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Symmetrical Diwali diyas Women selling Bamboo diyas near Bhadrachalam A diya lamp with swastika engraved interior. A diya, diyo, deya, [1] deeya, dia, divaa, deepa, deepam, deep, deepak or saaki (Sanskrit: दीपम्, romanized: Dīpam) is an oil lamp made from clay or mud with a cotton wick dipped in oil or ghee.
Bodhipathapradīpa (A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment) is a Buddhist text composed in Sanskrit by the 11th-century teacher Atiśa and widely considered his magnum opus.The text reconciles the doctrines of many various Buddhist schools and philosophies, and is notable for the introduction of the three levels of spiritual aspiration: lesser, middling and superior, [1] which in turn became the ...
The emblem is a circular seal depicting a Samai diya lamp surrounded by 16 lotus blossoms. [2] Between the Samai lamp and lotus blossoms is a motto in Sanskrit ...
Traditionally, during the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, these lanterns are placed in front of houses. A kindeel is called "akasha deepa," which means "lantern of the sky," and is also called "akash diwa" (sky light) in Sanskrit. It is referred to as "Nakshatra Gudu" (star-like nest) or "Goodu Deepa" (nested light) in Kannada.
This is the day when Hindu, Jain and Sikh temples and homes are aglow with lights, thereby making it the "festival of lights". The word Deepawali comes from the Sanskrit word deep, which means an Indian lantern/lamp. [46] [133] A sparkling firecracker, commonly known as 'Kit Kat' in India
It is a bilingual art form in which a combination of Sanskrit and Malayalam is used. The language used in Pathakam is generally referred to as Semi-Sanskrit (Ardhasamskritam). The stage setting and costumes are very simple. Only a lighted traditional lamp known as "Nilavilakku" is used in the stage, and there is no curtain. It has only one actor.
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 ...
Composed in the 1st millennium BCE through the 16th century CE, they are short poems, proverbs, couplets, or aphorisms in Sanskrit written in a precise meter. They sometimes take the form of a dialogue between Lakshmi and Vishnu or highlight the spiritual message in Vedas and ethical maxims from Hindu Epics through Lakshmi. [ 77 ]