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Bhasha

Bhasha in the mythology of India, was the goddess of speech, the surname of Sarahswadi, the wife of the Ganges. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bhairava

Bhairava is a festival of Bhairav, celebrated among the Hindus, when, according to promise, his votaries suspend themselves in the air by hooks passed through the muscles of the back, and allow themselves thus to be whirled in his honor round a circle of fifty or sixty feet in circumference. SEE DURGA PUJAB. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Bhairava”

Bhakti

Bhakti (Skr. division, share) Fervent, loving devotion to the object of contemplation or the divine being itself, the almost universally recognized feeling approach to the highest reality, in contrast to vidya (s.v.) or jnana (s.v.), sanctioned by Indian philosophy and productive of a voluminous literature in which the names of Ramamanda, Vallabha, Nanak, Caitanya, and … Continue reading “Bhakti”

Bhairav

Bhairav (the Lord of Terror), in Hindu mythology, is one of the incarnations of Siva (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bhagavat-Gita

Bhagavat-Gita a philosophical episode of the Mahabharata (q.v.), is regarded as exhibiting the most complete view of ancient Oriental mysticism. It consists of a dialogue between the god Krishna and the hero Arjun. This poem is attributed to the 7th or 8th century of our aera, while the Mahabharata, to which this pretends to be … Continue reading “Bhagavat-Gita”

Bhagavat

Bhagavat (the blessed), in Hindu mythology, is a surname of the supreme deity Vishnu, when he is worshipped in the incarnation of Krishna. The book Purana, teaching about him, bears the name of Bhagavat-Purana. SEE PURANA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bhagavadi

Bhagavadi in the mythology of India, was the surname of Daksha or Tekshen, one of the ten created beings sprung from Brahma’s great toe. Bhagavadi was also the surname of Bhawani, the wife of Siva, when she is worshipped as Wadrakali (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bhagavad Gita

Bhagavad Gita (Skr. the song, gita, of the Blessed One) A famed philosophic epic poem, widely respected in India and elsewhere, representing Krishna embodied as a charioteer imparting to the King Arjuna, who is unwilling to fight his kinsmen in battle, comprehension of the mysteries of existence, clearly indicating the relationship between morality and absolute … Continue reading “Bhagavad Gita”