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The term Bhagavān is found in liturgical practices of Theravada Buddhism, where it is used as an epithet that means the "Blessed One". Examples of such usage is found in Sri Lanka's Bodhi Puja (or Atavisi Buddha Puja, Worship of the Twenty Eight Buddhas). The word Bhagavan is the most common word for the Buddhist texts to refer to the Buddha.
Civil war. History of Eastern Tamils. Tamils portal. Sri Lanka portal. v. t. e. Eelam ( Tamil: ஈழம், īḻam, Tamil: [iːɻɐm], also spelled Eezham, Ilam or Izham in English) is the native Tamil name for the South Asian island now known as Sri Lanka. Eelam is also the Tamil name for the spurge (a plant), toddy (an intoxicant) and gold.
Ganesha ( Sanskrit: गणेश, IAST: Gaṇeśa ), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Lambodara and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon [4] and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions are found throughout India. [5]
In Indonesia, Vishnu or Wisnu ( Indonesian spelling) is a well-known figure in the world of wayang ( Indonesian puppetry), Wisnu is often referred to as the title Sanghyang Batara Wisnu. Wisnu is the god of justice or welfare, Wisnu was the fifth son of Batara Guru and Batari Uma.
Shri Rudram describes Rudra the Vedic deity as the personification of 'terror'. The name Rudra comes from ru, meaning 'Roar or howl' (the words dreaded or fearsome could only be used as adjectives to Rudra and not as Rudra because Rudra is the personification of terror) and dra, which is a superlative meaning 'the most'. So Rudra, depending on ...
Religions. Hinduism. Scriptures. Tartam Sagar. Languages. Gujarati, Hindi, Nepali. The Pranami Sampradaya, also known as Pranami ( lit. 'Those who bow down') or Pranami Panth is a Hindu sect that worships Krishna as the Supreme God. It is based on the teachings of Mahamati Prannath and Devchandra and their holy book, the Tartam Sagar.
Sharanagati ( Sanskrit: शरणागति; IAST: Śaraṇāgati ) or Prapatti ( Sanskrit: प्रपत्ति; IAST: Prapatti ), is the process of total surrender to God ( Narayana - Krishna) in the tradition of Vaishnavism. The process of Sharanagati forms the basis of devotion to Vishnu in the bhakti traditions within the Sri ...
Pradyumna, holding a bow and an arrow, in the Kondamotu Vrishni heroes relief, 4th century CE. Pradyumna ( Sanskrit: प्रद्युम्न, lit. 'the eminently mighty one') [2] is the eldest son of the Hindu deities Krishna and his chief consort, Rukmini. [3] He is considered to be one of the four vyuha avatars of Vishnu.