of Lord Indra and finally decided to help them. Lord Brahma went into a state of deep meditation. He called to mind the four Vedas. Vedas are the earliest scriptures of the Hindus. He distilled the essence from each of the Vedas. From Rigveda’‚ he derived the words‚ from Sama Veda’‚ he derived the music‚ from Yojurve Veda’‚ the code of gesture and from Atherva Veda’‚ the element of sentiment or flavor. He blended all of these ingredients and added his own divine genious. Thus‚ he
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Indian women has not always been subservient. In the pre -Aryan days women enjoyed far more freedom than today’s young girls. The society was matriarchal and they owned property. The Aryans‚ even after coming to India continued this system. The Rigveda writes of women as equals to men‚ participating in philosophical debates‚ religious rituals and the gaiety of social life as well. But then their status was changed. A woman was not allowed to have more than one husband and she became only a child
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Darmesteter and Henderson‚ Pashto has "descended form Avestan".[10][11][12] The word "Pashto" derives by regular phonological processes from Parsawā- "Persian".[46] Nonetheless‚ the Pashtuns are sometimes compared with the Pakhta tribes mentioned in the Rigveda (1700–1100 BC)‚ apparently the same as a people called Pactyans‚ described by the Greek historian Herodotus as living in the Achaemenid’s Arachosia Satrapy as early as the 1st millennium BC.[47] However‚ this comparison appears to be due mainly to
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Similarities and Differences between Hinduism and Buddhism by Arya S. Hinduism and Buddhism are two of the most influential religions around the world. Both religions have similar roots and philosophies and originated in India before the Common Era. They are among the top five major religions around the globe. Today‚ Hinduism ranks third as an organized religion and is much older than Buddhism. Buddhism and Hinduism have survived for centuries and are still widely practiced around the world. Buddhism
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As per the 15th Indian Census conducted in 2011‚ 201 million people belonging to various Dalit communities were recorded‚ forming 16.6% of the total Indian population of approximately 1.2 billion. Dalits are officially known as Scheduled Castes and popularly known as ‘former untouchables’. Caste is birth-based‚ ‘constructed by religion and divided by occupation’. Even though independent India in 1949‚ gave full citizenship to Dalits and abolished the practice of untouchability‚ Dalits still face
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Marriage is a state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or a wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognised by law. When it comes to Hindu Law‚ marriage is termed as a sacred relationship. Marriage is both a sacred as well as a contractual relationship. Marriage is a contract creating status. Even in Hindu law though marriage is a sacrament it is also in a sense a civil contract. According to Hindu Marriage Act‚ a marriage can take place between the two consenting
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that of Latin and Greek in Europe and it has significantly influenced most modern languages of the Indian subcontinent‚ particularly in India and Nepal.[4] The pre-Classical form of Sanskrit is known as Vedic Sanskrit‚ with the language of the Rigveda being the oldest and most archaic stage preserved‚ its oldest core dating back to as early as 1500 BCE.[5] This qualifies Rigvedic Sanskrit as one of the oldest attestations of any Indo-Iranian language‚ and one of the earliest attested members of
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IRAWATI KARVE Early Life: Irawati was born in 1905 and named after the river Irawaddy in Burma where her father‚ Ganesh Hari Karmarkar worked. At seven‚ she was sent to the Huzur Paga boarding school for girls in Pune. One of her classmates at the school was Shakuntala Paranjapye‚ daughter of Wrangler Paranjapye‚ Principal of Fergusson College‚ Pune. Shakuntala’s mother took an instant liking to Irawati and adopted her as her second child. In her new home‚ Irawati experienced a stimulating
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I. Muhammad (pbuh) prophesised in Bhavishya Purana According to Bhavishya Purana in the Prati Sarag Parv III Khand 3 Adhay 3 Shloka 5 to 8. "A malecha (belonging to a foreign country and speaking a foreign language) spiritual teacher will appear with his companions. His name will be Mohammad. Raja (Bhoj) after giving this Maha Dev Arab (of angelic disposition) a bath in the Panchgavya and the Ganga water (i.e. purifying him of all sins) offered him the present of his sincere devotion and showing
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river. In Punjab it is met with five major rivers of Punjab – Jhelum‚ Chenab‚ Ravi‚ Beas and Satluj. The word Sindhu originates from the word sidh meaning to keep off . The river Sindhu has been mentioned 176 times in Rigveda‚ 95 times in plural‚ used in the generic meaning. In Rigveda – the Ancient Indian Scripture( 1500 B.C.)‚ is the earliest chronicle of Aryans. Aryans were the people from whom the name of the country evolved and came to be known as Hindustan to the entire world. There is a lot
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