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Religious observance means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Religious Observances are denoted by the Sanskrit term Vrata, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Putting on ochre garments, carrying a skull, plucking out clumps of hair, maintaining non-vedic religious observances (pāṣaṇḍa-vrata), ashes, ascetic clothing and matted locks, behaving as if mad, [the ascetic practice of] nakedness, [studying] the Vedas, Tantras and so on and the meeting [of learned people] for [reciting] poetry in the assembly: All [this] is exertion for the sake of filling one's stomach and is not the cause of the highest good. [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
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Full-text (+396): Vrata, Niyama, Vrataruci, Induvrata, Sauranakta, Shambara, Nakta, Dharmanishpatti, Upadhana, Vana, Nirvrata, Devatala, Sandigdhamati, Mahanamnivrata, Brahmavrata, Saniyama, Diksa, Mahavrata, Vratadharana, Devavrata.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 484 < [Gujarati-Hindi-English, Volume 3]
Page 135 < [Hindi-Kashmiri-English Volume 2]
Page 151 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 2]
Historical Sacral Objects as Places of Prayer—But Not Only < [Volume 15, Issue 5 (2024)]
Hidden Corners: Religious Beliefs in Chinese Prisons < [Volume 15, Issue 5 (2024)]
Religious Observance and Well-Being among Israeli Jewish Adults < [Volume 4, Issue 4 (2013)]
Buddhist Ceremonies and Rituals of Sri Lanka (by A. G. S. Kariyawasam)
Thirty minor Upanishads (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
Narada Parivrajaka Upanishad of Atharvaveda, Chapter VI
Varaha Upanishad of Krishna-Yajurveda, Chapter V
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 22 - Duties of Householders (Gṛhin or Gṛhastha) < [Section 9 - Vāsudeva-māhātmya]
Chapter 28 - Eminence of sitting awake on the twelfth day in worship of Viṣṇu < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Chapter 24 - Kṛṣṇa’s boon and the account of Candra Śarmā (Candraśarman) < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 3.4 - The Threefold Yoga < [Chapter 3 - Introduction to the Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya]