Hinduism and Sanskrit literature were his lifelong interests.

Khmer has been considerably influenced by Sanskrit and Pali, especially in the royal and religious registers, through the vehicles of Hinduism and Buddhism.

In Hinduism, Vayu ( Sanskrit व ा य ु ), also known as Vāta व ा त, Pavana पवन ( meaning the Purifier ), or Prāna, is a primary deity, who is the father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman.

This period heralded the beginning of much of what became classical Hinduism, with the composition of the Upanishads, later the Sanskrit epics, still later followed by the Puranas.

In addition to the Vedas, the principal texts of Hinduism, the core themes of the Sanskrit epics Ramayana and Mahabharata are said to have their ultimate origins during this period.

The actual process of change from one life to the next is called punarbhava ( Sanskrit ) or punabbhava ( Pāli ), literally " becoming again ", or more briefly bhava, " becoming ", and some English-speaking Buddhists prefer the term " rebirth " or " re-becoming " to render this term as they take " reincarnation " to imply a fixed entity that is reborn .< ref >" Reincarnation in Buddhism: What the Buddha Didn't Teach " By Barbara O ' Brien, About. com < sup > Popular Jain cosmology and Buddhist cosmology as well as a number of schools of Hinduism posit rebirth in many worlds and in varied forms.

Sanskrit (, originally, " refined speech "), is a historical Indo-Aryan language, the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and a literary and scholarly language in Jainism and Buddhism.

In Hinduism, the term sin ( in Sanskrit ) is often used to describe actions that create negative karma by violating moral and ethical codes, which automatically brings negative consequences.

* Emergence of the Brahmana period of Vedic Sanskrit, probable composition of the Shatapatha Brahmana, and the first beginning of the Upanishadic and Vedantic traditions of Hinduism.

Traditionally Hinduism has adopted an ancient Sanskrit phrase Vasudha eva kutumbakam,

Naga ( Sanskrit :) is the Sanskrit / Pāli word for a deity or class of entity or being, taking the form of a very large snake, found in Hinduism and Buddhism.

** Sanskrit ( Hinduism )-words like guru ( teacher )

The earliest evidence of the group is from Vedic Sanskrit, the language used in the ancient preserved texts of the Indian subcontinent, the foundational canon of Hinduism known as the Vedas.

* Rigveda, in Hinduism, a sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods

* Pāpa, in Hinduism, the Sanskrit word for the concept of sin

Hindu mythology is a large body of traditional narratives related to Hinduism, notably as contained in Sanskrit literature, such as the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas.

Hinduism is known to its followers as ( a Sanskrit phrase meaning " the eternal law that sustains / upholds / surely preserves "), amongst many other expressions.

In Hinduism, the gandharvas ( Sanskrit: गन ् धर ् व, gandharva, Kannada: ಗ ಂ ಧರ ್ ವ, Tamil: கந ் தர ் வர ், Telugu: గ ం ధర ్ వ ) are male nature spirits, husbands of the Apsaras.

In Hinduism, Chandra ( Sanskrit चन ् द ् र lit.

In Hinduism, Prajapati ( Sanskrit: ( IAST: )) " lord of creatures " is a Hindu deity presiding over procreation, and protector of life.

Matsya () ( Fish in Sanskrit ) was the first Avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism.

In Hinduism and Buddhism, the Sanskrit lexical item svāhā ( Romanized Sanskrit transcription ; Devanagari: स ् व ा ह ा, chi.

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 some lineages of Hinduism, Purusha ( Sanskrit, प ु र ु ष " man, Cosmic man ", in Sutra literature also called " man ") is the " Self " which pervades the universe.

Prasād ( Sanskrit: प ् रस ा द, Bengali: প ্ রস া দ, Marathi: प ् रस ा द, Hindi / Urdu: प ् रश ा द / پرشاد / prashad, Kannada: prasāda ಪ ್ ರಸ ಾ ದ, Gujarati: પ ૃ સ ા દ, Oriya: ଭ ୋ ଗ, Tamil: ப ி ரச ா தம ் and Malayalam: പ ് രസ ാ ദ ം prasādam, Punjabi: ਪ ੍ ਰਸ ਾ ਦ ਿ, Telugu: prasadam, Bhojpuri: persādi ) is a material substance that is first offered to a deity in Hinduism and then consumed.

Nandinatha Sampradaya ( नन ् द ि न ा थ सम ् प ् रद ा य ) is a denomination of Hinduism that places great importance on the practice of yoga.

Rigveda, one of the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism says Vikriti Evam Prakriti ( Sanskrit: व ि क ृ त िः एवम ्‌ प ् रक ृ त िः ।) ( what seems un-natural is also natural ), which some scholars believe recognises the cyclical constancy of homosexual / transsexual dimensions of human life, like all forms of universal diversities.

In Hinduism, an acharya ( आच ा र ् य ) is a mahāpuruśa ( मह ा प ु र ु श, divine personality ) who is believed to have descended as an avatāra ( अवत ा र, incarnation ) to teach and establish bhakti in the world and write on the siddhānta ( स ि द ् ध ां त, doctrine ) of devotion to Bhagwan ( भगव ा न ्, lord, God, blessed one, see also iśvara ).

Jambudvīpa ( Devanagari: जम ् ब ु द ् व ी प ) is the dvipa (" island " or " continent ") of the terrestrial world, as envisioned in the cosmologies of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, which is the realm where ordinary human beings live.

The name Muralitharan is derived from murli dhar ( Devnagri: म ु रल ी धर ) meaning " the bearer of the flute ", which is a synonym for Lord Krishna, a deity in Hinduism who is said to play upon his bamboo flute while looking after cattle.

In Hinduism, Durvasa ( द ु र ् व ा स ) is an ancient sage, son of Atri and Anasuya.

In Hinduism, sādhu ( skt स ा ध ु sādhu, “ good ; good man, holy man ”) denotes an ascetic, wandering monk.

Treta Yuga ( Devanagari: त ् र े त ा य ु ग ) is the second out of four yugas, or ages of mankind, in the religion of Hinduism, and follows the Satya Yuga of perfect morality and precedes the Dvapara Yuga.

The name is a transliteration of Garuda ( Sanskrit: गर ु ड ; Pāli: ) a race of enoromously gigantic birds in Hinduism, upon which the Japanese Buddhist version is based.

The Satya Yuga ( Devanagari: सत ् य य ु ग ), also called Sat Yuga, Krta Yuga and Krita Yuga in Hinduism, is the " Yuga ( Age or Era ) of Truth ", when mankind is governed by gods, and every manifestation or work is close to the purest ideal and mankind will allow intrinsic goodness to rule supreme.

In Hinduism Shakuntala ( Sanskrit: शक ु न ् तल ा, Śakuntalā ) is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of Emperor Bharata.

Dvapara Yuga or Dwapara Yuga ( Devanagari: द ् व ा पर य ु ग ) is the third out of four yugas, or ages, described in the scriptures of Hinduism.

Kumkum ( Sanskrit क ु ङ ् क ु मम ् kuṅkumam, Marathi क ुं क ू kunku, Bengali ক ু মক ু ম kumkum Tamil க ு ங ் க ு மம ் kunkumam, Telugu క ుం క ు మ kumkuma, Kannada ಕ ುಂ ಕ ು ಮ Kumkuma, Malayalam ക ു ങ ് ക ു മ ം Kungkumam ), is a powder used for social and religious markings in Hinduism.

Radha ( Devanagari: र ा ध ा, IAST: Rādhā ), also called Radhika, Radharani and Radhikarani, is the childhood friend and lover of Krishna in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, and the Gita Govinda of the Vaisnava traditions of Hinduism.

In Hinduism, an avatar (; ; from Sanskrit अवत ा र in the Devanagari script, meaning " descent ") is a deliberate descent of a deity to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being ( i. e., Vishnu for Vaishnavites ) and is mostly translated into English as " incarnation ," but more accurately as " appearance " or " manifestation ".

In Hinduism, Bhadra ( भद ् र ) is a goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's servants.

Samsāra or Sangsāra ( Sanskrit: स ं स ा र ) ( in Tibetan called " khorwa "), literally meaning " continuous flow ", is the repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth ( reincarnation ) within Hinduism, Buddhism, Bön, Jainism, Yoga and Sikhism.

David Frawley ( or Vāmadeva Śāstrī व ा मद े व श ा स ् त ् र ी) is an American Hindu author, publishing on topics such as Hinduism, Yoga and Ayurveda.

Bahun is a colloquial Nepali term for a member of the Pahari or " hill " Brahmin ( ब ् र ा ह ् मण ) caste, who are traditionally educators, scholars and priests of Hinduism.

ciranjīvī, च ि र ं ज ी व ी) are the " immortals " in Hinduism who are to remain alive throughout this Kali Yuga until the start of next Satya Yuga.

In Hinduism, the goddess Tara ( Bengali: দ ে ব ী ত া র া ম া )( Sanskrit: Tārā, Devanagari: त ा र ा) meaning " star " is the second of the Dasa ( ten ) Mahavidyas or " Great Wisdom ", Tantric manifestations of Mahadevi, Kali, or Parvati.

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 ).

In Hinduism, Jagaddhatri or Jagadhatri ( Devnagri: जगद ् ध ा त ् र ी, Bengali: জগদ ্ ধ া ত ্ র ী, Oriya: ଜଗଦ ୍ ଧ ା ତ ୍ ର ୀ, ' the Protector of the World ') is a form of Devi, the supreme goddess.