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Hi, I want to present a new JavaScript mod for Sanskrit input in roman characters. The script can be installed by editing your personal monobook.js script file.
The first function of the Sanskrit script will auto-replace romanized Sanskrit words with their proper diacritical form. So basically when you are typing Sakti it auto-replaces with Śakti
The dictionary might still have a few mistakes so please double check every word with the proper sources you cite from.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Visarga/monobook.js
The second function of this script is to help you manually add diacritics into the text. This is the replace table: 'a--|ā', 'A--|Ā', 'u--|ū', 'U--|Ū', 'i--|ī', 'I--|Ī', 'r..|ṛ', 'l..|ḷ', 'L..|Ḷ', 'm..|ṃ', 'M..|Ṃ', 'h..|ḥ', 'H..|Ḥ', "S|Ś", "s|ś", 's..|ṣ', 'S..|Ṣ', 'n..|ṇ', 'N..|Ṇ', 'n~~|ñ', 'N~~|Ñ', 't..|ṭ', 'T..|Ṭ', 'd..|ḍ', 'D..|Ḍ', 'r.-|ṝ', 'R.-|Ṝ', 'L.-|Ḹ', 'l.-|ḹ'
So in simpler words, a double minus "--" will put the diacritical line over the last letter, a double dot ".." will add a dot under, a double "~~" will add the cedilla over n ("Ñ") and so on. For letters with 2 diacritics like "Ḹ" you add ".-" after L.
The script has been tested in Firefox and Safari.
Visarga (talk) 09:02, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I created this article Monkey mind.
I knew it was a term in Buddhism, but apparently it is a term in Hinduism also. This website [1] references the term in the Ramayana and claims the "concept of a monkey mind is a popular one in Hindu literature."
If anyone could give the devangari for the term and any information on it, from a Hindu perspective, that would be great! ☯ Zenwhat (talk) 18:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
The discussion, Vaishnavism's relation to Vedic religion, is now on the Vaishnavism Wikiproject talk page, Vaishnavism's relation to Vedic religion. Any comments? Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 19:43, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
A somewhat older topic, but should the California controversy article be upgraded to B-class? It has improved a lot, enough that Start class may be a bit too low. Just a suggestion to send to you. --Shruti14 t c s 05:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Both articles discuss the same subject - the day known as Ekadashi. I propose that the articles be merged, as they discuss the same thing. --Shruti14 t c s 20:34, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
There is a proposal to convert the draft infobox template ((Infobox church/sandbox)) into a template that can be used for all places of worship. We would like your views on whether you think this is a good idea, and if you are able to help identify parameters that would be relevant to the religion that your WikiProject deals with. Do join the discussion taking place at "Template talk:Infobox church". — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 03:41, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
There is an edit dispute between myself and another editor at Ramakrishna over how much weight should be given to (scholars) views that Ramakrishna had pedophilic tendencies, was a closet transexual, etc. Those views were already in the article, and accurately so since there have been a couple of books written about it - but since I added some opposing scholar viewpoints, he has added an avalanche of quotes that give it undue weight, in my opinion. Since there have been only the two of us in dispute until now, and I don't see it being resolved without more opinions, I would like to invite other editors to look at the article and work on it. I'll step aside from the article for a few days, to give other editors a chance to resolve this. More specifically: Ramakrishna#Contemporary scholarship ~ priyanath talk 16:02, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
there are currently 12 articles in the scope of this project which are tagged with notability concerns. I have listed them here. (Note: this listing is based on a database snapshot of 12 March 2008 and may be slightly outdated.)
I would encourage members of this project to have a look at these articles, and see whether independent sources can be added, whether the articles can be merged into an article of larger scope, or possibly be deleted. Any help in cleaning up this backlog is appreciated. For further information, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability.
If you have any questions, please leave a message on the Notability project page or on my personal talk page. (I'm not watching this page however.) Thanks! --B. Wolterding (talk) 16:40, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
There is a discussion on Krishna's status as avatar at Krishna and Vishnu avatar discussion. Any comments you have would be appreciated. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 20:59, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
I have been looking over the Stephen Knapp article and its potential references. I have yet to find any that meet the standards of Wikipedia:Reliable sources. Any information on potential references (reliable sources) would be appreciated. My concern is that without reliable sources and only a list of his self published books, this article seems to be an advertisement. Please see, Stephen Knapp and reliable sources. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 05:51, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
If anyone would like to add to this debate on Talk:Krishna, please do so. What should have been a trivial discussion on a trivial topic has escalated to a rather heated debate and potential edit war, and we need the opinions of many more editors to help settle the matter quickly. --Shruti14 t c s 23:33, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm currently trying to sort out whether the article Radha-vallabha meets the notability guidelines (it has been tagged with notability concerns about one year ago). I would like your advice, since the article seems a bit confusing to me. It does not cite any sources. I searched for the term "Radha-vallabha" on Google Books, and from the results it is not even clear to me whether Radha-vallabha is a denomination (as the article states), or rather a deity, or the name of a person.
Can you tell me what to do with the article? Is the content correct, and can it be attributed to sources? Or does the article need to be rewritten? Or should it, after all, be removed completely?
Please leave your comments on the article's talk page. Thanks, --B. Wolterding (talk) 13:00, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
The Nath page has been the subject of a long-running edit war in which a group of editors from the International Nath Order have been systematically inserting their unrecognized and extremely sketchy pseudo-guru into the Nath pages, and then citing that individual's own works to justify their inclusion in the page, which deleting the leaders of other more representative (i.e. based in India, not led by Englishmen, recognized in the local culture) groups. There have been several indications that Wikipedia admins who are a part of this pseudo-Nath group have been colluding to maintain the page in a broken state to divert attention to their group. The whole thing is a manipulation of public information resources on behalf of a small religious sect, and really should be stamped on in much the same way that we monitor abuses from Scientology. There have also been reports of harassment towards other Nath groups from the International Nath Order's representatives who like to represent themselves as the only living branch of the Nath Sampradaya operative in the west.
Highly problematic, as the edit histories and discussion pages show. Please keep an eye on this page and moderate abuses when you see them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.82.115.34 (talk) 02:13, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if a member of WikiProject Hinduism could have a look at the article Edem Agbotui. It was copied from a web page [2] with all instances of "Murugar" changed to "Edem Agbotui". Murugar appears to refer to Murugan, so I'm not sure if "Edem Agbotui" is another name for Murugan, or if this article was created as a hoax. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Whpq (talk) 10:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
An article I came across and tagged with your project. APK yada yada 12:47, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Wikidas (talk · contribs) is apparently enamored of a book, Readings of Vedic Literature: The Tradition Speaks for Itself, by one Satsvarupa dasa Goswami of ISKCON fame. He has spammed about a dozen Hinduism-related pages, maybe more, with excerpts from the book. He has also learned to wikilawyer. When told that his edit constitutes WP:COPYVIO (cf. this, the second of 4 sample page thumbnails on the book link above), he contends "Fair use" and warns about 3RR! If the incongruity of a Nataraja image under "VEDIC" in large letters weren't warning enough to the dubious contents of the book, nonsense like this should leave no doubt -- to everyone except him, of course. We have a problem. rudra (talk) 13:38, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Dear Rudrashrman, It appears that besides the fact that you seem unable to maintain WP:NPOV you also can not accept WP:FAITH. This book IS created by one of ISKCON writers and is since 1976 has been used as a text book on Hinduism in many colleges and universities in US. What is your problem? Are you able to accept a balance of views coming from Vaishnava perspective? Wikidās ॐ 14:53, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
strike the above, the correct title is
1440 google hits. Six (6) google scholar hits (including hits from iskcon.com). This may have some notability to ISKCON related topics. It isn't notable anywhere else. WP:FRINGE, WP:RS, WP:UNDUE. dab (𒁳) 15:13, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Google books gives two hits. One of them is just a bibliography entry. The other has some interesting things to say. rudra (talk) 15:31, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
And from Google scholar, the only citations outside the ISKCON nexus are in an article in the Journal for the Advancement of Counseling and in an article in the Journal of Teaching in Social Work. How very mainstream for the subject of Hinduism. Not. rudra (talk) 15:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I have encountered Wikidas on Krishna page, and found that he often:
See Svayam bhagavan for further examples of WP:OR and POV-pushing on the basis of primary sources. Abecedare (talk) 15:39, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Wikidas is a classic WP:FRINGE editor, and may merit a note at WP:FTN. We get plenty of this sort, nothing to see here I suppose. If he insists, a warning followed by a block may be in order. dab (𒁳) 15:45, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
It also has major circulation and a review and foreword from DR. THOMAS J. HOPKINS Department of Religious Studies Franklin and Marshall College
please also see:
"ICJ - State and Society in Ancient India - Hrydayananda Dasa Goswami". www.iskcon.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
With all you ISKCON hating folk, I will continue WP:BOLD. Thanks for the reminder that here significant views should be represented fairly and without bias, one way or another. So long... Wikidās ॐ 16:11, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Wikidas, please read some Wikipedia policy. This material of yours is not suitable for the articles you are trying to use it in. If you keep it up you will simply find yourself reverted until the cows come home. Moreschi2 (talk) 17:30, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I just wanted to voice my consern with some ISKCON ideas on this discussion page, first;
Second; alot of the murtis of India, including Jaganatha, who is a form of Vishnu, the stone is black. Even Venkateshwara is depicted as black. I was told the black stone was auspicious and absorbs the power of the mantras.
I would like to see a non-ISKCON qoute from the Mahabharata that says that Krishna means "all-attractive".
"Commentators from different Vaisnava traditions on the Vishnu sahasranama offer explanations on a similar lines."...to my understanding is this is not true; Krishna means "Black" or "dark". "Contemporary Vaisnava acaryas"; first, who are they? Or are they ISKCON gurus and spokesmen. The "Vaishnava" acaryas that I know do not say things like this.
"There are authoritative descriptions in the Brahma Samhita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita and many of the Puranas"...the Brahma Samhita is an Gaudiya book; it was written around the 15th and 16th century. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is the Bhagavata purana and the Bhagavad-gita; both translations that are talked about are the ISKCON ones, which are mistranslated in many verses. Puranas; which puranas are being described?
I have personally sent an email to the Jagannatha temple to clairify whether Jagannatha is a form of Vishnu or Krishna.Govinda Ramanuja dasa USA (talk) 21:58, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Someone just created a new "Trivia" section and added an unsourced item. I've reverted the edit, but the general issue remains: should this article have a "Trivia" section? Discussion on the Bhagavad Gita talk page, please. rudra (talk) 14:57, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
The cat is being replaced by the general cat of Category:Hindu deities, by an editor in many articles. I oppose this as deity stands for a "A god or goddess", a more general category than Hindu gods.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 14:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Category:Hindu gods and Category:Hindu deities appear to be redundant. The articles don't make a distinction between the two, and articles use a mixture of both phrases. I suggest merging one into the other, and using sub-categories more effectively. I started to do this already, because to me it seems obvious, but someone suggested I bring it up here first. Cuñado ☼ - Talk 00:52, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
There is a propasal at the Wikiproject Council for a new workgroup by the above name under WikiProject Hinduism. The discription is This would be a Workgroup under the Hinduism Wikiproject which will work to Expand and Maintain present articles and add new ones on the subject.
If anyone is interested in this or wants a discussion, pl. go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Workgroup_Swaminarayan.
Thanks, Wheredevelsdare (talk) 21:02, 26 April 2008 (UTC) and Juthani1 22:36, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Please give your comments on talk page of Murugan.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 05:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Author is absent. Can someone please look at this article and advise if you can delete or improve it? Please comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kathia Baba. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 05:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
There is a proposal, here, for a WikiProject Krishnaism subgroup. Please voice your opinions and discuss there. --Shruti14 t c s 23:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure where to bring this up, so I brought it up here. I was looking through many of the Hinduism-related articles, such as Bhagavan, Krishna, Bhakti, and many many more, and I've noticed that they tend to be very ISKCON-centric. The ISKCON view of things is described in much more detail and given much more weight than any other view. Even in a non-Hinduism article like Names of God, the Krishna-centric view of ISKCON was pushed much more strongly than any other Hindu view.
Please understand that I don't have anything against ISKCON, but the fact is that they are but one sect of Hinduism and don't speak for all Hindus. I've noticed that some of the most active Hindu Wikipedians are members of ISKCON and so it's natural that the ISKCON view would get more weight. However, we need more balance in these articles. Could we please figure out some way to patrol the various Hinduism-based articles to make sure that the views of the various schools of Hinduism are all fairly represented? --Hnsampat (talk) 13:21, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
When looking for reliable sources for North American temples, I came across Harvard University's Pluralism Project. They have profiles of some notable Hindu temples that can be very useful. The link is, Harvard University Pluralism Project's Profile of Hindu Temples. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 15:14, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
I have nominated Template:VaishnavaSampradayasrs for deletion as suggested. Please comment and support/oppose the nomination there. Thanks --Shruti14 t c s 01:22, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Regarding the ongoing discussion at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sadhu I was wondering if anyone knew how common it is for a modern day Sadhu to be wearing a watch? Guest9999 (talk) 00:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi
Can any one confirm that there is a "Pulastya" gotra and if so, is it for Sethi-s too?
Thanks.
Prem Sethi70.79.154.67 (talk) 19:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm hoping someone here can take a quick look at the article Kaali Jee and tell me if this has potential or not. I'm not finding any refs in a gsearch, but I hesitate to nominate it for deletion because it may just be a spelling/transcription issue, not a lack-of-notability issue. Thanks so much!--Fabrictramp | talk to me 19:53, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
While assessing articles for the project, I have noticed that the only FA that is given the score of TOP is the article on Ganesha. While I am NOT questioning Ganesha's position as the only TOP FA, I do question why there are not more. Do any other editors have comments or concerns about this? Concerning its place in history, I would suggest Angkor Wat as a good candidate. I am open to any ideas as I know it is a long process to FA status. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 01:40, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
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A band of socks using open proxies has brought their yahoogroups battle to Keshub Chunder Sen and other Brahmo Samaj related articles, rewriting the articles to promote their distinct POV. They have attempted to expose the real-life identity of a well-respected admin (User:Ragib), and have now coerced the retirement of a long-time editor (User:P.K.Niyogi ) with their personal attacks. They don't appear to be going away anytime soon, and these articles could use some help. To learn more, see Talk:Keshub Chunder Sen and Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Ronosen. thanks, ~ priyanath talk 15:39, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
I had warned this user some time back not to use the ord 'cult' to describe ISKON or any other religious organisation. In reply he today left a message that said
ISKCON IS a Cult, and nothing you say will change that!Govinda Ramanuja dasa USA (talk) 19:27, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Further, when I went to his talk page to warn him again, I found this -
DO NOT LEAVE ANY MESSAGES HERE OR I WILL PUT THEM ON ANTI-CULT BLOGS AND WEBSITE AS TESTIMONY OF ISKCON DOMINANCE
What should be done in this case? Around The GlobeContact 01:38, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
Start a New WikiProject to have all editing priveledges of Wikidas and Ism Schism permanently revoked Ram.samartha (talk) 22:50, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Can someone help me understand why Dashavatara of Vishnu has just received a HIGH importance rating? The page didn't even exist 4 months ago, and is barely more than an a copy and paste of the Dashavatar section of Avatar. It's my impression that most topics of high importance have been in existence for a much longer period of time. The Dashavatar section of the Avatar article has not been expanded for many months, and at this point it would be hard to justify breaking it out into a larger article. Dashavatara of Vishnu has been the subject of a merge request since late May, and that seems a more reasonable fate than a High importance rating. --Nemonoman (talk) 19:38, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Please see Manjiri Kiran. The article is likely to be deleted because the information in it cannot be easily verified and because the text is excessively promotional. If you can add references or otherwise improve the article, please do so. --Eastmain (talk) 12:54, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
A discussion on categories included here continuing from discussion at Talk:Hinduism. Wikidās ॐ 10:35, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
I am not knowledgeable on Hinduism, so I need help from someone here.
Currently, the article on Shraddha is only about Buddhism, but the concept applies to Hinduism as well. Originally, the article inappropriately contained some information on the Hindu funeral ceremony, "Shraadha," and it contained some good references to other dharmic religions, including Hinduism. Someone removed all of this, though. [15] A separate article on the funeral ceremony needs to be made, while some of the information on Hinduism should be restored.
Faith in Buddhism redirects to Shradda, so the article needs to be split somehow. ☯ Zenwhat (talk) 19:01, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I asked User:Shii to move Shraddha to Faith in Buddhism and it was moved. So, now somebody just needs to dig through the history of Faith in Buddhism to find whatever information there is on Hinduism that was there previously. An article on Faith in Hinduism needs to be be made and added to the main article on Faith, and there needs to be some kind of disambiguation (or possibly a name page?) for Shraddha. ☯ Zenwhat (talk) 23:42, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Is there an infobox temple that I can use? Something modelled on Template:Infobox building? =Nichalp «Talk»= 09:15, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
There is a proposal for possible new categories Category:Avatar of Krishna or Category:Manifestation of Krishna, in response to growing consensus that Bhagwan Swaminarayan should be removed from Category:Hindu gods, where he currently resides (not kidding). Followers are wanting to place him in one of these newly created categories instead. Anyone who thinks this might be relevant to Wikipedia:WikiProject Hinduism, can join the discussion at, um, Talk:Krishnaism#Swaminaryan says Shri Krishna is God. ~ priyanath talk 02:19, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Trying to sort out a few uncategorised articles, I came across Janivara - is this an alternate (Anglicised ?) spelling of the Yajñopavītam (sacred thread) mentioned in the Upanayanam article ? CultureDrone (talk) 11:49, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
yes it is, but its not anglicised. Lokesh 2000 (talk) 11:03, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
I apologize for the extensive usage I make of the word "standard" in this comment; I just couldn't think of anything else that would fit in.
I would like to suggest the replacement of all non-standard Roman transliterations of Indic words (e.g. Ishvara, sankhya) to standardized ones (IAST) with properly-placed diacritical marks (Īśvara, sāṃkhya).
I just went through the article on sāṃkhya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samkhya), and was appalled by the way words were spelled out there. Some examples are "prakriti" (A common tendency of people from a certain part of India: to use "ṛ" and "ri" interchangeably), "panch" (Another common tendency of these same people: to swallow up the vowel "a" at the end of a word) and "purusha".
I also recently visited the article on prakṛti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakrti). It's even worse here: the article starts off "Prakrti or Prakriti (from Sanskrit language प्रकृ्रति, prakṛti)..."
1) Both the forms outside the bracket are simply WRONG, and it is in the interest of maintaining high standards that they be removed.
2) The Devanāgarī spelling is also wrong! It says "prakṛrati" or something like that.
3) The IAST transliteration is, quite surprisingly, correct.
I have seen such nonstandard spelling in many articles. It would be a good idea to start correcting them, and also to ensure IAST spelling of all Indic words before publishing any article hereafter. A good example of an article which almost entirely uses standard spelling is the one on Mīmāṃsā (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purva_mimamsa). It should serve as a good standard-setter.
Varun achar (talk) 10:45, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I agree that the common spelling of a term is useful, because not everybody is familiar with IAST. But for consistency, standardization is the only solution. When there is no set standard, there arises ambiguity in spelling, which in turn makes the article unprofessional and sometimes even confusing. For instance, the name "Rāma" is spelled by different people as "Rama", "Raama", "Ram", etc. In most cases, a single article contains contributions from many users, and consequently many different spellings for the same thing. There's inconsistency and also potential ambiguity: for instance, "Rama" may be a spelling for "Ramā" as well!
With due regard to readers unfamiliar with such systems, an article's introductory paragraph may be made to include the main form of the term (i.e., the title of the Wikipedia entry), its standardized transliterations (Devanāgarī, IAST, other relevant languages / scripts, etc.), and some common Roman spellings. This should help in identifying the IAST version with the common spelling the reader may be familiar with. In fact many articles DO include these things in the introductory lines.
With such an introduction, I don't think there would be a problem if the rest of the article were entirely standardized. This way, both easy readability and consistency are achieved.
And of all possible options for a standard, I suggest IAST because it's the most widely used for Sanskrit / Pali / Indic transliteration. Varun achar (talk) 19:54, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
I agree with using standard diacritical marks. For an example of where this is necessary, see Shraddha. Check to make sure those diacritical marks are correct too, because I can't read Sanskrit and just made the "aa" an "ā", because I know offhand that's what ā stands for.
Although people can misread Rama as Ramā, even when spelt as Rāma, Wikipedia cannot be responsible for such basic ignorance. Most texts on Hinduism use these kinds of marks. Using the non-standard "Raama" would be veery seerioously uuuugly.
What we could do is use IAST, but then specify the phoenetic pronunciation in parentheses, so that we get the benefit of IAST, but there is no misunderstanding about the difference between Braahman and Brahmaan. ☯ Zenwhat (talk) 03:20, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
I made a request in February that went unanswered. I would like members of this project to review this article and make suggestions for improvement. Suggestions for sources would be helpful. Viriditas (talk) 09:27, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Any knowledgable Yoga editors willing to drop by this article and evaluate it? It has no sources but I'm no expert in this area so not sure if he warrants an article or not. Exxolon (talk) 13:05, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
I've noticed a lot of swastika images on commons that are labelled as a Nazi symbol. I believe many editors on commons might not be aware of the usage of the swastika around the world, so I have initiated a conversation on commons to raise awareness. =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:24, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Someone put a tag on "Sikh Rajputs" article that it will be deleted in five days etc., this article can not be deleted as Sikh Rajputs exist and most claims made in the article are true as well known to local Indians in Punjab only the need is that some interested and knowledgeable editors with access to proper history books etc. can eventually come forward and develop the article properly in time, quoting credible sources. Foreign born and raised editors with no direct local Indian knowledge are requested not to vandalize it as per their own fastly held thoughts and beliefs.
Thanks
Atulsnischal (talk) 06:54, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi
When you get time kindly assist with developing the article, it needs some badly needed refs too, it is being vandalized, check talk page.
Thanks
Atulsnischal (talk) 06:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Not sure where to post this exactly, but I wanted to let everyone who contributes to Hinduism-related pages that my class will be working on a collaborative project on Hindu law and Dharmaśāstra this term (Fall 2008) and we will be working on the Hindu Law and Dharmaśāstra pages, as well as creating and improving many others. Any help or suggestions you may have for us along the way are most welcome and appreciated. The project is described at Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects.
Drdj (talk) 19:00, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
I soon aim to nominate GA Vithoba for FAC. I would like suggestions to improve the article to FA status. Also, i request some copyeditor to go through the article to polish the language, if needed.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 12:13, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
The temple is not a mainstream Vishnu temple, not even a direct Vishnu temple at all, but of Ayya Vaikundar, who Ayyavazhis believe to be an avatar of Vishnu. Now, Ayyavazhi is a new religion as per references on the article, so why it be included in Hindu temples? Even if considered a Hindu sect, not part of mainstream Hindu faith. So i think it should not mentioned at Template:Famous Vishnu temples, or Template:Hindu holy cities. Please add your comments to build a consensus on the issue, of inclusion of Swamithope in the templates. --Redtigerxyz (talk) 05:06, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Sanskrit revival - as this is a phenomenon relevant to the 20th and 21st century, the subject should be expanded to reflect this transition from one century to another. As this is a large subject, the addition of many editors from diverse perspectives would benefit the expansion of this article. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 18:52, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
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Hello editors, can you pls share your views here Talk:Ramakrishna#totally_disputed_tags_from_Goethean, Talk:Ramakrishna#Quotes_and_spin_off_article, Talk:Ramakrishna#.22Contemporary_Scholars.22.2C_.22spin_off_article.22 -- vineeth (talk) 07:21, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Just like Jain redirects to Jainism and Buddhist redirects to Buddhism, I see no reason why Hindu should not redirect to Hinduism. They both cover the same material 100%. One is just the name of the religion while the other is just the name of the people who follow that religion. Can anybody convince me that the two articles need to be separate? If not, I will merge them soon. Thanks GizzaDiscuss © 05:14, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
Could someone have a look at these articles, all written by four specific users, with all NPOV edits promptly deleted by themselves or sockpuppets? A lot of anti-India stuff is being propaganda-ised there. I am a 'disgusted' editor.
Jobxavier (talk) 01:16, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
All articles and quotations should be backed by Authoritative Shastra, means 4 vedas, Ramayana and Mahabharat, 108 upanishads, 18 Puranas and Samhitas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.236.15.77 (talk) 11:59, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
Consensus recently led to the creation of WP:Swaminarayan which will be included as a workgroup under the Hinduism Wikiproject. Please join if you are interested Juthani1 tcs 21:28, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Help needed! When I added WP:Swaminarayan to the banner list of the article Swaminarayan everything went fine. But when I look at the WP:Swaminarayan page on the editorial review template nothing shows up. I need help with this formatting issue. Juthani1 tcs 22:07, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Dear Editors, I think its will be nice to have a infobox for religious texts, having fields such as : Date of Work, Author, Philosophy, Quote, Image & Caption. Can others shared their ideas before we create one. — Nvineeth talk 05:14, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
I'm working on the German language article about the Meenakshi Amman temple of Madurai. I just came across the fact that besides the shrines dedicated to Sundareshvara (Shiva) and Minakshi there is a third separate, though much smaller and less important shrine dedicated to another god which one of my sources names as "Javandisvara", another one as "Cevvantīsvarar". These seem to be the Sanskrit and Tamil forms of the same name, but I wasn't able to identify the goddess. Neither of them produces any google hits, nor does any possible spelling variant. The only clue I could find out is that the Madras Tamil Lexicon has an entry for செவ்வந்தி cevvanti and gives the meaning as Chrysanthemum indicum. But I have no idea who that "Lord of the Chrysantheme" is supposed to be. Does anyone of you know, by any chance? --BishkekRocks (talk) 18:33, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
Was this really meant to be a page where people could advertise their Yoga school? That's what it seems to be now. Can the list be defined in such a way as to stop this? Thanks. Doug Weller (talk) 08:36, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Could someone who has experience assessing articles have a look at the new Dharmaśāstra page and some of the pages that link of of it (i.e. Hindu dietary law, Monarchy in ancient India, Hindu law, etc.)? Thanks! Lotus (talk) 16:35, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
The article on vamachara says (my bold):
"pancha-makara or the "Five Ms", also known as the pancha-tattva. In literal terms they are: Madya (wine), Mamsa (meat), Matsya (fish), Mudra (cereal), and Maithuna (sexual intercourse).[7] Mudra usually means ritual gestures, but as part of the five Ms it is parched cereal.[8]
Vamachara traditions place strict ritual limits on the use of these literal forms and warn against nonsanctioned use. If so used they encourage the person to sin.[9]Practioners of vamachara rituals may make symbolic substitutions for these literal things, which are not permitted in orthodox Hindu practice."
Grammatically, this says sex is not permitted in Hinduism? :) Please could someone edit the article to explain what it is about Maithuna, what manifestation of sex those practicing vamachara perform which is frowned upon/different from orthodox hinduism? Sticky Parkin 16:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
Oh and also, could you clarify which foods count as 'parched cereal' as it's not a term we use in the UK. Sticky Parkin 16:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
I think we have a serious problem with a lot of the articles about the saints. I was trying to offer advice on how to improve Changdev Maharaj and went looking for a better example for copying. What I found dismayed me. Some of the saints' articles lack any encyclopaedic content while others are entirely unreferenced or written "in universe", making unprovable mystical claims. A lot of them could be deleted at any time. Even though I was not looking to delete any articles, I found one, Narahari Sonar, so empty and pointless that I could not do anything but put db-blank on it. Rather than offer advice on a specific article I thought it best to come here and offer more general advice.
I think a systematic effort is required to improve the articles on the saints. One of the saint articles which is already up to scratch should be used as a guide for fixing the rest, working through each article in the category. The things that need to fixed are:
Unfortunately, this is not something I can be of much help with as I am not at all familiar with the Hindu saints. --DanielRigal (talk) 11:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
Are the templates with subpages at Category:Swaminarayan temples navbox templates correct usage? I believe they are incorrect as per the Template namespace guidelines. Also, each of them is directly transcluded in only 1 article. As per the guidelines, such granular information should be included in that 1 article and the template should be deleted.
If there is some future plan for these templates, kindly let me know so that I can understand the reason for this organisation. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 11:47, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
above query moved from here for more discussion. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 09:33, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
This reference is not correct. The term "Hindu Mythology" is a false , western interpretation. The sanskrits //mahabharata are HISTORY according to hindu accounts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.171.192.13 (talk) 05:17, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
In the article on Sanatana Kumara, which has a lot of useful information from my viewpoint, there appears to be a mistake in the very first section where it is said that "sanatana" means "truth" in Sanskrit. I am not a Sanskrit scholar but in my reading of English Hindu texts I have come to the conclusion that "sanatana" means something like "eternal" or "everlasting" in English - not "true" or "truth" which would be "satya" or "sathya." Hugh Higgins (talk) 02:41, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
While assessing articles for the project, I have come across numerous articles that are advertisements of sorts for local ashrams and non notable gurus. Currently there are about four or five Hindu gurus and/or ashrams that have little or no notability and little to no reliable sources. I have nominated these articles for deletion. Please feel free to review these nominations at, Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Hinduism. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 14:20, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I added a dubious tag to the prayer article because it seemed to imply that the Smarta/impersonalist view that God is ultimately the impersonal Brahman was the classical Hindu view. I believe was not the original view and is now only a minority view, so I think it is dubious to say it is the classical view. I have since been contacted by Me•MyEars who wants references to Prayer in Hinduism so that he can attain GA status for the article. Any help would be appreciated. -- Q Chris (talk) 17:52, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
All the Hindus believe in Brahman. The argument was only between Saguna Brahman (Brahman with attributes) and Nirguna Brahman (Brahman without attributes). Vaishnavites propound the theory of Saguna Brahman. Saivites and Sakthas also believe in Saguna Brahman. The article does not refer to Nirguna Brahman, but only Brahman. --Sankarrukku (talk) 15:12, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
There is a very good set of books, The Cultural Heritage of India in 5 volumes, which covers the history, cultural traditions, sects, religious beliefs etc., and the articles are written by scholars like Radhakrishnan. The books can be found at Digital press of India, but its slightly tough to search. I plan to snatch these pages and put it on archive.org with OCRed text which should simply the search. These books can be good WP:RS for numerous articles. --Nvineeth (talk) 10:21, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
The main classification has to be done on 'Aaryan' and 'Dravidian' basis. Because remember that the calendars divided According to the two cultures far before the birth of vedic MahaBharat. So I would like to suggest the one who is working on this article to try this way. The Southern and Northern part of hindus have different festivals at different times, though they have many in common. If you proceed keeping this in mind I hope you can be there at no time. Try this. Nbkc (talk) 13:21, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
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The article text is highly POV, and the content dubious and exaggerated. The author is falsely claiming that Adi Shankarcharya was the first Hindu Philosopher and the first one to consolidate the principles of the Advaita Vedanta ! Adi Shankarcharya lived in the 8th century AD whereas even before his time there were many Hindu Philosphers like Charwaka, Chanakya, Buddha, Mahavira, Nagarjuna, Shri Krishna etc. I would suggest the author cite reliable sources Indiawale (talk) 05:50, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
I am not able to understand. When did Buddha, Mahavira, and Nagarjuna become Hindu philosphers. And Sri Krishna? Do you mean Lord Krishna?--Sankarrukku (talk) 11:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
User Sankarrukku, yes I mean Lord Sri Krishna who told the Gita and explained philosophy much before Adi Shankarcharya. Vyasa included the Gita in the Maharabharata when he wrote it down. As per the Supreme Court of India's ruling in Manohar Joshi's case Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life http://www.hindubooks.org/scj/ch19.htm . Buddha, Mahavira and Nagarjuna do belong to the Hindu family. This is similiar to Jesus Christ being a Jew and not a Christian, since the Christian religion was founded after Jesus Christ. Indiawale (talk) 16:24, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
I am taking about the article 'List of Hindu scriptures.' I need to tag this as POV. Indiawale (talk) 05:16, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
You did a smart thing by removing 'first' because he was most certainly NOT the first. I have more issues with this article that I would be pointing out. Since I don't agree with you and the two of us don't have a concensus here, I think this article should be marked as POV. You had done the same thing in the past on a different article! So we should use common standards in terms of marking the article as POV. Indiawale (talk) 06:11, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the input, so can I assume that the Absence of Concensus is also not a valid reason to mark articles as POV? Can Nvineeth and Abecedare Please confirm this? Also if you note, I had never marked this article as POV, I was only proposing it based on what was orginally written in the article. Once the author modified the article, I did not mark this as POV Indiawale (talk) 16:14, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
Would a couple of text books on Philosophy do? But then again it is the author's POV. Some important philosophers like Kumarila Bhatta, Sankhya Muni are not in the list. Would be glad to help since I underwent a course in college on Indology couple of years back. The article is good. --Sankarrukku (talk) 11:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
Could some one check that I am not out of line at Talk:Indian_epic_poetry#Objection_to_use_with_hindu_scripture? (John User:Jwy talk) 14:49, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
I would like to create category called Category:Enoch in order to re-organize the material in the Enoch series. Enoch is a very mysterious character that would still need to be de-mythologized for the sake of ancient and modern studies in religion. Is there anywhere I can propose or discuss the creation of this category ? ADM (talk) 20:33, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
There are 4 more shakti peeths I have visited which are not listed here they are :-
1. Brijeshwari Devi - Left Breast - Kangara Himachal Pradesh 2. Mansa Devi - Forehead - Chandigarh 3. HarSiddhi- hand joint bones - Ujjain 4. Kalka - - Delhi
Rishi Bhatnagar - Delhi
Please note that there are several students presently creating the article, "Hinduism and Science" as a part of a school project. Any help you might give them or edits you might contribute to this page are graciously welcome. Also, please note that a couple of antagonistic editors have been interfering in these students' work, and so an assistance with this would also be appreciated. Most notably, one of these editors has merged the new article with "Karma in Hinduism," which has led to a number of anachronisms. Thank you.Vote Cthulhu (talk) 01:58, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Just read the article Criticism of Hinduism, and I feel that this article does not make much sense. From what I see, the following are discussed : Varna and Caste System, Untouchability, Status of Women. Much of the "criticism" seems original research, and any valid criticism can be included in the main articles, since we see only three categories here. Any comments? --Nvineeth (talk) 18:15, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
The article says: The chief queen then has to mimic copulation with the dead horse.
However, below is the actual traslation of one of the Sanskrit verses from yajur veda that has been mistranslated to give it sexual connotations.
tau ubhau chaturah padah samprasarayava swarga lokam prasuvava vrshavaaji raghu rathau dadati
Yajur Veda 23/20
tau = we two ; ubhau = both ; chaturah = intelligent ; padah = subject ; samprasarayava = reach out ; swarga lokam = heavenly planet ; prasuvava = command ; vrshavaaji = horse ; raghu = Lord ; rathau = chariots ; dadati = provides
Translation: We both command the intelligent horse as our subject to reach out for heaven (where) the Lord provides (us) the chariots. The real meaning here is that by performing Ashwamedha yajna, one can get the blessings (written as chariots) of the heavenly King, Indra. [emphasis mine]
The other verses that have been misunderstood in this context can be find in the follwing link as a rebuttal to article on Women in Hinduism.
[1]http://vivblogs.blogspot.com/2009/02/rebuttal-of-so-called-derogatory-verses.html
Vinodk2111 (talk) 01:27, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Hey guys please evaluate this argument at the end of talk [17] Vinodk2111 (talk) 17:48, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
you will save time if you actually read the Ashvamedha article first, making sure to include the "Arya Samaj" and "Criticism" sections. You will note that it fully addresses all of this "controversy". If you review the talkpage archive, you will also find that we have been through this ad nauseam. Nothing to see here, WP:DENY please. --dab (𒁳) 19:36, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Vinod, If I am understanding the issue correctly, you are disputing the authenticity and translation of some Yajurveda verses sourced from works by Griffith and Keith, and are citing a blog post by a 24 year old engineer as your source. Sorry, but that will get you nowhere on wikipedia. See our policies on verifiability and reliable sources, including the narrow circumstances in which self-published sources and blogs can be considered reliable. You will be much better off searching for scholarly literature on the subject instead, to see if it supports your point. Also, while it is appropriate to use this noticeboard to bring an issue to the attention of a wider audience, subsequent article-specific discussion is best continued on Talk:Ashvamedha. Abecedare (talk) 21:16, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Vinodk2111 (talk) 05:32, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Any information on this will be quite helpful.Feel free to edit.--yousaf465' 06:24, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
There's a proposal to change the name of List of people who have been considered avatars to List of Avatar Claimants.
Please discuss here.--nemonoman (talk) 12:24, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Rajneesh_movement#Merge_discussion. Cirt (talk) 08:25, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
I propose that the Suryavanshi article should redirect to Suryavansha. "Suryavansha" refers to the clan/dynasty, whereas "Suryavanshi" refers to a member of this dynasty. It makes more sense for the main article to be named after the dynasty itself rather than the adjective describing a member of it. Having it the other way is like redirecting the America article to American. Please discuss on the article's talk page. Thanks. --Shruti14 talk • sign 01:25, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
There seems to be a conflict in progress re article bhima, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhima
user http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bugboy52.40 has simply replaced the entire article with a one liner on moths
any of the older users have any thoughts on how to deal with this?
apologies if this has already been noticed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.79.203.43 (talk) 11:18, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi re my earlier message above - have replaced the old bhima article and created a new stub article for the moth article
hopefully, bugboy will not delete this edit! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinhat (talk • contribs) 11:50, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
The idea that Ramana Maharshi is not mentioned on that page, yet Ananda Marga and Nisargdatta Maharaj are mentioned without him, is simply wacky. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.121.239.113 (talk) 01:28, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
I noticed today, Panchamrit can be spelt in various ways such as Panchaamrit, Panchaamrut, Panchamrut, Panchamrit, Panchamrita, Panchamruta to name a few. I have noticed two articles Panchamrut and Panchamrita, which deal with the same subject.I myself created a new article Panchaamrutam which I subsequently put up for deletion as its a repetition. Panchamrut and Panchamrita should be merged. And I dont know how to raise the suggestion to merge them, I am pretty new at wikipedia. I didnt want to just copy from one article into another and put up a request for deletion, I thought it better to bring it to everyone's notice. Lilaac (talk) 19:57, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Category:Hare Krishnas by nationality, Category:Hare Krishnas, Category:Hare Krishna religious leaders are being discussed as of 24 May 2009. Occuli (talk) 17:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
Should Sankirtan be merged into Kirtan? Priyanath talk 20:05, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
I support a merger too. As Buddhipriya notes कीर्तनं literally means just "telling, narrating", "praising, celebrating" in Sanskrit, and कीर्तन is the term for devotional singing in Hindi. There are several derivatives of this root word, sankirtan, harikirtan, namkirtan that describe/emphasize particular types or aspects of the singing, which should be covered in the basic kirtan article. The practice is prevalent and important in Sikhism, Sufism and Hinduism (especially in bhakti, being one of the nine modes) - and relegating "Bhakti in Hinduism" to sankirtan doesn't make any sense. Abecedare (talk) 01:37, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
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User:Mr.Z-man has a new service available to various requesting WikiProjects which gives the project a monthly update of the number of hits on the 1,000 most frequently accessed articles for that project. An example of such a listing can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Popular pages. Would the members of this project be interested in getting such a list for their use? John Carter (talk) 18:46, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
← John Carter has requested Mr.Z-man to add the WikiProject. The results will be posted sometime this month. [sd] 23:19, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
After a recent request on my talk page, I added WikiProject Hinduism to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at Wikipedia:WikiProject Hinduism/Popular pages.
The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. I can also get provide the full data for any project covered by the bot if requested, though I normally don't keep it for much longer than a couple weeks after the list is generated. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr.Z-man 04:31, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
I suggest that the following sections may be considered for addition under the Hinduism portal: 1.Vedic Chants for all four Vedas 2.Upanishad Recitations for all 108 upanishads starting with the Mukhya Upanishads 3.Oral discourses on the various Puranas- starting from Shrimadbhagwat and Bhagwadgita 4.Karmakand vidhi vidhan - detailed procedures to be followed with chants and mantrocchar for all pujas, samskars, ceremonies and rituals. 5.Direct puja time access to various religious sites- the 4 dhams, 12 jyotirligas, the Shaktipeeths, Ganeshpeeths etc. It can be live coverage of pujas and pravachans. 6.Texts of all important hindu scriptures- the Vedas, Samhitas, Brahmans, Aranyaks, the Upanishads, the Puranas Gita, Ramayan etc. with well respected commentries and bhashyas. 7.If possible add videos of pilgrimage to various thirthas and of Ramayan and Mahabharat etc. 8. Add sub sections on various Hindu sects 9. Add a section each on the religions originating in India viz.,Jainism, Budhdhism,Sikhism etc. 10.Sections of Vedic Jyotish, Vedic Maths, Vastu Shastra, Ayurveda etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barauri (talk ```` contribs) 08:40, 11 June 2009 (UTC) ````barauri 2.20PM 11 June 2009
The following pages on Hindu scriptures already exist on Wiki. The same can be readily connected to the Hinduism portal:
Vedas Rigveda · Yajurveda · Samaveda · Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita · Brahmana · Aranyaka · Upanishad
Upanishad Aitareya · Brihadaranyaka · Isha · Taittiriya · Chandogya · Kena · Maitri · Mundaka · Mandukya · Katha · Kaushitaki · Prashna · Shvetashvatara
Vedanga Shiksha · Chandas · Vyakarana · Nirukta · Jyotisha · Kalpa
Mahakavya (epics) Mahabharata · Ramayana
Other scriptures Smriti · Śruti · Bhagavad Gita · Purana · Manu Smriti · Agama · Darshana · Pancharatra · Tantra · Akilathirattu · Sūtra · Stotra · Dharmashastra · Divya Prabandha · Tevaram · Ramacharitamanas · Shikshapatri · Vachanamrut · Ananda Sutram Barauri (talk) 10:02, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Further, the hindu way of life is built on yajnas and samskars, for each of these there is a well defined puja.It will be a great contribution of wiki when hindus interested in performing a particular puja archana look upto its Hinduism portal for authentic reference and detailed guideline. Similarly, for the Pujas performed at the various thirthas and devasthans. A comprehensive portal will be big draw. Barauri (talk) 10:20, 11 June 2009 (UTC) The four dhams include: Sringeri, Badrinath, Puri and Dwarka The 12 jyotirlingas include: Somnath, Mahakaleswara, Bhimashankara, Triyambakeshwara, Ramnatheswara,Baidyanath, Omkareshwara, Mallikarjuna, Kedarnath, Vishweswara,Grishmeshwara,and Nageswara. The Shaktipeeths among other include: Kaniyakumari, Kamakshi, Kamakhya Devi, Ambaji, Kali Kambali, Kalighat, Mahalaxmi, Shavani, Vaisno Devi, Bhagawati, Bhagwati, Chamundeswari, Kumari amman, Mangala Gauri, Mookabika, Harsat Mata. Hundreds of thousands of devotees visit Tirupati Balaji, Prayagraj, Haridwar, Benaras, Mathura, Ayodhya, Amarnath, Vaishnodevi and a number of other shrines/ tirthas every year. Millions congregate at the Kumbha melas. Any portal on Hinduism will be incomplete without a page on each tirtha. Barauri (talk) 10:51, 11 June 2009 (UTC) I believe a portal has to be exhaustive. Already we have a large number of pages on wiki which can be easily linked to the portal and thus brought to one place in a well structured manner. We may for instance bring all pages relating to hindu gods, devatas, devies, rishies and gurus under appropriates headings on this portal. Similarly, references to all pages relating to hindu shrines, thirthas, temples, peeths etc. and all scriptures and religious texts can also be brought on to the portal. I am citing below some wiki pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma
eHindu deities and texts
Goddesses Devi · Saraswati · Lakshmi · Sati · Parvati · Durga · Shakti · Kali · Sita · Radha · Mahavidya · Navadurga · Matrikas · more
Gods Deva · Brahma · Vishnu · Shiva · Rama · Krishna · Ganesha · Murugan · Hanuman · Indra · Surya · more
Texts Vedas · Upanishads · Puranas · Ramayana · Mahabharata · Bhagavad Gita
Hinduism · Hindu mythology · Indian epic poetry http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hindu_temples_by_deity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigvedic_deities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_deities#A Agni Indra Savitr Vayu Varuna Maruts Aditya Rudra Vishnu Brahma Pusha Brihaspati Ashvins Vishvedavas Prithvi Dyaus Antariksha Dishas Moordha Prajapati
Brahman Deva (Buddhism) Divinity Dyeus Hindu deities Ishwara Mahadeva Vishvadevas
2.1 Mahadevi 2.2 Durga 2.3 Saraswati 2.4 Sri Lakshmi 2.5 Parvati 2.6 Kali 2.7 Mahavidya 2.8 Navadurga 3 Others aspects 3.1 Sita 3.2 Radha 3.3 Matrikas
The Rigveda
Mandalas 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10
Deities Devas (Agni · Indra · Soma · Ushas) · Asuras (Mitra · Varuna · Vrtra) · Visvedevas · Maruts · Ashvins
Rivers Sapta Sindhu · Nadistuti · Sarasvati · Sindhu · Sarayu · Rasa
Rishis Saptarishi (Gritsamada · Vishvamitra · Vamadeva · Atri · Angiras · Bharadvaja · Vasishta)
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Mahapuranas Brahma Purana · Brahmanda Purana · Brahma Vaivarta Purana · Markandeya Purana · Bhavishya Purana · Vamana Purana · Vishnu Purana · Bhagavata Purana · Naradeya Purana · Garuda Purana · Padma Purana · Varaha Purana · Vayu Purana · Linga Purana · Skanda Purana · Agni Purana · Matsya Purana · Kurma Purana · Shiva Purana
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The article Sarun Mata Temple is currently at AfD. The discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarun Mata Temple is centred around notability. There are hints that the temple may be notable, but no reliable sources have been found in English but commenters are having difficulty searching for sources in Hindi. Everyone is welcome to comment. Thryduulf (talk) 21:37, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
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Panchakarma Para Brahman Para Tattva Parameshwara (God) Parampara Penarmid Perfect Karma Phala Pitambara Peeth Prakasa Pralaya Pramana Prana Prapanna Prarabdha karma Problem of evil Problem of evil in Hinduism Purusha Puruṣārtha Purvashrama
Rajas Rasa lila Reincarnation Reincarnation and Hinduism Rta
Sahaja Sahasranama Samadhi Samasrayana Samkhya Samkhya Sutra Sampradaya Saṃsāra Samyama Sanskara Sant Mat Satcitananda Satsang Sattva Shakti Shaktipat Shalakya tantra Shastrartha Shiva Puja Shuddhashuddha tattvas Siddhanta Siddhi Sloka meter Soul Sricharanam Subtle body Svatantrya Svayam Bhagavan Svādhyāya Swapna-marga Swayambhu
Tamas (philosophy) Tamo-yogyas Tantra Tantraloka Tapas (Sanskrit) Tarka sastra Tat Tvam Asi Tattva The 36 tattvas Theopanism Third eye Tirtha and Kshetra Tithi Transmigration of the soul
Trika Trimurti Turiya Tāpatraya
Upādāna Upadhi Upasana
Vairagya Vaisheshika Vaisheshika Sutra Vamachara Varadamudra Vedanta Videha mukti Vinyāsa Sri Sampradaya Vishishtadvaita Vritti
Wheel of time
Yoga of Synthesis Yoga patta Yoni Yuga Yuga Dharma ]] We may add the following and other related topics under Practices: Nitya Karma ( Daily Routine) Wake up Karavlokan Bhumi Vandan Mangal Darshan Bow to God and Parents Cleansing of mind Karma & Upasana Samuchchaya Remembering: Ganesh, Vishnu,Shiva Devi, Surya,Tridev. Rishi, Prakriti,PunyaSholka Daily work Scheduling Shauch- Abulation Achman Sankalp Tooth Brushing Shaving Bath Change of clothes Asan Shikha Bandhan Yagyopaveet Tilak Pavitri Tirtha in palms Japa Vidhi Sandhyopasan Achman Pranayam Marjan Suryadhya Gayatri Jap 24 Mudras Gayatri Matra jap Afternoon Sandhya Evening Sandhya Panch Maha yagna Brahma Yagna Pitra yagna- Tarpan Dev Yagna Bhoot Yagna Atithi Yagna Nitya Shradha
Puja Prakaran
Swastayan
Sankalp
Nyas
Ganapati, Gauri Puja
Kalash Sthapana
Punnyah Vachan
Abhishek
Sodash Matrika Pujan
Sapta ghrita Matrika Pujan
Ayush Mantra
Navagrah Mandal Pujan
Adhi Devata Sthapan
Pachlokpal Pujan
Vastospati Pujan
Kshetrapal ka Avahan Sthapan
Dush Dikpal Pujan
Chatushasti Yogini Pujan
Raksha Vidhan
Shalagram Pujan
Mahalaxmi Pujan
Vaedic Shiv Pujan
Parthiv Pujan
Stuti, Shtrota and Shuktas:
Ganesh
Satyanarayan
Aditya
Shiva
Kanakdhara
Shri
Purush
Shri Krishna
Ganga
Navagrah Mandal Pujan
Kal Bhiarav
Ram Raksha
Gajendramoksha
Vishnu
Durga
Hanuman etc.
Similarly under Disciplines we may add pages on:
Laguage and Script Grammer Chandas Statecraft Economics War craft and weapons Politics & diplomacy Mathematics Astronomy Astrology Vastu & architecture Ayurveda Dances Music Poetry Kamshastra Barauri (talk) 04:51, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
I am so sorry that the excel sheets could not be pasted as a large table that I have put together on my desktop. It goes without saying that each heading and sub heading will branch out in the form of a large banyan tree of pages on Hinduism. We may also bring together all other Hinduism related sites - many of them very rich in many ways, under a seperate heading. Being new I am still to familiarise myself with wiki editing. However, I do trust that this small effort will generate discussion leading to an early restructuring of the portal as the main reference source for all those interested in Hinduism. Barauri (talk) 05:04, 20 June 2009 (UTC)