Hinduism (idea)

Hinduism

Deities:

• Advaita
• Agni
• Brahma
• Chaitanya (1485-1553 C.E.)
• Dewi Sri
• Durga / Shakti
• Ganesh
• Gaura-Nitai
• Hanuman
• Jagannatha
• Kali
• Lakshmi
• Krishna
• Narayan
• Nityananda
• Nrisimha
• Radha-Krsna
• Rama (Parashurama, Balarama, Ramachandra)
• Saraswati
• Shiva
• Vishnu (see: Incarnations of Vishnu)
• (also see avatar(a)s)

Hindu Scriptures:

• (separate node)
• Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu
• Bhagavad Gita
• Brahma-samhita
• Caitanya-caritamrita
• Mahabharata
• Manah-siksha
• Kama Sutra (the Kama-sastra)
• Puranas
• the Rayamana
• Srimad Bhagavatam
• Upadeshamrita (Nectar of Instruction)
• the Upanishads
• the Vedas

Traditions/Lineages:

• Shaivism
• Vaishnavism:
  • Gaudiya Vaishnava:
    • Gaudiya Matha
    • Hare Krishna
    • ISKCON
  • Vaishnava Calendar
  • Vaishnavite Dynasties
  • Vaishnava Festivals
  • Vaishnava Songs

Gurus/Teachers/Personalities:

• Alvars:
  1. Poygai Alvar
  2. Putattalvar
  3. Peyalvar
  4. Tirumalisai Alvar
  5. Nammalvar
  6. Kulasekharalvar (King Kulasekhara; see Kula Shaker)
  7. Periyalvar
  8. Tondaradippodi Alvar
  9. Panalvar
  10. Tirumangai Alvar
• Anandamayi Ma (Nirmala Sundari; 1896-1983)
• Aurobindo Ghose (1872-1950)
• Baladeva Vidyabhusana (18th century)
• Bhakti Raksaka Sridhar (1895-1988)
• Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874-1937)
• Bhaktivinode Thakura (1838-1914)
• Bhaskara (9th century)
• Swami Dayananda Saraswati (Mula Sankara; 1824-83)
• Devananda
• Gangamata
• the Gopis
• Gour Govinda Swami
• Govinda Ghosh
• Haridasa Thakura
• Jagadisa Pandita
• Krishnaprem Vairagi (1898-1965)
• Madhvacarya (1238-1317)
• Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
• the Maharish Mahesh Yogi / Maharishi
• Ma Jñanananda (1931-)
• Narottama dasa Thakura
• Nimbarka (11th century)
• the Pañca-tattva:
  1. Caitanya
  2. Nityanda
  3. Advaita
  4. Gadadhara
  5. Srivasa
• Prabhupada (A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada; 1896-1977)
• Ramakrishna (1834-1886
• Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950)
• Ram Mohan Roy (1772-1833)
• Ramanuja (1017-1137)
• Sankara (788-820)
• Saranga Thakura
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975)
• Satya Sai Baba (1926-) - claims to be a reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba
• Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
• the Six Gosvamis:
  1. Rupa (1494-1564)
  2. Sanatana (1488-1588)
  3. Raghunatha dasa (1495-1571)
  4. Gopala Bhatta (1503-1578)
  5. Raghunatha Bhatta (1505-1579) and
  6. Jiva (1513-1598)
  plus Lokanatha and Krishnadasa Kaviraja
• Srikantha (13th century)
• Sripati (13th century)
• Tripurari Swami (1949-)
• Vallabha (1473-1531)
• Vasudeva Ghosh
• Vijñanabhikshu (16th century)
• Vishvanatha Cakravati Thakura
• Vivekananda (1863-1903)
• Vrndavana dasa Thakura

Hierarchy/off-shoots:

• Philosophy:
  • astika (orthodox) - sad-darsana:
    1. nyaya
    2. vaiseshika
    3. samkhya
    4. yoga
    5. purva mimamsa (also just mimamsa)
    6. uttara mimamsa (also called vedanta)
  • Patanjali Yoga
  • nastika (unorthodox):
    • Buddhism
    • Carvaka
    • Jainism
• Vedanta:
  • separate node
  • Monism: Advaita Vedanta
  • Qualified Monism: Vishistadvaita Vedanta
  • Dualism: Dvaita Vedanta
• The bhakti (devotional) schools:
  • Shaiva-Siddhanta
  • Vira-Shaiva
  • 4 Vaisnava sampradayas:
    1. Madhva (Brahma Sampradaya)
    2. Nimbarka (Kumara Sampradaya)
    3. Sri Vaishnava (Sri Sampradaya, Ramanuja)
       • the Alvars
    4. Vallabhacarya (Rudra Sampradaya, Vishnuwami)
    + Gaudiya (Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya)
    • Gaudiya Matha
    • Hare Krishna
    • ISKCON
• Arya Samaj
• Brahmo Samaj
• Disciplic Succession

Expressions/ideas:

• achintya-bhedabheda-tattva
• ashtakaliya-lila
• ahimsa (anti-violence)
• chakras, kundalini
• Dharma (righteousness/the Law)
• diksha
• Eight aratis
• Eight Effects of the Holy Name
• Gunas (the modes of nature)
• guru (the teacher)
• Four Regulative Principles
• Hindu Fours
• Kama (desire)
• lingam / yoni
• mandala
• Moksha (release)
• rasa (types of relationship with God)
• ritvik (initiation by proxy)
• Samsara (wheel of birth and death; reincarnation)
• Sannyasa (renunciation)
• Sexual Morality in the Puranas
• shakti
• siksha
• Siddha/siddhi (perfection)
• svadharma (personal law)
• Swami/Babaji (a renunciate)
• Ten Offences against the Holy Name
• The Four Hindu Aims of Life
• The 5 Hindu Elements
• varnashrama dharma (social organisation):
  • 4 ashramas (The Four Hindu Stages of Life):
    1. brahmacari
    2. grihasta
    3. vanaprastha
    4. sannyasa
  • 4 varnas (The Four Hindu Castes):
    1. brahmana
    2. kshatriya
    3. vaishya
    4. shudra
       + nihsprsya, the "Harijans", or "Dalits"
    (see also: caste system)
• Yoga:
  • Bhakti-yoga (of Devotion)
  • Dhyana-yoga (of Meditation)
  • hatha-yoga (exercise; of form)
  • Jnana-yoga (of Knowledge)
  • Karma-yoga (of Action)

Hindu Mythology:

• (separate node)
• Hindu Story of Creation, from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

Places:

• Battlefield of Kuruksetra
• Goloka
• Gokula
• Kailas/Mount Kailas
• Mathura
• (Jagannatha) Puri (in Orissa)
• Rivers:
  • Ganga (Ganges)
  • Saraswati
  • Yamuna (Jumna)
• Varanasi = Benares
• Vrindavana

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