A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Nilakantha
This page describes Nilakantha which is located on page 416 of the second 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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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) [by Shri Shrimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja]
In this way, Shri Bhagavan adorned Shri Shiva by the name of Nila-kantha, “the dark, bluethroated one.” Is this not clearly a sign that Bhagavan increased the glories of his disciplic line by this ceremonious act? Shri Bhagavan did not perform the act personally but accomplished it through his devotee, in this way spreading the munificent glories of his devotee throughout the world....
Read full contents: Verse 1.2.89-90
List of Mahabharata people and places [by Laxman Burdak]
(nilakantha, नीलकण्ठ) (IX.44.99),(IX.44.103), Nili (nili, नीली) (I.89.28), (1.94), Nimesha (nimesha, निमेष) (I.28.19), Nimi (nimi, निमि)(XIII.116.68), (XIII.115), Nimnagama (nimnagama, निम्नगाम) (R) (VI.10.15), Nipa (II.46.21, II.46.21),(V.72.13), Niriti (nirriti, निरृति) (I.60.2), (1.66),(I.60.51), (1.66), Nirmansavaktra (nirmamsa vaktra, निर्मांस वक्त्र) (IX.44.92), Nirmitra (niramitra, निरमित्र) (I.90.86), (1.95), Nirmochana (C, C) (निर्मोचन) (V.128.43) Nirudara (nirudara, निरूदर) (IX.44.92), Nishadha...
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Hindu Pluralism [by Elaine M. Fisher]
Such memory is echoed by many of Nilakantha s latter-day descendants as well, who remember the pioneering theological duo of Appayya and Nilakantha as incarnations of Shiva and the goddess, respectively. When visiting the ancestral agrahara of Nilakantha s family, Palamadai, which was said to have been granted to him by Tirumalai Nayaka himself, a member of Nilakantha s family, P. Subrahmanyam, stated the following: We are descendants of the great sage Bharadvaja....
Read full contents: The Public Theologians of Early Modern South India
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