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In Hinduism, when one becomes a swami, one is considered to be liberated from material desires. It is claimed that Swamis have full control of their bodies, and are all-knowing. It is also claimed that many swamis no longer need to eat or sleep, receiving all their energy from God. However, neither of those claims have ever been scientifically verified. There are many swamis in India, most of whom remain up in the mountains.
In the Bengali language, the word (pronounced SHA-mi), while carrying its original meaning, has a dual meaning of 'husband'.
Swami is also a surname shortened from Swaminaryan, a small branch of Hinduism. This name was given to the Swamis by one of the previous Swaminaryans of Hinduism. The Swami family is rather small.
Among shivalli madhwa brahmins, the monk head matha (monastery) is called swami or swamiji.
Adi Shankaracharya is said to have revived the ancient swami order.
Hinduism (known as Hindū Dharma in modern Indian languages[1]
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Hinduism has prehistoric roots, including suspected survivals of traditions of the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization in historical Shramana traditions, and of Proto-Indo-Iranian traditions surviving in the Iron Age Vedic religion of the Indo-Aryans.
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Hinduism encompasses many movements and brahminic schools are fairly organized within Hindu denominations. A religious denomination shares a common ground of beliefs but embraces many different movements and schools inside its philosophical branches.
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Hindu philosophy. These schools have come to be synonymous with the greater religion of Hinduism, which was a development of the early Vedic Religion.
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the Way of the Higher Truths. What is in the West called religion in India comes within the general purview of dharma. Thus the various Indian religions and Dharmic Traditions are so many versions of Dharma (versions of what is considered to be 'right' or in truest accord with the
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Artha (Devanagari: अर्थ) is a Sanskrit term meaning "purpose, cause, motive, meaning, notion".
It may refer to the idea of material prosperity. In Hinduism, artha is one of the four goals of life, known as purusharthas.
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It may refer to the idea of material prosperity. In Hinduism, artha is one of the four goals of life, known as purusharthas.
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In Indian religions (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism), Moksha (Sanskrit: मोक्ष, liberation) or Mukti (Sanskrit: मुक्ति, release
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Samsara or saṃsāra
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Yoga (Sanskrit: योग Yoga, IPA: [joːgə]) is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India.
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Bhakti (Devanāgarī: भक्ति) is a word of Sanskrit origin meaning devotion. Within Hinduism the word is used exclusively to denote devotion to a particular deity or form of God.
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Maya (Sanskrit माया māyā
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Pūjā (Devanagari: पूजा) (alternative transliteration Pooja, Sanskrit: reverence, honour, adoration, or worship) is a religious ritual that Hindus perform on a variety of occasions to pray or show respect to their chosen Gods or Goddesses.
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Hindu temple (Sanskrit: mandira), is a house of worship for followers of Hinduism. They are usually specifically reserved for religious and spiritual activities.
A Hindu temple can be a separate structure or a part of a building.
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A Hindu temple can be a separate structure or a part of a building.
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Literature regarded as central to the Hindu literary tradition were predominantly composed in Sanskrit, Indeed, much of the morphology and linguistic philosophy inherent in the learning of Sanskrit is inextricably linked to study of the Vedas and other Hindu texts.
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Vedas (Sanskrit véda वेद
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The Upanishads (Devanagari: उपनिषद्, IAST: upaniṣad) are regarded as part of the Vedas and as such form part of the Hindu scriptures.
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The percentage of Hindu population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006. [1] Other sources used were CIA Factbook[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/] and adherents.com.
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These are some of the most noteworthy Gurus and Saints of Hinduism (in alphabetical order):
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- A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (male)
- Adi Shankara (male)
- Akhandanand (male)
- Yogi Amrit Desai (male)
- Ayya Vaikundar (male)
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Hinduism is going through a phase of regeneration and reform through the vehicle of several contemporary movements, collectively termed as Hindu reform movements. Although these movements are very individual in their exact philosophies they generally stress the spiritual,
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Ayurveda (Devanagari: आयुर्वेद) or Ayurvedic medicine is an ancient system of health care that is native to the Indian subcontinent.
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Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization, and today there are several regional Indian calendars, as well as an Indian national calendar. In Pakistan it is called 'desi' or native calendar.
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glossary of terms and concepts in Hinduism. The list consists of concepts that are derived from both Hinduism and Hindu tradition, which are expressed as words in Sanskrit as well as other languages of India.
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The Indian caste system describes the social stratification and social restrictions in the Indian Subcontinent, in which social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous, hereditary groups often termed as jātis or castes.
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