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[3] Separating concepts in Hinduism from concepts specific to Indian culture, or from the language itself, can be difficult. Many Sanskrit concepts have an Indian secular meaning as well as a Hindu dharmic meaning. One example is the concept of Dharma. [4] Sanskrit, like all languages, contains words whose meanings differ across various contexts.
Narayana (Sanskrit: नारायण, IAST: Nārāyaṇa) is one of the forms and epithets of Vishnu.In this form, the deity is depicted in yogic slumber under the celestial waters, symbolising the masculine principle and associated with his role of creation.
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 ...
[3] Brahman in Hinduism connotes the Absolute, the Ultimate Reality in the universe. [4] [5] In major schools of Hindu philosophy it is the immaterial, efficient, formal and final cause of all that exists. [5] [6] Brahman is a key concept found in the Vedas and is extensively discussed in the early Upanishads [7] and in Advaita Vedanta ...
3 2 2 6 he is in the wind Daksha Dakṣa: 4 Bhaga: 5 7 7 7 7 he is in the body of all living beings Amsha Ansa Aṃśa Amshuman: 6 10 10 10 he is again in the wind Savitr Savitṛ: 7 8 8 8 Surya: 7 [16] [17] 9 Martanda: 8 Yama: 1 Indra Śakra: 3 3 1 3 he destroys the enemies of the gods Ravi: 4 Dhata Dhatri Dhūti Dhātṛ: 6 6 2 6 he creates ...
The word is a cognate with Latin deus ('god') and Greek Zeus. In the earliest Vedic literature , all supernatural beings are called Devas [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and Asuras . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The concepts and legends evolved in ancient Indian literature , and by the late Vedic period , benevolent supernatural beings are referred to as Deva-Asuras .
Yama and Dharmadeva, the god personifying the concept of Dharma, are generally considered to be one and the same person. [3] [14] Author Vettam Mani speculates a reason for this identification: "Vyasa has used as synonyms for Dharmadeva in the Mahabharata the words Dharmaraja, Vṛsa and Yama. Now among the synonyms for the two there are two ...
His name or synonyms appear in nearly a third of 1,028 hymns in the Rigveda. [50] The Rigveda opens with a hymn inviting Agni, who is then addressed later in the hymn as the guardian of Ṛta . [51] [52] [c] The Vedas describe the foster-parents of Agni as two kindling fire sticks of Prajapati, whose loving action creates him.