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...twos and fours together with certain mantras are repeated with the twelve names. For instance the first [[mantra]] using this method would be chanted as ==Significance of Suryanamaskāra==

[[Brahma]]ṇaspati literally means ‘lord of [[brahman]] prayer or the [[Vedas]]’. ...in the [[Śatapatha Brāhmana]]. He may be the deity of prayer and the text of the [[Veda]] itself. He is said to control the clouds and rain and help the

==Origin of Bhāgavata-dharma== ...tha Upanisad 2.23; Svetāśvatara Upanisad 6.23</ref> Even during the period of the epics and the [[purāṇas]] it grew to voluminous proportions.

==Contents of the Bahvṛcopanisad== ...for quotations. It deals with the first existence of beings and attributes of the Goddess [[Śakti]].

...concept defined in various ways. Time aids us to perceive change of state in a thing. Taking the time needed to wink the eyelids as one unit called ‘n ...the above table, the duration is equal to the adjacent time slot mentioned in the table.

==Various Names of God== In religion, God has been described by various terms such as:

Sahasranāmastotras literally means ‘hymns containing one thousand names’. ...the name.</ref> and the nāmin<ref>Nāmin means the one who is named, i.e., God.</ref> are identical.

Pārvati literally means ‘daughter of the mountain-king’. ==Names of Pārvatī==

Ekā[[daśa]]-Rudras literally means ‘The group of eleven Rudras’. ...e sometimes listed as eight or eleven. They may be gaṇadevatās, attendants of [[Śiva]].

...y. One such was Raidās who was also called Ravidās and Rohidāsa who lived in [[Kāśī]] or Vārāṇasī. ...iend of [[Kabīr]],<ref>He lived in A. D. 1440-1518.</ref> another disciple of the same teacher.

Praṇava literally means ‘that by which God is effectively praised,’ ‘that which is ever new’. ...phy and God of religion. Literally the word ‘Praṇava’ means ‘that by which God is effectively praised’. It also means ‘that which is ever new’. The

Lalitātriśati literally means ‘hymn of three hundred names of [[Lalitā]] Divine Mother’. ...ge Hayagriva and entreated him to teach him further. Three years passed by in this way.

...psarās]], kinnaras and ŗşis <ref>P. Pur.</ref>; one of the chief disciples of [[Gautama]] [[Buddha]]. # [[a]] particular variety of [[Sanskrit]] meter

Bhavatārini literally means ‘One who causes the jīva to cross the ocean of samsāra’. ...,’ is one of the names by which [[Kāli]] is known in the Bengali tradition of Śakti worship.

...d by time, place and causation’. This simply means that ‘satya’ stands for God, the Absolute. ...an extension of this meaning, anything that helps a man’s progress towards God, is satya.

==Era of Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad== ...niṣads. It belongs to the Kṛṣṇa [[Yajurveda]]. It has 113 mantras included in six chapters.

Pañcāyatanapujā literally means ‘[[worship]] of five [[deities]]’. ==Five Different Portrayals of God==

...ibution to the [[bhakti]] literature. He categorizes bhakti or devotion to God into ‘maryādābhakti’ and ‘puṣṭibhakti’. ...who follow this path have to depend on self-effort. Puṣtimārga is the path of devotion categorized as ‘puṣṭi’.

==Origin of Prapannagītā== ...hs composed in verse form, to which the appellation Gitā is given. Sixteen of such Gītās are from the Mahābhārata, twenty from various [[purāṇas]]

...[[Śiva]]. He is described as having five heads and ten arms, and is seated in baddha-[[padmāsana]].<ref>Baddha-[[padmāsana]] means bound lotus posture. # Abhayamudrā - gesture of protection