A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Calendar
This page describes Calendar which is located on page 394 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 “Calendar” according to 23 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Significance of the Moon in Ancient Civilizations [by Radhakrishnan. P]
The earliest formal calendar in Mesopotamia was probably the Sumerian lunar calendar. The lunar calendar required intercalation with insertion of days or other portions of time in calendars and was later improved by the Babylonian priests. They interpolated the months according to an 8-year cycle when they would add 3 extra months. The calendar months started with the direct observation of a new crescent moon at dusk....
Read full contents: 7. The Calanders
Puranic encyclopaedia [by Vettam Mani]
The calendar shows which are the planets standing in each zodiac and how far they have travelled at a particular time in that particular zodiac. When a particular zodiac is in a particular region of the earth, a man born in that region is said to be born in that zodiac. When a particular place faces the zodiac of Mesha the child which takes birth in that place is said to be born in the zodiac of Mesha. The zodiac of birth is given the name Lagna by astronomers....
Read full contents: Story of Jyotisha
Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) [by Nidheesh Kannan B.]
Erogenous zones, days according to lunar calendar on which the women can be sexually excited etc. are subjected to treat in the second pariccheda. Classification of both men and women as per the size of sexual organs and the nine types of sexual union are described in the third pariccheda. Fourth pariccheda deals with the classification of women on the basis of their age, nature and mental attitude....
Read full contents: 2. Works on Kamashastra (a): Ratirahasya
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