What is Skanda Purana ?
Skanda Purana (स्कन्दपुराण)
Skanda Purana is the largest Mahapurana, among eighteen Hindu religious texts. The text contains over 81,000...
What are the main purana of Hinduism?
Purana
Purana (पुराण) refers to text of the past or ancient history. Purana are part of Smriti texts, there...
What is Vairagya Shatakam ?
Vairagya Shatakam
Vairagya Shatakam (वैराग्यशतकम्) is collection of teachings on renunciation, composed by Bharathari...
What is Vishnu Sahasranama ?
Vishnu Sahasranama ( विष्णुसहस्रनाम )
Vishnu Sahasranama is a Sanskrit hymn which contains a list of 1,000 names...
What is Panchadasi ?
Panchadasi ( पंचदशी ) is a Sanskrit text on Advaita Vedanta written by Vidyaranya (विद्यारण्य), previously known as Madhavacharya (माधवाचार्य)
What are Upanishads ?
Upanishads
Upanishad - means to sit near; to approach, when seen in larger context it means "knowledge which is...
What is Satyanarayana Katha and where from it is taken ?
Satyanarayan Puja
Satyanarayan Puja is a religious worship of the Hindu god Vishnu. Satya means “truth” and narayana means, “The...
What is Aparokshanubhuti ?
Aparokshanubhuti (अपरोक्षानुभूतिः) is a famous work attributed to Adi Shankara. It is a popular introductory work that expounds Advaita Vedanta philosophy.
What is Panchatantra ?
Panchatantra
Panchatantra (पञ्चतन्त्र ) is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text of interrelated animal fables. It was written by...
What is Hitopadesha ?
Hitopadesha
Hitopadesha (हितोपदेशः) is a collection of Sanskrit fables in prose and verse written in the 12 century