Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Indian religions

Index Indian religions

Indian religions, sometimes also termed as Dharmic faiths or religions, are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent; namely Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. [1]

304 relations: Abhisheka, Abrahamic religions, Adi Shankara, Advaita Vedanta, Afghanistan, Agni, Ahimsa in Jainism, Ajanta Caves, Akka Mahadevi, Alf Hiltebeitel, Allahabad, Alvar, Ananda Marga, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near East, Angiras (sage), Annamacharya, Aparigraha, Aranyaka, Arya Samaj, Asha, Ashoka, Asteya, Atheism, Atheism in Hinduism, Avatar, Avestan, Ayyavazhi and Hinduism, Ṛta, Āgama (Hinduism), Āstika and nāstika, Śramaṇa, Śrauta, Śruti, B. R. Ambedkar, Baetylus, Balarama, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Basava, BBC News, Bhadrachala Ramadasu, Bhagavad Gita, Bhakti, Bhakti movement, Bhimbetka rock shelters, Bihar, Bodh Gaya, Bodhisattva, Brahma Sutras, Brahman, ..., Brahmana, Brahmin, British Raj, Buddhahood, Buddhism, Buddhism in Southeast Asia, Caste, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Chalukya dynasty, Chan Buddhism, Charles Eliot (diplomat), Charvaka, Chimera (mythology), Chola dynasty, Christianity in India, Dada Lekhraj, Dalit, Decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent, Delhi, Delhi Sultanate, Demographics of India, Dharma, Dnyaneshwar, Doris Meth Srinivasan, Dravidian people, Durga, Dvaita Vedanta, East Asian Buddhism, Eastern religions, Edward J. Thomas, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ettuthogai, Ganesha, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Gautama Buddha, Gautama Maharishi, Gavin Flood, Gilgamesh, Gorakhnath, Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro, Gregory Possehl, Gujarat, Gujarat Freedom of Religion Bill, Gupta Empire, Gurjara-Pratihara, Guru Nanak, Harappa, Harry Oldmeadow, Harsha, Heinrich Zimmer, Hermann Oldenberg, Hero stone, Hikayat Seri Rama, Hindu, Hinduism, Hinduism in India, Historical Vedic religion, History of India, History of Shaktism, Ik Onkar, India, Indian epic poetry, Indian independence movement, Indian subcontinent, Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Iranians, Indology, Indra, Indus River, Indus Valley Civilisation, Inference, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Ishvara, Jainism, Jainism in India, James Mill, John Marshall (archaeologist), Kabir, Kalinga (historical region), Karl Eugen Neumann, Karma, Karnataka, Kartikeya, Khalji dynasty, Kharavela, Koil, Kosala, Krishna, Kshatriya, Kupgal petroglyphs, Kuru Kingdom, Lalleshwari, Lingam, List of governors of Gujarat, London, Madhya Pradesh, Madurai, Magadha, Mahabharata, Mahabodhi Temple, Maharashtra, Mahatma Gandhi, Mahavira, Malla (India), Mamluk dynasty (Delhi), Mandala, Mandamus, Mantra, Materialism, Maurya Empire, Mīmāṃsā, Meera, Mesolithic, Michael Witzel, Moksha, Molla (poet), Mount Meru, Mukhya Upanishads, Murti, Namdev, Navayana, Nawal Kishore Sharma, Nayanars, Neo-Vedanta, Neolithic, Nepal, New York City, Ninhursag, North India, Nyaya, Pakistan, Pala Empire, Palitana temples, Pallava dynasty, Panchala, Parshvanatha, Pashupati, Pashupati seal, Pathupattu, Patrick Olivelle, Perception, Phallus, Phra Lak Phra Ram, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Prabhupāda, Prehistoric religion, Proto-Indo-Iranian religion, Punjab, Puranas, Rajasthan, Rajput, Ram Mohan Roy, Rama, Ramakien, Ramananda, Ramanuja, Ramayana, Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, Rashtrakuta dynasty, Ravidas, Rāja yoga, Reamker, Religion, Religious text, Richard E. King, Rigveda, Rishabhanatha, Rishi, Romila Thapar, Routledge, Rudra, Saṃsāra, Samagana, Samkhya, Sangam landscape, Sankardev, Sanskrit, Sanskritisation, Sant (religion), Sarnath, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Sat (Sanskrit), Satavahana dynasty, Satya, Shaivism, Shakha, Shaktism, Shakya, Shatrunjaya, Shiva, Shuddhadvaita, Sikh, Sikh gurus, Sikhism, Smarta tradition, Somavamshi dynasty, South Asian Stone Age, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Lanka, States and union territories of India, Stephanie W. Jamison, Sumerian religion, Supreme Court of India, Surdas, Surya, Swami Vivekananda, Swaminarayan, Swaminarayan Sampraday, Tamil language, Tamil Nadu, Tamilakam, Tamils, Testimony, The History of British India, The Tribune (Chandigarh), Theism, Thomas McEvilley, Three Crowned Kings, Tirthankara, Tolkāppiyam, Tukaram, Tulsidas, Turkic peoples, Tutelary deity, Tyagaraja, Unifying Hinduism, University of Calcutta, Upanishads, Uttar Pradesh, Vahana, Vaisheshika, Vaishnavism, Vajra, Vajrapani, Vajrayana, Vallabha, Vamadeva, Vedanta, Vedas, Vedic period, Vedic Sanskrit, Vellore, Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala, Vishnu, Vyasa, Waheguru, World Wisdom, Yajna, Yajurveda, Yoga, Yoni, Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrianism in India. Expand index (254 more) »

Abhisheka

Abhisheka or Abhishekam (Devanagari: अभिषेक) is a Sanskrit term akin to puja, yagya and arati that denotes: a devotional activity; an enacted prayer, rite of passage and/or religious rite.

New!!: Indian religions and Abhisheka · See more »

Abrahamic religions

The Abrahamic religions, also referred to collectively as Abrahamism, are a group of Semitic-originated religious communities of faith that claim descent from the practices of the ancient Israelites and the worship of the God of Abraham.

New!!: Indian religions and Abrahamic religions · See more »

Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara (pronounced) or Shankara, was an early 8th century Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta.

New!!: Indian religions and Adi Shankara · See more »

Advaita Vedanta

Advaita Vedanta (अद्वैत वेदान्त, IAST:, literally, "not-two"), originally known as Puruṣavāda, is a school of Hindu philosophy and religious practice, and one of the classic Indian paths to spiritual realization.

New!!: Indian religions and Advaita Vedanta · See more »

Afghanistan

Afghanistan (Pashto/Dari:, Pashto: Afġānistān, Dari: Afġānestān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.

New!!: Indian religions and Afghanistan · See more »

Agni

Agni (अग्नि, Pali: Aggi, Malay: Api) is an Indian word meaning fire, and connotes the Vedic fire god of Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Agni · See more »

Ahimsa in Jainism

Ahimsā in Jainism is a fundamental principle forming the cornerstone of its ethics and doctrine.

New!!: Indian religions and Ahimsa in Jainism · See more »

Ajanta Caves

The Ajanta Caves are 29 (approximately) rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India.

New!!: Indian religions and Ajanta Caves · See more »

Akka Mahadevi

Akka Mahadevi (ಅಕ್ಕ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ) (c.1130-1160) was one of the early female poets of the Kannada language and a prominent personality in the Lingayat religion of the 12th century.

New!!: Indian religions and Akka Mahadevi · See more »

Alf Hiltebeitel

Alf Hiltebeitel is Columbian Professor of Religion, History, and Human Sciences at George Washington University in Washington DC, USA.

New!!: Indian religions and Alf Hiltebeitel · See more »

Allahabad

Prayag, or Allahabad is a large metropolitan city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Allahabad District, the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India, and the Allahabad Division.

New!!: Indian religions and Allahabad · See more »

Alvar

An alvar is a biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil and, as a result, sparse grassland vegetation.

New!!: Indian religions and Alvar · See more »

Ananda Marga

Ánanda Márga (আনন্দ মার্গ প্রচারক সংঘ, आनंद मार्ग "The Path of Bliss", also spelled Anand Marg and Ananda Marg) or officially Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha (organisation for the propagation of the path of bliss) is a socio-spiritual organisation and movement founded in Jamalpur, Bihar, India in 1955 by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.

New!!: Indian religions and Ananda Marga · See more »

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River - geographically Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt, in the place that is now occupied by the countries of Egypt and Sudan.

New!!: Indian religions and Ancient Egypt · See more »

Ancient Near East

The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, southeast Turkey, southwest Iran, northeastern Syria and Kuwait), ancient Egypt, ancient Iran (Elam, Media, Parthia and Persia), Anatolia/Asia Minor and Armenian Highlands (Turkey's Eastern Anatolia Region, Armenia, northwestern Iran, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan), the Levant (modern Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, and Jordan), Cyprus and the Arabian Peninsula.

New!!: Indian religions and Ancient Near East · See more »

Angiras (sage)

Angiras (अंगिरस्, pronounced) is a Vedic rishi (sage) of Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Angiras (sage) · See more »

Annamacharya

Taḷḷapāka Annamācārya (or Annamayya) (Telugu: తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య; 22 May 1408 – 4 April 1503) was a 15th-century Hindu saint and is the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the god Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu.

New!!: Indian religions and Annamacharya · See more »

Aparigraha

In Hinduism and Jainism, aparigraha (अपरिग्रह) is the virtue of non-possessiveness, non-grasping or non-greediness.

New!!: Indian religions and Aparigraha · See more »

Aranyaka

The Aranyakas (Sanskrit: आरण्यक) constitutes the philosophy behind ritual sacrifice of the ancient Indian sacred texts, the Vedas.

New!!: Indian religions and Aranyaka · See more »

Arya Samaj

Arya Samaj (Sanskrit: आर्य समाज "Noble Society" Hindi: आर्य समाज, Bengali: আর্য সমাজ, Punjabi: ਆਰੀਆ ਸਮਾਜ, Gujarati: આર્ય સમાજ) is an Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas.

New!!: Indian religions and Arya Samaj · See more »

Asha

Asha (also arta; Avestan: aša/arta) is a concept of cardinal importance.

New!!: Indian religions and Asha · See more »

Ashoka

Ashoka (died 232 BCE), or Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from to 232 BCE.

New!!: Indian religions and Ashoka · See more »

Asteya

Asteya is the Sanskrit term for "non-stealing".

New!!: Indian religions and Asteya · See more »

Atheism

Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.

New!!: Indian religions and Atheism · See more »

Atheism in Hinduism

Atheism (Sanskrit: निरीश्वरवाद,, lit. "statement of no Lord", "doctrine of godlessness") or disbelief in God or gods has been a historically propounded viewpoint in many of the orthodox and heterodox streams of Hindu philosophies.

New!!: Indian religions and Atheism in Hinduism · See more »

Avatar

An avatar (Sanskrit: अवतार, IAST), a concept in Hinduism that means "descent", refers to the material appearance or incarnation of a deity on earth.

New!!: Indian religions and Avatar · See more »

Avestan

Avestan, also known historically as Zend, is a language known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture (the Avesta), from which it derives its name.

New!!: Indian religions and Avestan · See more »

Ayyavazhi and Hinduism

Ayyavazhi and Hinduism are two belief systems in India.

New!!: Indian religions and Ayyavazhi and Hinduism · See more »

Ṛta

In the Vedic religion, Ṛta (Sanskrit ऋतम् "that which is properly/excellently joined; order, rule; truth") is the principle of natural order which regulates and coordinates the operation of the universe and everything within it.

New!!: Indian religions and Ṛta · See more »

Āgama (Hinduism)

The Agamas (Devanagari: आगम, IAST) are a collection of scriptures of several Hindu devotional schools.

New!!: Indian religions and Āgama (Hinduism) · See more »

Āstika and nāstika

Āstika derives from the Sanskrit asti, "there is, there exists", and means “one who believes in the existence (of God, of another world, etc.)” and nāstika means "an atheist or unbeliever".

New!!: Indian religions and Āstika and nāstika · See more »

Śramaṇa

Śramaṇa (Sanskrit: श्रमण; Pali: samaṇa) means "seeker, one who performs acts of austerity, ascetic".

New!!: Indian religions and Śramaṇa · See more »

Śrauta

Śrauta is a Sanskrit word that means "belonging to śruti", that is, anything based on the Vedas of Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Śrauta · See more »

Śruti

Shruti or Shruthi (श्रुति;; IPA/Sanskrit) in Sanskrit means "that which is heard" and refers to the body of most authoritative, ancient religious texts comprising the central canon of Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Śruti · See more »

B. R. Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956), popularly known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards Untouchables (Dalits), while also supporting the rights of women and labour.

New!!: Indian religions and B. R. Ambedkar · See more »

Baetylus

Baetylus (also Baetyl, Bethel, or Betyl, from Semitic bet el "house of god") is a word denoting sacred stones that were supposedly endowed with life.

New!!: Indian religions and Baetylus · See more »

Balarama

Balarama (Sanskrit: बलराम, IAST: Balarāma) is a Hindu deity and the elder brother of Krishna (an avatar of the god Vishnu).

New!!: Indian religions and Balarama · See more »

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay or Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (27 June 1838–8 April 1894) was an Indian writer, poet and journalist.

New!!: Indian religions and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee · See more »

Basava

Basavanna (ಬಸವಣ್ಣ) was a 12th-century Hindu philosopher, statesman, Kannada poet in the Niraakaara Shiva-focussed Bhakti movement and a social reformer during the reign of the Kalachuri-dynasty king Bijjala I in Karnataka, India.

New!!: Indian religions and Basava · See more »

BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

New!!: Indian religions and BBC News · See more »

Bhadrachala Ramadasu

Kancharla Gopanna (కంచర్ల గోపన్న) (c 1620 – 1680), popularly known as Bhakta Ramadasu or Bhadrachala Ramadasu (భద్రాచల రామదాసు), was a 17th-century Indian devotee of Rama and a composer of Carnatic music.

New!!: Indian religions and Bhadrachala Ramadasu · See more »

Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita (भगवद्गीता, in IAST,, lit. "The Song of God"), often referred to as the Gita, is a 700 verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata (chapters 23–40 of the 6th book of Mahabharata).

New!!: Indian religions and Bhagavad Gita · See more »

Bhakti

Bhakti (भक्ति) literally means "attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity".

New!!: Indian religions and Bhakti · See more »

Bhakti movement

The Bhakti movement refers to the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism.

New!!: Indian religions and Bhakti movement · See more »

Bhimbetka rock shelters

The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central India that spans the prehistoric paleolithic and mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period.

New!!: Indian religions and Bhimbetka rock shelters · See more »

Bihar

Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India.

New!!: Indian religions and Bihar · See more »

Bodh Gaya

Bodh Gaya is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar.

New!!: Indian religions and Bodh Gaya · See more »

Bodhisattva

In Buddhism, Bodhisattva is the Sanskrit term for anyone who has generated Bodhicitta, a spontaneous wish and compassionate mind to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Bodhisattvas are a popular subject in Buddhist art.

New!!: Indian religions and Bodhisattva · See more »

Brahma Sutras

The Brahma sūtras (ब्रह्म सूत्र) is a Sanskrit text, attributed to Badarayana, estimated to have been completed in its surviving form some time between 450 BCE and 200 CE.

New!!: Indian religions and Brahma Sutras · See more »

Brahman

In Hinduism, Brahman connotes the highest Universal Principle, the Ultimate Reality in the universe.P. T. Raju (2006), Idealistic Thought of India, Routledge,, page 426 and Conclusion chapter part XII In major schools of Hindu philosophy, it is the material, efficient, formal and final cause of all that exists.For dualism school of Hinduism, see: Francis X. Clooney (2010), Hindu God, Christian God: How Reason Helps Break Down the Boundaries between Religions, Oxford University Press,, pages 51–58, 111–115;For monist school of Hinduism, see: B. Martinez-Bedard (2006), Types of Causes in Aristotle and Sankara, Thesis – Department of Religious Studies (Advisors: Kathryn McClymond and Sandra Dwyer), Georgia State University, pages 18–35 It is the pervasive, genderless, infinite, eternal truth and bliss which does not change, yet is the cause of all changes. Brahman as a metaphysical concept is the single binding unity behind diversity in all that exists in the universe. Brahman is a Vedic Sanskrit word, and it is conceptualized in Hinduism, states Paul Deussen, as the "creative principle which lies realized in the whole world". Brahman is a key concept found in the Vedas, and it is extensively discussed in the early Upanishads.Stephen Philips (1998), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Brahman to Derrida (Editor; Edward Craig), Routledge,, pages 1–4 The Vedas conceptualize Brahman as the Cosmic Principle. In the Upanishads, it has been variously described as Sat-cit-ānanda (truth-consciousness-bliss) and as the unchanging, permanent, highest reality. Brahman is discussed in Hindu texts with the concept of Atman (Soul, Self), personal, impersonal or Para Brahman, or in various combinations of these qualities depending on the philosophical school. In dualistic schools of Hinduism such as the theistic Dvaita Vedanta, Brahman is different from Atman (soul) in each being.Michael Myers (2000), Brahman: A Comparative Theology, Routledge,, pages 124–127 In non-dual schools such as the Advaita Vedanta, Brahman is identical to the Atman, is everywhere and inside each living being, and there is connected spiritual oneness in all existence.Arvind Sharma (2007), Advaita Vedānta: An Introduction, Motilal Banarsidass,, pages 19–40, 53–58, 79–86.

New!!: Indian religions and Brahman · See more »

Brahmana

The Brahmanas (Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणम्, Brāhmaṇa) are a collection of ancient Indian texts with commentaries on the hymns of the four Vedas.

New!!: Indian religions and Brahmana · See more »

Brahmin

Brahmin (Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण) is a varna (class) in Hinduism specialising as priests, teachers (acharya) and protectors of sacred learning across generations.

New!!: Indian religions and Brahmin · See more »

British Raj

The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.

New!!: Indian religions and British Raj · See more »

Buddhahood

In Buddhism, buddhahood (buddhatva; buddhatta or italic) is the condition or rank of a buddha "awakened one".

New!!: Indian religions and Buddhahood · See more »

Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

New!!: Indian religions and Buddhism · See more »

Buddhism in Southeast Asia

Buddhism in Southeast Asia includes a variety of traditions of Buddhism including two main traditions: Mahāyāna Buddhism and Theravāda Buddhism.

New!!: Indian religions and Buddhism in Southeast Asia · See more »

Caste

Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, customary social interaction, and exclusion.

New!!: Indian religions and Caste · See more »

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ((also transliterated Caitanya Mahāprabhu); 18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534) was a Vedic spiritual leader who founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

New!!: Indian religions and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu · See more »

Chalukya dynasty

The Chalukya dynasty was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries.

New!!: Indian religions and Chalukya dynasty · See more »

Chan Buddhism

Chan (of), from Sanskrit dhyāna (meaning "meditation" or "meditative state"), is a Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.

New!!: Indian religions and Chan Buddhism · See more »

Charles Eliot (diplomat)

Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot (8 January 1862 – 16 March 1931) was a British diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist.

New!!: Indian religions and Charles Eliot (diplomat) · See more »

Charvaka

Charvaka (IAST: Cārvāka), originally known as Lokāyata and Bṛhaspatya, is the ancient school of Indian materialism.

New!!: Indian religions and Charvaka · See more »

Chimera (mythology)

The Chimera (or, also Chimaera (Chimæra); Greek: Χίμαιρα, Chímaira "she-goat") was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of more than one animal.

New!!: Indian religions and Chimera (mythology) · See more »

Chola dynasty

The Chola dynasty was one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of southern India.

New!!: Indian religions and Chola dynasty · See more »

Christianity in India

Christianity is India's third most followed religion according to the census of 2011, with approximately 28 million followers, constituting 2.3 percent of India's population. It is traditionally believed that Christianity was introduced to India by Thomas the Apostle, who supposedly landed in Kerala in 52 AD. There is a general scholarly consensus that Christianity was definitely established in India by the 6th century AD. including some communities who used Syriac liturgies, and it is possible that the religion's existence extends as far back as the purported time of St.Thomas's arrival. Christians are found all across India and in all walks of life, with major populations in parts of South India and the south shore, the Konkan Coast, and Northeast India. Indian Christians have contributed significantly to and are well represented in various spheres of national life. They include former and current chief ministers, governors and chief election commissioners. Indian Christians have the highest ratio of women to men among the various religious communities in India. Christians are the second most educated religious group in India after Jains. Christianity in India has different denominations. The state of Kerala is home to the Saint Thomas Christian community, an ancient body of Christians, who are now divided into several different churches and traditions. They are East Syriac Saint Thomas Christian churches: the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Chaldean Syrian Church. The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church, Mar Thoma Syrian Church, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, and the Malabar Independent Syrian Church are West Syriac Saint Thomas Christian Churches. Since the 19th century Protestant churches have also been present; major denominations include the Baptists, Church of South India (CSI), Evangelical Church of India (ECI), St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India, Believers Eastern Church, the Church of North India (CNI), the Presbyterian Church of India, Pentecostal Church, Apostolics, Lutherans, Traditional Anglicans and other evangelical groups. The Christian Church runs thousands of educational institutions and hospitals which have contributed significantly to the development of the nation. Roman Catholicism was first introduced to India by Portuguese, Italian and Irish Jesuits in the 16th century to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ among Indians. Most Christian schools, hospitals, primary care centres originated through the Roman Catholic missions brought by the trade of these countries. Evangelical Protestantism was later spread to India by the efforts of British, American, German, Scottish missionaries. These Protestant missions were also responsible for introducing English education in India for the first time and were also accountable in the first early translations of the Holy Bible in various Indian languages (including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu and others). Even though Christians are a significant minority, they form a major religious group in three states of India - Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland with plural majority in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh and other states with significant Christian population include Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Christianity is widespread across India and is present in all states with major populations in South India.

New!!: Indian religions and Christianity in India · See more »

Dada Lekhraj

Lekhraj Khubchand Kripalani (15 December 1876 – 18 January 1969), also known as Dada Lekhraj, was the founder of the Brahma Kumaris.

New!!: Indian religions and Dada Lekhraj · See more »

Dalit

Dalit, meaning "broken/scattered" in Sanskrit and Hindi, is a term mostly used for the castes in India that have been subjected to untouchability.

New!!: Indian religions and Dalit · See more »

Decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent

A steady decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent set in during the 1st millennium CE in the wake of the White Hun invasion followed by Turk-Mongol raids, though it continued to attract financial and institutional support during the Gupta era (4th to 6th century) and the Pala Empire (8th to 12th century).

New!!: Indian religions and Decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent · See more »

Delhi

Delhi (Dilli), officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is a city and a union territory of India.

New!!: Indian religions and Delhi · See more »

Delhi Sultanate

The Delhi Sultanate (Persian:دهلی سلطان, Urdu) was a Muslim sultanate based mostly in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526).

New!!: Indian religions and Delhi Sultanate · See more »

Demographics of India

India is the second most populated country in the world with nearly a fifth of the world's population.

New!!: Indian religions and Demographics of India · See more »

Dharma

Dharma (dharma,; dhamma, translit. dhamma) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.

New!!: Indian religions and Dharma · See more »

Dnyaneshwar

Dnyaneshwar (IAST: Jñāneśvar), also known as Dnyandev or Mauli (1275–1296) was a 13th-century Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath tradition whose Dnyaneshwari (a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita) and Amrutanubhav are considered to be milestones in Marathi literature.

New!!: Indian religions and Dnyaneshwar · See more »

Doris Meth Srinivasan

Doris Meth Srinivasan is a Professor of Indological studies.

New!!: Indian religions and Doris Meth Srinivasan · See more »

Dravidian people

Dravidians are native speakers of any of the Dravidian languages.

New!!: Indian religions and Dravidian people · See more »

Durga

Durga, also identified as Adi Parashakti, Devī, Shakti, Bhavani, Parvati, Amba and by numerous other names, is a principal and popular form of Hindu goddess.

New!!: Indian religions and Durga · See more »

Dvaita Vedanta

Dvaita Vedanta (द्वैत वेदान्त) is a sub-school in the Vedanta tradition of Hindu philosophy.

New!!: Indian religions and Dvaita Vedanta · See more »

East Asian Buddhism

East Asian Buddhism is a collective term for the schools of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in the East Asian region and follow the Chinese Buddhist canon.

New!!: Indian religions and East Asian Buddhism · See more »

Eastern religions

The Eastern religions are the religions originating in East, South and Southeast Asia and thus having dissimilarities with Western religions.

New!!: Indian religions and Eastern religions · See more »

Edward J. Thomas

Edward Joseph Thomas (July 30, 1869 – February 11, 1958) was an English classicist, librarian and author of several books on the history of Buddhism.

New!!: Indian religions and Edward J. Thomas · See more »

Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

New!!: Indian religions and Encyclopædia Britannica · See more »

Ettuthogai

Ettuthogai (எட்டுத்தொகை)– 'The Eight Anthologies' - is a Classical Tamil poetic work which forms part of the Pathinenmaelkanakku anthology series of the Sangam Literature.

New!!: Indian religions and Ettuthogai · See more »

Ganesha

Ganesha (गणेश), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Pillaiyar and Binayak, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon.

New!!: Indian religions and Ganesha · See more »

Gaudiya Vaishnavism

Gaudiya Vaishnavism (also known as (Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition, Bengali Vaishnavism, or Chaitanya Vaishnavism) is a Vaishnava religious movement inspired by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534) in North India. "Gauḍīya" refers to the Gauḍa region (present day Bengal/Bangladesh) with Vaishnavism meaning "the worship of Vishnu or Krishna". Its theological basis is primarily that of the Bhagavad Gītā and Bhāgavata Purāṇa as interpreted by early disciples of Chaitanya such as Sanātana Gosvāmin, Rūpa Gosvāmin, Jīva Gosvāmin, Gopala Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmin, and others. The focus of Gaudiya Vaishnavism is the devotional worship (bhakti) of Radha and Krishna, and their many divine incarnations as the supreme forms of God, Svayam Bhagavan. Most popularly, this worship takes the form of singing Radha and Krishna's holy names, such as "Hare", "Krishna" and "Rama", most commonly in the form of the Hare Krishna (mantra), also known as kirtan. The movement is sometimes referred to as the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya sampradaya, referring to its traditional origins in the succession of spiritual masters (gurus) believed to originate from Brahma. It classifies itself as a monotheistic tradition, seeing the many forms of Vishnu or Krishna as expansions or incarnations of the one Supreme God, adipurusha.

New!!: Indian religions and Gaudiya Vaishnavism · See more »

Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

New!!: Indian religions and Gautama Buddha · See more »

Gautama Maharishi

Gautama Maharishi (महर्षिः गौतम Maharṣiḥ Gautama) was a Rigvedic sage in Hinduism, and also finds mentions in Jainism and Buddhism.

New!!: Indian religions and Gautama Maharishi · See more »

Gavin Flood

Gavin Dennis Flood (born 1954) FBA is a British scholar of comparative religion specialising in Shaivism and phenomenology, but with research interests that span South Asian traditions.

New!!: Indian religions and Gavin Flood · See more »

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh was a historical king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, a major hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late second millennium BC.

New!!: Indian religions and Gilgamesh · See more »

Gorakhnath

Gorakhnath (also known as Goraksanath, estimated c. early 11th century) was an influential founder of the Nath Hindu monastic movement in India.

New!!: Indian religions and Gorakhnath · See more »

Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro

The Great Bath is one of the best-known structures among the ruins of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization at Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, Pakistan.

New!!: Indian religions and Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro · See more »

Gregory Possehl

Gregory Louis Possehl (July 21, 1941 – October 8, 2011) was a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and curator of the Asian Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

New!!: Indian religions and Gregory Possehl · See more »

Gujarat

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.

New!!: Indian religions and Gujarat · See more »

Gujarat Freedom of Religion Bill

The Gujarat Freedom of Religion Bill is a bill concerning religious conversions in Gujarat, India.

New!!: Indian religions and Gujarat Freedom of Religion Bill · See more »

Gupta Empire

The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire, existing from approximately 240 to 590 CE.

New!!: Indian religions and Gupta Empire · See more »

Gurjara-Pratihara

The Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty, also known as the Pratihara Empire, was an imperial power during the Late Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, that ruled much of Northern India from the mid-7th to the 11th century.

New!!: Indian religions and Gurjara-Pratihara · See more »

Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak (IAST: Gurū Nānak) (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539) was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.

New!!: Indian religions and Guru Nanak · See more »

Harappa

Harappa (Urdu/ہڑپّہ) is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about west of Sahiwal.

New!!: Indian religions and Harappa · See more »

Harry Oldmeadow

Kenneth "Harry" Oldmeadow is an Australian academic, author, editor and educator whose works focus on religion, tradition, traditionalist writers and philosophy.

New!!: Indian religions and Harry Oldmeadow · See more »

Harsha

Harsha (c. 590–647 CE), also known as Harshavardhana, was an Indian emperor who ruled North India from 606 to 647 CE.

New!!: Indian religions and Harsha · See more »

Heinrich Zimmer

Heinrich Robert Zimmer (6 December 1890 – 20 March 1943) was a German Indologist and historian of South Asian art, most known for his works, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization and Philosophies of India.

New!!: Indian religions and Heinrich Zimmer · See more »

Hermann Oldenberg

Hermann Oldenberg (October 31, 1854 in Hamburg – March 18, 1920 in Göttingen) was a German scholar of Indology, and Professor at Kiel (1898) and Göttingen (1908).

New!!: Indian religions and Hermann Oldenberg · See more »

Hero stone

A hero stone (Viragallu in Kannada, Naṭukal in Tamil) is a memorial commemorating the honorable death of a hero in battle.

New!!: Indian religions and Hero stone · See more »

Hikayat Seri Rama

Hikayat Seri Rama is the Malay literary adaptation of the Hindu Ramayana epic in the form of a hikayat.

New!!: Indian religions and Hikayat Seri Rama · See more »

Hindu

Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Hindu · See more »

Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

New!!: Indian religions and Hinduism · See more »

Hinduism in India

Hinduism is the largest religion in India, with 79.8% of the population identifying themselves as Hindus, that accounts for roughly (966 million) Hindus in India as of 2011 Census of India, while 14.2% of the population follow Islam and the remaining 6% adhere to other religions (such as Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, various indigenous ethnically-bound faiths, Atheism and Irreligion).

New!!: Indian religions and Hinduism in India · See more »

Historical Vedic religion

The historical Vedic religion (also known as Vedism, Brahmanism, Vedic Brahmanism, and ancient Hinduism) was the religion of the Indo-Aryans of northern India during the Vedic period.

New!!: Indian religions and Historical Vedic religion · See more »

History of India

The history of India includes the prehistoric settlements and societies in the Indian subcontinent; the advancement of civilisation from the Indus Valley Civilisation to the eventual blending of the Indo-Aryan culture to form the Vedic Civilisation; the rise of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism;Sanderson, Alexis (2009), "The Śaiva Age: The Rise and Dominance of Śaivism during the Early Medieval Period." In: Genesis and Development of Tantrism, edited by Shingo Einoo, Tokyo: Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, 2009.

New!!: Indian religions and History of India · See more »

History of Shaktism

The roots of Shaktism – a Hindu denomination that focuses worship upon Shakti or Devi, the Hindu Divine Mother – penetrate deeply into India's prehistory.

New!!: Indian religions and History of Shaktism · See more »

Ik Onkar

Ik Onkar (Gurmukhi:, ਇੱਕ ਓਅੰਕਾਰ) is the symbol that represents the One Supreme Reality and is a central tenet of Sikh religious philosophy.

New!!: Indian religions and Ik Onkar · See more »

India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

New!!: Indian religions and India · See more »

Indian epic poetry

Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá) or Kappiyam (Tamil language: காப்பியம், kāppiyam).

New!!: Indian religions and Indian epic poetry · See more »

Indian independence movement

The Indian independence movement encompassed activities and ideas aiming to end the East India Company rule (1757–1857) and the British Indian Empire (1857–1947) in the Indian subcontinent.

New!!: Indian religions and Indian independence movement · See more »

Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a southern region and peninsula of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

New!!: Indian religions and Indian subcontinent · See more »

Indo-Aryan languages

The Indo-Aryan or Indic languages are the dominant language family of the Indian subcontinent.

New!!: Indian religions and Indo-Aryan languages · See more »

Indo-Aryan peoples

Indo-Aryan peoples are a diverse Indo-European-speaking ethnolinguistic group of speakers of Indo-Aryan languages.

New!!: Indian religions and Indo-Aryan peoples · See more »

Indo-Iranians

Indo-Iranian peoples, also known as Indo-Iranic peoples by scholars, and sometimes as Arya or Aryans from their self-designation, were an ethno-linguistic group who brought the Indo-Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, to major parts of Eurasia.

New!!: Indian religions and Indo-Iranians · See more »

Indology

Indology or South Asian studies is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of India and as such is a subset of Asian studies.

New!!: Indian religions and Indology · See more »

Indra

(Sanskrit: इन्द्र), also known as Devendra, is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity in Buddhism, and the king of the highest heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism.

New!!: Indian religions and Indra · See more »

Indus River

The Indus River (also called the Sindhū) is one of the longest rivers in Asia.

New!!: Indian religions and Indus River · See more »

Indus Valley Civilisation

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), or Harappan Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation (5500–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.

New!!: Indian religions and Indus Valley Civilisation · See more »

Inference

Inferences are steps in reasoning, moving from premises to logical consequences.

New!!: Indian religions and Inference · See more »

International Society for Krishna Consciousness

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organisation.

New!!: Indian religions and International Society for Krishna Consciousness · See more »

Ishvara

Ishvara (Sanskrit: ईश्वर, IAST: Īśvara) is a concept in Hinduism, with a wide range of meanings that depend on the era and the school of Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Ishvara · See more »

Jainism

Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion.

New!!: Indian religions and Jainism · See more »

Jainism in India

Jainism is India's sixth-largest religion and is practiced throughout India.

New!!: Indian religions and Jainism in India · See more »

James Mill

James Mill (born James Milne, 6 April 1773 – 23 June 1836) was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and philosopher.

New!!: Indian religions and James Mill · See more »

John Marshall (archaeologist)

Sir John Hubert Marshall, CIE, FBA (19 March 1876, Chester, England – 17 August 1958, Guildford, England) was the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1928.

New!!: Indian religions and John Marshall (archaeologist) · See more »

Kabir

Kabir (कबीर, IAST: Kabīr) was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib.

New!!: Indian religions and Kabir · See more »

Kalinga (historical region)

Kalinga is a historical region of India.

New!!: Indian religions and Kalinga (historical region) · See more »

Karl Eugen Neumann

Karl Eugen Neumann (18 October 1865 in Vienna18 October 1915) was the first translator of large parts of the Pali Canon of Buddhist scriptures from the original Pali into a European language (German) and one of the pioneers of European Buddhism.

New!!: Indian religions and Karl Eugen Neumann · See more »

Karma

Karma (karma,; italic) means action, work or deed; it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect).

New!!: Indian religions and Karma · See more »

Karnataka

Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.

New!!: Indian religions and Karnataka · See more »

Kartikeya

Kartikeya (IAST), also known as Murugan, Skanda, Kumara, and Subrahmanya, is the Hindu god of war.

New!!: Indian religions and Kartikeya · See more »

Khalji dynasty

The Khalji or Khilji dynasty was a Muslim dynasty which ruled large parts of the Indian subcontinent between 1290 and 1320.

New!!: Indian religions and Khalji dynasty · See more »

Kharavela

Kharavela was a king of Kalinga in present-day Odisha, India.

New!!: Indian religions and Kharavela · See more »

Koil

Koil or Koyil or Kovil, (meaning: residence of GodThe modern Tamil word for Hindu temple is kōvil (கோவில்) meaning " the residence of God". In ancient Tamil Nadu, the king (கோ, Kō) was considered to be a ‘representative of God on earth' and lived in a kōvil, which also means "king’s house". Old words for king like Kō (கோ "King"), Iṟai (இறை "Emperor") and Āṇṭavan (ஆண்டவன் "Conqueror") are now primarily used to refer to God.) is the Tamil term for a distinct style of Hindu temple with Dravidian architecture.

New!!: Indian religions and Koil · See more »

Kosala

Kingdom of Kosala (कोसला राज्य) was an ancient Indian kingdom, corresponding roughly in area with the region of Awadh in present-day Uttar Pradesh.

New!!: Indian religions and Kosala · See more »

Krishna

Krishna (Kṛṣṇa) is a major deity in Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Krishna · See more »

Kshatriya

Kshatriya (Devanagari: क्षत्रिय; from Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority") is one of the four varna (social orders) of the Hindu society.

New!!: Indian religions and Kshatriya · See more »

Kupgal petroglyphs

The Kupgal petroglyphs are works of rock art found at Kupgal in Bellary district of Karnataka, India.

New!!: Indian religions and Kupgal petroglyphs · See more »

Kuru Kingdom

Kuru (कुरु) was the name of a Vedic Indo-Aryan tribal union in northern Iron Age India, encompassing the modern-day states of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand and the western part of Uttar Pradesh (the region of Doab, till Prayag), which appeared in the Middle Vedic period (c. 1200 – c. 900 BCE) and developed into the first recorded state-level society in the Indian subcontinent.

New!!: Indian religions and Kuru Kingdom · See more »

Lalleshwari

Lalleshwari (للء ایشوری‎; 1320–1392), locally known mostly as Lal Ded, was a Kashmiri mystic of the Kashmir Shaivism school of philosophy.

New!!: Indian religions and Lalleshwari · See more »

Lingam

Lingam (Sanskrit: लिंगम्,, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"; also linga, Shiva linga), is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu deity Shiva, used for worship in temples, smaller shrines, or as self-manifested natural objects.

New!!: Indian religions and Lingam · See more »

List of governors of Gujarat

The Governor of Gujarat is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Gujarat.

New!!: Indian religions and List of governors of Gujarat · See more »

London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

New!!: Indian religions and London · See more »

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (MP;; meaning Central Province) is a state in central India.

New!!: Indian religions and Madhya Pradesh · See more »

Madurai

Madurai is one of the major cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

New!!: Indian religions and Madurai · See more »

Magadha

Magadha was an ancient Indian kingdom in southern Bihar, and was counted as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (Sanskrit: "Great Countries") of ancient India.

New!!: Indian religions and Magadha · See more »

Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

New!!: Indian religions and Mahabharata · See more »

Mahabodhi Temple

The Mahabodhi Temple (literally: "Great Awakening Temple"), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored, Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment.

New!!: Indian religions and Mahabodhi Temple · See more »

Maharashtra

Maharashtra (abbr. MH) is a state in the western region of India and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area.

New!!: Indian religions and Maharashtra · See more »

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.

New!!: Indian religions and Mahatma Gandhi · See more »

Mahavira

Mahavira (IAST), also known as Vardhamāna, was the twenty-fourth Tirthankara (ford-maker) of Jainism which was revived and re-established by him.

New!!: Indian religions and Mahavira · See more »

Malla (India)

Malla was one of the republics of ancient India that constituted the mahajanapadas.

New!!: Indian religions and Malla (India) · See more »

Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)

The Mamluk Dynasty (sometimes referred as Slave Dynasty or Ghulam Dynasty) (سلطنت مملوک), (غلام خاندان) was directed into Northern India by Qutb ud-Din Aibak, a Turkic Mamluk slave general from Central Asia.

New!!: Indian religions and Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) · See more »

Mandala

A mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल, maṇḍala; literally "circle") is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the universe.

New!!: Indian religions and Mandala · See more »

Mandamus

Mandamus (Latin "we command") is a judicial remedy in the form of an order from a superior court, to any government, subordinate court, corporation, or public authority, to do (or forbear from doing) some specific act which that body is obliged under law to do (or refrain from doing), and which is in the nature of public duty, and in certain cases one of a statutory duty.

New!!: Indian religions and Mandamus · See more »

Mantra

A "mantra" ((Sanskrit: मन्त्र)) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit believed by practitioners to have psychological and spiritual powers.

New!!: Indian religions and Mantra · See more »

Materialism

Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental aspects and consciousness, are results of material interactions.

New!!: Indian religions and Materialism · See more »

Maurya Empire

The Maurya Empire was a geographically-extensive Iron Age historical power founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated ancient India between 322 BCE and 180 BCE.

New!!: Indian religions and Maurya Empire · See more »

Mīmāṃsā

Mimansa (purv mi mansa) is a Sanskrit word that means "reflection" or "critical investigation".

New!!: Indian religions and Mīmāṃsā · See more »

Meera

Meera, also known as Meera Bai or Mirabai (1498-1546) was a Hindu mystic poet and disciple of Sri Guru Ravidass, a lower caste shoe maker.

New!!: Indian religions and Meera · See more »

Mesolithic

In Old World archaeology, Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos "middle"; λίθος, lithos "stone") is the period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.

New!!: Indian religions and Mesolithic · See more »

Michael Witzel

Michael Witzel (born July 18, 1943) is a German-American philologist and academic.

New!!: Indian religions and Michael Witzel · See more »

Moksha

Moksha (मोक्ष), also called vimoksha, vimukti and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism which refers to various forms of emancipation, liberation, and release. In its soteriological and eschatological senses, it refers to freedom from saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth. In its epistemological and psychological senses, moksha refers to freedom from ignorance: self-realization and self-knowledge. In Hindu traditions, moksha is a central concept and the utmost aim to be attained through three paths during human life; these three paths are dharma (virtuous, proper, moral life), artha (material prosperity, income security, means of life), and kama (pleasure, sensuality, emotional fulfillment). Together, these four concepts are called Puruṣārtha in Hinduism. In some schools of Indian religions, moksha is considered equivalent to and used interchangeably with other terms such as vimoksha, vimukti, kaivalya, apavarga, mukti, nihsreyasa and nirvana. However, terms such as moksha and nirvana differ and mean different states between various schools of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.See.

New!!: Indian religions and Moksha · See more »

Molla (poet)

Atukuri Molla (1440–1530) was a Telugu poet who authored the Telugu-language Ramayana.

New!!: Indian religions and Molla (poet) · See more »

Mount Meru

Mount Meru (Sanskrit: मेरु, Tibetan: ཪི་རྒྱལ་པོ་རི་རབ་, Sumeru, Sineru or Mahameru) is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes.

New!!: Indian religions and Mount Meru · See more »

Mukhya Upanishads

Mukhya Upanishads, also known as Principal Upanishads, are the most ancient, widely studied Upanishads of Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Mukhya Upanishads · See more »

Murti

A Murti (Sanskrit: मूर्ति, IAST: Mūrti) literally means any form, embodiment or solid object, and typically refers to an image, statue or idol of a deity or person in Indian culture.

New!!: Indian religions and Murti · See more »

Namdev

Namdev, also transliterated as Namdeo and Namadeva, (traditionally) was a poet-saint from Maharashtra, India who is significant to the Varkari sect of Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Namdev · See more »

Navayana

Navayana (Devanagari: नवयान, IAST: Navayāna) means "new vehicle" and refers to the re-interpretation of Buddhism by B.R. Ambedkar.

New!!: Indian religions and Navayana · See more »

Nawal Kishore Sharma

Nawal Kishore Sharma (Dausa, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 5 July 1925 – 8 October 2012) was an Indian politician, who served as Governor of Gujarat state from July 2004 to July 2009.

New!!: Indian religions and Nawal Kishore Sharma · See more »

Nayanars

The Nayanars (alt.

New!!: Indian religions and Nayanars · See more »

Neo-Vedanta

Neo-Vedanta, also called Hindu modernism, neo-Hinduism, Global Hinduism and Hindu Universalism, are terms to characterize interpretations of Hinduism that developed in the 19th century.

New!!: Indian religions and Neo-Vedanta · See more »

Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

New!!: Indian religions and Neolithic · See more »

Nepal

Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

New!!: Indian religions and Nepal · See more »

New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

New!!: Indian religions and New York City · See more »

Ninhursag

Ninḫursaĝ, also known as Damgalnuna or Ninmah, was the ancient Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, and one of the seven great deities of Sumer.

New!!: Indian religions and Ninhursag · See more »

North India

North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India.

New!!: Indian religions and North India · See more »

Nyaya

(Sanskrit: न्याय, ny-āyá), literally means "rules", "method" or "judgment".

New!!: Indian religions and Nyaya · See more »

Pakistan

Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.

New!!: Indian religions and Pakistan · See more »

Pala Empire

The Pala Empire was an imperial power during the Late Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the region of Bengal.

New!!: Indian religions and Pala Empire · See more »

Palitana temples

The Palitana temples of Jainism are located on Shatrunjaya hill by the city of Palitana in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India.

New!!: Indian religions and Palitana temples · See more »

Pallava dynasty

The Pallava dynasty was a South Indian dynasty that existed from 275 CE to 897 CE, ruling a portion of southern India.

New!!: Indian religions and Pallava dynasty · See more »

Panchala

Panchala (पञ्चाल) was an ancient kingdom of northern India, located in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab of the upper Gangetic plain.

New!!: Indian religions and Panchala · See more »

Parshvanatha

Parshvanatha, also known as Parshva, was the 23rd of 24 Tirthankaras (ford-maker, teacher) of Jainism.

New!!: Indian religions and Parshvanatha · See more »

Pashupati

Pashupati (Sanskrit Paśupati) is an incarnation of the Hindu god Shiva as "lord of the animals".

New!!: Indian religions and Pashupati · See more »

Pashupati seal

The Pashupati Seal is the name of a steatite seal that was discovered at the Mohenjo-daro archaeological site of the Indus Valley Civilization.

New!!: Indian religions and Pashupati seal · See more »

Pathupattu

Pathupattu (பத்துப்பாட்டு; Pattuppāṭṭu; ten Idylls) is an anthology of ten mid-length books and one of the oldest surviving works of Tamil poetry.

New!!: Indian religions and Pathupattu · See more »

Patrick Olivelle

Patrick Olivelle is an Indologist.

New!!: Indian religions and Patrick Olivelle · See more »

Perception

Perception (from the Latin perceptio) is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information, or the environment.

New!!: Indian religions and Perception · See more »

Phallus

A phallus is a penis (especially when erect), an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis.

New!!: Indian religions and Phallus · See more »

Phra Lak Phra Ram

Phra Lak Phra Ram (ພຣະລັກພຣະຣາມ, pʰrāʔ lāk pʰrāʔ ráːm) is the national epic of the Lao people, and is adapted from Valmiki's Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Ramayana reached Laos much later than Cambodia and Thailand (Siam) which caused the lost of its original Hindu influence and affected local adaptation.

New!!: Indian religions and Phra Lak Phra Ram · See more »

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (11 May 1922 – 21 October 1990), also known by his spiritual name, Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti (Ánanda Múrti.

New!!: Indian religions and Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar · See more »

Prabhupāda

Prabhupāda, (alternative spelling: Prabhupada, Prabhupad) (eng) প্রভুপাদ (ben) is a Bengali word originating from the language Sanskrit meaning, an honorary title or, a title used before or after the name of Vaishnava religious teachers.

New!!: Indian religions and Prabhupāda · See more »

Prehistoric religion

Prehistoric religions are the religious beliefs and practices of prehistoric people such as Paleolithic religion, Mesolithic religion, Neolithic religion and Bronze Age religion.

New!!: Indian religions and Prehistoric religion · See more »

Proto-Indo-Iranian religion

Proto-Indo-Iranian religion means the religion of the Indo-Iranian peoples prior to the earliest Hindu and Zoroastrian scriptures.

New!!: Indian religions and Proto-Indo-Iranian religion · See more »

Punjab

The Punjab, also spelled Panjab (land of "five rivers"; Punjabi: پنجاب (Shahmukhi); ਪੰਜਾਬ (Gurumukhi); Πενταποταμία, Pentapotamia) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northern India.

New!!: Indian religions and Punjab · See more »

Puranas

The Puranas (singular: पुराण), are ancient Hindu texts eulogizing various deities, primarily the divine Trimurti God in Hinduism through divine stories.

New!!: Indian religions and Puranas · See more »

Rajasthan

Rajasthan (literally, "Land of Kings") is India's largest state by area (or 10.4% of India's total area).

New!!: Indian religions and Rajasthan · See more »

Rajput

Rajput (from Sanskrit raja-putra, "son of a king") is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent.

New!!: Indian religions and Rajput · See more »

Ram Mohan Roy

Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c. 1774 -- 27 September 1833) was a founder of the Brahma Sabha the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a socio-religious reform movement in India.

New!!: Indian religions and Ram Mohan Roy · See more »

Rama

Rama or Ram (Sanskrit: राम, IAST: Rāma), also known as Ramachandra, is a major deity of Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Rama · See more »

Ramakien

The Ramakien (รามเกียรติ์,,; literally "Glory of Rama"; sometimes also spelled Ramakian) is Thailand's national epic, derived from the Hindu epic Ramayana.

New!!: Indian religions and Ramakien · See more »

Ramananda

Ramananda (IAST: Rāmānanda) was a 14th-century Vaishnava devotional poet sant, in the Ganga river region of Northern India.

New!!: Indian religions and Ramananda · See more »

Ramanuja

Ramanuja (traditionally, 1017–1137 CE) was a Hindu theologian, philosopher, and one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Ramanuja · See more »

Ramayana

Ramayana (रामायणम्) is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

New!!: Indian religions and Ramayana · See more »

Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam

The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple or Thiruvarangam is a Hindu temple dedicated to Ranganatha, a reclining form of the Hindu deity Vishnu, located in Srirangam, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

New!!: Indian religions and Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam · See more »

Rashtrakuta dynasty

Rashtrakuta (IAST) was a royal dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the sixth and 10th centuries.

New!!: Indian religions and Rashtrakuta dynasty · See more »

Ravidas

Guru Ravidas was a North Indian mystic poet-sant of the bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE.

New!!: Indian religions and Ravidas · See more »

Rāja yoga

In Sanskrit texts, Rāja yoga refers to the goal of yoga (which is usually samadhi) and not a method of attaining it.

New!!: Indian religions and Rāja yoga · See more »

Reamker

Reamker (រាមកេរ្តិ៍, also romanized as Ramakerti) is a Cambodian epic poem, based on the Sanskrit's Ramayana epic.

New!!: Indian religions and Reamker · See more »

Religion

Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.

New!!: Indian religions and Religion · See more »

Religious text

Religious texts (also known as scripture, or scriptures, from the Latin scriptura, meaning "writing") are texts which religious traditions consider to be central to their practice or beliefs.

New!!: Indian religions and Religious text · See more »

Richard E. King

Richard E. King is Professor of Buddhist and Asian Studies at the University of Kent, where he specialises in South Asian traditions and critical theory and Religious Studies.

New!!: Indian religions and Richard E. King · See more »

Rigveda

The Rigveda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद, from "praise" and "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns along with associated commentaries on liturgy, ritual and mystical exegesis.

New!!: Indian religions and Rigveda · See more »

Rishabhanatha

Rushabhanatha or Rishabhanatha (also, Rushabhadeva, Rishabhadeva, or which literally means "bull") is the first Tirthankara (ford maker) in Jainism.

New!!: Indian religions and Rishabhanatha · See more »

Rishi

Rishi (Sanskrit: ऋषि IAST: ṛṣi) is a Vedic term for an inspired poet of hymns from the Vedas.

New!!: Indian religions and Rishi · See more »

Romila Thapar

Romila Thapar (born 30 November 1931) is an Indian historian whose principal area of study is ancient India.

New!!: Indian religions and Romila Thapar · See more »

Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

New!!: Indian religions and Routledge · See more »

Rudra

(Sanskrit: रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity, associated with wind or storm and the hunt.

New!!: Indian religions and Rudra · See more »

Saṃsāra

Saṃsāra is a Sanskrit word that means "wandering" or "world", with the connotation of cyclic, circuitous change.

New!!: Indian religions and Saṃsāra · See more »

Samagana

Sāma is composition of words in Rigvedic hymns from notes.

New!!: Indian religions and Samagana · See more »

Samkhya

Samkhya or Sankhya (सांख्य, IAST) is one of the six āstika schools of Hindu philosophy.

New!!: Indian religions and Samkhya · See more »

Sangam landscape

The Sangam landscape (Tamil: அகத்திணை "inner classification") is the name given to a poetic device that was characteristic of love poetry in classical Tamil Sangam literature.

New!!: Indian religions and Sangam landscape · See more »

Sankardev

Srimanta Sankardev (1449–1568) (translit) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath: a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of Assam, India.

New!!: Indian religions and Sankardev · See more »

Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

New!!: Indian religions and Sanskrit · See more »

Sanskritisation

Sanskritisation (Indian English) or Sanskritization (American English, Oxford spelling) is a particular form of social change found in India.

New!!: Indian religions and Sanskritisation · See more »

Sant (religion)

In Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, a sant is a human being revered for his or her knowledge of "self, truth, reality" and as a "truth-exemplar".

New!!: Indian religions and Sant (religion) · See more »

Sarnath

Sarnath is a place located 10 kilometres north-east of Varanasi near the confluence of the Ganges and the Varuna rivers in Uttar Pradesh, India.

New!!: Indian religions and Sarnath · See more »

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Dr.

New!!: Indian religions and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan · See more »

Sat (Sanskrit)

Sat (सत्) is a Sanskrit word meaning "the true essence and that "which is unchangeable" of an entity, species or existence.

New!!: Indian religions and Sat (Sanskrit) · See more »

Satavahana dynasty

The Satavahanas (IAST), also referred to as the Andhras in the Puranas, were an ancient Indian dynasty based in the Deccan region.

New!!: Indian religions and Satavahana dynasty · See more »

Satya

Satya is the Sanskrit word for truth.

New!!: Indian religions and Satya · See more »

Shaivism

Shaivism (Śaivam) (Devanagari: शैव संप्रदाय) (Bengali: শৈব) (Tamil: சைவம்) (Telugu: శైవ సాంప్రదాయం) (Kannada:ಶೈವ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ) is one of the major traditions within Hinduism that reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being.

New!!: Indian religions and Shaivism · See more »

Shakha

A shakha (Sanskrit, "branch" or "limb"), is a Hindu theological school that specializes in learning certain Vedic texts, or else the traditional texts followed by such a school.

New!!: Indian religions and Shakha · See more »

Shaktism

Shaktism (Sanskrit:, lit., "doctrine of energy, power, the Goddess") is a major tradition of Hinduism, wherein the metaphysical reality is considered feminine and the Devi (goddess) is supreme.

New!!: Indian religions and Shaktism · See more »

Shakya

The Shakya (Sanskrit:, Devanagari: शाक्य; Pali:,, or) were a clan of the late Vedic India (c. 1000 – c. 500 BCE) and during the so-called second urbanisation period (c. 600 – c. 200 BCE) in the Indian subcontinent (present-day nations of India and Nepal).

New!!: Indian religions and Shakya · See more »

Shatrunjaya

Shatrunjaya ("place of victory against inner enemies") originally Pundarikgiri), also spelt Shetrunjaya are hills located by the city of Palitana, in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. They are situated on the banks of the Shetrunji River at an elevation above sea level. These hills have similarities to other hills where Jain temples have been built in Bihar, Gwalior, Mount Abu and Girnar. The Jain's sacred site of Shatrunjaya contains hundreds of Palitana temples. The hills were sanctified when Rishabha, the first tirthankara of Jainism, gave his first sermon in the temple on the hill top. The ancient history of the hills is also traced to Pundarika Swami, a chief Ganadhara and grandson of Rishabha, who attained salvation here. His shrine located opposite to the main Adinath temple, built by his son Bharata, is also worshiped by pilgrims. There are several alternate spellings, including Śatruñjaya, Satrunjaya, Shetrunja, and Shetrunjo. Shatrunjaya was also known as Pundarikgiri as Pundarik was said to have attained nirvana on this mountain. Alternate names include Siddhakshetra or Siddhanchal as many thirtankaras are stated to have received enlightenment here.

New!!: Indian religions and Shatrunjaya · See more »

Shiva

Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Shiva · See more »

Shuddhadvaita

Shuddadvaita (Sanskrit: "pure non-dualism") is the "purely non-dual" philosophy propounded by Vallabhacharya (1479-1531 CE), the founding philosopher and guru of the ("tradition of Vallabha") or ("The path of grace"), a Hindu Vaishnava tradition focused on the worship of Krishna.

New!!: Indian religions and Shuddhadvaita · See more »

Sikh

A Sikh (ਸਿੱਖ) is a person associated with Sikhism, a monotheistic religion that originated in the 15th century based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.

New!!: Indian religions and Sikh · See more »

Sikh gurus

The Sikh gurus established Sikhism over the centuries, beginning in the year 1469.

New!!: Indian religions and Sikh gurus · See more »

Sikhism

Sikhism (ਸਿੱਖੀ), or Sikhi,, from Sikh, meaning a "disciple", or a "learner"), is a monotheistic religion that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent about the end of the 15th century. It is one of the youngest of the major world religions, and the fifth-largest. The fundamental beliefs of Sikhism, articulated in the sacred scripture Guru Granth Sahib, include faith and meditation on the name of the one creator, divine unity and equality of all humankind, engaging in selfless service, striving for social justice for the benefit and prosperity of all, and honest conduct and livelihood while living a householder's life. In the early 21st century there were nearly 25 million Sikhs worldwide, the great majority of them (20 million) living in Punjab, the Sikh homeland in northwest India, and about 2 million living in neighboring Indian states, formerly part of the Punjab. Sikhism is based on the spiritual teachings of Guru Nanak, the first Guru (1469–1539), and the nine Sikh gurus that succeeded him. The Tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, named the Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib as his successor, terminating the line of human Gurus and making the scripture the eternal, religious spiritual guide for Sikhs.Louis Fenech and WH McLeod (2014),, 3rd Edition, Rowman & Littlefield,, pages 17, 84-85William James (2011), God's Plenty: Religious Diversity in Kingston, McGill Queens University Press,, pages 241–242 Sikhism rejects claims that any particular religious tradition has a monopoly on Absolute Truth. The Sikh scripture opens with Ik Onkar (ੴ), its Mul Mantar and fundamental prayer about One Supreme Being (God). Sikhism emphasizes simran (meditation on the words of the Guru Granth Sahib), that can be expressed musically through kirtan or internally through Nam Japo (repeat God's name) as a means to feel God's presence. It teaches followers to transform the "Five Thieves" (lust, rage, greed, attachment, and ego). Hand in hand, secular life is considered to be intertwined with the spiritual life., page.

New!!: Indian religions and Sikhism · See more »

Smarta tradition

Smarta tradition is a movement in Hinduism that developed during its classical period around the beginning of the Common Era.

New!!: Indian religions and Smarta tradition · See more »

Somavamshi dynasty

The Somavamshi (IAST: Somavaṃśī) or Keshari (IAST: Keśarī) dynasty ruled parts of present-day Odisha in eastern India between the 9th and the 12th centuries.

New!!: Indian religions and Somavamshi dynasty · See more »

South Asian Stone Age

The South Asian Stone Age covers the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods in South Asia.

New!!: Indian religions and South Asian Stone Age · See more »

Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist.

New!!: Indian religions and Sri Aurobindo · See more »

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

New!!: Indian religions and Sri Lanka · See more »

States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

New!!: Indian religions and States and union territories of India · See more »

Stephanie W. Jamison

Stephanie W. Jamison is an American linguist, currently at University of California, Los Angeles and an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

New!!: Indian religions and Stephanie W. Jamison · See more »

Sumerian religion

Sumerian religion was the religion practiced and adhered to by the people of Sumer, the first literate civilization of ancient Mesopotamia.

New!!: Indian religions and Sumerian religion · See more »

Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India, the highest constitutional court, with the power of constitutional review.

New!!: Indian religions and Supreme Court of India · See more »

Surdas

Surdas (IAST: Sūr, Devanagari: सूर) was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his lyrics written in praise of Krishna.

New!!: Indian religions and Surdas · See more »

Surya

Surya (सूर्य, IAST: ‘'Sūrya’') is a Sanskrit word that means the Sun.

New!!: Indian religions and Surya · See more »

Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.

New!!: Indian religions and Swami Vivekananda · See more »

Swaminarayan

Swaminarayan (IAST:, 3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi, and an ascetic whose life and teachings brought a revival of central Hindu practices of dharma, ahimsa and brahmacharya.

New!!: Indian religions and Swaminarayan · See more »

Swaminarayan Sampraday

Swaminarayan Sampraday (Devanagari: स्वामिनारायण सम्प्रदाय, Gujarati: સ્વામિનારાયણ સંપ્રદાય, IAST), known previously as the Uddhav Sampraday, is a Hindu sect propagated by Swaminarayan (or Sahajanand Swami) (2 April 1781 – 1 June 1830).

New!!: Indian religions and Swaminarayan Sampraday · See more »

Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

New!!: Indian religions and Tamil language · See more »

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

New!!: Indian religions and Tamil Nadu · See more »

Tamilakam

Tamilakam refers to the geographical region inhabited by the ancient Tamil people.

New!!: Indian religions and Tamilakam · See more »

Tamils

The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar, Tamilans, or simply Tamils, are a Dravidian ethnic group who speak Tamil as their mother tongue and trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian Union territory of Puducherry, or the Northern, Eastern Province and Puttalam District of Sri Lanka.

New!!: Indian religions and Tamils · See more »

Testimony

In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter.

New!!: Indian religions and Testimony · See more »

The History of British India

The History of British India is a history of the British Raj by the 19th century British historian and imperial political theorist James Mill.

New!!: Indian religions and The History of British India · See more »

The Tribune (Chandigarh)

The Tribune is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jalandhar, Dehradun and Bathinda.

New!!: Indian religions and The Tribune (Chandigarh) · See more »

Theism

Theism is broadly defined as the belief in the existence of the Supreme Being or deities.

New!!: Indian religions and Theism · See more »

Thomas McEvilley

Thomas McEvilley (July 13, 1939 – March 2, 2013) was an American art critic, poet, novelist, and scholar.

New!!: Indian religions and Thomas McEvilley · See more »

Three Crowned Kings

The Three Crowned rulers, or the Three Glorified by Heaven, or World of the Three, primarily known as Moovendhar, refers to the triumvirate of Chola, Chera and Pandya who dominated the politics of the ancient Tamil country, Tamilakam, from their three countries or Nadu of Chola Nadu, Pandya Nadu (present day Madurai and Tirunelveli) and Chera Nadu (present day Kerala) in southern India.

New!!: Indian religions and Three Crowned Kings · See more »

Tirthankara

In Jainism, a tirthankara (Sanskrit:; English: literally a 'ford-maker') is a saviour and spiritual teacher of the dharma (righteous path).

New!!: Indian religions and Tirthankara · See more »

Tolkāppiyam

The Tholkāppiyam (தொல்காப்பியம், literally Paleo-literature) is a work on the grammar of the Tamil language and the earliest extant work of Tamil literature and linguistics.

New!!: Indian religions and Tolkāppiyam · See more »

Tukaram

Tukaram, also referred to as Sant Tukaram, Bhakta Tukaram, Tukaram Maharaj, Tukoba and Tukobaraya, was a 17th-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra.

New!!: Indian religions and Tukaram · See more »

Tulsidas

Tulsidas (Hindi: तुलसीदास;, also known as Goswami Tulsidas (गोस्वामी तुलसीदास); 1511–1623) was a realized soul and saint, poet, often called reformer and philosopher from Ramanandi Sampradaya, in the lineage of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya renowned for his devotion to the Lord Shri Rama.

New!!: Indian religions and Tulsidas · See more »

Turkic peoples

The Turkic peoples are a collection of ethno-linguistic groups of Central, Eastern, Northern and Western Asia as well as parts of Europe and North Africa.

New!!: Indian religions and Turkic peoples · See more »

Tutelary deity

A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation.

New!!: Indian religions and Tutelary deity · See more »

Tyagaraja

Kakarla Tyagabrahmam (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847) or Saint Tyagaraja, also known as Tyāgayya in Telugu, was one of the greatest composers of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music.

New!!: Indian religions and Tyagaraja · See more »

Unifying Hinduism

Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History is a book Andrew J. Nicholson on Indian philosophy, describing the philosophical unification of Hinduism, which it places in the Middle Ages.

New!!: Indian religions and Unifying Hinduism · See more »

University of Calcutta

The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University or CU) is a public state university located in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India established on 24 January 1857.

New!!: Indian religions and University of Calcutta · See more »

Upanishads

The Upanishads (उपनिषद्), a part of the Vedas, are ancient Sanskrit texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts and ideas of Hinduism, some of which are shared with religious traditions like Buddhism and Jainism.

New!!: Indian religions and Upanishads · See more »

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.

New!!: Indian religions and Uttar Pradesh · See more »

Vahana

Vahana (वाहन,, literally "that which carries, that which pulls") denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as a vehicle.

New!!: Indian religions and Vahana · See more »

Vaisheshika

Vaisheshika or (वैशेषिक) is one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy (Vedic systems) from ancient India.

New!!: Indian religions and Vaisheshika · See more »

Vaishnavism

Vaishnavism (Vaishnava dharma) is one of the major traditions within Hinduism along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.

New!!: Indian religions and Vaishnavism · See more »

Vajra

Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond.

New!!: Indian religions and Vajra · See more »

Vajrapani

(Sanskrit: "Vajra in hand") is one of the earliest-appearing bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism.

New!!: Indian religions and Vajrapani · See more »

Vajrayana

Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism are the various Buddhist traditions of Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in medieval India and spread to Tibet and East Asia.

New!!: Indian religions and Vajrayana · See more »

Vallabha

Vallabhacharya (1479–1531 CE), also known as Vallabha, was a devotional philosopher, who founded the Krishna-centered Pushti sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj region of India, and the philosophy of Shuddha advaita (Pure Nondualism).

New!!: Indian religions and Vallabha · See more »

Vamadeva

In Hinduism, Vamadeva (वामदेव) is the name of the preserving aspect of the God Shiva, one of six aspects of the universe he embodies, as well as the name of an ancient rishi.

New!!: Indian religions and Vamadeva · See more »

Vedanta

Vedanta (Sanskrit: वेदान्त, IAST) or Uttara Mīmāṃsā is one of the six orthodox (''āstika'') schools of Hindu philosophy.

New!!: Indian religions and Vedanta · See more »

Vedas

The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद, "knowledge") are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent.

New!!: Indian religions and Vedas · See more »

Vedic period

The Vedic period, or Vedic age, is the period in the history of the northwestern Indian subcontinent between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation in the central Gangetic Plain which began in BCE.

New!!: Indian religions and Vedic period · See more »

Vedic Sanskrit

Vedic Sanskrit is an Indo-European language, more specifically one branch of the Indo-Iranian group.

New!!: Indian religions and Vedic Sanskrit · See more »

Vellore

Vellore is part of Tondaimandalam (Tondai Nadu), a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore District in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

New!!: Indian religions and Vellore · See more »

Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala

Venkateswara Temple is a landmark Vaishnavite temple situated in the hill town of Tirumala at Tirupati in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

New!!: Indian religions and Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala · See more »

Vishnu

Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition.

New!!: Indian religions and Vishnu · See more »

Vyasa

Vyasa (व्यास, literally "Compiler") is a central and revered figure in most Hindu traditions.

New!!: Indian religions and Vyasa · See more »

Waheguru

Waheguru (ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ) is a name given to God in Sikhism.

New!!: Indian religions and Waheguru · See more »

World Wisdom

World Wisdom is an independent American publishing company established in 1980 in Bloomington, Indiana.

New!!: Indian religions and World Wisdom · See more »

Yajna

Yajna (IAST) literally means "sacrifice, devotion, worship, offering", and refers in Hinduism to any ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often with mantras.

New!!: Indian religions and Yajna · See more »

Yajurveda

The Yajurveda (Sanskrit: यजुर्वेद,, from meaning "prose mantra" and veda meaning "knowledge") is the Veda of prose mantras.

New!!: Indian religions and Yajurveda · See more »

Yoga

Yoga (Sanskrit, योगः) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India.

New!!: Indian religions and Yoga · See more »

Yoni

Yoni (Sanskrit:"vulva", "abode", or "source") is a stylised representation of the goddess Shakti in Hinduism.

New!!: Indian religions and Yoni · See more »

Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism, or more natively Mazdayasna, is one of the world's oldest extant religions, which is monotheistic in having a single creator god, has dualistic cosmology in its concept of good and evil, and has an eschatology which predicts the ultimate destruction of evil.

New!!: Indian religions and Zoroastrianism · See more »

Zoroastrianism in India

Zoroastrianism in India has significant history within the country.

New!!: Indian religions and Zoroastrianism in India · See more »

Redirects here:

Arya Dharma, Arya dharma, Dharma religions, Dharma religious, Dharmic Religion, Dharmic Religions, Dharmic Tradition, Dharmic Traditions, Dharmic faith, Dharmic faiths, Dharmic religion, Dharmic religions, Dharmic tradition, Dharmic traditions, Indian Religions, Indian religion, Indian subcontinent religions, Indic Religions, Indic religion, Indic religions.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_religions

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »