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Nityakarma (Sanskrit: नित्यकर्म, romanized: Nityakarma) refers to obligatory Vedic duties that are prescribed for daily practice in Hinduism. [1] [2] Nityakarma is among the three ritual actions classified by the Mimamsa philosophy, along with nisiddhakarma and kamyakarma. [3]
Panchayatana puja (IAST Pañcāyatana pūjā) also known as Pancha Devi Deva Puja is a system of puja (worship) in the Smarta sampradaya, which is one of four major sampradaya of Hinduism. [1] It consists of the worship of five deities set in a quincunx pattern, [2] the five deities being Ganesha, Adi Shakti, Shiva, Vishnu and Surya.
The word puja is roughly translated into English as 'reverence, honour, homage, adoration, or worship'. [3] Puja (পুজো / পুজা in bangla), the loving offering of light, flowers, and water or food to the divine, is the essential ritual of Hinduism. For the worshipper, the divine is visible in the image, and the divinity sees the ...
Gita Press is an Indian books publishing company, headquartered in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. [1] It is the world's largest publisher of Hindu religious texts.It was founded in 1923 by Jaya Dayal Goyanka and Ghanshyam Das Jalan for promoting the principles of Hinduism.
Agnihotra (IAST: Agnihotra, Devnagari: अग्निहोत्र) refers to the yajna of offering ghee into the sacred fire as per strict rites, and may include twice-daily heated milk offering made by those in the Śrauta tradition. [1]
In this Puja, one or more of the five Hindu Deities (Surya, Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesha and Adi Shakti) are the objects of veneration. [ 32 ] [ 21 ] The five symbols of the major Gods are placed on a round open metal dish called Panchayatana, the symbol of the deity preferred by the worshiper being in the center.
Saraswati Vidhi-yuvati: Hindolam: Rupaka: Saraswatya bhagavatya samrakshitoham: Chaya-gaulam: Mishra ekam: Sharavati-tata-vasini hamsini: Sharavati: Trishra ekam: Shri Saraswati hitE: mAnji: Shri Saraswati namostu ! te ! Arabhi: Rupakam: Vina-pustaka-dharinim ashraye: Toya-vegavahini (16) Khanda ekam: kanchipuram
Upakarma (Sanskrit: उपाकर्म, romanized: Upākarma, lit. 'Beginning'), also called Avani Avittam (Tamil: ஆவணி அவிட்டம், Malayalam: ആവണി അവിട്ടം, romanized: Āvaṇi Aviṭṭam), Janivarada Hunnime (Kannada: ಜನಿವಾರದ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ, romanized: Janivārada Huṇṇime), Gahma Purnima (Odia: ଗହ୍ମା ...