A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Ayyappan
This page describes Ayyappan which is located on page 230 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Ayyappan” according to 2 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Puranic encyclopaedia [by Vettam Mani]
The king told Ayyappan about it.Ayyappan went into the forest and returned to the palace with many she-leopards. He rode a tiger leading the leopards. People in the royal court were frightened by the sight of the leopards. The King realised that Ayyappan was not an ordinary person. Being questioned about him by the King, Ayyappan replied that God was his father and the whole world his home. As he did not like to live any further with tale-bearers and conspirators he returned to Kerala....
Read full contents: Story of Shabarimala
Elephantology and its Ancient Sanskrit Sources [by Geetha N.]
They are: Guruvayur Padmanabhan Thechikkottukavu Ganapati Mangalamkunnu Ganapati Pambadi Rajan Thiruvambadi Shivashankaran Mangalamkunnu Karnan Bastyan Vinaya Shankar Erattupetta Ayyappan Ezhuthacchan Shrinivasan Malayaliappuzha Rajan Kodungallur Gireeshan Mangalamkunnu Ayyappan Guruvayur Valiyakeshavan Kuttamkulangara Ramadasan Thirunakkara Shivan Thrikkatavoor Shivaraju Puthankulam Ananthapadmanabhan Shenayi Chandrashekaharan Kuttamkulangara Arjunan Chirakkal Kalidasan Pallathamkulangara Gireeshan...
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