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Another popular version of Medha Suktam, which is a supplementary sukta to the Rig Veda, is an individual prayer. [9] It requests sage Angiras , the Saptarishis , Indra, Agni, Brahma , Varuna , the Ashvins, and goddess Saraswati to bestow Medha.
The compassion and universal loving-kindness concept of metta is discussed in the Metta Sutta of Buddhism, and is also found in the ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism and Jainism as metta or maitri. [7] Small sample studies on the potential of loving-kindness meditation approach on patients [clarification needed] suggest potential benefits.
In Greek mythology, Meta (Ancient Greek: Μήταν, lit. 'beyond') was the daughter of Hoples , [ 1 ] son of Ion , eponym of the Ionians . [ 2 ] In other traditions, Meta was called Melite .
It resembles some ancient idol, or rather a tombstone, on one end of which you can discern a half-erased image of a human face in a pointed headdress with an ornament, in which a wheel with six spokes is clearly visible - a solar or thunder sign; below the face there is a protrusion, as if arms folded on the chest.
They involve the “washing of the mouth” (mîs-pî proper) on the first day to cleanse the statue of all traces of human contamination in the production of the idol, and the “opening of the mouth” (inscribed KA.DUḪ.Ù.DA, Akkadian: pit pî) performed with syrup, ghee, cedar and cypress on the second to bring it to life, sacraments ...
The term idol is an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship, [1] [2] [3] while idolatry is the worship of an "idol" as though it were God. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Ancient Near East and Egypt
In Ugaritic myth, Mot (spelled mt) is a personification of death.The word belongs to a set of cognates meaning 'death' in other Semitic [4] and Afro-Asiatic languages: Arabic موت mawt; Hebrew מות (mot or mavet; ancient Hebrew muth or maveth/maweth); Maltese mewt; Syriac mautā; Ge'ez mot; Canaanite, Egyptian, Berber, Aramaic, Nabataean, and Palmyrene מות (mwt); Jewish Aramaic ...
Mithra (Avestan: 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Miθra; Old Persian: 𐎷𐎰𐎼 Miθraʰ ) is an ancient Iranian deity of covenants, light, oaths, justice, the Sun, [1] contracts, and friendship. [2] In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing protector of Truth ( Asha ), and the guardian of cattle ...