Mantra — In Tibet, many Buddhists carve mantras into rocks as a form of meditation. A mantra (Tib.སྔགས་ ngak; Wyl. sngags) [1] is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that is considered capable of creating transformation (cf. spiritual… … Wikipedia
mantra — A mantra is a specially empowered spoken or chanted utterance, usually in SANSKRIT, although there are utterances called mantras in every Indian language. Mantras vary in size from one short syllable to a long chant, such as found in the… … Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Вудрофф, Джон — Джон Джордж Вудрофф (Артур Авалон) John George Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon) … Википедия
Woodroffe, Sir John (Arthur Avalon) — (1865–1936) scholar of tantric texts Sir John Woodroffe was an Englishman, Indian civil servant, and scholar who pioneered the mod ern study of the tantric literary tradition. Woodroffe was born December 15, 1865, the eldest son of James … Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Sanjay Rath — (born August 7 1963 at Sambalpur, Orissa) is an Indian astrologer. He comes from a traditional family of astrologers from Bira Balabhadrapur Sasan village in Puri, Orissa, which trace their lineage back to Shri Achyuta Das (Sri Acyutananda).… … Wikipedia
Bhaktamara Stotra — is the most famous of the Jain sanskrit prayers. It was composed by Acharya Manatunga.It starts with the word Bhaktamar , hence its name:भक्तामर प्रणत मौलिमणि प्रभाणा मुद्योतकं दलित पाप तमोवितानम् सम्यक् प्रणम्य जिन पादयुगं युगादावालंबनं भवजले… … Wikipedia
Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… … Universalium
Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… … Universalium
Savitr — This article is about Deities in Vedic Hinduism. For concept of God, see God in Hinduism. An article related to Hinduism … Wikipedia
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