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  2. Sanātana Dharma - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Sanātana Dharma ( Devanagari: सनातन धर्म, meaning "eternal dharma ", or "eternal order") [1] is an alternative term used by some Hindus to refer to Hinduism instead of the mainstream term Hindu Dharm. The term is found in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. [2] [3] It is generally used to signify a more traditional ...

  3. Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Etymology Further information: Hindu The word Hindū is an exonym, and is derived from the Sanskrit root Sindhu, believed to be the name of the Indus River in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. [note 11] The Proto-Iranian sound change *s > h occurred between 850 and 600 BCE, according to Asko Parpola. [28] According to Gavin Flood, "The actual term Hindu first occurs as a ...

  4. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Modern Standard Hindi, [a] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language used as the official language of India alongside English. It is written in Devanagari script and is the lingua franca of North India.

  5. Karma in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, he adds and states that the soul materializes into an appropriate body whatever the state of the mind one remembers at the time of death; i.e., at the time of the death, the soul and its subtle body of mind, intelligence and ego, is projected into the womb of a creature, human or non-human that can provide a gross body that is most ...

  6. Panchikarana - Wikipedia

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    Pancikarana is the "quintuplication" of the basic/primordial five subtle elements. The subtle elements stand alone ( tanmātrā ). During pancikarana, each is firstly divided into two halves, one part of which was further divided into four parts, equal to 1/8 parts of each subtle element, which then recombined with the undivided halves of each ...

  7. Shakti - Wikipedia

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    Shakti ( Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. "energy, ability, strength, effort, power, might, capability" [1]) in Hinduism, is the fundamental esoteric energy that underlies and sustains all existence. In Hindu theological view, Shakti is the energizing power of Hindu Gods. Conceived of as feminine in essence, Shakti is generally ...

  8. Sanskrit - Wikipedia

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    Etymology and nomenclature Historic Sanskrit manuscripts: a religious text (top), and a medical text In Sanskrit, the verbal adjective sáṃskṛta- is a compound word consisting of sáṃ ('together, good, well, perfected') and kṛta - ('made, formed, work'). It connotes a work that has been "well prepared, pure and perfect, polished, sacred". According to Biderman, the perfection ...

  9. History of PDF - Wikipedia

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    History of PDF. The Portable Document Format (PDF) was created by Adobe Systems, introduced at the Windows and OS/2 Conference in January 1993 and remained a proprietary format until it was released as an open standard in 2008. Since then, it has been under the control of an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee of ...