-
while Nigamas refers to the
Vedas and the
teachings of
Shakti to Shiva. In
Agamic schools of Hinduism, the
Vedic literature and the
Agamas are
equally authoritative...
-
Parthenogenesis (/ˌpɑːrθɪnoʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs, -θɪnə-/; from the Gr**** παρθένος, parthénos, 'virgin' + γένεσις, génesis, 'creation') is a
natural form of a****ual...
-
three main
branches of
Agama texts are Shaiva, Vaishnava, and Shakta. The
Agamic traditions are
sometimes called Tantrism,
although the term "Tantra" is...
- "accepting the hand")
ritual from
traditional Hindu wedding ceremonies.
Agamic texts like the Amsumadbhedagama, the Uttara-kamaikagama and the Purva-Karanagama...
- God.
Aghorasiva was
successful in
preserving the
rituals of the
ancient Āgamic tradition. To this day, Aghorasiva's
Siddhanta philosophy is
followed by...
- Gr**** γάμος (gámos), γαμεῖν (gameîn), γαμέτης (gamétēs), γαμετή (gametḗ)
agamic, agamogenesis, agamospermy, agamy, allogamy, anisogamete, anisogamy, apogamy...
- form of
Hinduism in that they were
either historically or are at
present Āgamic. The
Agamas are non-vedic in
origin and have been
dated either as post-vedic...
-
multiple sub-schools of
Shaivism such as
theistic Shaivasiddhanta and
monistic Agamic Pashupata, and
these texts declare these theologies to be of
equal merit...
-
initiations may also
include Vedic Yajna rites, or
alternatively be
based on
Agamic rituals. The word
yajna (Sanskrit: यज्ञ, romanized: yajña) has its root...
-
types of
temples -
temples constructed in
Agamic style and non-
Agamic open air shrines.
Ayyanar in
Agamic temple is
usually called Sastha or
Dharma sastha...