DussehraVijayadashami (Bengali: বিজয়াদশমী, Kannada: ವಿಜಯದಶಮಿ, Malayalam: വിജയദശമി, Marathi: विजयादशमी, Népalais: विजया दशमी, Oriya: ବିଜୟାଦଶମୀ, Tamoul: விஜயதசமி, Télougou: విజయదశమి, Konkani: दसरो, Pendjabi: ਦਸੇਰਾ) aussi appelée Dashahara, Dussehra, Dashain, Navratri ou Durgotsav, est une fête hindoue, très populaire dans le nord de l'Inde, au Népal et au Bangladesh. Elle est célébrée le dixième jour de Navratri. Ce jour fête la victoire de Rāma sur le démon Rāvana.
BhairavaBhairava (sanskrit ; devanagari : भैरव ; japonais : Funnu ; tibétain : Jigs Byed ; ) est un terme qui désigne les formes courroucées et terrifiantes de plusieurs divinités hindoues et bouddhiques. Bhairava ou Kâlabhairava est notamment l'épithète du dieu hindou Shiva sous sa forme terrifiante, portant le crâne de Brahma, un autre dieu de la Trimûrti, la trinité hindoue. Shiva avait en effet coupé la cinquième tête de Brahmâ, tête coupable de désir incestueux envers sa fille et femme (née de sa seule pensée), Sarasvatî.
YoginiA yogini (Sanskrit: योगिनी, IAST: ) is a female master practitioner of tantra and yoga, as well as a formal term of respect for female Hindu or Buddhist spiritual teachers in Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Greater Tibet. The term is the feminine Sanskrit word of the masculine yogi, while the term "yogin" ˈjoːɡɪn is used in neutral, masculine or feminine sense. A yogini, in some contexts, is the sacred feminine force made incarnate, as an aspect of Parvati, and revered in the yogini temples of India as the Sixty-four Yoginis.
Iṣṭa-devatā (Hinduism)Ishta-deva or ishta devata (Sanskrit: इष्ट देव(ता), , literally "cherished divinity" from iṣṭa, "personal, liked, cherished, preferred" and devatā, "godhead, divinity, tutelary deity" or deva, "deity"), is a term used in Hinduism denoting a worshipper's favourite deity. It is especially significant to both the Smarta and Bhakti schools, wherein practitioners choose to worship the form of God that inspires them. Within Smartism, one of five chief deities is selected.
