A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Bhutagana
This page describes Bhutagana which is located on page 312 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 “Bhutagana” according to 3 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Chaitanya Bhagavata [by Bhumipati Dasa]
shri-krishna-caitanya-name vimukha ye jana nishcaya janiha sei papi bhuta-gana || 72 || English translation: (72) Know for certain that anyone who is averse to chanting the name of Shri Krishna Caitanya is a sinful, ghostly-haunted person. Commentary: Gaudiya-bhashya by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura:Among human beings, those unfortunate people who out of envy do not display any inclination for the service of Shri Krishna Caitanya are sinful and ghostly-haunted. There is no doubt about this....
Read full contents: Verse 3.1.72
Significance of the Moon in Ancient Civilizations [by Radhakrishnan. P]
[. . . ] If it is deduct or add the Bhutagana there is no change in the form of Achyuta who is Omnipresent. In that way, if we deduct or add to infinite (Khahara), there will not be any change in it. Astrologists opined that the zero was used in geometry firstly established by Brahmagupta in his Brhamgupta Sidhanta (628AD) which was further followed by Bhaskara....
Read full contents: 2. Upanishad Shantimatra and Result of Karma
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
‘Putam is Bhuta gana. ‘Paritam is traced by the Tamil Lexicon to ‘Parisada , an attendant of God; perhaps, it is better to trace to the form ‘parsa connected with ‘parsada , ‘parsati (Durga) in which case the derivation can be easily explained on the analogy of ‘Arsha becoming ‘Aritam in Tamil. The meaning of goblin or a demon is clear in the Sanskrit word. It may also be a Tamil word but the derivation is not clear....
Read full contents: The Pey, Putam and Paritam (different sorts of Ganas, attendants)
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