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  2. Brahmananda Saraswati - Wikipedia

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    Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (IAST: Svāmī Brahmānanda Sarasvatī) (21 December 1871 [1] – 20 May 1953), also known as Guru Dev (meaning "divine teacher"), was the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math monastery in India. [2] [3] Born into a Saryupareen Brahmin family, he left home at the age of nine in search of a spiritual master. At age ...

  3. List of Metro Manila placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Tagalisation of old Spanish "Barranca," meaning canyon or river gorge. Ibabà is Filipino for "lower”, Ilaya means "inland" or "interior," and Itaás means "upper." Baseco: Manila Port Area: Acronym for "Bataan Shipping and Engineering Company," owner of the dockyard where the settlement was founded. Batis: San Juan

  4. Brihaspati - Wikipedia

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    Razmnama Leaf, Sage Brihaspati Describes the Evils of Anarchy to. Brihaspati appears in the Rigveda (pre-1000 BCE), such as in the dedications to him in the hymn 50 of Book 4; [6] he is described as a sage born from the first great light, the one who drove away darkness, is bright and pure, and carries a special bow whose string is Rta or "cosmic order" (basis of dharma).

  5. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] He became known as Maharishi (meaning "great seer") [1] [9] and Yogi as an adult. [10] [11] After earning a degree in physics at Allahabad University in 1942, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became an assistant and disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (also known as Guru Dev), the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of the Jyotir Math in the ...

  6. Pasay - Wikipedia

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    Pasay, officially the City of Pasay (Filipino: Lungsod ng Pasay; IPA: [ˈpaː.saɪ̯]), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 440,656 people. [3] Due to its location just south of Manila, Pasay quickly became an urban town during the American colonial ...

  7. Chinmayananda Saraswati - Wikipedia

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    In 1951, flying in the face of orthodox Hindu traditions but with the blessings of his guru, Chinmayananda decided to bring the teachings of Vedanta to the masses. In May of that year, he left the Himalayas with a plan to set out on an all-India tour and to visit places of worship to see how Hindu religious heritage was being handed down. He ...

  8. Dattatreya - Wikipedia

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    The Mahanubhava Panth, propagated by Sri Chakradhar Swami, has five Krishnas, of which Dattatreya is one as their Adi Guru (the original Guru), as well as the early teachers in their tradition (Chakradhar, Gundam, Changdev). [75] They worship Dattatreya as single headed with two arms. He has a temple dedicated in Mahur by this tradition. [39]

  9. Krishnadevaraya - Wikipedia

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    [55] [56] Vyasatirtha, the noted Dvaita saint from Mysore (of the Madhva tradition) was the emperor's Rajaguru ("royal guru"). [57] The writing Krishna Deva Rayana Dinachari in Kannada is a recently discovered work. [58] The record highlights the contemporary society during Krishnadevaraya's time in his personal diary.