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	Encyclopedia: Hindu mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Avatar (Avatara) in Hindu mythology is an incarnation of a deity.
		Durga or Doorga is a Hindu deity and consort of Siva.
		In Hindu mythology, Parashurama was the sixth avatar of Vishnu.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hindu-mythology (1958 words)

	Hindu mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hindu mythology is a term used by modern scholarship for a large body of Indian literature that details the lives and times of legendary personalities, deities and divine incarnations on earth interspersed with often large sections of philosophical and ethical discourse.
		It is believed that the Hindu mythology dates back to around 7200 BC when the first hymns of the Rigveda were sung praising the elements of nature, namely, the air, the water and the fire.
		Chitragupta functions as the record-keeper of all the actions of the human beings on the earth, based on which dead persons are assigned the privilege of living in the Swarga or consigned to the Naraka to undergo pain and suffering to atone for their sins on the earth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hindu_mythology (996 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hindu Epics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The term "Hindu Epics" is generally understood as not referring to any of the other Hindu texts, such as the shruti texts, the Smriti, the Agama, the Tantra or other texts.
		The philosophy reflected in the Hindu epics is the doctrine of the avatar (incarnation of a god as a human being).
		The Upanishadic concept of the underlying unity Brahman is revered by many to be the pinnacle of Hindu thought, and the concept of the avatars has purveyed this concept to the average Hindu as an expression of the manifestation of the Hindu's highest single divinity as an aid to humanity in dark times.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hindu-Epics (1183 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hindu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		While almost all Indians were known as Hindus to the outside world till the 20th century, this usage has become increasingly controversial in view of the religious diversity of the India and the subcontinent.
		Hinduism originated on the Indian subcontinent, which is home to 96% of Hindus.
		Hinduism is also sometimes considered as being practised through a variety of yogas (spiritual practices), including bhakti yoga (devotion) and karma yoga (selfless service).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hindu (1608 words)

	Abstract: Forest Settings in Hindu Epics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The central thesis of this study is that the tripartite process of transformation, first observed in rites of passage, operates in the forest-related sections of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the middle or threshold phrase of that process centering in the forest.
		The forest, then, acts as a threshold across which the epic heroes and heroines pass as they move from one life-stage to another, or as is more often the case, from one state of existence to another.
		The reasons for this are complex, but I suspect that to confront the whole of both epics is impossible because of their vastness, while to choose a perspective from which to see both epics simultaneously without trivializing is difficult.
	www.stthomasu.ca /~parkhill/forestab.htm (556 words)

	Hindu Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religious traditions, and it is founded upon what is often regarded as the oldest surviving text of humanity: the Vedas.
		Non-systematic Hindu philosophy is comprised of the philosophical elements of the primary and secondary bodies of canonical Hindu texts, while the systematic Hindu philosophies, which also adopt the congenial disposition towards the Vedas, find their definitive expressions in formal, philosophical texts authored by professional philosophers.
		In the context of Hinduism, the Pūrvamīmāmsā school is one of the most orthodox of the Hindu philosophical schools because of its concern to elaborate and defend the contents of the early, ritually oriented part of the Vedas.
	www.iep.utm.edu /h/hindu-ph.htm (12900 words)

	National Epics (By Kate Milner Rabb)
		The word “epic” was used simply to distinguish the narrative poem, which was recited, from the lyric, which was sung, and from the dramatic, which was acted.
		Its later epics must be written on subjects of national importance, chosen by the poet, who arranges and embellishes his material according to the rules of the primitive epic.
		Although the historical events chronicled in the epics have in every case been so distorted by the fancy of the poets that they cannot be accepted as history, the epics are storehouses of information concerning ancient manners and customs, religious beliefs, forms of government, treatment of women, and habits of feeling.
	www.authorama.com /national-epics-1.html (530 words)

	Encyclopedia Mythica: Hindu mythology
		The history of Hindu mythology can be broken up into several different ages, all of which have contributed to the faith as a whole.
		Hinduism still included its child into itself, however, and was able to survive the storm with new ideas.
		The next age was the Epic or Classical period, the time of the great Hindu epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
	www.pantheon.org /areas/mythology/asia/hindu/hindu_mythology.html (739 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Hinduism
		Hindus account for 11% (12.6 million) of the population in Bangladesh, 2.5% (4 million) in Indonesia, 15% (2.8 million) in Sri Lanka, 1.5% in (2.12 million) in Pakistan and 6% (1.4) in Malaysia.
		Both epics concern themselves with the royal heroes' duties to maintain the harmonious realm of dharma and preserve and refine social order, as well as those vedic rituals and religious practicesthat ensure it.
		Hinduism is more than a highly organized religious and social system, it is a way of life.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/hinduism.html (2735 words)

	Introduction:
		It is also within the frame of these two epics that the Balinese created their indigenous characters and philosophical thoughts to indicate how to maintain the balance between the universe and the individual.
		The Hindu philosophical thoughts, which encourage human beings to seek their personal connections with the gods through ways such as meditation, or self-control, have been re-irritated in the performance of wayang kulit for hundreds of years.
		The Hinduism, from this point of view, symbolically becomes the inner- self of the human being, and the animistic elements may be the representations of the outward features of personality.
	www.public.asu.edu /~jwang2/portfolio/myworks/paper4.htm (3993 words)

	Early Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Hinduism has been one of the main religions in India for over 2000 years.
		The earliest records of Hindu gods, goddesses and Hindu beliefs were first written down in about the fourth century A.D. However, by this time, there was already a strong oral tradition which supported these beliefs.
		The early Hindu epics and myths help us to understand the evolution of the gods and goddesses and the development of beliefs which form the basis of the modern Hindu religion.
	www.ancientindia.co.uk /hinduism/homemain.html (88 words)

	Hinduism - The Epics, And Later
		The Hindus are of the same opinion as the Latin poet: Ferrea nunc aetas agitur.
		The old epic spirit of grave and manly chivalry and godly wisdom is overshadowed by a new passion adoration of tender babyhood and wanton childhood, amorous ecstasies, a hectic fire of erotic romance.
		Of this new spirit there is no trace in the epic, except in one or two late interpolations.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles25/hindu-20.shtml (4118 words)

	Epic poetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The epic is a broadly defined genre of poetry, which retells in a continuous narrative the life and works of a heroic or mythological person or group of persons.
		The hero in an epic poem tends to follow a predictable cycle of events that is repeated in epics from every sort of culture.
		The longest epic (and, in general, work of literature) of all time is the Tibetan Epic of King Gesar, which has been collected as a work composed of roughly 120 volumes, with more than one million verses, totaling over 20 million words, making it 25 times the size of the ancient Greek epic, the Iliad.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Epics (1265 words)

	GRADUATE PROGRAM IN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Designed to analyze Hindu code of conduct; social, cultural and legal significance of Smritis or Dharma Shastra i.e., law books, as compared to Shruti, the revealed scriptures; special emphasis on fundamental Hindu laws by Manu; particular application towards four goals of life viz.
		Examination of recent, post independence Hinduism in India; vigorous need for reform; Hinduism in age of technology; new challenges and changes; reforms and social restructure; renewed call for unity; synthesis of various segments of Hinduism; media and Hinduism; Hinduism in global religious perspective.
		Explores global status of Hindus and Hinduism; their contribution to life and culture of countries world over viz., in Asia, Africa, Americas, and Pacific Islands; particularly in religious, social and cultural areas.
	www.hindu-university.edu /hinduism.htm (1179 words)

	Cosmos and Logos:Fraternity in the Forest: How the Heroes of Hindu Epics Face Their Forest Journeys Together With Their ...
		There is multiplicity everywhere in Hindu lore-from the multiple arms of various deities, to Varuna's four faces, to the endless cycles of kalpas and yugas.
		It is no wonder then that the epic hero does not journey alone, even in an exile where he renounces (for a time) his kingdom to enter the forest.
		While I have often sought knowledge apart from my family, these two Hindu epics remind me not just there is much that I can learn from my siblings, but that there is even more we can discover in our interactions with one another.
	www.cosmosandlogos.com /category/000064.php (2843 words)

	Wikinfo \| Avatar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The term is used primarily in Hindu mythology, for incarnations of the god Vishnu the preserver.
		Unlike the superhuman devas (gods) of the Vedic Samhitas and the abstract Upanishadic concept of the all-pervading and formless Brahman, the avatars in these epics are the human intermediaries between the Supreme Being and mere mortals.
		Hinduism includes the belief that the divine has taken human (and prior to the emergence of humankind, animal) forms here on earth many times.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Avatar (647 words)

	HINDU VIRTUE ETHICS
		Following an aesthetics of virtue, I will propose that the Hindu virtues are personal creations that are, as Aristotle maintains, “relative to us,” and that strictly deontological or utilitarian readings of the ethics of the Hindu epics are not supported.
		The doctrine of the Trinity (Hindu, Buddhist, or Christian) allows the possibility that the divine virtues are not exclusively self-regarding.
		HINDU DHARMA: RULES, UTILITY, OR In several of his essays Matilal iHiHifinds both utilitarianism and Kantianism in the Hindu epics.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /ngier/hinduVE.htm (3820 words)

	Faith Freedom International :: View topic - 'Idol' worshipping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Hindu upper castes who were able to write were too preoccupied with chanting, caste and how to maintain their own superiority.
		Hinduism is the only religion in which some animals are respected and human beings are treated worst than animals.
		Hinduism is present form of idol worshipping and imaginary stories will achieve nothing..it will drag society down as it has already done..
	faithfreedom.org /forum/viewtopic.php?p=3995&... (2351 words)

	Hinduism: Native or Alien to India?
		All most all the Hindu epics and Puranas depict the original inhabitants of India as dark, cruel, barbaric and vicious people.
		Most of the Hindu Epics and Puranas have Aryan Gods – like Indra- pleading to their Hindu gods to destroy their enemies – invariably these are Dravidian like figures who are portrayed as cruel and barbaric.
		All the ten Hindu Avatars (god –incarnate) – including the last and the yet to come Kalki avatar- are Aryan like figures, and most of their battles have been against the dark, ugly evil figures.
	www.tamilnation.org /forum/shanranjit/hinduism.htm (3106 words)

	Itihasa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The word is often used within India to refer to Hindu Epics such as the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and sometimes the puranas.
		This usage is eschewed by most historians because the dating of events alluded to in these legends, as also the substantiation of their historic veracity and accuracy, is generally impossible.
		Hindu mythology, Vedic mythology, Indo-Iranian mythology, Ayyavazhi mythology
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Itihasa (152 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Indian TV seeks divine inspiration
		But people are hoping that epic shows like this could be the hit of the season as India's major television networks turn to the past in this autumn's ratings war.
		Hinduism is central to Indian culture, and many middle-aged people feel strongly that these epic TV shows are a great way of keeping these religious stories alive.
		These extravagant epics may seem strange, even comical to audiences outside India, with their extraordinary costumes, heavy make-up and outlandish special effects.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1511780.stm (366 words)

	Hindu scriptures-puranas, vedangas, devotional literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In a way one may even conclude that it was neither the Vedas nor the Upanishads but these two epics which kept the religion alive and dynamic at the mass level.
		Any religious study of Hinduism, without a study and understanding of these two great epics is therefore incomplete and imperfect.
		Hinduism was also greatly influenced by the works of later day scholars such as Shri Shankaracharya who provided commentaries on many Upanishads, brought the Vedic knowledge back to the forefront through his various works and tireless efforts and breathed life into sagging traditions.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /hinduintrod4a.htm (783 words)

	Hindu Epics - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Sanskrit Hero: Karna in Epic Mahahabharata (Brill's Indological Library, V. The Epic of Life: The Balinese Journey of the Soul
		Epics, myths and legends of India: A comprehensive survey of the sacred lore of the Hindus, Buddhists and Jains
		Epic Narratives in the Hoysala Temples: The Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavata Purana in Halebid, Belur and Amrtapura (Studies in the History of Religions)
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /hindu_epics.htm (148 words)

	Ramayana - Indian Epics, Stories and Mythology
		The Ramayana is one of the greatest Hindu epics.
		Ram is the 7th incarnation of Vishnu and the central figure of the Ramayana epic.
		This short version of the great Ramayan epic was made by Christine Gruenwald, Mohit Johri and Peter Marchand.
	www.sanatansociety.org /indian_epics_and_stories/ramayana.htm (1330 words)

	Scriptures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Hindu scriptures are classified as shruti, smriti, itihaas, etc. Learn what this classification means
		In the Upanishads the spiritual meanings of the Vedic texts are brought out and emphasized in their own right.
		Lord Shree Krishna's upadesh (advise) to Arjuna in the battlefield of Mahabharata is one of the most important Hindu scriptures in Hindu dharma.
	www.hindunet.org /scriptures (289 words)

	Indian Spiritual Books - Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Veda, Vedanta, Tantra
		Bhagavad Gita - Epics, Puranas and Hindu Mythology - Tantra - Upanishads - Veda
		Beautiful retelling of the great Indian epic and the amazing saga of the heroic and noble Pandavas, their nefarious cousins, the Kauravas, and the blessed Lord Krishna.
		This is the only complete unabridged translation currently available in English, a standard work in the field, bringing this monumental epic of 100,000 verses to the attention of the English-speaking world.
	www.auromere.com /Books/Spiritual.html (1703 words)

	Varanasi - Introduction - Page1
		Varanasi is among the oldest living cities in the world, it is also the holiest a 'Hindu pilgrimages.
		Varanasi is so old that it is a part of Indian mythology and finds mention in the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
		A few years later in 1835, at the instance of the Sikh ruler of Lahore, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the temple shikara was gilded with gold leaf.
	www.freeindia.org /tourism/varanasi/introduction/page1.htm (300 words)

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