A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - God
This page describes God which is located on page 644 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 “God” according to 248 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Nyayakusumanjali of Udayana (study) [by Sri Ramen Bhadra]
God has attained everything and all prosperity belongs to him. In fact, there is no purpose on the part of God which may be satisfied by the creation of the world. Hence God cannot be an agent, because God has no purpose to be fulfilled. As against this position Udayana says that the opponent tries to prove by inference that there can be no agent-hood in God. The inferable property here is absence of agent-hood and the subject of inference (paksha) is God....
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
devotee is he whose heart is held directly by God and holds within it in bonds of love the lotus-feet of God....
Read full contents: Part 5 - Nature of bhakti
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) [by Makarand Gopal Newalkar]
In the bhakti also, prapatti (complete surrender to God) is said to be the best one. Worship of God is of five types– Abhigamana–Cleaning the path of temple etc. Upadana -Collecting the materials such as flowers etc. for worship, Ijya–Worshipping the God, Svadhyaya–Reciting the Prayers of God being attentive of its meaning, Yoga–Meditation of God. After the attainment of moksha, God gives the place to a devotee for residing in the heaven....
Read full contents: Concept of Moksha according to Vishishtadvaita Darshana
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