The Bhagavata Purana (भागवत पुराण), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana or simply Bhagavata, is one of Hinduism’s eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas). Composed in Sanskrit and traditionally attributed…
The Shiva Purana (शिव पुराण) is one of eighteen major texts of the Purana genre of Sanskrit texts in Hinduism, and part of the Shaivism literature…
The Mundaka Upanishad (मुण्डक-उपनिषद्) is an ancient Sanskrit Vedic text, embedded inside Atharvaveda. It is a Mukhya (primary) Upanishad and is listed…
The Upanishads (उपनिषद्) are late Vedic Sanskrit texts that supplied the basis of later Hindu philosophy. They are the most recent part of the Vedas, the…
Mimansa (मीमांसा) is a Sanskrit word that means “reflection” or “critical investigation” and thus refers to a tradition of contemplation that reflected…