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- Iconography (7643 bytes)
6: ...that the prohibition in the [[Old Testament]] scriptures against the material depiction of the immater...
7: [[Image:Shiva.jpg|thumb|The Hindu god Shiva. Note the blue skin and symbols held in his hands...
8: ...ern Orthodoxy]], the artist must be willing to adopt an almost [[monasticism|monastic]] level of ascet...
11: ...lose to the roots in the [[icon]] of [[John the Baptist|St John]] the forerunner are all examples of t...
13: ...alo]] of [[Western art history|Western art]], except that it is never a ring floating above the head, ... - Caste (32815 bytes)
20: ...ght and explained to them by their spiritual preceptor. To the Brahman belongs the right of teaching a...
58: ...ts of untouchability lies in the hatred and contempt which the Brahmins created against those who were...
84: ...as synonyms of brahmin, seems to justify the assumption that the profession had already, to a certain ...
86: There is, however, with the exception of a solitary passage in a hymn of the last bo...
98: ... the elaboration of a system of conventional precepts, partly forming the basis of [[Manusmriti|Manu's... - Religion (72319 bytes)
10: ...d by [[Cicero]] to describe the repetition of scripture. The second interpretation, favoured by more ...
54: * Maintenance and study of scripture, or [[sacred text|texts they hold as sacred]] ...
56: ...er to celebrate holy days, to recite or chant scripture, to [[pray]], to worship, and provide spiritua...
65: ... Christian denominations hold this, with some exceptions, e.g. [[Oneness Pentecostals]], [[Jehovah's W...
92: ...logy|mythologies]] of ancient [[Greece]] and [[Egypt]], and modern [[Paganism|Pagan]] revivals such as... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
6: ...iverse array of belief systems, practices and scriptures. It has its origin in the ancient [[Indo-Arya...
8: ... the Hindu spirit of unity in diversity is best captured in a line from the ancient [[Rig Veda]]:
19: ...d include [[Devi]], [[Vishnu]], [[Ganesh]], and [[Shiva]]. One of the most prominent Hindu monists is the...
21: ...sa, which means "non-violence." Through this concept, strict movements of vegetarianism and tolerance ...
23: ...rlds), [[Vishnu]] (the Preserver of worlds) and [[Shiva]] (the Destroyer of worlds). - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
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...
130: ...eti]] is one of the most famous creatures in [[cryptozoology]]. It is a large [[primate]]-like creatur...
177: [[pt:Himalaia]] - Snake (17266 bytes)
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24: :[[Leptotyphlopidae]]
35: ...' are [[Poikilothermic|cold blooded]] legless [[reptile]]s closely related to [[lizard]]s, which share...
42: ...to be [[mosasaur]]s – extinct [[aquatic]] reptiles from the [[Cretaceous]] – which in turn... - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
9: ...ics � [[Vedic]] literature is replete with concepts of [[0 (number)|zero]], the techniques of [[alge...
11: *Physics � Concepts of [[atom]] and [[theory of relativity]] were ex...
24: ...ative symbol to represent this philosophical concept.
28: ...nly due to the fact that Indians had a clear conception of the abstract number as distinct from the nu...
30: ...hem, named �''Siddantha Shiromani''� has a chapter on algebra. In [[1816]], [[James Taylor]] tran... - Yoga (18820 bytes)
23: ...deity). "Christ the Yogi" is not an uncommon concept in the world of Yoga today. Most religions, when ...
26: ...eligious about most yoga techniques. The sole exception to this is [[Bhakti yoga]], which is a special...
36: ...ripture of Yoga" (see the final verses of each chapter).
63: ...hat rises through the chakras until union between Shiva and Shakti (also known as samadhi) is achieved.
65: ...ru-initiated system that as yet finds few true adepts outside of India. - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (32564 bytes)
19: ...itute "Ashtanga Yoga", the title of the second chapter) to quiet one's mind and merge with the infinit...
21: ...undation for much of Tantra Yoga (a Hindu deific, Shiva-Shakti yoga system) and [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] (B...
31: Patanjali divided his Yoga Sutras into 4 chapters or books (Sanskrit ''pada''), containing in al...
35: ... then the means to attaining [[samadhi]]. This chapter contains the most famous verses: "Atha yoga anu...
40: ...in the philosophy of the <i>[[Bhagavad Gita]], Chapter 3</i>, where <i>Arjuna</i> is encouraged to act...
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