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Tattva (/ ˈ t ʌ t v ə /) is a Sanskrit word meaning 'thatness', 'principle', 'reality' or 'truth'. [5] Samkhya philosophy enumerates only 25 tattvas; twenty-four ātma tattvas along with purusha, which is ātman or the soul. [6]
"The mantra Om Mani Pädme Hum is easy to say yet quite powerful, because it contains the essence of the entire teaching. When you say the first syllable Om it is blessed to help you achieve perfection in the practice of generosity, Ma helps perfect the practice of pure ethics, and Ni helps achieve perfection in the practice of tolerance and ...
The Śatakatraya (Sanskrit: शतकत्रय, lit. 'The Three Satakas '), (also known as subhāṣita triśati, Sanskrit: सुभाषित त्रिशति:, lit. 'The Three Hundred Poems of Moral Values') refers to three Indian collections of Sanskrit poetry, containing a hundred verses each. The three śataka's are known as the ...
Statue of Saraswati in the Indian Museum, Kolkata. The Saraswati Vandana (Sanskrit: सरस्वती वन्दना, romanized:Sarasvatī Vandanā) is a Hindu mantra. It is addressed to the goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Part of a series on. Hindu scriptures and texts.
S. N. Sriramadesikan had a long scholarly career in the fields of language, literature and translation in Sanskrit, Tamil and English. He was appointed by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran as special officer in the State Government Department of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy for about 13 years, during which time he worked on his comprehensive and well-researched ...
The Guhyasamaja Tantra survives in Sanskrit manuscripts and in Tibetan and Chinese translation. The Guhyasiddhi of Padmavajra, a work associated with the Guhyasamaja tradition, prescribes acting as a Saiva guru and initiating members into Shaiva Siddhanta scriptures and mandalas. [ 3 ]
Nirvana (/ n ɪər ˈ v ɑː n ə / neer-VAH-nə, /-ˈ v æ n ə /-VAN-ə, / n ɜːr-/ nur-; [1] Sanskrit: निर्वाण nirvāṇa [nɪrʋaːɳɐ]; Pali: nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lamp [2]) is a concept in the Indian religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism that refers to the ...
Gaha Sattasai is one of the oldest known Subhashita -genre text. [3] It deals with the emotions of love, [3] and has been called as "opposite extreme" to Kamasutra. [4] While Kamasutra is a theoretical work on love and sex, Gaha Sattasai is a practical compilation of examples describing "untidy reality of life" where seduction formulae don't ...