Sentence examples for early scriptures from inspiring English sources

Early scriptures mention a number of tribes that inhabited the Garhwal and Kumaun regions of what is now Uttarakhand.

Early scriptures show that a Vaishya could and did rise even to the rank of Brahman, as in the case of the two sons of Nabhagarishta, mentioned in the sacred work Harivamsha.

Buddhists often quote the Buddha from an early scripture: "What is the accomplishment in generosity?

Sure, the guy, by his own admission, is quite pathetic in all those small, squirrelly ways that have messed up the lives of other grand public figures before him, but why is an all-too-human sin, amply predicted in early Scripture, getting all this incredible media play as some sort of shocking event?

Although earlier scriptures, such as the Bhagavati-sutra, contained assorted ideas on logic and epistemology, the 2nd-century-ce philosopher Kundakunda was the first to develop Jaina logic.

The aim of Mimamsa is to give rules for the interpretation of the Vedas, the earliest scriptures of Hinduism, and to provide a philosophical justification for the observance of Vedic ritual.

Dharma-shastra is equal in age to Jewish law (or older, if its roots do indeed go back to the Vedas, the earliest scriptures of Hinduism) and has greater continuity and longevity than Roman law.

1824 Tankara, India October 30, 1883 Ajmer, India Dayananda Sarasvati, original name Mula Sankara (born 1824, Tankāra, Gujarāt, India died Oct. 30, 1883, Ajmer, Rājputāna), Hindu ascetic and social reformer who was the founder (1875) of the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement advocating a return to the temporal and spiritual authority of the Vedas, the earliest scriptures of India.

Yajna, ( Sanskrit: "sacrifice") also spelled yajña, in Hinduism, offerings to the gods based on rites prescribed in the earliest scriptures of ancient India, the Vedas, in contrast to puja, a later practice that may include image worship and other devotional practices.

He provided an intellectual basis for the practice of bhakti (devotional worship) in three major commentaries: the Vedartha-samgraha (on the Vedas, the earliest scriptures of Hinduism), the Shri-bhashya (on the Brahma-sutras), and the Bhagavadgita-bhashya (on the Bhagavadgita).

Yajna, (Sanskrit: "sacrifice")also spelled yajña, in Hinduism, offerings to the gods based on rites prescribed in the earliest scriptures of ancient India, the Vedas, in contrast to puja, a later practice that may include image worship and other devotional practices.