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Hinduism
  • Hindus
  • Mythology
Origins
Historical
  • History
  • Indus Valley Civilisation
  • Vedic religion
  • Dravidian folk religion
  • Śramaṇa
  • Tribal religions in India

Traditional

  • Itihasa-Purana
  • Epic-Puranic royal genealogies
  • Epic-Puranic chronology
Sampradaya (traditions)
Major Sampradaya (traditions)
  • Vaishnavism
    • Pancharatra
  • Shaivism
    • Kapalika
    • Pashupata
    • Pratyabhijña
  • Shaktism
  • Smartism
Other Sampradaya (traditions)
Deities
Absolute Reality / Unifying Force
  • Brahman
Trimurti
  • Brahma
  • Vishnu
  • Shiva
Tridevi
  • Saraswati
  • Lakshmi
  • Parvati
Other major Devas / Devis
Vedic Deities:
  • Tridasha
    • Adityas
    • Rudras
    • Vasus
    • Ashvins
  • Mahadevi
  • Other Vedic Deities
Post-Vedic:
  • Avatar
  • Dashavatara
  • Durga
  • Navadurga
  • Mahavidya
  • Kartikeya
  • Ganesha
  • Hanuman
  • Radha
  • Shakti
  • Sita
Devatas
  • Vishvakarma
  • Kubera
Concepts
Worldview
  • Cosmology
  • Mythology
Ontology
  • Tattvas
  • Subtle elements
  • Panchikarana
  • Gross elements
  • Guṇas
  • Purusha
  • Prakṛti
Supreme reality
  • Brahman
    • Nirguna
    • Saguna
  • Om
  • Saccidānanda
God
  • Ishvara
  • Devas / Devi
  • Devatas
  • God in Hinduism
  • God and gender
Puruṣārtha (meaning of life)
  • Dharma
  • Artha
  • Kama
  • Moksha
Āśrama (stages of life)
  • Brahmacharya
  • Gṛhastha
  • Vānaprastha
  • Sannyasa
Three paths to liberation
  • Bhakti yoga
  • Jnana yoga
  • Karma yoga
Liberation
Mokṣa-related topics:
  • Paramātman
  • Maya
  • Karma
  • Saṃsāra
Mind
  • Ātman (self)
  • Anātman (non-self)
  • Sūkṣma śarīra (subtle body)
  • Antaḥkaraṇa (mental organs)
  • Prajña (wisdom)
  • Ānanda (happiness)
  • Viveka (discernment)
  • Vairagya (dispassion)
  • Sama (equanimity)
  • Dama (temperance)
  • Uparati (self-settledness)
  • Titiksha (forbearance)
  • Shraddha (faith)
  • Samadhana (concentration)
  • Arishadvargas (six enemies)
  • Ahamkara (attachment)
Ethics
  • Niti śastra
  • Yamas
  • Niyama
  • Ahimsa
  • Achourya
  • Aparigraha
  • Brahmacharya
  • Satya
  • Damah
  • Dayā
  • Akrodha
  • Arjava
  • Santosha
  • Tapas
  • Svādhyāya
  • Shaucha
  • Mitahara
  • Dāna
  • Sources of dharma
Epistemology
  • Pratyakṣa (perception)
  • Anumāṇa (inference)
  • Upamāṇa (comparison, analogy)
  • Arthāpatti (postulation, presumption)
  • Anupalabdi (non-perception, negation)
  • Śabda (word, testimony)
Practices
Worship, sacrifice, and charity
  • Puja
  • Ārtī
  • Prarthana
  • Śrauta
  • Temple
  • Murti
  • Bhakti
  • Japa
  • Bhajana
  • Kīrtana
  • Yajna
  • Homa
  • Tarpana
  • Vrata
  • Prāyaścitta
  • Tirtha
  • Yatra
  • Tirthadana
  • Matha
  • Nritta-Nritya
  • Dāna
  • Sevā
  • Yoga
  • Exorcism
Meditation
  • Tapas
  • Dhyana
  • Samādhāna
  • Nididhyāsana
Yoga
  • Sadhu
  • Yogi
  • Yogini
  • Asana
  • Sādhanā
  • Hatha yoga
  • Jnana yoga
  • Bhakti yoga
  • Karma yoga
  • Rāja yoga
  • Kundalini yoga
Arts
  • Bharatanatyam
  • Kathak
  • Kathakali
  • Kuchipudi
  • Manipuri
  • Mohiniyattam
  • Odissi
  • Sattriya
  • Bhagavata Mela
  • Yakshagana
  • Dandiya Raas
  • Carnatic music
  • Pandav Lila
  • Kalaripayattu
  • Silambam
  • Adimurai
Rites of passage
  • Garbhadhana
  • Pumsavana
  • Pumsavana Simantonayana
  • Simantonnayana
  • Jatakarma
  • Nāmakaraṇa
  • Nishkramana
  • Annaprashana
  • Chudakarana
  • Karnavedha
  • Vidyāraṃbhaṃ
  • Upanayana
  • Keshanta
  • Ritushuddhi
  • Samavartanam
  • Vivaha
  • Antyesti
Festivals
  • Diwali
  • Holi
  • Maha Shivaratri
  • Navaratri
    • Durga Puja
    • Ramlila
    • Vijayadashami-Dussehra
  • Raksha Bandhan
  • Ganesh Chaturthi
  • Vasant Panchami
  • Rama Navami
  • Janmashtami
  • Onam
  • Makar Sankranti
  • Kumbh Mela
  • Pongal
  • Ugadi
  • Vaisakhi
    • Bihu
    • Puthandu
    • Vishu
  • Ratha Yatra
Philosophical schools
Six Astika schools
  • Samkhya
  • Yoga
  • Nyaya
  • Vaisheshika
  • Mīmāṃsā
  • Vedanta
    • Advaita
    • Dvaita
    • Vishishtadvaita
    • Achintya Bheda Abheda
    • Shuddhadvaita
    • Svabhavika Bhedabheda
    • Akshar Purushottam Darshan
Other schools
  • Ājīvika
  • Buddhism
  • Jainism
  • Charvaka
Gurus, Rishi, philosophers
Ancient
  • Saptarshi
    • Vashistha
    • Kashyapa
    • Atri
    • Jamadagni
    • Gotama
    • Vishvamitra
    • Bharadwaja
  • Agastya
  • Angiras
  • Aruni
  • Ashtavakra
  • Jaimini
  • Kanada
  • Kapila
  • Patanjali
  • Pāṇini
  • Prashastapada
  • Raikva
  • Satyakama Jabala
  • Valmiki
  • Vyasa
  • Yajnavalkya
Medieval
  • Abhinavagupta
  • Adi Shankara
  • Akka Mahadevi
  • Allama Prabhu
  • Alvars
  • Basava
  • Chaitanya
  • Ramdas Kathiababa
  • Chakradhara
  • Chāngadeva
  • Dadu Dayal
  • Eknath
  • Gangesha Upadhyaya
  • Gaudapada
  • Gorakshanatha
  • Haridasa Thakur
  • Harivansh
  • Jagannatha Dasa
  • Jayanta Bhatta
  • Jayatīrtha
  • Jiva Goswami
  • Jñāneśvar
  • Kabir
  • Kanaka Dasa
  • Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
  • Madhusūdana
  • Madhva
  • Matsyendranatha
  • Morya Gosavi
  • Mukundarāja
  • Namadeva
  • Narahari Tirtha
  • Narasimha Saraswati
  • Nayanars
  • Nimbarkacharya
  • Srinivasacharya
  • Prabhākara
  • Purandara Dasa
  • Raghavendra Swami
  • Raghunatha Siromani
  • Raghuttama Tirtha
  • Ram Charan
  • Ramananda
  • Ramanuja
  • Ramprasad Sen
  • Ravidas
  • Rupa Goswami
  • Samarth Ramdas
  • Sankardev
  • Satyanatha Tirtha
  • Siddheshwar
  • Sripada Srivallabha
  • Sripadaraja
  • Surdas
  • Swaminarayan
  • Śyāma Śastri
  • Tukaram
  • Tulsidas
  • Tyagaraja
  • Vācaspati Miśra
  • Vadiraja Tirtha
  • Vallabha
  • Valluvar
  • Vedanta Desika
  • Vidyaranya
  • Vyasaraja
Modern
  • Aurobindo
  • Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
  • Bhaktivinoda Thakur
  • Chandrashekarendra Saraswati
  • Chinmayananda
  • Dayananda Saraswati
  • Jaggi Vasudev
  • Krishnananda Saraswati
  • Mahavatar Babaji
  • Mahesh Yogi
  • Narayana Guru
  • Nigamananda
  • Nisargadatta Maharaj
  • Prabhupada
  • Radhakrishnan
  • R. D. Ranade
  • Ramakrishna
  • Rama Tirtha
  • Ramana Maharshi
  • Ravi Shankar
  • Ramdas
  • Samarth
  • Sathya Sai Baba
  • Shirdi Sai Baba
  • Shraddhanand
  • Satyadhyana Tirtha
  • Siddharameshwar Maharaj
  • Sivananda
  • Trailanga
  • U. G. Krishnamurti
  • Upasni Maharaj
  • Vethathiri Maharishi
  • Vivekananda
  • Yogananda
Texts
Sources and classification of scripture
  • Śruti
  • Smṛti
  • Ācāra
  • Ātmatuṣṭi
Scriptures
  • Timeline of Hindu texts
Vedas
  • Rigveda
  • Yajurveda
  • Samaveda
  • Atharvaveda
Divisions
  • Samhita
  • Brahmana
  • Aranyaka
  • Upanishads
Upanishads
Principal Upanishads
Rigveda:
  • Aitareya
  • Kaushitaki
Yajurveda:
  • Brihadaranyaka
  • Isha
  • Taittiriya
  • Katha
  • Shvetashvatara
  • Maitri
Samaveda:
  • Chandogya
  • Kena
Atharvaveda:
  • Mundaka
  • Mandukya
  • Prashna
Vedangas
  • Shiksha
  • Chandas
  • Vyākaraṇa
  • Nirukta
  • Kalpa
  • Jyotisha
Other scriptures
  • Bhagavad Gita
  • Agamas (Hinduism)
Itihasas
  • Ramayana
  • Mahabharata
Puranas
  • Vishnu Purana
  • Bhagavata Purana
  • Devi Bhagavata Purana
  • Naradiya Purana
  • Vāmana Purana
  • Matsya Purana
  • Garuda Purana
  • Brahma Purana
  • Brahmanda Purana
  • Brahma Vaivarta Purana
  • Bhavishya Purana
  • Padma Purana
  • Agni Purana
  • Shiva Purana
  • Linga Purana
  • Kūrma Purana
  • Skanda Purana
  • Varaha Purana
  • Markandeya Purana
Upavedas
  • Ayurveda
  • Dhanurveda
  • Gandharvaveda
  • Sthapatyaveda
Shastras, sutras, and samhitas
  • Dharma Shastra
  • Artha Śastra
  • Shilpa Shastras
  • Kama Sutra
  • Brahma Sutras
  • Samkhya Sutras
  • Mimamsa Sutras
  • Nyāya Sūtras
  • Vaiśeṣika Sūtra
  • Yoga Sutras
  • Pramana Sutras
  • Charaka Samhita
  • Sushruta Samhita
  • Natya Shastra
  • Panchatantra
  • Naalayira Divya Prabandham
  • Tirumurai
  • Ramcharitmanas
  • Yoga Vasistha
  • Swara yoga
  • Panchadasi
Stotras, stutis and Bhashya
  • Kanakadhara Stotra
  • Shiva Stuti
  • Vayu Stuti
Tamil literature
  • Tirumurai
  • Naalayira Divya Prabandham
  • Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai
  • Tiruppukal
  • Kural
  • Kamba Ramayanam/Ramavataram
  • Five Great Epics
  • Eighteen Greater Texts
  • Eighteen Lesser Texts
  • Athichudi
  • Iraiyanar Akapporul
  • Abirami Antati
  • Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam
  • Vinayagar Agaval
Other texts
Hindu culture & society
Society
  • Varna
    • Brahmin
    • Kshatriya
    • Kayastha
    • Vaishya
    • Shudra
    • Dalit
  • Jāti
  • Gotra
  • Dvija
  • Dasa
Hindu art
  • Hindu art
  • Hindu iconography
  • Shilpa Shastras
  • Rasa (aesthetics)
  • Indian aesthetics
  • Yantra
Hindu architecture
  • Hindu architecture
    • Hindu temple architecture
    • Vastu shastra
    • Talamana
Hindu music
  • Hindu music
    • Shruti (music)
    • Svara
    • Alankāra
    • Tala (music)
    • Raga
    • Rasa (aesthetics)
    • Sangita
    • Vadya
    • Natya Shastra
Food & diet customs
  • Ahimsa
  • Diet in Hinduism
  • Sattvic diet
  • Mitahara
  • Jhatka
  • Vrata
Time keeping practices
  • Hindu units of time
  • Hindu calendar
  • Panchangam
  • Vikram Samvat
  • Shaka era
Hindu pilgrimage
  • Pilgrimage sites
Other society-related topics
  • Discrimination
    • Persecution
  • Nationalism
  • Hindutva
  • Organisations
  • Reform movements
Other topics
Hinduism by country
  • Greater India
  • Balinese Hinduism
  • Caribbean Shaktism
  • Template:Hindu scriptures and texts
Hinduism & other religions
  • Hinduism and Jainism / and Buddhism / and Sikhism / and Judaism / and Christianity / and Islam
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  • Hindu philosophy
  • Sampradayas (traditions)
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  • Hinduism portal
  • v
  • t
  • e
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