Yajna (Sanskrit: यज्ञ, lit. 'sacrifice, devotion, worship, offering', IAST: yajña) in Hinduism refers to any ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often...
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Nimi (king) (section Nimi's yajña)
wait for him. The sage conducted Indra's yajña and rushed to preside at Nimi's yajña only to find that the yajña was already being conducted by Gautama...
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Yajna (Sanskrit: यज्ञ, Yajña) or Yajñeśvara (Sanskrit: यज्ञेश्वर, romanized: Yajñeśvara, lit. 'God of Sacrifices') is mentioned as an avatar of the Hindu...
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2013-07-23. Retrieved 2013-07-23. www.wisdomlib.org (2020-02-29). "Dakṣa's Yajña; Pārvatī's Birth etc. [Chapter 8]". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24...
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Virabhadra (section Daksha yajna)
Sati, Shiva's wife, immolated herself during the Daksha Yajña. The origin of the Daksha Yajña legend lies in Taittirīya Samhita 2.6.8, where Rudra(Later...
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Tajuria yajna yajna (north-western India) Tajuria yajna cato Druce, 1895 (Borneo) Tajuria yajna ellisi Evans, [1925] (Burma, Thailand) Tajuria yajna istroidea...
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the work extols the deity: deva rāja sevyamāna pāvanāṅghri paṅkajaṃ vyāla yajña sūtramindu śekharaṃ kṛpākaram nāradādi yogi vṛnda vanditaṃ digambaraṃ kāśikā...
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Yajna Sri Satakarni, also known as Gautamiputra Yajna Sri, was an Indian ruler of the Satavahana dynasty. He was the brother of Vashishtiputra Satakarni...
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Shakta pithas (section Daksha yajna)
participate in the yajna. All of them came for the yajna, and sat in the ceremonial place. Daksha came last. When he arrived, everyone in the yajna, with the exception...
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studying Vedanta and took the vow of sannyasa. He gave his first jñāna yajña, or lecture series about Hindu spirituality, in 1951, starting the work...
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Ashvamedha (redirect from Ashwamedha Yajna)
Pradesh on April 16 to 20, 1994. Such modern performances are Sattvika Yajnas where the animal is worshipped without killing it, the religious motivation...
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describes the symbolic creation of the four varna-s through cosmic sacrifice (yajña). Some scholars consider the Purusha Sukta to be a late interpolation into...
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Rajasuya (redirect from Rajasuya yajna)
Rajasuya (Sanskrit: राजसूय, romanized: Rājasūya, lit. 'king's sacrifice') is a śrauta ritual of the Vedic religion. It is ceremony that marks a consecration...
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marries Shiva against her father's wishes. Later, when Daksha organises a yajna (fire-sacrifice) in which he doesn't invite her and her husband, Sati goes...
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Atharvaveda. He is also said to have first instituted the fire-sacrifice or yajña. Sometimes he is also reckoned among the seven seers, the Saptarishi. His...
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We Shall All Be Healed (redirect from Palmcorder Yajna)
box with, at most, one or two backup vocalists or a bassist. "Palmcorder Yajna" (the primary single), when played in concert, is often played with the...
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Daksha (section Daksha Yajna)
various creatures. According to one legend, a resentful Daksha conducted a yajna (fire-sacrifice), and deliberately did not invite his youngest daughter...
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yajñopavīta, sāndhyā worship, that of the ancestors (pitṛ), the brahma-yajña, and the cleansing homa-sacrifice ('kūṣmāṇḍa-homa') are all treated in detail...
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of the Pandavas and received the kingdom of Anga. Before the ashvamedha yajna of Yudhishthira, he took part in Arjuna's battles against a number of kings...
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yajna was over. Varuna appeared in front of Kashyapa and told him that the cow was given to him as a boon, only for the yajna, and now that the yajna...
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in rituals since the Vedic period. It is a sacred requirement in Vedic yajña and homa (fire rituals), through the medium of Agni (fire) to offer oblations...
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practices include devotion (bhakti), worship (puja), sacrificial rites (yajña), and meditation (dhyāna) and yoga. The major Hindu denominations are Vaishnavism...
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insulted when her father Daksha deliberately did not invite Shiva to the great yajña "the fire sacrifice" he organized. Despite Shiva's refusal citing that they're...
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of Draupadi in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Dhrishtadyumna is born from a yajna (fire-sacrifice) organised by Drupada, who wanted a son capable of killing...
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the lord said after review in the factual position, “The division of the Yajña has already been made by the sons of Diti as well as the Suras. The due...
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charity Puja Ārtī Prarthana Śrauta Temple Murti Bhakti Japa Bhajana Kīrtana Yajna Homa Tarpana Vrata Prāyaścitta Tirtha Yatra Tirthadana Matha Nritta-Nritya...
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advised that the troubles of both kingdoms could only be alleviated by yajnas performed by a brahmin with powers that come from the observance of perfect...
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charity Puja Ārtī Prarthana Śrauta Temple Murti Bhakti Japa Bhajana Kīrtana Yajna Homa Tarpana Vrata Prāyaścitta Tirtha Yatra Tirthadana Matha Nritta-Nritya...
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Purusha Sukta (section Yajna)
created by and out of a Yajna or exchange of the Purusha. All forms of existence are held to be grounded in this primordial yajna. In the seventeenth verse...
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Agni who was offered the yajna to be all-devouring and the priests officiating the yajna to be poor. Endowed by the powers of yajna, Gayatri diluted Savitri's...
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