The Prashna Upanishad (प्रश्न उपनिषद) is an ancient Sanskrit text, embedded inside Atharvaveda, ascribed to Pippalada Sakha of Vedic scholars. It is…
tttIItThe Garbha Upanishad (गर्भ उपनिषद), or Garbhopanishad (Garbhopaniṣad), is one of the minor Upanishads, listed number 17 in the modern anthology of 108…
The Upanishads (उपनिषद्) are late Vedic Sanskrit texts that supplied the basis of later Hindu philosophy. They are the most recent part of the Vedas, the…
The Atharvaveda (अथर्ववेद) is the “knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life”. The text is the fourth Veda and is a late…
The Yajurveda (यजुर्वेद Yajur meaning “worship”, and Veda meaning “knowledge”) is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text,…
The Vedas (वेद) is a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer…
Shiva (शिव), also known as Mahadeva (महादेव), is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions…
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga (अष्टांग विनयसा योग) is a style of yoga as exercise popularized by K. Pattabhi Jois during the…
Pranayama is the yogic practice of focusing on the breath. In Sanskrit, prana means “vital life force”, and Yama means to gain control. In yoga, breath…