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Dyauṣ the "Sky" god, also called Dyeus and Prabhāsa or the "shining dawn", also called akasha or sky, Pṛthivī the "Earth" goddess/god, also called Dharā or "support" and Bhumi or Earth, Sūrya the "Sun" god, also called Pratyūsha , ("break of dawn", but often used to mean simply "light"), the Saura sect worships Sūrya as their chief ...
This word succeeds the word "Ek-onkar" which means "There is only one constant" or commonly "There is one God". The word sat means "true/everlasting" and nam means "name". [2] In this instance, this would mean, "whose name is truth". [3] Satnam is referred to God as the Name of God is True and Everlasting. [4] The word nam in Sikhism has two ...
A Murti is itself not the god in Hinduism, but it is an image of god and represents emotional and religious value. [119] A literal translation of Murti as an idol is incorrect, states Jeaneane Fowler when the idol is understood as superstitious end in itself. [119]
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Sanjna (Sanskrit: संज्ञा, IAST: Saṃjñā, also spelled as Samjna and Sangya), also known as Saranyu (Sanskrit: सरण्यू, IAST: Saraṇyū), is a Hindu goddess associated with clouds and the chief consort of Surya, the Sun god.
The feminine Harī is the name of the mythological "mother of monkeys" in the Sanskrit epics. Harihara is the name of a fused deity form of both Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara) in Hinduism. Hari is the name of a class of gods under the fourth Manu (manu tāmasa, "Dark Manu") in the Puranas. Haridasa is the Hari-centered bhakti movement from ...
The word is a compound of the Sanskrit words परम meaning 'Supreme' and ईश्वर meaning 'Lord'. Thus Parameshvara literally means 'highest supreme ruler'. [ 8 ] Sometimes, other traditions of Hinduism such as Vedanta and Vaishnavism also use the term Parameshwara as a synonym of Parabrahman within their philosophical perspectives.
SING forth and laud Parjanya, son of Heaven, who sends the gift of rain. May he provide our pasturage. Parjanya is the God who forms in kine, in mares, in plants of earth, And womankind, the germ of life. Offer and pour into his mouth oblation rich in savoury juice: May he for ever give us food.