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- Iconography (7643 bytes)
2: ...onography''' is the traditional art of portraying figures in pigment that [[symbolism|symbolically]] m...
4: ...(the drums of change, the flower of new life, the fire of destruction, etc.). The many heads, eyes, fe...
6: ...have nothing to do with the photographic paper or film but rather the persons and events depicted. It ...
7: [[Image:Shiva.jpg|thumb|The Hindu god Shiva. Note the blue skin and symbols held in his hands...
8: ...mbolism]], [[Eastern Orthodox]] theologians often find it useful to refer to a particular [[icon]] whe... - Caste (32815 bytes)
3: ...scribe [[social insect]]s species who have a specific sub-type of which is specialised in a certain ta...
5: ...ather than a socio-religious [[caste]] system was first attested in the [[Rig-Veda]], though it genera...
7: ...t", or faith (faithless), preference, religious affiliation, conviction, or "to choose", or lustre). I...
13: The caste system, although not currently officially sanctioned by their governments, is used by...
20: ...re the [[serf]]s, and performed the physically difficult work shunned by the higher castes. - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...h such belief. In its broadest sense some have defined it as the sum total of answers given to explai...
5: [[image:FishersOfMen.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Ve...
10: ...from one of two combinations of Latin roots. The first is ''re + legio'' or "re-reading," a meaning a...
12: ===Defining "religion"===
15: Beyond the above, very broad definition of religion, there are a variety of uses an... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
17: ...om [[monism]], [[dualism]], [[vishistadvaita|qualified non-dualism]], [[pantheism]], [[panentheism]] (...
19: ...d include [[Devi]], [[Vishnu]], [[Ganesh]], and [[Shiva]]. One of the most prominent Hindu monists is the...
23: ...rlds), [[Vishnu]] (the Preserver of worlds) and [[Shiva]] (the Destroyer of worlds).
25: ...ars of Vishnu. The ten avatars of Vishnu are The Fish ([[Matsya]]), The Tortoise ([[Kurma]]), The Boa...
29: ...r aspects of God are in fact aspects of Vishnu or Shiva; see [[Smartism]] for more information. - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
3: The Himalaya stretch across five nations — [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Peop...
49: ...d the [[Tibetan Plateau]] is clearly seen.{{unverifiedimage}}]]
64: ...ple from [[China]] and [[Mongolia]], causing significantly different languages and customs between the...
120: ...sonified as the god ''Himavat'', the father of [[Shiva]]'s consort, [[Parvati]].
127: ...considered to be the abode of the [[Hindu]] god [[Shiva]] and is also venerated by [[Buddhist]]s. [[Lake ... - Snake (17266 bytes)
35: ... several species of legless [[lizard]] which superficially resemble snakes, but are not otherwise rela...
46: ...]] tests have been performed that show no close affinity to varanids and thus to mosasaurs either. Th...
57: ...en undisturbed, the digestive process is highly efficient, dissolving and absorbing everything but hai...
77: ... almost ready to hatch. Recently, it has been confirmed that several species of snake are actually fu...
81: ... you cannot suck out snake venom with your mouth. Finally, medical care has to be availed of without d... - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
1: ...emistry]], [[medical science]] and [[surgery]], [[fine arts]], [[mechanical]] and [[production]] [[tec...
13: *Medical science & surgery � Around 800 BC, first compendium on medicine and surgery was complie...
14: ...ecitation has to be correct, which gave rise to a finer study of [[sound]] and [[phonetic]]s. The natu...
15: ...ion technology � [[Greek]] historians have testified to [[smelting]] of certain [[metal]]s in India ...
26: ...d calculation was documented in a book named �''Five Principles''� (''Panch-Siddhantika'') which d... - Yoga (18820 bytes)
3: ... As a result, some forms of yoga have gained significant popularity outside [[India]], particularly in...
11: ... various physical and breathing exercises and purification techniques - is actually the third and the ...
17: ...krit. Because these Sanskrit terms reflect a specific world-view and historical development of thought...
26: ...prescribe any particular form of worship and specifically allows for and encourages its practice in th...
28: ...enerally defined as "a system of worship" which defines all the classic forms of Hindu/Yoga; i.e., Kar... - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (32564 bytes)
7: ...eference to the thread of a [[mala]], upon which (figuratively speaking) the yoga aphorisms that make ...
13: ...li]] was the author of this book. Some have identified him with a grammarian by the same name, but the...
15: Nonetheless, Patanjali is a major figure among the great [[Hinduism|Hindu]] thinkers b...
19: ...chapter) to quiet one's mind and merge with the infinite. These eight limbs not only systematized conv...
21: ...undation for much of Tantra Yoga (a Hindu deific, Shiva-Shakti yoga system) and [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] (B...
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