In Hinduism, kingship was a monarchy institution guided by the religious laws of Hinduism, with corresponding complex and hierarchical structure. Hindu...
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Dharma (redirect from Dharma (Hinduism))
its meaning and conceptual scope has evolved over several millennia. In Hinduism, dharma denotes behaviours that are considered to be in accord with Ṛta—the...
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The history of Hinduism covers a wide variety of related religious traditions native to the Indian subcontinent. It overlaps or coincides with the development...
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according to the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. The Buddha has been among the formative forces in the origins of Hinduism. Regional Hindu texts over the centuries...
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Hinduism in Thailand is a minority religion followed by 84,400 (0.1%) of the population as of 2020. Despite being a Buddhist-majority nation, Thailand...
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List of Hindu empires and dynasties (category Hinduism-related lists)
p. 118. Rocher 1986, p. 122. Chaulagain, Nawaraj (2019). "Kingship (Hinduism)". Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Dordrecht:...
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Buddhism and Hinduism have common origins in the culture of Ancient India. Buddhism arose in the Gangetic plains of Eastern India in the 5th century BCE...
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Krishna (redirect from Krishna (Hinduism))
(/ˈkrɪʃnə/; Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa [ˈkr̩ʂɳɐ]) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme...
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(2011-02-03). Hindu Kingship, Ethnic Revival, and the Maoist Rebellion in Nepal. OUP India. ISBN 978-0-19-807225-6. Michaels, Axel (2004). Hinduism: Past and Present...
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Indian religions (section Unifying Hinduism)
originated in the Indian subcontinent. These religions, which include Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are also classified as Eastern religions. Although...
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Buddhist kingship refers to the beliefs and practices with regard to kings and queens in traditional Buddhist societies, as informed by Buddhist teachings...
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Vaishnavism (redirect from Vaishnavite Hinduism)
their works flourishing about the time of the revival of Brahminism and Hinduism in the north, speculating that Vaishnavism might have penetrated to the...
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grandson Ashoka. In Hinduism, the term generally denotes a powerful ruler whose dominion extended to the entire earth. In Buddhist kingship and Jainism, the...
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(1998), "Ritual, Authority, And Cycle Time in Hindu Kingship", in J.F. Richards (ed.), Kingship and Authority in South Asia, New Delhi: Oxford University...
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Indra (/ˈɪndrə/; Sanskrit: इन्द्र) is the king of the devas and Svarga in Hinduism. He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains...
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Inthrathit, in 1238. The idea of this early kingship is said to be based on two concepts derived from Hinduism and Theravada Buddhist beliefs. The first...
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Divine right of kings (section Hinduism)
legitimacy of a monarchy. It is also known as the divine-right theory of kingship. The doctrine asserts that a monarch is not accountable to any earthly...
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Rajarshi (category Titles and occupations in Hinduism)
(Sanskrit: राजर्षि, romanized: Rājarṣi, lit. 'king-sage') is a title in Hinduism and Hindu mythology, referring to a sage who hails from a royal background...
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Hindus (category Hinduism)
/ˈhɪnduːz/; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Historically, the term has...
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Bharata (Ramayana) (redirect from Bharata (Hinduism))
The following morning, Bharata once again entreated Rama to assume the kingship, and undo the harm that had been caused by Kaikeyi's actions. If Rama refused...
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Sacredness (section Hinduism)
(Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikism) revere and preserve the groves, trees, mountains and rivers as sacred. Among the most sacred rivers in Hinduism are...
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Vali (Ramayana) (redirect from Balin (Hinduism))
that Vali was dead. He closed the cave with a large boulder and presumed kingship over Kishkindha. However, inside the cave, Vali killed the demon and returned...
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was derived from the name of the foster mother of Lord Krishna in Hinduism. Hinduism was the largest religion in the ancient Khmer Empire, and many temples...
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Classical Hindu law is a category of Hindu law (dharma) in traditional Hinduism, taken to begin with the transmittance of the Vedas[citation needed] and...
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Dravidian folk religion (category Hinduism)
of yoga. The worship of tutelary deities and sacred flora and fauna in Hinduism is also recognized as a survival of the pre-Vedic Dravidian religion. Dravidian...
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Vedic period (section Influence on Hinduism)
custodian of social order and the protector of rashtra (polity). Hereditary kingship started emerging and competitions like chariot races, cattle raids, and...
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God. In Hinduism, Brahman is often considered a monistic concept of God. God may also be given a proper name in monotheistic currents of Hinduism which...
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food after eating, both of which are considered to be impure in classical Hinduism. Matangi is represented as emerald green in colour. While Uchchhishta-Matangini...
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Uchchaihshravas (category Horses in Hinduism)
In Hinduism, Uchchaihshravas (Sanskrit: उच्चैःश्रवस्, IAST: Uccaiḥśravas) or (Sanskrit: उच्चैःश्रवा:, IAST: Uccaiḥśravāḥ), (lit. 'long-ears' or 'neighing...
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eighth century CE and was dedicated to Surya, the chief solar deity in Hinduism; Surya is also known by the Sanskrit-language synonym Martand (मार्तण्ड...
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