Satya Yuga (सत्य युग), also known as Krita Yuga (कलियुग), is the first and best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga…
Kali Yuga (कलियुग), in Hinduism, is the fourth, shortest, and worst of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga cycle, preceded by Dvapara Yuga and…
The Hanuman Chalisa (हनुमान चालीसा); Forty chaupais on Hanuman), is a Hindu devotional hymn (stotra) in praise of Hanuman and is popularly recited…
Svadharma (स्वधर्म) is a term (from sva: proper, and dharma: law, duty) which, in Hinduism, designates the responsibilities of an individual, according…
Pativrata (पतिव्रता) is a term used in Hinduism to refer to the conjugal fidelity of a woman towards her husband. It…
Gheranda Samhita (घेरंड संहिता) is a Sanskrit text of Yoga in Hinduism. It is one of the three classic texts of hatha yoga (the…
Shiva Samhita (शिव संहिता) is a Sanskrit text on yoga, written by an unknown author. The text consists of five…
A mudra (मुद्रा) is a symbolic or ritual gesture or pose in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. In hatha yoga, mudras are used with pranayama (yogic breathing…
Shatkarma (षटकर्म), also known as Shatkriya, is a set of Hatha yoga body purifications to prepare for the main work of yoga towards moksha (liberation). These…
The Goraksha Shataka (गोरक्ष शतक) is an early text on Haṭha yoga text from the 11th-12th century, attributed to the sage Gorakṣa.…