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[273] [274] This cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth is called saṃsāra. Liberation from saṃsāra through moksha is believed to ensure lasting happiness and peace. [275] [276] Hindu scriptures teach that the future is both a function of current human effort derived from free will and past human actions that set the circumstances. [277]
The historical Vedic religion, also known as Vedicism and Vedism, sometimes referred to as an early phase of Hinduism called Vedic Hinduism and Ancient Hinduism, [d] was the sacrificial religion of the early Indo-Aryans, speakers of early Old Indic dialects, ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-Iranian peoples of the Bronze Age who lived on ...
Vishnudevananda Saraswati (31 December 1927 – 9 November 1993, birth name Kuttan Nair) was an Indian yoga guru known for his teaching of asanas, a disciple of Sivananda Saraswati, and founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams (ISYVC). He established the Sivananda Yoga Teachers' Training Course, possibly the first ...
His death is believed in Jainism to have occurred on Ashtapada (also known as Mount Kailash) on the fourteenth day of Magha Krishna (Hindu Calendar). [ 63 ] [ 65 ] [ 66 ] His total age at that time is suggested to be 84 lakh purva years, with three years and eight and a half months remaining of the third e ra . [ 49 ]
The date of Krishna's birth is celebrated every year as Janmashtami. [ 145 ] [ page needed ] According to Guy Beck, "most scholars of Hinduism and Indian history accept the historicity of Krishna – that he was a real male person, whether human or divine, who lived on Indian soil by at least 1000 BCE and interacted with many other historical ...
He also took the title of Haindava Dharmodhhaarak (protector of the Hindu faith) [2] and Kshatriya Kulavantas: [3] [137] [138] Kshatriya being the varna [e] of Hinduism and kulavantas meaning the 'head of the kula, or clan'. [139] Shivaji's mother died on 18 June 1674.
The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic poem Mahabharata.
Dating the birth of Krishna is a complex matter due to differing interpretations and historical accounts. According to Hindu tradition, Krishna was born on the eighth day of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the month of Bhadrapada (August–September) of the Hindu lunar calendar. However, scholars and historians have proposed various ...