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  • ...tening and singing the glories of God, ritualistic [[worship]], repetition of the divine name.
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  • ...na]], knowledge or wisdom, in which he represents the very personification of knowledge and wisdom. ==Iconographical Representation of Dakṣiṇāmurti==
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  • [[Category:Forms of worship]]
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  • ...is [[gotra]], and he was the son of Siva and Parvati. While [[Ganapati]] [[worship]] is done in all the major traditions, the Ganapatya religious sect treats [[Category:Forms of worship]]
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  • ==Reference of Narasimha== ...es in the [[temples]] of [[Viṣṇu]] in the North. Iconographic descriptions of the deity are provided in several [[Āgama|āgama]] treatises like:
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  • Kātyāyani literally means ‘daughter of the sage Kata’. ...s once born as the daughter of the sage Kata. She is one of the nine forms of [[Durgā]] ([[Navadurgās]]).
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  • I [[worship]] and [[worship]] him,<br> Who is the protector of the world,<br>
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  • .... [[Veda]]); [[a]] nāgā son of [[Kaśyapa]] and [[Kadru]] (M. Bh.); a class of Jaina divinities (J.S. Koşa). ...er, why not as the Mother? This seems to be the psychology behind the cult of the [[Śakti]] or the [[Devī]], the Divine Mother.
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  • ==Significance of Oṅkāreśvara== ...va]], those containing the [[Jyotirliṅgas]]<ref>It literally means ‘liṅgas of light’, twelve in number, spread all over India.</ref> are considered ext
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  • ==Worship of Śiva== ...y worshiped in the [[temples]] in the aniconic form, the [[liṅga]], iconic forms are also common. They are mostly depicted on the walls and niches outside t
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  • ...Smarta is [[a]] frame of practices, and not a religion. [[Tantra]] is part of the Agamic literature, that developed parallel to the Smarta literature. ...ore, have more smarta-Saivas. While there are many religions or worshipers of many different devatas, [[Adi Sankara]] classified these into six major sch
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  • Haridrā-[[Gaṇapati]] literally means ‘Gaṇapati of yellow complexion like turmeric powder’. Gaṇapati is a very popular deity even today. One of the important forms worshiped by the tāntrik sect is Haridrā-Gaṇapati. He is described as y
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  • In the Pāñcarātra school of [[Vaiṣṇavism]], God manifests himself in four forms retaining the para or the highest form in his world called Vaikuṇṭha as # Area - Manifestation through the image during [[worship]]
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  • Kāmeśvara literally means ‘lord of desires’. ==Origin of the Word Kāmeśvara==
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  • ...asses. They have also played an important role in spreading both the types of knowledge, sacred and secular, and preserving culture among the common peop ...Vyāsa.</ref> the Ganeśapurāna is listed as the first. It is [[a]] big work of 12,000 verses spread over 250 chapters.
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  • ...]], [[Ganesa]] and the Sun God. Here is [[a]] rare prayer addreesed to all of them.) <br>They are one but have different forms and interested only in saving the world,
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  • ...temple . But since the Goddess wanted Meat to be offered to her during [[worship]], a separate temple was built in Madayi and the idol shifted there ...ffered Ash Gourd instead of meat and fish and Tender coconut water instead of toddy.
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  • ...on is in verses in the anuṣṭubh metre. The rest are in prose. The contents of this literature section-wise has been delineated belows: ...giver of mokṣa or liberation. The verses 16 and 17 describe the greatness of Hari.<ref>Here Hari infers Puruṣa.</ref>
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  • ...ana [[Dharma]]. Area or image is one of the several forms of manifestation of the Divine. ==Origin of Bera==
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  • ...the Deity can be more fitting for [[worship]] and contemplation than that of the all-loving Divine Mother. ==Significance of Consorts of Trinity==
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