A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Sayana
This page describes Sayana which is located on pages 265-266 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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Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: शयन-नगरे संस्थां करिष्यति सहानुगः श्री-गुरोर् आज्ञया तत्र सामग्रीं साधनैः सह shayana-nagare samstham karishyati sahanugah shri-guror ajnaya tatra samagrim sadhanaih saha shayana-nagare—in Sayana-nagara; samstham—situation; karishyati—will do; sahanugah—with followers; shri-guroh—of his guru; ajnaya—by the order; tatra—there; samagrim—things; sadhanaih—spiritual practices; saha—with....
Read full contents: Verse 5.24.89
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Sayana, in explaining the next verse, 1. 17.2, says that it is a prayer to dhamanis. This verse runs as follows: “Thou (Sayana says ‘thou shira ) of the lower part, remain (i.e. ‘cease from letting out blood, as Sayana says), so thou of the upper part remain, so thou of the middle part, so thou small, so thou the big dhamani.” In the third verse both the hiras and dhamanis are mentioned....
Read full contents: Part 3 - Organs in the Atharva-veda and Ayurveda
Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature [by Anindita Adhikari]
p. 463. (* 8) Rigveda, 1. 116. 12. (* 9) Commentary of Sayana on Rigveda, 1. 116. 12, pp. 719-720. (* 10) ibid. ,1. 117. 22. (* 11) Wilson, H. H: Rigveda Samhita. Vol. 1. pp. 193-194. (* 12) Commentary of Sayana on ibid. ,1. 117. 22, p. 739. (* 13) Tvashta is a Vedic god related to the sun, the moon and fire. He is known as the revealer of forms (rupa-vikarta), the keeper of the divine honey....
Read full contents: Samhita (2): Horse-headed sage Dadhyanc Atharvan
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