, had mastered this and thus was bestowed upon with stupendous power and control.

* Vahana, also called a mount, an animal or mythical entity closely associated with a particular deity in Hindu mythology

* Nandi a bull that serves Lord Shiva in Hindu mythology.

The Hindu tradition describes the sacred Nine Pearls which were first documented in the Garuda Purana, one of the books of the Hindu mythology.

* Hindu mythology

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

In South Asia, the formation is known as Rama's Bridge, as, according to Hindu mythology, it was constructed during the rule of Rama.

The name of the river Danube is believed to be Celtic in origin, and Celtic river deities are usually female ; Hindu mythology has a goddess called Danu, who may be an Indo-European parallel.

Ancient folk tales and myths sometimes involved something akin to travelling forward in time ; for example, in Hindu mythology, the Mahabharata mentions the story of the King Revaita, who travels to heaven to meet the creator Brahma and is shocked to learn that many ages have passed when he returns to Earth.

Category: Locations in Hindu mythology

In Hindu mythology, Vega is called Abhijit.

The walls of the temple are covered with an endless variety of depictions from Hindu mythology, animals, birds and Shilabalikas or dancing figures.

In an interview included with the audio book editions of his novels, author Robert Jordan has stated that his bestselling fantasy series The Wheel of Time borrows the titular concept from Hindu mythology.

It was the venue of many events in Hindu mythology.

The Garuda ( Sanskrit: गर ु ड, " eagle ") is a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.

Hindu and Egyptian mythology frequently feature in 19th century magical texts.

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to Theyyam gods, despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Theyyam deities are propitiated through the cock sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.

In traditional Hindu society, dharma has historically denoted a variety of ideas, such as Vedic ritual, ethical conduct, caste rules, and civil and criminal law.

In addition to shrardha ( the ritual Hindu offerings by the son of deceased ), we find among Hindus widespread adherence to the notion of divine intervention in ones fate, while Buddhists eventually came to propound such theories like boon-granting bodhisattvas, transfer of merit and like.

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to the Theyyam gods.

Each year, on the particular date ( as per the Hindu calendar ) when the person had died, the family members repeat this ritual.

Hindu priest sounding a ritual trumpet made from Turbinella pyrum

The accounts also describes a misunderstood form of the " hook-swinging " ritual once commonly performed as part of some popular Hindu religious festivals.

The oil lamp is used in the Hindu ritual of Aarti.

While other fierce Hindu goddesses like Kali are depicting severing the heads of demons and are associated with ritual self-decapitation, Chhinnamasta's motif also reverses ritual head-offering, in which she offers her own head to the devotees ( attendants ) to feed them.

In the Hindu ritual tradition, it refers to seeing the sacred.

The Indian transgender hijras or Aravanis ritually marry the Hindu god Iravan | Aravan and then mourn his ritual death ( seen ) in an 18-day festival in Koovagam, India.

Aarti ( Hindi आरत ी), also spelled arathi, aarthi ( from the Sanskrit word " आर ा त ् र ि क " with the same meaning ) is a Hindu religious ritual of worship, a part of puja, in which light from wicks soaked in ghee ( purified butter ) or camphor is offered to one or more deities.

The word may also refer to the traditional Hindu devotional song that is sung during the ritual.

Agnihotra ( अग ् न ि ह ो त ् र ) is a Vedic yajña ( ritual or sacrifice ) performed in orthodox Hindu communities.

Lesser aspects of Hindu purification ritual include achamana-the touching and sipping of pure water while reciting specific mantras-and the application of a tilaka on the forehead.

Michael Walzer notes that the British in India tolerated the Hindu practice of suttee ( ritual burning of a widow ) until 1829.

She married him on November 21, 1990 in an unofficial Balinese ceremony consisting largely of Hindu ritual.

* Yagya-in Hindu ritual

German painter and musician Walter Spies became deeply interested in the ritual while living in Bali in the 1930s and worked to recreate it into a drama, based on the Hindu Ramayana and including dance, intended to be presented to Western tourist audiences.

Another Switchback was incorporated into season 20 concerning a Fast Forward in India initially offered in both season five and season seven: shaving off all of the hair from the racers ' heads as part of a Hindu ceremonial ritual.

They believe the Triple Goddess is an archetypal figure which appears in a number of different cultures throughout human history, and that many individual goddesses can be interpreted as Triple Goddesses, The wide acceptance of an archetype theory has led to neopagans adopting the images and names of culturally divergent deities for ritual purposes ; for instance, Conway, and goddess feminist artist Monica Sjöö, connect the Triple Goddess to the Hindu Tridevi ( literally " three goddesses ") of Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati ( Kali / Durga ).

It is believed that any auspicious and sacred ritual can be sanctified in any Hindu family, this day onwards.

It was argued that a high-caste Hindu who traveled in the cramped, squalid conditions of a troop ship would find it impossible to avoid losing caste through ritual pollution.