Brahmani (Matrika)Brahmani (Sanskrit: ब्रह्माणी, IAST: Brahmāṇī) or Brahmi (Sanskrit: ब्राह्मी, IAST: Brāhmī), is one of the seven Hindu mother goddesses known as Sapta Matrikas. She is a form of Saraswati and is considered as the Shakti of the creator god Brahma in Hinduism. She is an aspect of Adi Shakti, possessing the "Rajas Guna" and is therefore the source of Brahma's power. When Brahma was in meditation for the creation of the universe, his body was divided into two parts. They then formed the gods and goddesses, whereby one part was male and the other one female.
Aghorivignette|Mendiant Aghori, fin du 19e siècle. Du sanskrit "A-ghora", "Ce qui n’est pas terrible", "sans peur", "absence de difficultés" (en hindi, aghori signifie « sale, négligé »), le terme Aghori désigne les adeptes d’un courant de l’hindouisme dont les origines demeurent peu connues. Apparentés au Shivaïsme tantrique, les aghoris ont la réputation en Inde d’utiliser des pratiques subversives, telles la consommation d’alcool et de drogues ainsi que la méditation sur des lieux considérés comme impurs par la société hindoue comme les crématoires (Smashan) ; autant de moyens d’accéder à la libération de l’esprit et à l’émancipation finale des cycles de réincarnation (Moksha).
Saguṇa BrahmanSaguṇa brahman (devanāgarī: सगुण ब्रह्मन्) est un terme composé de saguṇa qui signifie en sanskrit, hindi « doué de qualités, de vertus » ou encore « l'être suprême pourvu d'attributs » et de Brahman. Dans la philosophie indienne, saguṇa brahman désigne le Divin immanent ou manifesté et en opposition à nirguṇa brahman. Dans le Vedānta et plus particulièrement dans l'Advaita Vedānta, saguṇa brahman désigne l'Être à la source de la création, c'est-à-dire Īśvara.
Kali Yugavignette|200px|droite|Le cycle des yuga. Le Kali Yuga ou kaliyuga (en écriture devanāgarī : कलियुग, « âge de Kali » ou « âge de fer »), est le quatrième et actuel âge de la cosmogonie hindoue, les trois autres étant le Krita Yuga, le et le Dvâpara Yuga. Ces quatre âges correspondent à un Mahayuga. Selon le traité d'astronomie Surya Siddhanta, qui forme la base des calendriers hindou et bouddhiste, le Kali Yuga commence à minuit le 18 février -3102 selon le calendrier julien proleptique ou le 23 janvier -3102 selon le calendrier grégorien proleptique, jour de la mort de Krishna, tué par un chasseur, selon le Mahābhārata.
Charnel groundA charnel ground (Sanskrit: श्मशान; IAST: śmaśāna; Tibetan pronunciation: durtrö; ) is an above-ground site for the putrefaction of bodies, generally human, where formerly living tissue is left to decompose uncovered. Although it may have demarcated locations within it functionally identified as burial grounds, cemeteries and crematoria, it is distinct from these as well as from crypts or burial vaults.
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.
ManidvipaManidvipa (मणिद्वीप; ) is the celestial abode of Adi Shakti, the supreme goddess, according to the Shaktism tradition in Hinduism. It is an island situated in the middle of an ocean called the Sudha Samudra (the ocean of nectar). In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Manidvipa is portrayed as the Sarvaloka, the highest world, superior to Goloka, the realm of Krishna, Vaikuntha, the realm of Vishnu and Lakshmi, Kailasa, the realm of Shiva and Parvati, and Brahmaloka, the realm of Brahma and Saraswati.
ShmashanaA śmaśāna (Devanagari: श्मशान) is a Hindu crematory ground, where dead bodies are brought to be burnt on a pyre. It is usually located near a river or body of water on the outskirts of a village or town; as they are usually located near river ghats they are also called smashan ghat. The word has its origin from Sanskrit language: shma refers to shava ("corpse"), while shana refers to shanya ("bed"). The other Indian religions like Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism also use śmaśāna for the last rites of the dead.
YogamayaYogamaya (योगमाया), also venerated as Vindhyavasini, Mahamaya, and Ekanamsha, is a Hindu goddess. In Vaishnava tradition, she is accorded the epithet Narayani, and serves as the personification of Vishnu's powers of illusion. The deity is regarded as the benevolent aspect of the goddess Durga in the Bhagavata Purana. She is regarded by Shaktas to be a form of Adi Shakti. In Hindu literature, she is born in a Yadava family, as the daughter of Nanda and Yashoda.
