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A typical navagraha shrine found inside a Hindu temple. The term planet was applied originally only to the five planets known (i.e., visible to the naked eye) and excluded the Earth. The term was later generalized, particularly during the Middle Ages, to include the sun and the moon (sometimes referred to as "lights"), making a total of seven ...
The Navagraha Kritis are a set of nine songs composed by Muttuswāmi Dīkshitar, a great composer of Carnātic Music (Classical music of South India). Each song is a prayer to one of the nine Navagrahās ("planets" of Hindu mythology). The songs titles, rāga (musical scale) and tāḷa (rhythmic pattern) are listed below:
Pancha Bhuta (/pəɲt͡ʃəbʱuːt̪ᵊ/ ,Sanskrit: पञ्चभूत; pañca bhūta), five elements, is a group of five basic elements, which, in Hinduism, is the basis of all cosmic creation. [1]
Budha is the root of the word 'Budhavara' or Wednesday in the Hindu calendar. [2] The word "Wednesday" in the Greco-Roman and other Indo-European calendars is also dedicated to planet Mercury ("day of Odin"). Budha is part of the Navagraha in the Hindu zodiac system, considered benevolent, associated with an agile mind and memory. The role and ...
Hindu cosmology is the description of the universe and its states of matter, cycles within time, physical structure, and effects on living entities according to Hindu texts. Hindu cosmology is also intertwined with the idea of a creator who allows the world to exist and take shape.
Om (or Aum; listen ⓘ; Sanskrit: ॐ, ओम्, romanized: Oṃ, Auṃ, ISO 15919: Ōṁ) is a polysemous symbol representing a sacred sound, syllable, mantra, and invocation in Hinduism. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its written form is the most important symbol in the Hindu religion. [ 3 ]
[6] [7] It is also the name of various other figures in Hindu mythology, including an asura and a Suryavamsha king. [8] It is also a common Indian name and surname. Both male and female name variations exist in many South Asian languages that originate from Sanskrit.
'abode of light', IAST: Svargaḥ), [1] also known as Swarga, Indraloka and Svargaloka, is the celestial abode of the devas in Hinduism. [2] Svarga is one of the seven higher lokas (esoteric planes) in Hindu cosmology. [3] Svarga is often translated as heaven, [4] [5] though it is regarded to be dissimilar to the concept of the Abrahamic Heaven ...