Global Information Lookup Global Information

Circumambulation information


Relief of ancient Indian Buddhists (monks at left, a lay couple at right, statues behind) circumambulating a stupa in a chaitya temple

Circumambulation[1] (from Latin circum around[2] and ambulātus to walk[3]) is the act of moving around a sacred object or idol.[4]

Circumambulation of temples or deity images is an integral part of Hindu and Buddhist devotional practice (known in Sanskrit as pradakśiṇā).[5] It is also present in other religions, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

  1. ^ Goblet d'Alviella, Eugène (1908). Circumambulation in: Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Volume 3, 667 – 669. Edinburgh: Clark.
  2. ^ "Circum-". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  3. ^ "Ambulate". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  4. ^ Bowker, John (1999). The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 0-19-866242-4.
  5. ^ "Buddhamind.info: Circumambulation". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2005-11-21.

and 24 Related for: Circumambulation information

Request time (Page generated in 0.5411 seconds.)

Circumambulation

Last Update:

Circumambulation (from Latin circum around and ambulātus to walk) is the act of moving around a sacred object or idol. Circumambulation of temples or...

Word Count : 1197

Mount Kailash

Last Update:

Mansarovar and a circumambulation of Mount Kailash. The path around Mount Kailash is 53 km (33 mi) long. Pilgrims believe that doing a circumambulation of Mount...

Word Count : 3846

Girivalam

Last Update:

of Arunachala Hill, the temple serves as a starting point for the circumambulation. The practice of Girivalam involves walking a distance of approximately...

Word Count : 515

Stupa

Last Update:

of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation. Circumambulation, or pradakhshina, has been an important ritual and devotional practice...

Word Count : 4838

Parikrama

Last Update:

Parikrama or Pradakshina is clockwise circumambulation of sacred entities, and the path along which this is performed, as practiced in the Indic religions...

Word Count : 3045

Hindu wedding

Last Update:

A Hindu wedding, also known as Vivaha (Devanagari: विवाह; Vivaaha) (pronunciation), Marathi: Lagna (लग्न), Bengali: Bibaho (বিবাহ), Kalyanam (Devanagari:...

Word Count : 10398

Filosofem

Last Update:

") 7:53 5. "Rundtgåing av den transcendentale egenhetens støtte" ("Circumambulation of the Transcendental Columns of Singularity") "Rundgang um die transzendentale...

Word Count : 792

Golden Temple

Last Update:

of life and faiths. It has a square plan with four entrances, and a circumambulation path around the pool. The four entrances to the gurudwara symbolises...

Word Count : 10672

Kaaba

Last Update:

says that the Kaaba itself might be referred to in the feminine form. Circumambulation was often performed naked by men and almost naked by women. It is disputed...

Word Count : 8483

Chilkoor Balaji Temple

Last Update:

the devotee goes through the usual rituals of prayer, including 11 circumambulations of the inner shrine, and makes a vow. Once the wish is fulfilled devotees...

Word Count : 477

Kailasha

Last Update:

and a circumambulation of Mount Kailasha. The path around Mount Kailasha is 53 km (33 mi) long. Pilgrims believe that doing a circumambulation of Mount...

Word Count : 1171

Ficus religiosa

Last Update:

ascetics) meditate beneath sacred fig trees, and Hindus do pradakshina (circumambulation, or meditative pacing) around the sacred fig tree as a mark of worship...

Word Count : 2007

Narmada River

Last Update:

fact that the pilgrims perform a holy pilgrimage of a parikrama or circumambulation of the river. The Narmada Parikrama, as it is called, is considered...

Word Count : 5425

Theravada

Last Update:

Circumambulation around a temple or a stupa is also a common devotional practice....

Word Count : 17069

Saptapadi

Last Update:

 'seven steps') or saat phere (Hindi: सात फेरे, sāt phéré, lit. 'seven circumambulations') is regarded to be the most important rite (Sanskrit: rītī) of a...

Word Count : 1458

Sacredness

Last Update:

original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023. "Narmadāparikramā – Circumambulation of the Narmadā River". Brill. Archived from the original on 17 September...

Word Count : 3420

Black Stone

Last Update:

considered simply as a marker, useful in keeping count of the ritual circumambulations that one has performed. Writing in Dawn in Madinah: A Pilgrim's Passage...

Word Count : 5186

True Widow

Last Update:

Heavens and From the Center to the Circumference of the Earth (2011), Circumambulation (2013), and after extensive touring, they released Avvolgere (2016)...

Word Count : 771

Govardhana Shila

Last Update:

which is about 8 km in length. When Vallabhacharya did parikrama (circumambulation) of Govardhana Hill while visiting Vrindavana in 1515 AD, he did not...

Word Count : 1366

Gurdwara

Last Update:

of the sanctum, more often than not, is such as to allow space for circumambulation. Sometimes, to augment the space, verandahs are built to skirt the...

Word Count : 3373

Brihadisvara Temple

Last Update:

spacious courtyard, with a perimeter of about 450 metres (1,480 ft) for circumambulation. Outside this pillared veranda there are two walls of enclosure, the...

Word Count : 6678

Mecca

Last Update:

of the most important rites of both the Hajj and of the Umrah, the circumambulation around the Ka'bah (tawaf) and the walking between the two mounts of...

Word Count : 11862

Hindu temple

Last Update:

be specially allotted times for devotees to perform pradakshina (circumambulations) around the temple. Visitors and worshipers to large Hindu temples...

Word Count : 14832

Chorten Kora

Last Update:

Dakpa Kora (circumambulation of the Chorten by the Dakpas) festival held on the 15th of the first lunar month, and a Drukpa Kora (circumambulation of the Chorten...

Word Count : 314

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net