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Monism means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study (history)Monism refers to one of the various systems of belief and worship that once existed in ancient Kashmir (Ka艣m墨ra) as mentioned in the N墨lamatapur膩峁嘺.鈥擳he doctrine of monism, according to which there exists only a single principle from which everything is evolved, is also found in the N墨lamata. Brahm膩 in the N墨lamata seems to have been identified with Brahma of the Upani峁ds, for he is recognized as the only element in the universe except whom there exists nothing. He is the knower and the thing to be known, the body and the soul, the meditator, the object of meditation and the meditation itself. He is also of unknown birth. In the eulogy of N墨la, there is a reference to Brahma in the Upani峁dic style. This Brahma is indivisible, imperishable and the highest. Due to its minuteness it is called Ether. The statement that it is minute as well as great, uncreated as well as possessed of limbs reminds one of similar statements found in the Ka峁環a and the 艢vet膩艣vatara Upani峁ds. Of course, the N墨lamata does not give us clear-cut monism; it has just paved the way for the Monistic 艢aiva philosophy of Ka艣m墨ra.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati D膩sa)
Verse 1.7.107 < [Chapter 7 - 艢r墨 Vi艣var奴pa Takes Sanny膩sa]
Verse 1.11.64 < [Chapter 11 - Meeting with 艢r墨 莫艣vara Pur墨]
Verse 1.1.157 < [Chapter 1 - Summary of Lord Gaura鈥檚 Pastimes]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by 艢r墨 艢r墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 Mah膩r膩ja)
Verse 2.1.45 < [Chapter 1 - Vair膩gya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.3.96-97 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 2.2.222 < [Chapter 2 - J帽膩na (knowledge)]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.2.7 < [Book 3 - Pada-k膩峁囜笉a (2): Dravya-samudde艣a (On Substance)]
Verse 3.1.22-24 < [Book 3 - Pada-k膩峁囜笉a (1): J膩ti-samudde艣a (On the Universal)]
Verse 3.9.46 < [Book 3 - Pada-k膩峁囜笉a (9): K膩la-samudde艣a (On Time)]
Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Chapter 19 - Introduction to the Tantra Shastras < [Section 4 - Classical Sanskrit literature]
Chapter 28.5 - Introduction to the Vedanta school of Philosophy < [Section 4 - Classical Sanskrit literature]
Diaspora of Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult鈥擨ndia and Indonesia (by Shilpa V. Sonawane)
Part 5 - The 鈥淭aichi Symbol鈥� (Taijitu) < [Chapter 3 - Research and Methodology]
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