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Baba ("father, grandfather, wise old man, sir") [1] is a Sanskrit honorific term, [2] used in several West Asian, South Asian and African cultures. It is used as a mark of respect to refer to Hindu ascetics ( sannyasis ) and Sikh gurus , as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. Sai Baba of Shirdi , Baba Ramdev , etc. [ 1 ] [ 3 ]
Tapas (Sanskrit: तपस्, romanized: tapas) is a variety of austere spiritual meditation practices in Indian religions.In Jainism, it means asceticism (austerities, body mortification); [1] [2] in Buddhism, it denotes spiritual practices including meditation and self-discipline; [3] and in the different traditions within Hinduism it means a spectrum of practices ranging from asceticism ...
Hindu ascetic/monastic (monk or nun) such as a Sanyasi, Sadhvine or Sadhu, Swami. Satyabhama is the Hindu Goddess and third queen of Krishna she is the personification of the goddess Bhumi and one of the incarnations of Lakshmi. Saraswati The goddess of education and knowledge, and consort of Brahma. Shakta
Avadhūta (IAST avadhūta, written as अवधूत) is a Sanskrit term from the root 'to shake' (see V. S. Apte and Monier-Williams) that, among its many uses, in some Indian religions indicates a type of mystic or saint who is beyond egoic-consciousness, duality and common worldly concerns and acts without consideration for standard social etiquette.
Pashupata Shaivism was a devotional and ascetic movement. [ 5 ] [ 10 ] Pashu in Pashupati refers to the effect (or created world), the word designates that which is dependent on something ulterior. Whereas, Pati means the cause (or principium), the word designates the Lord, who is the cause of the universe, the pati, or the ruler. [ 11 ]
In the Hindu Epics, the term implies someone who is a "saint, sage, seer, holy man, virtuous, chaste, honest or right". [ 6 ] The Sanskrit terms sādhu ("good man") and sādhvī ("good woman") refer to renouncers who have chosen to live lives apart from or on the edges of society to focus on their own spiritual practices.
[web 1] Several other Hindu monastic and Ekadandi traditions remained outside the organisation of the Dasanāmis. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] According to these hagiographies, Adi Shankara organized the Hindu monastics of these ten sects or names under four maṭhas or monasteries, with headquarters at Dvārakā in the west, Jagannathadham Puri in the ...
Asceticism – Lifestyle of frugality and abstinence; Atma Shatkam – 8th-century Hindu text; Fi sabilillah – Arabic expression meaning "in the cause of Allah" Kiddush Hashem – Sanctification of the Name, precept of Judaism; Monk – Member of a monastic religious order; Yamas – Ethical rules in Hinduism and Yoga