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1–2: Agastya Rishi approaches Rāma. 3–5: Agastya Rishi states the greatness of the Ādityahṛidayam and advantages of reciting it. 6–15: A description of Āditya as the embodiment of all gods as well as nourisher, sustainer, and giver of heat.
In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom". The Sutra famously states, "Form is emptiness ( śūnyatā ), emptiness is form." It has been called "the most frequently used and recited text in the entire Mahayana Buddhist tradition."
Stotra (Sanskrit: स्तोत्र) is a Sanskrit word that means "ode, eulogy or a hymn of praise." [1] [2] It is a literary genre of Indian religious texts designed to be melodically sung, in contrast to a shastra which is composed to be recited. [1] A stotra can be a prayer, a description, or a conversation, but always with a poetic ...
[12]: 102 In the Chandogya Upanishad, Aditya is a name of Viṣṇu in his avatar as Vamana, and his mother is Aditi. The Adityas in the Vishnu Purana [13] are twelve in number. In the Bhagavata Purana, the Adityas are associated with each month of the year, it is a different Aditya who shines as the Sun-God . [14]
The main theme of the Stotra Ratna is prapatti, the concept of total surrender to God. [5] In the first few verses, the author pays tribute to his teachers. The subsequent verses establish the supremacy of Vishnu and his accessibility to his devotees, to whom he is referred to as a saviour.
In Hinduism, Dhata (Sanskrit: धाता) or Dhatr (Sanskrit: धातृ), is the name of the solar deity, one of the Adityas. [1] [2] [3] He is also a god of health and magic. He is invoked in tantra by drawing tantras and chanting Vedic hymns. Often invoked during major yagnas such as Ashwamedha yagna.
Sanskrit prosody or Chandas refers to one of the six Vedangas, or limbs of Vedic studies. [1] It is the study of poetic metres and verse in Sanskrit . [ 1 ] This field of study was central to the composition of the Vedas , the scriptural canons of Hinduism ; in fact, so central that some later Hindu and Buddhist texts refer to the Vedas as ...
The Ācārāṅga Sūtra, the foremost and oldest Jain text (First book c. 5th–4th century BCE; Second book c. Late 4th–2nd century BCE), [1] is the first of the twelve Angas, part of the agamas which were compiled based on the teachings of 24th Tirthankara Mahavira.