Sanatana dharma

  A belief widely attested to in the folklore and literature of India is that at the moment of birth, or on the night of the sixth day after birth, a god or god-dess comes to write the destiny of the newborn child on its forehead. The destiny so inscribed often takes the form of a set of verses indicating the most important features of a person’s life: the kind of birth (that is, what caste and family they are born into), length of life, work occupation, level of poverty or affluence, and so forth. Several Indian languages have expressions for this writing on the forehead:  talaiyeḻuttu (“headwriting”) and talaiviti (“head-fate”) in Tamil; haṇeli barediddu (“what’s written on the forehead”) and haṇebareha (“the writing on the fore-head”) in Kannada; and phālalikhita (“what’s written on the forehead”) in San-skrit (Ramanujan 1991b, 40). Sometimes the image of writing on the forehead is condensed: either the writing is not mentioned, as in the references to kŏpāl (from the Sansk...

  What is Sanatan Dharma? Sanatan Dharma  (that's what it's really called, Hinduism is a foreign given name) literally translates to  Eternal Law . This is primarily the Law of every How, What, Why you may come up with including prominent ones like: How Creation comes about and what is its purpose? What is even the Creation, Who created it and how does it work? Who am I and why am I even here? Why do I have to die and suffer? What are the core beliefs of Hinduism and how can I practice or go about it? Namaste!! (means I salute the Real One in you) The basic idea of Sanatan Dharma (Hinduism) is that behind all the diversity of  name & form (called  Naama-Roopa)  in the Creation (including the un-observable part of the universe), there's One entity alone (who we call Brahman). Brahman is by definition is the material and the intelligent cause of the creation. He/She/It is The Creator, The Maintainer and The Agent of dissolution of these things (and non th...

The Bharatas were an early Vedic tribe that existed in the latter half of the second millennium B.C.E. The earliest mentioned location of the Bharatas was on the Sarasvatī River. Led by the tribal king Divodāsa, the Bharatas moved through the Hindu Kush mountains and defeated Śambara. Divodāsa's descendant, Sudās, won the Battle of the Ten Kings against a Pūru-led coalition, after which the initial compilation of hymns of the R̥gveda was carried out.[citation needed] After the battle, the Bharatas and other Pūru clans eventually formed the Kuru kingdom, which was the first attested state in Indian history. Name meaning The name Bharata is of Indo-Aryan and Indo-Iranian origin, meaning "bearers" or "carriers". History Two Bharatas, Devaśravas Bhārata and Devavāta Bhārata, are mentioned as living near the Āpayā, Sarasvatī and Dr̥ṣadvatī rivers. Devavāta's son, Sṛñjaya Daivavāta, defeated the Turvaśas, and is mentioned alongside Abhyāvartin Cāyamāna who defeate...

  During the Vedic period of ancient India (c. 1500–600 BCE), the main tribes were the Indo-Aryan peoples, including the Bharatas, Purus, Yadu, Turvasu, and Druhyu, often referred to collectively as the Pancha Janas (Five Tribes). The Puru clan, particularly the Bharatas, were prominent figures in the Rigveda, eventually forming the Kuru kingdom. Other notable groups mentioned in Vedic texts include the Anu, Alinas, Bhalanas, Matsya, and Parsu.  Key Vedic TribesPuru: A major tribal confederation, with the Bharata sub-clan being especially significant in the Rigveda. Bharatas: An important Indo-Aryan clan, located along the Sarasvati River and famously led by King Sudās in the Battle of the Ten Kings. Yadu, Turvasu, Druhyu, and Anu: These were other important clans, sometimes collectively called the Pancha Janas or Five Tribes. Kuru: A powerful kingdom formed from the merger of the Bharata clan and other Pūru clans, marking a significant political development in ...

  Mleccha (Sanskrit: म्लेच्छ, romanized: mlecchá) is a Sanskrit term referring to those of an incomprehensible speech, outgroup, foreigners or invaders deemed distinct and separate from the Vedic tribes.  In Vedic Brahmanical discourse, the term is used to refer to anāryans (non-aryan) who are considered outside the realm of Āryāvarta. Mleccha was traditionally applied to denote foreigners or outsiders who did not belong to the Vedic cultural milieu, regardless of their race or skin colour.  These individuals were considered outside the Varna system and the ritualistic framework of Vedic society. Historical sources identify various groups as mlecchas, including the Śākas, Huns, Chinese, Yavanas, Kambojas, Pahlavas, Bahlikas, Rishikas, and Daradaiî Other groups designated as mlecchas include the Barbaras, Kiratas, Paradas, Parasika kingdom, Indo-Greeks, Pulindas, and Scythians. Further identifications include the Kushans, Kinnaras, Tusharas, and Nishadas. The designation f...

    The best way to understand this question is from the Gita. You know that Atman is eternal, always was there, is currently present and will be in the future. Atman is thus timeless and also spaceless. Upanishadic verses like this one describe this अणोर् - अणीयान् महतो महीयान् आत्मा गुहायां निहितोस्य जन्तोः Katha 1.2.20 Smaller than the atom, and yet larger than the largest, the Atman is hidden within beings. On the other hand, Shri Krishna says this about Jiva. अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्। 7.5 O mighty armed, this is aparaa prakriti, but besides that know My paraa prakriti, which is jiva-bhutaa (jiva-fied) , and by whom this creation is held. Paraa prakriti is Divine Mother. Aparaa prakriti is nature in the eight-fold primeval forms. Prakriti is nature as we see her. Since Divine Mother holds the creation ( यया इदं धार्यते जगत् ), she is called jagat-dhaatri, and this is one of the forms of Divine Mother...

  Ātman  ( / ˈ ɑː t m ə n / ;  Sanskrit :  आत्मन् ) in Hinduism is the true, innermost essence or  self  of a living being, conceived as eternal and unchanging. [ note 1 ]  Atman is conceptually closely related to the individual self,  Jīvātman , which persists across  multiple bodies and lifetimes , but different from the self-image or ego ( Ahamkara ), the emotional aspect of the  mind  ( Citta ), and the bodily or natural aspects ( prakṛti ). The term is often translated as  soul , [ note 2 ]  but is better translated as "Self" [ 1 ]  or essence. To attain  moksha (liberation), a human being must acquire self-knowledge ( Atma Gyaan  or  Brahmajnana ). The six orthodox schools of  Indian philosophy  have different views on what this self is. In Samkhya and Yoga, which call the essence  purusha , and in Advaita Vedanta, the essence is pure consciousness or witness-consciousness ( sakshi ...

  Purusha Article   Talk Language Watch Edit Purusha  ( Sanskrit :  पुरुष ,  IAST :  Puruṣa ) is a complex concept [ 1 ] whose meaning evolved in  Vedic  and  Upanishadic  times. Depending on source and historical timeline, it means the  cosmic being  or  self ,  awareness , and universal principle. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 3 ] In early Vedas,  Purusha  was a cosmic being whose sacrifice by the gods created all life. [ 4 ]  This was one of many  creation myths discussed in the Vedas. In the Upanishads, the  Purusha  concept refers to the abstract essence of the Self, Spirit and the Universal Principle that is eternal, indestructible, without form, and all-pervasive. [ 4 ] In  Samkhya philosophy ,  Purusha  is the plural immobile cosmic principle, pure consciousness, unattached and unrelated to anything, which is "nonactive, unchanging, eternal, and pure". [ 5 ] Purusha  uniting w...