Hiranya

A Sanskrit term meaning “golden.”

More Definitions

A treatise on Indian architecture dating to the eleventh century CE and attributed to King Bhoja of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh.…

A central concept in Mahayana Buddhism that refers to the perfect way of seeing reality. It also refers to a…

A style of Persian calligraphy that originated in Timurid Iran and gained popularity from the fifteenth century onwards. Written in…

Also called vimoksha, vimukti, mukti and nirvana, it is an Indian philosophical concept that signifies liberation from the cycle of…

Literally meaning "string" or "thread," it refers to literature from the ancient and medieval periods that was originally preserved and…

Meaning “tradition” or “received knowledge” in Sanskrit, the term refers to a set of scriptures within Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.…

A minor Upanishad often classified as one of the eight Shakta Upanishads, it is one of the nineteen late-Vedic texts…

Established in 1952 and inaugurated in 1954, it is India’s National Academy of Letters, created for the promotion and preservation…