Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram By Adi Shankara Translated By Swamini Sadvidyananda Saraswati  1. Aadau karmap…

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Shulba Shastra: practical manuals giving the measurements and procedures for constructing the sites of Vedic yajna…

Mahapuranas are deemed to be the upper corpus of Puranas. Traditionally there are 18 Maha-puranas. Each Maha-puran…

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U panishads are the end part of the Vedas which briefly expound the philosophic principles of the Vedas and are cons…