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.

While the earlier commentators like Adi Shankara treat Bādarāyaņa, the author of the Brahma Sūtra, as the Jnana-Shakti Avatara ( knowledge-power incarnation ) of God, Vaishnavite tradition identifies him with Krishna Dwipayana Vyāsa, the author of the Mahābhārata.

Alcott became friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson and became a major figure in transcendentalism.

From the unexpected realism of his first major figure — inspired by his 1875 trip to Italy — to the unconventional memorials whose commissions he later sought, Rodin's reputation grew, such that he became the preeminent French sculptor of his time.

Although he was a major figure in the protectionist wing of the Conservative Party after 1844, Disraeli's relations with the other leading figures in the party, particularly Lord Derby, the overall leader, were often strained.

As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.

An accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations.

Reies Tijerina was a vocal claimant to the rights of Hispanics and Mexican Americans, and he remains a major figure of the early Chicano Movement.

Stalin, the second major contender, and future leader of the Soviet Union, was the least known of all the contenders, and he was not a popular figure with the masses.

As a stylistic forerunner of Impressionism, he is today considered a " father figure not only to the Impressionists " but to all four of the major Post-Impressionists, including Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s.

The semi-major axis ( denoted by a in the figure ) and the semi-minor axis ( denoted by b in the figure ) are one half of the major and minor axes, respectively.

After the Continuation War Finland lost major land areas to Russia in the Moscow Armistice of 1944, and the figure was said to have lost the other of her arms, as well as a hem of her " skirt ".

But even in Japan, a figure such as the benshi, the live narrator who was a major part of Japanese silent cinema, found his acting career was ending.

Many of Bazille's major works are examples of figure painting in which Bazille placed the subject figure within a landscape painted en plein air.

Bessel came to the attention of a major figure of German astronomy at the time, Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, by producing a refinement on the orbital calculations for Halley's Comet.

Despite lacking a university education, Bessel was a major figure in astronomy during his lifetime.

There followed in quick succession two musicals which have secured Kelly's reputation as a major figure in the American musical film, An American in Paris ( 1951 ) and – probably the most popular and admired of all film musicals – Singin ' in the Rain ( 1952 ).

Hume became a major figure in the skeptical philosophical and empiricist traditions of philosophy.

Burns, an Ayrshire poet and lyricist, is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and a major figure in the Romantic movement.

Working with very limited resources, he became one of the founders of bacteriology, the other major figure being Louis Pasteur.

Isabella d ' Este ( 19 May 1474 – 13 February 1539 ) was Marchesa of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance as a major cultural and political figure.

Thus, it has been suggested that Adams is the only major figure in American history who knew both the Founding Fathers and Abraham Lincoln, though Martin Van Buren knew Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and his mentor Aaron Burr and met the young Lincoln while on a campaign trip through Illinois.

He is the originator of funk music and is a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance.

28 CE ) was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels and the Qur ' an.

It is sat ( truth ), a major tenet of Hinduism.

In Hinduism, Sacred Feminine or Shaktism is one of the three major Hindu denominations of worship along with Vishnu and Shiva.

Kidder notes that this concept's framework appears prominently in many religions, including " Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, and the rest of the world's major religions ".

The Initial Declaration was signed by 143 respected leaders from all of the world's major faiths, including Baha ' i Faith, Brahmanism, Brahma Kumaris, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Indigenous, Interfaith, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Native American, Neo-Pagan, Sikhism, Taoism, Theosophist, Unitarian Universalist and Zoroastrian.

Among its direct roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India and, as such, Hinduism is often called the " oldest living religion " or the " oldest living major religion " in the world.

In the early centuries of the first millennium, the people of the Malay Peninsula adopted the Indian religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, religions which had a major effect on the language and culture of those living in Malaysia.

The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism was Weber's third major work on the sociology of religion.

New Age practices and philosophies sometimes draw inspiration from major world religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam ( especially Sufism ), Judaism ( especially Kabbalah ), Sikhism ; with strong influences from East Asian religions, Gnosticism, Neopaganism, New Thought, Spiritualism, Theosophy, Universalism and Western esotericism.

Among extant " major religions ", Bonewits would count as Paleopagan Hinduism as it stood prior to the Islamic invasions of India, Shintoism and Taoism.

Max Weber published four major texts on religion in a context of economic sociology and his rationalization thesis: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ( 1905 ), The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism ( 1915 ), The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism ( 1915 ), and Ancient Judaism ( 1920 ).

Most major paths of Hinduism hold vegetarianism as an ideal.

One episode, " The Way ", which loosely interpreted elements of Hinduism as major plot points, generated controversy, requiring the producers to add a disclaimer at the head of the episode and a tag explaining the episode's intentions at its end.

* Religious impact: Fishing has had an effect on all major religions, including Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and the various new age religions.

He was a key figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the western world and was credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion in the late 19th century.

He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India and contributed to the notion of nationalism in colonial India.

The major knowledge source in Hinduism is the vast knowledge achieved by the sages over thousands of years and stored in form of 4 vedas, 8 siddhis, 9 Niddhis and Major religious books, to say Ramayana and Mahabharata.

Over time, a great variety of religions developed around the world, with Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism in India, Zoroastrianism in Persia being some of the earliest major faiths.

In modern days, Hatha Yoga is a major missionary effort on behalf of Hinduism.

According to the provisional results of the 2011 national census of India, the population of Mysore is 887, 446 and Hinduism is its major religion.

In Hinduism, the major deity or philosophical belief identifies a denomination, which also typically has distinct cultural and religious practices.

The two triangles symbolize the Himalaya Mountains and could also represent the two major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Among its direct roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India and, as such, Hinduism is often called the " oldest living religion " or the " oldest living major religion " in the world.

Contemporary Hinduism has four major divisions: Saivism, Shaktism, Smartism, and Vaishnavism.

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