Asko ParpolaAsko Heikki Siegfried Parpola (né en 1941) est professeur émérite de l'université d'Helsinki. Il est un expert mondialement reconnu de l'écriture de l'Indus ou écrit de la civilisation de la vallée de l'Indus. Il est très connu pour sa théorie qui propose que l'écriture de l'Indus codifie une langue dravidienne. Son frère Simo Parpola est un linguiste mondialement reconnu expert en assyriologie. Prix Alfred Kordelin , 2003 Université d'Helsinki Asko Parpola sur Harappa.com Catégorie:Indianiste Catégorie:Lin
Kashyapa (hindouisme)Kashyapa (, ) is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. He is one of the Saptarishis, the seven ancient sages of the Rigveda. Kashyapa is the most ancient and venerated rishi, along with the other Saptarishis, listed in the colophon verse in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Kashyapa is an ancient name, referring to many different personalities in the ancient Hindu and Buddhist texts. The place Kashmir is named after him, as well as numerous other Sanskrit texts and Indian scriptures. Kashyapa means "turtle" in Sanskrit.
NiruktaNirukta (devanāgarī: निरुक्त) signifie en sanskrit « explication, interprétation, étymologie, herméneutique ». Nirukta ou Nirvacanaśāstra désigne aussi l'une des six disciplines annexes du Veda (Vedāṅga). La seule œuvre de base que l'on en ait conservé est le Nirukta de Yāska et concerne l'étymologie de mots védiques. Rédigé en sanskrit ancien ou védique, le Nirukta (terme sanskrit signifiant explication ou interprétation étymologique) se présente comme un commentaire sur les nighaṇṭu, lesquels sont des glossaires de mots rares ou obscurs contenus dans les Veda.
YâskaYāska was an ancient Indian grammarian and linguist [est. 7th–5th century BCE(disputed)]. Preceding Pāṇini [est. 7th–4th century BCE(disputed)], he is traditionally identified as the author of Nirukta, the discipline of "etymology" (explanation of words) within Sanskrit grammatical tradition and the Nighantu, the oldest proto-thesaurus in India. Yaska is widely regarded as the precursive founder of the discipline of what would become etymology in both the East and the West.
Samhitavignette|Brahma, Vishnu et Shiva assis sur des lotus avec leur épouse Une Samhita (IAST: saṃhitā ; devanāgarī: संहिता) est un recueil de textes et ce terme s'applique particulièrement aux textes de mantras des quatre Védas dans l'hindouisme. Sa traduction est: recueil, collection. Ces mantras peuvent servir lors de rituels, se retrouver dans des poèmes ou dans des hymnes. Des chants védiques différents découlent de ces mantras ; le samhitapatha est le nom d'une récitation continue.
ShakhaA shakha (Sanskrit , "branch" or "limb") is a Hindu theological school that specializes in learning certain Vedic texts, or else the traditional texts followed by such a school. An individual follower of a particular school or recension is called a . The term is also used in Hindu philosophy to refer to an adherent of a particular orthodox system.
Vedic metreVedic metre refers to the poetic metre in the Vedic literature. The study of Vedic metre, along with post-Vedic metre, is part of Chandas, one of the six Vedanga disciplines. In addition to these seven, there are fourteen less frequent syllable-based metres (Varna-vritta or Akshara-chandas): 8. Atijagati (13x4); 9. Śakkarī (14x4); 10. Atiśakarī (15x4); 11. Ashṭi (16x4); 12. Atyashti (17x4); 13. Dhritī (18x4); 14. Atidhritī (19x4); 15. Kṛiti (20x4); 16. Prakṛiti (21x4); 17. Ākṛiti (22x4): 18. Vikṛiti (23x4); 19.
Vedic SanskritVedic Sanskrit, also simply referred as the Vedic language, is an ancient language of the Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-European language family. It is attested in the Vedas and related literature compiled over the period of the mid-2nd to mid-1st millennium BCE. It is orally preserved, predating the advent of writing by several centuries. Extensive ancient literature in the Vedic Sanskrit language has survived into the modern era, and this has been a major source of information for reconstructing Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Indo-Iranian history.
AntyeshtiAntyesti (IAST: Antyeṣṭi, अन्त्येष्टि) literally means "last sacrifice" or "final auspicious ceremony", and refers to the funeral rites for the dead in Hinduism, which usually involves cremation of the body. This rite of passage is the last samskara in a series of traditional life cycle samskaras that start from conception in Hindu tradition. It is also referred to as Antima Samskar, Antya-kriya, Anvarohanyya, or as Vahni Samskara. The details of the Antyesti ceremony depend on the region, social group, gender and age of the dead.
Gāyatrī mantravignette|Le Gayatri Mantra écrit en devanagari. vignette|Récitation du mantra Gayatri. Durée : . vignette|Une représentation peinte du Gāyatrī mantra par le peintre indien Ravi Varmâ, réalisée vers 1900. Le Gāyatrī (गायत्री gāyatrī) mantra, aussi appelé Sāvitrī Mantra, provient du Rig-Véda, . Il est considéré comme le plus sacré du Veda, les textes ancestraux de l'hindouisme. Selon la tradition, c’est le Rishi Vishvamitra qui l’a composé dans sa forme actuelle.
