kashmir shaivism
81Cosmic egg — The cosmic egg is an ancient concept resurrected by modern science in the 1930s and explored by theoreticians during the following two decades. The idea comes from a perceived need to reconcile Edwin Hubble s observation of an expanding universe… …
82Spiritual evolution — is the philosophical, theological, esoteric or spiritual idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve along a predetermined cosmological pattern or ascent, or in accordance with certain pre determined potentials.This… …
83List of philosophies — Philosophies: particular schools of thought, styles of philosophy, or descriptions of philosophical ideas attributed to a particular group or culture listed in alphabetical order. compactTOC NOTOC AAbsolutism Actual Idealism Advaita Vedanta… …
84Plane (metaphysics) — In metaphysics and esoteric cosmology, a plane, other than the physical plane, is conceived as a subtle state of consciousness that transcends the known physical universe.The concept may be found in religious, metaphysical and esoteric teachings… …
85Akula — is the Russian word for Shark it may refer to:* Akula class submarine Щука Б or Shchuka B in Russian * Kaula in Kashmir Shaivism * Typhoon class submarine Акула or Akula in Russian * Russian submarine Akula(1908) …
86Kshemaraja — (क्षेमराज) (10th century) was a philosopher and a disciple of Abhinavagupta. He wrote original works of Kashmir Shaivism …
87Utpaladeva — (900 ?) was one of the great teachers of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism.Utpaladeva, an influential philosopher theologian of the Pratyabhijna school of Shaiva thought composed the Ishvara pratyabhijna karika, or Verses on the Recognition of… …
88Esoteric cosmology — is cosmology that is an intrinsic part of an esoteric or occult system of thought. It almost always deals with at least some of the following themes: emanation, involution, evolution, epigenesis, planes of existence or higher worlds (and their… …
89Culture of Nepal — Statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, gilded bronze. Nepal, 16th century CE …
90Gopinath Kaviraj — (7 September 1887 12 June 1976) was a Sanskrit scholar and philosopher. Kaviraj was the posthumous son of Vaikunthanath, a Bengali scholar of philosophy. He was born in Village Dhamrai, in the district of Dacca, now the capital of Bangladesh. His …
