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    The Brihat-Sannyasa Upanishad (Sanskrit: संन्यास उपनिषत्, IAST: Bṛhat-Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣad) is a 14th- or 15th-century Sanskrit text and one of the minor...
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  • Sannyasa Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to the renunciation, monastic practice and asceticism. There are 19 Sannyasa Upanishads...
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  • called the Sannyasa Upanishads Brihat-Sannyasa Upanishad, a 14th- or 15th-century CE text on renunciation Laghu-Sannyasa Upanishad/Kundika Upanishad, pre 3rd-century...
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    become Sannyasa; while other texts place no restrictions. The dress, the equipage and lifestyle varies between groups. For example, Sannyasa Upanishad in...
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  • Muktikā (redirect from Muktika Upanishad)
    Turiyatitavadhuta Upanishad Brihat-Sannyasa Upanishad Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Upanishad Malika Upanishad Avyakta Upanishad Ekakshara Upanishad Annapurna Upanishad Surya...
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    minor Upanishad of Hinduism. It is one of the 19 Sannyasa Upanishads, and is one of the 16 Upanishads attached to the Sama Veda. The text is titled Kundika...
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    is one of the 20 Sannyasa (renunciation) Upanishads. The text is also titled the Brihadavadhuta Upanishad, Laghuavadhuta Upanishad, and the Avadhutopanishad...
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    post-Vedic texts such as the Mahabharata or the Brihat Samhita. Due to the discrepancies between the Upanishad and these post-Vedic texts, a number of new...
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  • Pravrajya yogas. The concept of sanyasa is first mentioned in the Mundaka Upanishad; it denotes renunciation. A Sanyasi is one who has risen above the mundane...
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    special in numerous Shaiva texts and Upanishads, as well as in the pan-Hindu Sannyasa Upanishads such as the Jabala Upanishad. The early Bhakti movement poets...
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    Kaushitaki Upanishad, Maitri Upanishad, Kaivalya Upanishad, Paramahamsa Upanishad, Sakatayana Upanishad, Mandala Brahmana Upanishad, Maha Narayana Upanishad, Gopalatapaniya...
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    "AkShamalika Upanishad sanskrit\" (PDF). "AkShamalika Upanishad english". "Brihat-Jabala Upanishad sanskrit". "Brihad Jabala Upanishad english". "shrIRamarahasya...
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    Upanishad, verse 6.14 of Maitrayaniya Upanishad and verse 1.5 of Prashna Upanishad. For example, the Maitrayaniya Upanishad uses the term to mean a "form, manifestation...
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  • Smṛti (lit. 'remembered'). The major Hindu scriptures are the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, the Mahabharata (including the Bhagavad Gita), the Ramayana...
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    Bhrigu Gautama Maharishi Kashyapa Kutsa Vasistha 3. The Mahabharata and Brihat Samhita offer the seven rishis' names as: Angiras Atri Kratu Marichi Pulaha...
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    self) within, in texts such as the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Chandogya Upanishad, Kaushitaki Upanishad and others. Surya in Indian literature is referred...
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    divine beings'. — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra, Translated by R. Santhanam (1984), Chapter 2, Verses 5-7 Notably, according to the Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra...
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    Vishnu (section Upanishads)
    Upanishads are minor Upanishads of Hinduism, related to Vishnu theology. There are 14 Vaishnava Upanishads in the Muktika anthology of 108 Upanishads...
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  • Brahma Vaivarta Purana: Sankrit scripture, One of the 18 major Puranas. Brihat Samhita: An encyclopedic work by Varāhamihira on architecture, temples,...
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    texts on Hindu temple arts such as Vaikhanasa agama, Vishnu dharmottara, Brihat samhita, and Agni Purana. Similarly, early medieval-era Tamil texts also...
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  • Krishnananda Agamavagisha has compiled 64 agamas in a single volume named Brihat Tantrasara. Some of the older Tantra texts in this genre are called Yamalas...
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  • 12-19 Madhusudan Sharma. Prasara's Brihat Prasara Hora Sastra. Manoj Pocket Books. pp. 544–545. Slokas 78. 17-25 "Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra" (PDF). Chapter...
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    Another important scripture that mentions him as an avatar is Parashara's Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (2:1-5/7). Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu is part...
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    or temples or broader objects of a lasting architecture. Varahamihira's Brihat Samhita dated to about the sixth century CE is among the earliest known...
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  • Read Country Books. ISBN 1-84664-664-2. Translation and commentary Brihat Parāśara Hora Sastra Translation to Portuguese Brihat Parāśara Hora Shastra...
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    of Bhagavad Gita. The long version of the text is called Brihat Yoga Vasistha, wherein Brihat means "great or large". The short version of the text is...
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    detailed in the ancient Sanskrit texts of India (for example, the Vedas and Upanishads), while their structural rules are described in various ancient Sanskrit...
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    tree, find residence elsewhere, May they forgive us now, we bow to them. — Brihat Samhita 59.10 - 59.11 Hinduism has an ancient and extensive iconography...
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    Chandogya Upanishad (7.1.2), translated by Patrick Olivelle as "the corpus of histories and ancient tales as the fifth Veda". The Brhadaranyaka Upanishad also...
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    with a garbhagriya. Garbha-griya, Garbha-geha, Sibika, Garbha, Mula-sthana Brihat Samhita LXI Gavaksha one of the arch motifs; it is horseshoe-shaped, found...
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