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The Manusmṛti ( Sanskrit: मनुस्मृति ), also known as the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or the Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitutions among the many Dharmaśāstras of Hinduism. [ 1][ 2] Over fifty manuscripts of the Manusmriti are now known, but the earliest discovered, most translated and presumed authentic ...
Upanishads. Clockwise from top left: A guru teaches a disciple, giving rise to the etymology of the term "Upanishad". Yama teaches Nachiketa in the Katha Upanishad. A manuscript of the minor Vajrasuchi Upanishad. The Upanishadic phrase "Tat Tvam Asi" displayed at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Information.
Good and evil, Sat and Asat (truth and untruth) are conceptualized differently in these hymns of Atharvaveda, and the Vedic thought, wherein these are not dualistic explanation of nature of creation, universe or man, rather the text transcends these and the duality therein. Order is established out of chaos, truth is established out of untruth ...
Vedanga Jyotisha. Vedanga Jyotisha ( IAST: Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa ), or Jyotishavedanga ( Jyotiṣavedāṅga ), is one of earliest known Indian texts on astrology ( Jyotisha ). [ 1] The extant text is dated to the final centuries BCE, [ 2] but it may be based on a tradition reaching back to about 700-600 BCE. [ 3]
Muhurta. Muhūrta ( Sanskrit: मुहूर्त, romanized : muhūrtaṃ) [ 1] is a Hindu unit of measurement for time along with nimiṣa, kāṣṭhā, and kalā[ 2] in the Hindu calendar . In the Brāhmaṇas, muhūrta denotes a division of time: 1/30 of a day, or a period of 48 minutes. [ 3] An alternative meaning of "moment" is also ...
The Rigveda or Rig Veda ( Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद, IAST: ṛgveda, from ऋच्, "praise" [ 2] and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns ( sūktas ). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts ( śruti) known as the Vedas. [ 3][ 4] Only one Shakha of the many survive today, namely the ...
Definition in Hinduism. In contemporary Indian literature, kama is often used to refer to sexual desire. However, Kama more broadly refers to any sensory enjoyment, emotional attraction and aesthetic pleasure such as from the arts, dance, music, painting, sculpture, and nature. [ 1][ 5] Kama can refer to "desire, wish, or longing".
Tomb of Sand (originally titled Ret Samadhi, Hindi: रेत समाधि) [2] is a 2018 Hindi -language novel by Indian author Geetanjali Shree. It was translated into English by U.S. translator Daisy Rockwell. [3] In 2022, the book became the first novel translated from an Indian language to win the International Booker Prize.