More specifically, it involves study of the different legal systems in existence in the world, including the common law, the civil law, socialist law, Islamic law, Hindu law, and Chinese law.

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.

The most important contribution made by the Nyaya school to modern Hindu thought is its methodology to prove existence of God, based on the Vedas.

In the Hindu scripture Devi Mahātmyam, Mahāmāyā ( Great māyā ) is said to cover Vishnu's eyes in Yoganidra ( divine sleep ) during cycles of existence when all is resolved into one.

Later Hindu scriptures allow for the existence of numerous Apsaras, who act as the handmaidens of Indra or as dancers at his celestial court.

The Muslims claim that there is no historical record indicating any destruction, or even the existence of a Hindu Temple at the site when Mir Baqi erected the Masjid in 1528.

Most Buddhists do acknowledge the existence of gods in Hindu pantheon.

Gog and Magog are related to their Hindu counterpart called demon brothers Koka and Vikoka " whose names are obviously similar ", and refer symbolically, according to Guénon, not to groups of people on earth, but to entities belonging to the " subtle world " and having an existence presently hidden from the human realm and symbolically described as subterranean.

Vyāsa is also considered to be one of the seven Chiranjivins ( long lived, or immortals ), who are still in existence according to general Hindu belief.

The Hindu view of the universe is that of a cyclic phenomenon that comes into existence and dissolves repeatedly.

From a Hindu point of view, the whole Universe is being brought into existence as the manifestation of the dance of the Supreme Dancer, Nataraja.

This province is the location of the oldest Hindu kingdom in Indonesia, Kutai, the existence of which is attested to by a stone manuscript, or Prasasti, which is now kept in the National Museum in Jakarta.

From a Hindu point of view, the whole Universe is being brought into existence as the manifestation of the dance of the Supreme Dancer, Nataraja.

In response to Sethusamudram controversy, Karunanidhi questioned the existence of the Hindu God Rama.

* The series has many references to Hindu philosophy, such as existence of four yug or ages and the belief that humans are made of five mahabhootas, i. e., Dharti ( Earth ), Vaayu ( Air ), Jal ( Water ), Agni ( Fire ) and Aakash ( Sky ).

Most schools of Hindu philosophy accept the existence of a creator god ( Brahma ), while some do not

Emil's entire existence can be summarized as a struggle between two worlds: the show world of illusion ( related to the Hindu concept of maya ) and the real world, the world of spiritual truth.

Historian Devdutt Pattanaik summarizes the place of homosexuality in Hindu literature as follows: " though not part of the mainstream, its existence was acknowledged but not approved.

The Hindu view of detachment comes from the understanding of the nature of existence and the true ultimate state sought is that of being in the moment.

Among the six systems of Hindu philosophy, early Samkhya and Mimamsa do not consider the concept of Ishvara, i. e., a supreme being, while later Samkhya, Yoga, Vaisheshika, Vedanta and Nyaya believe in the existence of an Ishvara.

The Nyaya school, one of six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, states that one of the proofs of the existence of God is karma ; It is seen that some people in this world are happy, some are in misery.

The Nyaya school, one of six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, states that one of the proofs of the existence of God is karma ; It is seen that some people in this world are happy, some are in misery.

It is also one of the seven planes of existence, according to the Vedic cosmology and the seven lokas of Hindu thought.

Most of the temples were built near springs, and in some of them there is evidence of the existence of a fire, which was always burning.

The bhavacakra ( Sanskrit ; Pali: bhavacakka ; Tibetan: srid pa ' i ' khor lo ) is a symbolic representation of samsara ( or cyclic existence ) found on the outside walls of Tibetan Buddhist temples and monasteries in the Indo-Tibet region.

It is through ritual that the king could bring the center axis into existence in the temples and create a doorway to the spiritual world, and with it power ".

Dobrev also notes, like Stadelmann and others, that the causeway connecting Khafre's pyramid to the temples was built around the Sphinx suggesting it was already in existence at the time.

It is through ritual that the king could bring the center axis into existence in the temples and create a doorway to the spiritual world, and with it power.

Folk religion in Hinduism may explain the rationale behind local religious practices, and contain local myths that explain the existence of local religious customs or the location of temples.

Apart from these two examples, the references in various writers to an opening of some kind in the roofs of temples dedicated to particular deities, and the statement of Vitruvius, which was doubtless based on the writings of Greek authors, that in decastyle or large temples the centre was open to the sky and without a roof ( medium autem sub diva est sine tecto ), render the existence of the hypaethros probable in some cases ; and therefore C. R. Cockerell's discovery in the temple at Aegina of two fragments of a coping-stone, in which there were sinkings on one side to receive the tiles and covering tiles, has been of great importance in the discussion of this subject.

However, in spite of more than a century of formal separation of the two religions, temples or shrines that do not separate them are still common, as proven for example by the existence of some important Buddhist Inari temples.

The surprise of many of my informants regarding the existence of Buddhist Inari temples shows the success of the government's attempt to create separate conceptual categories regarding sites and certain identities, although practice remains multiple and nonexclusive.

The name Deoria probably developed because of the existence of important temples to Shiva, called Somnath Temple, and the goddess Durga, called Deorahi Temple on the northern bank of the Kurna, Gaytri mandir, Balaji mandir, Gaushala hanumaan mandir, shayam mandir etc.

There are nearly 150 Jain temples still in existence.

In the late 1980s, high ( although declining ) rates of suicide among older people and the continued existence of temples where one could pray for quick death indicated that this ideal was not always fulfilled.

The only clues for its possible existence are Persian inscriptions that refer to two places called " Saparda ": one area in Media and another in Asia Minor, debated to be Sardis.

Evidence of their existence in the area include pits in rock formations, which they used to grind acorns, and a shellmound, now mostly leveled and covered up, along the shoreline of San Francisco Bay at the mouth of Strawberry Creek.

There are about 1000 environmental law treaties in existence today ; no other area of law has generated such a large body of conventions on a specific topic.

The modern state of Guinea did not come into existence until 1958, but the history of the area stretches back well before European intervention.

Northern part of Lesser Poland ( Lublin and Sandomierz ) was probably inhabited by another tribe, the Lendians, and dr Antoni Podraza, historian of the Jagiellonian University claims that ancient division of Lesser Poland into two major parts – Land ( Duchy ) of Kraków, and Land ( Duchy ) of Sandomierz, is based on the existence of two Slavic tribes in the area.

It often covered the same geographic area as the manor, under the lay jurisdiction of the Lord of the Manor, which generally shared the same name and from the creation of which the parish may have derived its existence.

Also new kingdoms came to existence of which the Téké was the most important, ruling over a large area encompassing present-day Brazzaville and Kinshasa.

However there is a lack of physical evidence of its existence, despite some archaeological work in the area.

It was a rural, heavily forested part of the state, and Heston lived an isolated yet idyllic existence spending much time hunting and fishing in the backwoods of the area.

Although local people had known of the existence of Roman remains in the area, it was not until 1960 that the archaeologist Barry Cunliffe first systematically excavated the site, which had been accidentally uncovered by workmen when a water main was being laid.

Cymenshore is traditionally thought to have been located at what is now known as the Owers Rocks, south of Selsey, however there is no archaeological evidence to support the existence of Ælle and his three sons in the Selsey area.

Several causes explain this process: The definitive breakdown of the production system based on slavery in existence from the time of the late Roman Empire, the continuous propagation of epidemics in the area, and the abandonment of Al Andalus by the Berber regiments after the revolt of 740-741.

Another DEFRA report, in February 2008, confirmed the existence of these two sites as ' established breeding areas ' and identified a third in Gloucestershire / Herefordshire ; in the Forest of Dean / Ross on Wye area.

" French explorers had noted ... existence the area as early as the seventeenth century, in 1772 Alexander Henry had prospected for copper on the Ontonagon River near Victoria.

Hellenistic cultural and artistic influences appear in many of the forms and human depictions ( from amorini to rings with the depiction of Athena and her name inscribed in Greek ), attributable to the existence of the Seleucid empire and Greco-Bactrian kingdom in the same area until around 140 BC, and the continued existence of the Indo-Greek kingdom in the northwestern Indian sub-continent until the beginning of our era.

The use of the projected area seems to be closely tied with the existence of a magnetic sheath.

In 2005 the existence of a vast polluted area on the shores of the Flix Reservoir was disclosed.

The recent possible detection of the existence of Iberian lynx in the area between the Cofio and Alberche rivers is testament to the biodiversity of the area.

Macon Early College is one of the three high schools in the Macon area, coming into existence after the Franklin High School but before the Union Academy.

This parc — a heavily forested area for hunting — was key to Enfield's existence in the Middle Ages ( see Enfield Old Park ).

Its existence predates the gazettal of the park and provides a mixed benefit in that it has preserved a large area that has been relatively untouched by human interference for many years.

This is presumably due to the existence of bee habitat in hedgerows, on slopes, and in other non-agricultural land in the survey area.

It was one of four communities in the area that came into existence with the completion of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad on November 18, 1869.