Markandeya Purana, the Glossary

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1. 70 relations: Adi Shankara, Advaita Vedanta, Śrāddha, Bhagavad Gita, Bhakti, Brahman, Cambridge University Press, Chandi, Chandi Charitar I, Chandi Di Var, Creator deity, Dadhimati Mata Temple, Dasam Granth, Dattatreya, Devi, Devi Bhagavata Purana, Devi Mahatmya, Devi Upanishad, Dharma, Durga, Durga Puja, Epigraphia Indica, F. E. Pargiter, Garh Jungle, Hindu mythology, Hindu texts, Hinduism, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, J. A. B. van Buitenen, Jaimini, Jnana yoga, Karma, Kurma Purana, Ludo Rocher, Mahabharata, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Manuscript, Manusmriti, Manvantara, Markandeya, Metaphysics, Moksha, Naradiya Purana, Narmada River, Nepal, Odisha, Palm-leaf manuscript, Puranas, Saṃsāra, Sanskrit, ... Expand index (20 more) »

Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (lit), was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher (acharya) of Advaita Vedanta.

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Advaita Vedanta

Advaita Vedanta (अद्वैत वेदान्त) is a Hindu tradition of textual exegesis and philosophy and a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience.

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Śrāddha

In Hinduism, Śrāddha (श्राद्ध), is the ritual that one performs to pay homage to one's pitṛs, especially to one's dead parents.

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Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita (translit-std), often referred to as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture, which is part of the epic Mahabharata.

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Bhakti

Bhakti (भक्ति; Pali: bhatti) is a term common in Indian religions which means attachment, fondness for, devotion to, trust, homage, worship, piety, faith, or love.

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Brahman

In Hinduism, Brahman (ब्रह्मन्; IAST: Brahman) connotes the highest universal principle, the Ultimate Reality of the universe.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Chandi

Chandi (चण्डी) or Chandika is a Hindu deity. Markandeya Purana and Chandi are Shaktism.

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Chandi Charitar I

Chandi Charitar Ukti Bilas or Chandi Charitar Ukat(i) Bilas (lit, pronunciation), also called Chandi Charitar 1 (ਚੰਡੀ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ (ਭਾਗ ੧)) or Chandi Charitar Part One is a heroic poetic composition, included as the 4th chapter of Dasam Granth, whose authorship is generally and traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.

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Chandi Di Var

Chandi Di Var also known as Vaar Durga Ki is a composition written by Guru Gobind Singh, included in the 5th chapter of Dasam Granth.

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Creator deity

A creator deity or creator god is a deity responsible for the creation of the Earth, world, and universe in human religion and mythology.

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Dadhimati Mata Temple

Dadhimati Mata Temple is a Hindu Temple of the goddess Dadhimati, located between the villages of Goth and Manglod in the Jayal tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan, India.

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Dasam Granth

The Dasam Granth (Gurmukhi: ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ dasama gratha) is a collection of various poetic compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.

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Dattatreya

Dattatreya (दत्तात्रेय), Dattā or Dattaguru, is a paradigmatic Sannyasi (monk) and one of the lords of yoga, venerated as a Hindu god.

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Devi

Devī (Sanskrit: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is ''deva''.

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Devi Bhagavata Purana

The Devi Bhagavata Purana (देवी भागवतपुराणम्), also known as the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam or simply Devi Bhagavatam, is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas of Hinduism. Markandeya Purana and Devi Bhagavata Purana are Puranas and Shaktism.

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Devi Mahatmya

The Devi Mahatmya or Devi Mahatmyam (Goddess) is a Hindu philosophical text describing the Goddess, known as Mahadevi or Adishakti, as the supreme power and creator of the universe. Markandeya Purana and Devi Mahatmya are Puranas and Shaktism.

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Devi Upanishad

The Devi Upanishad (Sanskrit:देवी उपनिषत्), is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism and a text composed in Sanskrit. Markandeya Purana and Devi Upanishad are Shaktism.

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Dharma

Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), among others.

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Durga

Durga (दुर्गा) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi. Markandeya Purana and Durga are Shaktism.

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Durga Puja

Durga Puja (ISO), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsav, is an annual festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga, and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasura. Markandeya Purana and Durga Puja are Shaktism.

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Epigraphia Indica

Epigraphia Indica was the official publication of Archaeological Survey of India from 1882 to 1977.

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F. E. Pargiter

Frederick Eden Pargiter (1852–18 February 1927) was a British civil servant and Orientalist.

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Garh Jungle

Garh Jungle is an important place in Hindu mythology, especially Shakta.

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Hindu mythology

Hindu mythology is the body of myths attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana) the Puranas, and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and ''Divya Prabandham'', and the Mangal Kavya of Bengal.

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Hindu texts

Hindu texts or Hindu scriptures are manuscripts and voluminous historical literature which are related to any of the diverse traditions within Hinduism.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration

The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanisation of Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages.

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J. A. B. van Buitenen

Johannes Adrianus Bernardus van Buitenen (21 May 1928 – 21 September 1979) was a Dutch Indologist at the University of Chicago where he was the George V. Bobrinskoy Professor of Sanskrit in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations.

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Jaimini

Jaimini was an ancient Indian scholar who founded the Mīmāṃsā school of Hindu philosophy.

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Jnana yoga

Jnana yoga, also known as the jnana marga, is one of the three classical paths (margas) for moksha (liberation) in Hinduism, which emphasizes the "path of knowledge", also known as the "path of self-realization".

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Karma

Karma (from कर्म,; italic) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences.

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Kurma Purana

The Kurma Purana (IAST: Kūrma Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, and a medieval era Vaishnavism text of Hinduism. Markandeya Purana and Kurma Purana are Puranas.

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Ludo Rocher

Ludo Rocher (1926–2016) was an eminent Sanskrit scholar, and the W. Norman Brown Professor Emeritus of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, formerly Baroda College, is a public university in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

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Manuscript

A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way.

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Manusmriti

The Manusmṛti (मनुस्मृति), also known as the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or the Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitutions among the many of Hinduism.

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Manvantara

A manvantara, in Hindu cosmology, is a cyclic period of time identifying the duration, reign, or age of a Manu, the progenitor of mankind.

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Markandeya

Markandeya (translit) is a rishi (sage) featured in Hindu literature.

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Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality.

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Moksha

Moksha (मोक्ष), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release.

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Naradiya Purana

The Naradiya Purana (नारदीय पुराण) or Narada Purana (नारद पुराण), are two Vaishnavism texts written in Sanskrit language. Markandeya Purana and Naradiya Purana are Puranas.

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Narmada River

The Narmada River, previously also known as Narbada or anglicised as Nerbudda, is the 5th longest river in India and overall the longest west-flowing river in the country.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Odisha

Odisha (English), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India.

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Palm-leaf manuscript

Palm-leaf manuscripts are manuscripts made out of dried palm leaves.

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Puranas

Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.

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Saṃsāra

Saṃsāra (Devanagari: संसार) is a Pali and Sanskrit word that means "wandering" as well as "world," wherein the term connotes "cyclic change" or, less formally, "running around in circles." Saṃsāra is referred to with terms or phrases such as transmigration/reincarnation, karmic cycle, or Punarjanman, and "cycle of aimless drifting, wandering or mundane existence".

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Savitribai Phule Pune University

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), formerly the University of Pune, is a public state university located in the city of Pune, India.

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Shakti

Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; 'energy, ability, strength, effort, power, might, capability') in Hinduism, is the "Universal Power" that underlies and sustains all existence. Markandeya Purana and Shakti are Shaktism.

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Shaktism

Shaktism (translit-std) is a major Hindu denomination in which the godhead or metaphysical reality is considered metaphorically to be a woman.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.

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Sikhism

Sikhism, also known as Sikhi (ਸਿੱਖੀ,, from translit), is a monotheistic religion and philosophy, that originated in the Punjab region of India around the end of the 15th century CE.

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State University of New York

The State University of New York (SUNY) is a system of public colleges and universities in the State of New York.

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SUNY Press

The State University of New York Press (more commonly referred to as the SUNY Press) is a university press affiliated with the State University of New York system.

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Surath

Suratha was a Hindu Kayastha Chaitra Dynasty emperor of the ancient Balipura or Bolpur.

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Surya

Surya (सूर्य) is the SunDalal, p. 399 as well as the solar deity in Hinduism.

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Temple University

Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Tripura Upanishad

The Tripura Upanishad (त्रिपुरा उपनिषद्., IAST: Tripurā Upaniṣad) is a medieval era minor Upanishad of Hinduism.

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University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina (USC, South Carolina, or Carolina) is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Vayu Purana

The Vayu Purana (वायुपुराण) is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hinduism. Markandeya Purana and Vayu Purana are Puranas.

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Vedas

The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India.

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Vindhya Range

The Vindhya Range (also known as Vindhyachal) is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west-central India.

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Vishnu

Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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Vishnu Purana

The Viṣṇu Purāṇa (विष्णुपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism. Markandeya Purana and Vishnu Purana are Puranas.

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Wendy Doniger

Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (born November 20, 1940) is an American Indologist whose professional career has spanned five decades.

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West Bengal

West Bengal (Bengali: Poshchim Bongo,, abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India.

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Yoga

Yoga (lit) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind (Chitta) and mundane suffering (Duḥkha).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markandeya_Purana

Also known as Markendeya Purana, Mārkandeya Purana.

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