The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1171 page)

BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
12.73Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
(Skt., ‘knowledge section’). Those portions, whether individual sentences or longer passages, of Vedic revelation (
ruti
) dealing with knowledge (

na
), in which significant and authoritative statements are made concerning the nature of
Brahman
. The knowledge section of the
Vedas
is contrasted with the ‘action section’ (
karmak
a
).

na-mudra
The Hindu
mudra
(hand symbol) encapsulating knowledge: the index finger and thumb are joined, with the fingers outstretched; the finger (
j
va
) is united with the thumb (
tman
), in the truth which points (outstretched fingers) beyond itself to what is real.
Jñanapañcami
(Jain festival)
:

Other books

Loving You Always by Kennedy Ryan
Shrinking Violet by Jean Ure
FavoriteObsession by Nancy Corrigan
Blood of Angels by Marie Treanor
Dual Abduction by Eve Langlais
Half the Kingdom by Lore Segal