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  2. Superstition in India - Wikipedia

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    Hindu persons prefer arranged marriage as it allows them to find a bride or groom with a matching horoscope. [citation needed] A person born under the influence of Mars is said to have Mangala Dosha ("mars defect"); such a person is called a manglik. According to the superstition, the marriage between a Manglik and a non-Manglik is disastrous.

  3. List of historic Indian texts - Wikipedia

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    Hindu sacrificial knowledge. Part 3 of the four part Hindu canon. Veda/Samhita: Sanskrit: No concrete information available, but attributed to several 'rishis' 1500-500 BCE [1] Sapta Sindhva: Indus region (Indus + its five tributaries + Saraswati) Sama Veda: Hindu music and arts. Part 2 of the four part Hindu canon. Veda/Samhita: Sanskrit: 1500 ...

  4. Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    Hindu mythology is the body of myths [a] attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, [1] the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, [2]) the Puranas, [3] and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and Divya ...

  5. Category:Superstitions of India - Wikipedia

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  6. Mangala Dosha - Wikipedia

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    Mangala Dosha (IAST: Maṅgala-doṣa), also known as Mangal Dosh because of schwa deletion, is a Hindu superstition, [1] [2] prevalent in India. A person born under the influence of Mars as per Hindu astrology is said to have "mangala dosha" ("mars defect"); such a person is called a Mangalika (or Manglik).

  7. List of Hindu texts - Wikipedia

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    Paripūraṇāṉantha Bōtham _ Tamil Hindu work attributed to the works of Pamban Swamigal. Patthu Pirapantham _ A Tamil Hindu work composed by Pamban Swamigal. Purana (पुराण): Purana meaning "ancient" or "old" is the name of a genre (or a group of related genres) of Indian written literature (as distinct from oral literature). Its ...

  8. List of superstitions - Wikipedia

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    A superstition is "a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation" or "an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition."

  9. Religion in India - Wikipedia

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    Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part of the country's culture and the Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of four of the world's major religions, namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native Indian religions or Dharmic religions and ...