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- Iconography (7643 bytes)
7: [[Image:Shiva.jpg|thumb|The Hindu god Shiva. Note the blue skin and symbols held in his hands...
15: ...figures in [[icon]]s are shown with serene, passionless faces, never smiling or angry. This stylized a... - Caste (32815 bytes)
5: ...part of the Rig Veda (the "family books," (2-7). Only the Purusha Sukta hymn (Rig Veda 10:90) mentions...
20: ...e Brahman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to them by ...
39: ...eir caste duty was to slay enemies.They were the only caste allowed to rule.
60: ...''[[Manusmriti]]'' it is asserted that there are only four varnas, which leads one to the conclusion t...
72: Unlike the Varna caste system, where one could not ch... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...[[faith]]''' or '''belief system'''—is commonly defined as [[belief]] concerning the [[supernatu...
103: ...r [[Saguna Brahman]] expressed as [[Vishnu]] or [[Shiva]] or as what followers of the [[Advaita]] school ...
136: ...make his faith steady. However, their wishes are only granted by Me." (Gita: 7:21-22)
146: ** The [[Qur'an]] states: "Only argue with the People of the Book in the kindest...
156: ...ir functions are complementary, that they differ only in the nonessential aspects of their doctrines, ... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
6: ...340;न धर्म'''; commonly called ''Sanātana Dharma'', roughly transla...
19: ...d include [[Devi]], [[Vishnu]], [[Ganesh]], and [[Shiva]]. One of the most prominent Hindu monists is the...
21: ...e things that unites all hindus is the quest for enlightenment and to free oneself from the cycle of r...
23: ...rlds), [[Vishnu]] (the Preserver of worlds) and [[Shiva]] (the Destroyer of worlds).
27: ...he view of Hinduism in the West. Smartism is the only branch of Hinduism that adopts these ideas stric... - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
51: ...India. Despite being a barrier to the cold northernly winter winds, the Brahmaputra valley receives pa...
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 ...
128: *Amarnath, has a natural [[Shiva]][[linga]] of ice which forms for a few weeks eac...
131: ... that the city does not physically exist and can only be reached in the mental realm. - Snake (17266 bytes)
40: ...oorly known. Snake [[skeleton]]s are fragile and unlikely to [[fossil]]ize. However, it is generally ...
59: ...ssive species exist, most will not attack humans unless startled or injured, preferring instead to avo...
62: ...tly closed. They shed their skin periodically. Unlike other reptiles, this is done in one piece, lik...
68: ...to be long and thin, and to accommodate them all only one lung is functional. Also, many organs that ...
72: ...tion of its belly-muscles. This mode is usually only used by very large, heavy snakes, such as large ... - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
28: ...tiquity. The success of Indian mathematics was mainly due to the fact that Indians had a clear concept...
73: ... practice of yoga have crystallized. But, it was only around 200 BC that all the fundamentals of yoga ...
81: ...t only [[Buddha]] but [[Hindu]] deities such as [[Shiva]], [[Ganesha]] and [[Surya]].
95: In mainland India of today, there are several marvels of ... - Yoga (18820 bytes)
23: ...he practitioner to pursue his or her own path to enlightenment, depending on personality and inclinati...
28: ... Yoga is religion and that religion is Hinduism. Only when the word "religion" is defined as "adoratio...
63: ...hat rises through the chakras until union between Shiva and Shakti (also known as samadhi) is achieved.
65: ...o meditation on a corpse! While much tantra certainly, through its many texts (see kaularvatantra, mah... - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (32564 bytes)
15: ...not the father of yoga <i>per se</i>, he is certainly the father of Raja Yoga as its compiler.
19: ...d merge with the infinite. These eight limbs not only systematized conventional moral principles espou...
21: ...undation for much of Tantra Yoga (a Hindu deific, Shiva-Shakti yoga system) and [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] (B...
80: * [http://www.religiousbook.net/Books/Online_books/Ec/Ecology_27.html Stages of the spiritu...
104: ...'') there is an absence of all modes of mind and only subconscious impressions (''samsaras'') are reta...
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