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Advaita Vedanta refers to the three meanings that all words and sentences carry – the primary or direct meaning, the implied meaning and the suggested meaning. The implied meaning, known as Lakshana, is of three kinds – Jahallakshana which consists in discarding the direct meaning in favour of the indirect or implied meaning, Ajahallakshana in which the direct meaning is not completely ...
Sarva-darśana-sangraha (Sanskrit: सर्वदर्शनसंग्रह; transl. A Compendium of all the Philosophical Systems) is a philosophical text by ...
This preliminary commentary on the Gita is the earliest example of Madhva's style which is characterised by its terseness and brevity. [3] He quotes from a variety of rare sources and scriptures and is not an exhaustive commentary on the Gita as it concentrates only on a few verses.
Adi Shankaracharya is also said to have authored Sarva Vedānta Siddhānta Sāra Saṅgraha (A Summary of the Essence of the Established Conclusions from All the Upaniṣads), also known as The Quintessence of Vedanta.
Lakshmana (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणा, romanized: Lakṣmaṇā) or Lakshana is the seventh of the Ashtabharya, [1] the eight principal queen-consorts of Hindu god Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu and the king of Dvaraka in the Dvapara Yuga (epoch).
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 Chandas.
Samudrika Shastra (Sanskrit: सामुद्रिक शास्त्र), part of the Indian astrology, is the study of face reading, aura reading, and whole body analysis.
The Narada Bhakti Sutra (IAST: Nārada Bhakti Sūtra) is a well known sutra venerated within the traditions of Hinduism, reportedly spoken by the famous sage, Narada.The text details the process of devotion (), or Bhakti yoga and is thus of particular importance to many of the Bhakti movements within Hinduism.