A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Savanna
This page describes Savanna which is located on page 263 of the third 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 “Savanna” according to 2 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Elephantology and its Ancient Sanskrit Sources [by Geetha N.]
Savanna elephant (Laxodonta Africana) and Forest Elephant (Laxodanta african cyclotis). Among them savanna elephant is the biggest mammal in the land. It has 3.5 to 4 metre height and about 7000 Kg weight. The lowest size cow elephant have 2.5 to 3 metre height and 3500-4000 Kg weight. In Africa about 60,000 elephants are seen....
Read full contents: Chapter 1 - Introduction
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda [by Madan Haloi]
In this manner, the entire savanna gets offered as libations Katyayana adds here that they make the libations pointing towards the west. These two cups are offered after having uttered the word vashat and with application of the yajush formula with each. Moreover, these two cups are offered in the other two soma pressings also. Sayana in this case mentions that the word vashat indicates the end of the yajya....
Read full contents: Part 5.2: Morning Soma pressing (pratahsavana)
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[Preface]