Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Rajput ceremony of Jauhar, 1567, as depicted by Ambrose Dudley in Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c.1910. Jauhar, sometimes spelled Jowhar or Juhar, [1] [2] was a Hindu Rajput practice of mass self-immolation by women and girls [3] in the Indian subcontinent to avoid capture, enslavement, [4] and rape by invaders [5] when facing certain defeat during a war.
Hinduism does not regard Women as lacking dignity, therefore there are not many specific quotes about affirming women's dignity. However, there are many references in the primary and secondary Hindu texts that affirm the dignity of women. Many stories from the Upanishads of female scholars, such as Jābālā's tale, Maitreyi, Gārgī ...
For other uses, see Panchakanya (disambiguation). The Panchakanya (Sanskrit: पञ्चकन्या, romanized:Pañcakanyā, lit. 'Five maidens') is a group of five iconic women of the Hindu epics, extolled in a hymn and whose names are believed to dispel sin when recited. They are Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara, and Mandodari.
Raja Rammohan Roy's efforts led to the abolition of Sati under Governor-General William Cavendish-Bentinck in 1829. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's crusade for improvement in the situation of widows led to the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856. Many women reformers such as Pandita Ramabai also helped the cause of women.
A shankha (Sanskrit: शंख, romanized: Śankha, lit. 'conch') has religious ritual importance in Hinduism. In Hinduism, the shankha called panchajanya is a sacred emblem of the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu. [1] It is still used as a trumpet in Hindu ritual, and in the past was used as a war trumpet. [2]
Matrikas (Sanskrit: मातृका (singular), IAST: mātṝkā, lit. "mothers") [2] also called Matar or Matri, are a group of mother goddesses who are always depicted together in Hinduism. The Matrikas are often depicted in a group of seven, the Saptamatrika (s) (Seven Mothers). [3] However, they are also depicted as a group of eight, the ...
Hinduism. The Battle of Kurukshetra, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, recorded in the Mahabharata. Hindu mythological wars are the wars described in the Hindu texts of ancient India. These wars depicted both mortals of great prowess as well as deities and supernatural beings, often wielding supernatural weapons of great power.
Rakshasa. Rakshasa as depicted in Yakshagana, an art form of Uttara Kannada. Artist: Krishna Hasyagar, Karki. Rākshasa (Sanskrit: राक्षस, IAST: rākṣasa, pronounced [raːkʂɐsɐ]; Pali: rakkhasa; lit. "preservers") [1] are a race of usually malevolent beings prominently featured in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Folk Islam.