Panchikarana information

• Hindu synthesis (500/200 BCE-300 CE)
  
• History
• Indus Valley Civilisation
• Historical Vedic religion
• Dravidian folk religion
• Śramaṇa
• Tribal religions in India

Traditional

• Itihasa-Purana
• Epic-Puranic royal genealogies
• Epic-Puranic chronology

Major traditions

• Shaivism
• Shaktism
• Smartism
• Vaishnavism

List

Trimurti

• Brahma
• Vishnu
• Shiva

Tridevi

• Saraswati
• Lakshmi
• Parvati

Other major Devas / Devis

Vedic:

• Agni
• Ashvins
• Chandra
• Indra
• Prajapati
• Pushan
• Rudra
• Surya
• Ushas
• Varuna
• Vayu

Post-Vedic:

• Dattatreya
• Durga
• Ganesha
• Hanuman
• Kali
• Kartikeya
• Krishna
• Kubera
• Radha
• Rama
• Shakti
• Sita
• Vishvakarma

Worldview

• Cosmology
• Mythology

Ontology

• Tattvas
• Subtle elements
• Panchikarana
• Gross elements
• Guṇas

Supreme reality

• Brahman
  • Nirguna
  • Saguna
• Om
• Saccidānanda

God

• Ishvara
• God in Hinduism
• God and gender

Meaning of life

• Dharma
• Artha
• Kama
• Moksha

Stages of life

• Brahmacharya
• Gṛhastha
• Vānaprastha
• Sannyasa

Three paths to liberation

• Bhakti yoga
• Jnana yoga
• Karma yoga

Liberation

Mokṣa-related topics:

• Paramātman
• Maya
• Karma
• Saṃsāra

Mind

• Ātman (self)
• Anātman (non-self)
• Sūkṣma śarīra (subtle body)
• Antaḥkaraṇa (mental organs)
  
• Prajña (wisdom)
• Ānanda (happiness)
• Viveka (discernment)
• Vairagya (dispassion)
• Sama (equanimity)
• Dama (temperance)
• Uparati (self-settledness)
• Titiksha (forbearance)
• Shraddha (faith)
• Samadhana (concentration)
• Arishadvargas (six enemies)
• Ahamkara (attachment)

Ethics

• Niti śastra
• Yamas
• Niyama
• Ahimsa
• Achourya
• Aparigraha
• Brahmacharya
• Satya
• Damah
• Dayā
• Akrodha
• Arjava
• Santosha
• Tapas
• Svādhyāya
• Shaucha
• Mitahara
• Dāna
• Sources of dharma

Epistemology

• Pratyakṣa (perception)
• Anumāṇa (inference)
• Upamāṇa (comparison, analogy)
• Arthāpatti (postulation, presumption)
• Anupalabdi (non-perception, negation)
• Śabda (word, testimony)

Worship, sacrifice, and charity

• Puja
• Ārtī
• Prarthana
• Śrauta
• Temple
• Murti
• Bhakti
• Japa
• Bhajana
• Kīrtana
• Yajna
• Homa
• Tarpana
• Vrata
• Prāyaścitta
• Tirtha
• Yatra
• Tirthadana
• Matha
• Nritta-Nritya
• Dāna
• Sevā

Meditation

• Tapas
• Dhyana
• Samādhāna
• Nididhyāsana

Yoga

• Sadhu
• Yogi
• Yogini
• Asana
• Sādhanā
• Hatha yoga
• Jnana yoga
• Bhakti yoga
• Karma yoga
• Rāja yoga
• Kundalini yoga

Arts

• Bharatanatyam
• Kathak
• Kathakali
• Kuchipudi
• Manipuri
• Mohiniyattam
• Odissi
• Sattriya
• Bhagavata Mela
• Yakshagana
• Dandiya Raas
• Carnatic music
• Pandav Lila
• Kalaripayattu
• Silambam
• Adimurai

Rites of passage

• Garbhadhana
• Pumsavana
• Pumsavana Simantonayana
• Simantonnayana
• Jatakarma
• Nāmakaraṇa
• Nishkramana
• Annaprashana
• Chudakarana
• Karnavedha
• Vidyāraṃbhaṃ
• Upanayana
• Keshanta
• Ritushuddhi
• Samavartanam
• Vivaha
• Antyesti

Festivals

• Diwali
• Holi
• Maha Shivaratri
• Navaratri
  • Durga Puja
  • Ramlila
  • Vijayadashami-Dussehra
• Raksha Bandhan
• Ganesh Chaturthi
• Vasant Panchami
• Rama Navami
• Janmashtami
• Onam
• Makar Sankranti
• Kumbh Mela
• Pongal
• Ugadi
• Vaisakhi
  • Bihu
  • Puthandu
  • Vishu
• Ratha Yatra

Six Astika schools

• Samkhya
• Yoga
• Nyaya
• Vaisheshika
• Mīmāṃsā
• Vedanta
  • Advaita
  • Dvaita
  • Vishishtadvaita
  • Achintya Bheda Abheda
  • Shuddhadvaita
  • Dvaitadvaita
  • Akshar Purushottam Darshan

Other schools

• Shaiva
  • Kapalika
  • Pashupata
  • Pratyabhijña
• Vaishnava
  • Pancharatra
• Charvaka

Ancient

• Agastya
• Angiras
• Aruni
• Ashtavakra
• Atri
• Bharadwaja
• Gotama
• Jaimini
• Jamadagni
• Kanada
• Kapila
• Kashyapa
• Patanjali
• Pāṇini
• Prashastapada
• Raikva
• Satyakama Jabala
• Valmiki
• Vashistha
• Vishvamitra
• Vyasa
• Yajnavalkya

Medieval

• Abhinavagupta
• Adi Shankara
• Akka Mahadevi
• Allama Prabhu
• Alvars
• Basava
• Chaitanya
• Ramdas Kathiababa
• Chakradhara
• Chāngadeva
• Dadu Dayal
• Eknath
• Gangesha Upadhyaya
• Santadas Kathiababa
• Gaudapada
• Gorakshanatha
• Haridasa Thakur
• Harivansh
• Jagannatha Dasa
• Jayanta Bhatta
• Jayatīrtha
• Jiva Goswami
• Jñāneśvar
• Kabir
• Kanaka Dasa
• Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
• Madhusūdana
• Madhva
• Matsyendranatha
• Morya Gosavi
• Mukundarāja
• Namadeva
• Narahari Tirtha
• Narasimha Saraswati
• Nayanars
• Nimbarkacharya
• Prabhākara
• Purandara Dasa
• Raghavendra Swami
• Raghunatha Siromani
• Raghuttama Tirtha
• Ram Charan
• Ramananda
• Ramanuja
• Ramprasad Sen
• Ravidas
• Rupa Goswami
• Samarth Ramdas
• Sankardev
• Satyanatha Tirtha
• Siddheshwar
• Sripada Srivallabha
• Sripadaraja
• Surdas
• Swaminarayan
• Śyāma Śastri
• Tukaram
• Tulsidas
• Tyagaraja
• Vācaspati Miśra
• Vadiraja Tirtha
• Vallabha
• Valluvar
• Vedanta Desika
• Vidyaranya
• Vyasaraja

Modern

• Aurobindo
• Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
• Bhaktivinoda Thakur
• Chandrashekarendra Saraswati
• Chinmayananda
• Dayananda Saraswati
• Jaggi Vasudev
• Krishnananda Saraswati
• Mahavatar Babaji
• Mahesh Yogi
• Narayana Guru
• Nigamananda
• Nisargadatta Maharaj
• Prabhupada
• Radhakrishnan
• R. D. Ranade
• Ramakrishna
• Rama Tirtha
• Ramana Maharshi
• Ravi Shankar
• Ramdas
• Samarth
• Sathya Sai Baba
• Shirdi Sai Baba
• Shraddhanand
• Satyadhyana Tirtha
• Siddharameshwar Maharaj
• Sivananda
• Trailanga
• U. G. Krishnamurti
• Upasni Maharaj
• Vethathiri Maharishi
• Vivekananda
• Yogananda

Sources and classification of scripture

• Śruti
• Smṛti
• Ācāra
• Ātmatuṣṭi

Scriptures

• Timeline of Hindu texts

Vedas

• Rigveda
• Yajurveda
• Samaveda
• Atharvaveda

Divisions

• Samhita
• Brahmana
• Aranyaka
• Upanishads

Upanishads

Rigveda:

• Aitareya
• Kaushitaki

Yajurveda:

• Brihadaranyaka
• Isha
• Taittiriya
• Katha
• Shvetashvatara
• Maitri

Samaveda:

• Chandogya
• Kena

Atharvaveda:

• Mundaka
• Mandukya
• Prashna

Vedangas

• Shiksha
• Chandas
• Vyākaraṇa
• Nirukta
• Kalpa
• Jyotisha

Other scriptures

• Bhagavad Gita
• Agamas (Hinduism)

Itihasas

• Ramayana
• Mahabharata

Other texts

Puranas

• Vishnu Purana
• Bhagavata Purana
• Devi Bhagavata Purana
• Naradiya Purana
• Vāmana Purana
• Matsya Purana
• Garuda Purana
• Brahma Purana
• Brahmanda Purana
• Brahma Vaivarta Purana
• Bhavishya Purana
• Padma Purana
• Agni Purana
• Shiva Purana
• Linga Purana
• Kūrma Purana
• Skanda Purana
• Varaha Purana
• Markandeya Purana

Upavedas

• Ayurveda
• Dhanurveda
• Gandharvaveda
• Sthapatyaveda

Shastras, sutras, and samhitas

• Dharma Shastra
• Artha Śastra
• Shilpa Shastras
• Kama Sutra
• Brahma Sutras
• Samkhya Sutras
• Mimamsa Sutras
• Nyāya Sūtras
• Vaiśeṣika Sūtra
• Yoga Sutras
• Pramana Sutras
• Charaka Samhita
• Sushruta Samhita
• Natya Shastra
• Panchatantra
• Naalayira Divya Prabandham
• Tirumurai
• Ramcharitmanas
• Yoga Vasistha
• Swara yoga
• Panchadasi

Stotras and stutis

• Kanakadhara Stotra
• Shiva Stuti
• Vayu Stuti

Tamil literature

• Tirumurai
• Naalayira Divya Prabandham
• Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai
• Tiruppukal
• Kural
• Kamba Ramayanam/Ramavataram
• Five Great Epics
• Eighteen Greater Texts
• Eighteen Lesser Texts
• Athichudi
• Iraiyanar Akapporul
• Abirami Antati
• Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam
• Vinayagar Agaval

Varna

Four varnas:

• Brahmana
• Kshatriya
• Vaishya
• Shudra

Varna-less:

• Dalit

Varna-related topics:

• Jāti

Other society-related topics:

• Discrimination
  • Persecution
• Nationalism
• Hindutva
• Organisations
• Reform movements

Hinduism by country

• Balinese Hinduism

• Caribbean Shaktism

Hindu culture

• Architecture
• Calendar
• Iconography
• Mythology
• Pilgrimage sites

Hinduism and other religions

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