Sūtra — (Sanskrit, Devanagari सूत्र) or Sutta (Pāli), literally means a rope or thread that holds things together, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism (or line, rule, formula), or large a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a manual. It … Wikipedia
Kalpa-sūtra — ▪ Hindu literature manual of Hindu religious practice, a number of which emerged within the different schools of the Veda, the earliest sacred literature of India. Each manual explains the procedures (kalpa) of its school as it applies to… … Universalium
Śrauta-sūtra — ▪ Hindu text any of a number of Hindu ritual manuals used by priests engaged in the performance of the grander Vedic sacrifices, those requiring three fires and the services of many specialized priests. The manuals are called śrauta (from… … Universalium
Indian philosophy — Any of the numerous philosophical systems developed on the Indian subcontinent, including both orthodox (astika) systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa, and Vedanta schools of philosophy, and unorthodox (nastika) systems … Universalium
Term Kamboja and its variants — Kamboja (Sanskrit: कम्बोज) was the ancient name of a country, and the Indo Iranian Kshatriya tribe, the Kambojas, settled therein. The country is listed as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or great nations in ancient Buddhist texts, and was… … Wikipedia
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
Vedic civilization/EB 1911 — TOC (Encyclopedia Britannica 1911, s.v. Sanskrit) [http://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=User:Tim Starling/ScanSet TIFF demo vol=24 page=ED4A170] [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/scans/EB1911 tiff/VOL24%20SAINTE… … Wikipedia
Etymology of Kamboja — Kamboja (or Kambuja) is the name of an ancient Indo Iranian tribe whose spoken language belongs in the Indo European family of languages. They are believed to have been located originally in Pamirs and Badakshan in Central Asia. The Sanskrit name … Wikipedia
Mahabharata — This article is about the Sanskrit epic. For other uses, see Mahabharata (disambiguation). Manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra … Wikipedia
Mahābhārata — The IAST|Mahābhārata (Devanāgarī: sa. महाभारत) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the IAST|Rāmāyaṇa . The epic is part of the Hindu itihāsa , the word in itself literally means history , and forms an… … Wikipedia
