tapas (In Hinduism

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• tapas — (tapasya)    Tapas (heat) or tapasya is a concept of great importance in Hindu practices of austerity. The word refers to the sacred heat that is generated by bodily mortifications and ascetic denial. Tapas confers wondrous powers and abilities… …   Encyclopedia of Hinduism

• Tapas (Sanskrit) — Tapas ( tápas ) in Sanskrit means heat . In Vedic religion and Hinduism, it is used figuratively, denoting spiritual suffering, mortification or austerity, and also the spiritual ecstasy of a yogin or tāpasá (a Vrddhi derivative meaning a… …   Wikipedia

• tapas — /tup euhs/, n. Yoga. the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power. [1930 35; < Skt: penance, lit., heat] * * *… …   Universalium

• Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …   Universalium

• Varna (Hinduism) — Varna ( sa. वर्ण IAST|varṇa ) is a Sanskrit term derived from the root IAST2| vṛ meaning to enclose . [ M. Mayrhofer, Etymological Dictionary II 518] In historical Indic traditions the varna and caste systems are not the same system, although… …   Wikipedia

• Shivabalayogi — (b. 24 January 1935. d. 28 March 1994) is a God realized master of meditation in the tradition of the ancient and modern yogis of India. He attained Self realization through twelve years of particularly difficult tapas (spiritual austerities),… …   Wikipedia

• asceticism — /euh set euh siz euhm/, n. 1. the manner of life, practices, or principles of an ascetic. 2. the doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self denial, self mortification, and the like. 3. rigorous self… …   Universalium

• Asceticism — Not to be confused with Aestheticism. Ascetic redirects here. It is not to be confused with Acetic. Asceticism (from the Greek: ἄσκησις, áskēsis, exercise or training ) describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of… …   Wikipedia

• Surya namaskara chapter — The Sūrya namaskāra chapter is the first chapter in the Taittirīya Āranyaka of Krishna Yajur Veda. It is so called because it has been used, for probably several centuries, almost by every South Indian Hindu Brahmin household for worship of the… …   Wikipedia

• Shiva — For other uses, see Shiva (disambiguation). Shiva A statue de …   Wikipedia

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