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The earliest well known example of an extensive prashasti is the Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela inscribed in or about the 1st-century BCE in Prakrit language and Brahmi script. [7] The earliest prashastic inscription in classical Sanskrit language is the Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman (circa 150 CE), which became a prototype for ...
For example, the Carvaka school of the Śramaṇa tradition holds that only one (perception) is a reliable source of knowledge, [8] Buddhism holds two (perception, inference) are valid means, [9] [10] Jainism holds three (perception, inference and testimony), [10] while Mimamsa and Advaita Vedanta schools of Hinduism hold that all six pramanas ...
An example of early Sanskrit inscription in which Kannada words are used to describe land boundaries, are the Tumbula inscriptions of Western Ganga Dynasty, which have been dated to 444 according to a 2004 Indian newspaper report. [9] Rare copper plates from the Gupta period have been found in North India. The use of copper plate inscriptions ...
The class or varna in Hindu tradition consisting of merchants, traders, artisans, and landowners. Vamana The fifth Avatara of Vishnu. He is the first Avatar of Vishnu which had a completely human form, although it was that of a dwarf brahmin. Vanaprastha A person who is living in the forest as a hermit after giving up material desires. Varaha
A very good example of the usage of palm leaf manuscripts to store history is a Tamil grammar book named Tolkāppiyam, written around the 3rd century BCE. [18] A global digitalization project led by the Tamil Heritage Foundation collects, preserves, digitizes, and makes ancient palm-leaf manuscript documents available to users via the internet.
t. e. Atma Siddhi Shastra (Gujarati: આત્મસિદ્ધિ) is a spiritual treatise in verse, composed in Gujarati by the nineteenth century Jain saint, philosopher poet Shrimad Rajchandra (1867–1901). [ 1 ] Atma according to Jainism means "soul" or the "self" and "siddhi" means "attainment". Hence, Atma Siddhi is translated as self ...
Akshaya Patra (Sanskrit: अक्षयपात्र, romanized: Akṣayapātra, lit. 'inexhaustible vessel') is a legendary copper vessel featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata . It is a divine vessel given to Yudhishthira by Surya , which offered a never-depleting supply of food to the Pandavas every day.
Yudhishthira. Yudhishthira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: Yudhiṣṭhira) also known as Dharmaraja, was the king of Indraprastha and later the King of Kuru Kingdom in the epic Mahabharata. He is the eldest among the five Pandavas, and is also one of the central characters of the epic.