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Guṇa is both a root and a word in Sanskrit. Its different context-driven meanings are derived from either the root or the word. In verse VI.36 of Nirukta by Yāska, a 1st millennium BC text on Sanskrit grammar and language that preceded Panini, Guṇa is declared to be derived from another root Gaṇa, [16] which means "to count, enumerate". [17]
Mongkut [a] (18 October 1804 – 1 October 1868) was the fourth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama IV. [2] He reigned from 1851 until his death in 1868. The reign of Mongkut was marked by significant modernization initiatives and diplomatic engagements, which played pivotal roles in shaping Thailand's trajectory towards progress ...
The Adbhuta Ramayana is a Śāktaḥ Sanskrit work. It is considerably more obscure than both the Valmiki Ramayana as well as Tulsidas’ Awadhi version entitled Ramacharitamanasa, northern India's most popular version of the Ramayana story.
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.
An incident about the meeting of the four Kumaras with Vishnu's avatar Rama is narrated in the Uttarakanda of the Ramcharitmanas. The Kumaras once stayed in the hermitage of the sage Agastya, who told them about the glory of Rama. So to meet Rama, they went to a forest grove where Rama with his brothers and disciple Hanuman had come. Rama and ...
Everything, all life forms and human beings, state Samkhya scholars, have these three gunas, but in different proportions. [59] The interplay of these gunas defines the character of someone or something, of nature and determines the progress of life. [60] [61] Samkhya theorises a pluralism of Selfs (Jeevatmas) who possess consciousness. [62]
[16] According to ... The trimurti themselves are beyond three gunas and are not affected by it. ... Parasurama (4.12–20), Rama (5–11; one of the 'four forms' of ...
The second dhāma, Rameswaram, has its origins in the Treta Yuga when Rama installed a lingam there and worshipped it to get atonement from Shiva for slaying Ravana, a devotee of Shiva. [7] It is believed that Rama's footprints are imprinted there. [8] The third dhāma, Dwaraka, was established in the Dvapara Yuga when Krishna made the city his ...