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

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

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.

In Hinduism, Devadasi tradition ( द े वद ा स ी / ದ ೇ ವದ ಾ ಸ ಿ; " servant of god ") is a religious tradition in which girls are " married " and dedicated to a deity ( deva or devi ) or to a Hindu temple and includes performance aspects such as those that take place in the temple as well as in the courtly and mujuvani or home context.

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, 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 ).

The Isha Upanishad ( Devanagari: ईश ा व ा स ् य उपन ि षद ्,, otherwise Ishopanishad or ) is one of the shortest of the Upanishads, consisting of 17 or 18 verses in total ; like other core texts of the vedanta, it is considered revealed scripture ( Śruti ) by diverse traditions within Hinduism.

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.

In Hinduism, Yama () or Yamarāja ( यमर ा ज ) is the god of death, belonging to an early stratum of Vedic mythology.

Vamana ( Devanagari: व ा मन, IAST: Vāmana ) is described in the Puranic texts of Hinduism as the Fifth Avatar of Vishnu, and the first incarnation of the Second Age, or the Treta yuga.

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 ".

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

Hinduism ( सन ा तन धर ् म ; Sanātana Dharma, roughly Perennial Moral Duty ) is one of the oldest major world religions.

Hinduism and Buddhism have been an influence on the development of many of ayurveda's central ideas – particularly its fascination with balance, known in Buddhism as Madhyathmaka ( Devanāgarī: म ा ध ् य ा त ् म ि क ).

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.

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.

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.

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.

In Hinduism, Mahavishnu ( Devanāgarī: मह ा व ि ष ् ण ु) is an aspect of Vishnu, the Absolute which is beyond human comprehension and is beyond all attributes.

In Hinduism, Mahadevi ( Sanskrit: Mahādevī, Devanagari: मह ा द े व ी) or " Great Goddess " is a term used to denote the Goddess or Devi that is the sum of all other Devis-an all encompassing Female Deity as the consort or complement to an all encompassing Male Deity ( Deva ) or the Ultimate Reality ( Brahman ) in Shaktism.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Samādhi is described in different ways within Hinduism such as the state of being aware of one ’ s existence without thinking, in a state of undifferentiated “ beingness " or as an altered state of consciousness that is characterized by bliss ( ānanda ) and joy ( sukha ).

The Nām meaning the name is the internal rhythm, the internal sound that a man experiences, the true name of God, and thus ultimate “ Japa ” as it is called in Hinduism, or Jaap in Sikhism.

According to Maulana “ Those who are preaching this want to finish all the differences of religion and culture and then run that country using the mixture of Hinduism and Communism ”.

In Hinduism, the devadasi tradition ( ದ ೇ ವದ ಾ ಸ ಿ; “ servant of god ”) is a religious tradition in which girls are “ married ” and dedicated to a deity ( deva or devi ) or to a temple and includes performance aspects such as those that take place in the temple as well as in the courtly and mujuvani or home context.

The Brahma Sutras by Veda Vyasa say, “ God is not biased in giving happiness and misery to anyone but gives the fruits of one ’ s karmas .” ( 2-1-34 ) However, unlike general schools of Hinduism, the Swaminarayan followers believe in Lord Swaminarayan as the supreme God, which is not believed by followers of Hinduism.

In Hinduism, more particularly the Dharmaśāstras, Karma is a principle in which “ cause and effect are as inseparably linked in the moral sphere as assumed in the physical sphere by science.

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Other faiths are even more subtle: the doctrine of karma shared by Buddhism and Hinduism is a divine law similar to divine retribution but without the connotation of punishment: our acts, good or bad, intentional or unintentional, reflect back on us as part of the natural working of the universe.

In Hinduism, Asvayujau is a goddess of good luck, joy and happiness.

The same belief is seen in Hinduism, but with different conclusions ; rather, attaining transcendence and the power of God is seen as a good thing.

According to one biographer, Roy gained an appreciation from Bankim that true religion required one not to be cloistered from the world, but to work actively for the public good ; Vivekananda reinforced this notion of social service and further advanced the idea that Hinduism and Indian culture was superior to anything the western world could offer.

Examples of how bad karma can be mitigated include following dharma, or living virtuously ; performing good deeds, such as helping others ; bhakti yoga, or worshiping God in order to receive grace ; and conducting pilgrimages to sacred places, such as Chidambaram Temple or Rameswaram to get grace of God .< ref > Editors of Hinduism Today Magazine, What is Hinduism?

Briefly, Theyyam provides a good example for the religious evolution of, and the subsequent different stages in modern Hinduism, with the overall understanding that within Hindu sycretisms lay propitiation as ancient practices and rituals of ancient worship intended for the blessings of the supernatural not unlike, " in Indus Valley and other ancient civilizations, mother goddess had been invoked for fertility and prosperity ".

Majority are followers of Hinduism but a good number in J & K of Dogra believes in other religions also.