Narada Smriti (नारद स्मृति) is a part of the Dharmashastras, written about 2400 years ago in Nepal, in the Newari…
The phenomenon of Natha Yogis (नाथ योगी) the Nātha tradition is much more complex than described in this article. From…
The Yajnavalkya Smriti (याज्ञवल्क्य स्मृति) is one of the many Dharma-related texts of Hinduism composed in Sanskrit. It is dated between the 3rd to 5th-century…
Vishnu Smriti (विष्णु स्मृति) is one of the latest books of the Dharmaśāstra tradition in Hinduism and the only one which does not deal…
Purana (पुराण) is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other…
Advaita Vedanta (अद्वैत वेदान्त) is a Hindu Sadhana, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, and the oldest extant tradition of…
Sage Ashtavakra (ऋषि अष्टावक्र) or Ushtaavukruhu is a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism. His name literally means “eight deformities”, reflecting…
Brahman (ब्रह्मन्) in Hinduism connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality in the universe. In major schools of Hindu philosophy, it is…
The Katha Upanishad (कठोपनिषद् or कठ उपनिषद्) is one of the mukhya (primary) Upanishads, embedded in the last eight short sections of the Kaṭha school…
The Prashna Upanishad (प्रश्न उपनिषद) is an ancient Sanskrit text, embedded inside Atharvaveda, ascribed to Pippalada Sakha of Vedic scholars. It is…