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Murtiśilpaśāstra literally means ‘Science of preparing Icons or Images,’ ‘Iconography’. Whether it is the fear of the unknown or the mystery of death, especially of one’s parents and ancestors or an

...a]], when the formless and attribute-less supreme [[Brahman]] assumes form with the help of its inscrutable power, maya, it is called Saguna [[Brahman]] or ...ys the universe by his Power or Shakti. [[Swami Vivekananda]] points out a source in an old Vedic hymn to the Goddess: ‘“I am the light. I am the light

...till, no one, once they start thinking about it, can ever remain satisfied with a piecemeal knowledge of it. ...te we are consciousness itself. At other times we deal with various things—with objects—to such an extent that we forget we are acting consciously, delib

...One but venerates others as well. Once a human attains Moksh, it is united with Brahm or Parmatma. Brahm is not confined to space and so is everywhere, inc ...ship of all kinds of personal forms of God. Absolute monists see one unity with all personal forms of God as different aspects of one Supreme Spirit, like

...to define matters of the faith for Hindus, unlike in some other religions with a central pontiff. There are several different denominations, the four larg #[[Five Precepts]] (how to stay in accord with the law), and