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around Thiruvarur, out of
which 16
kritis are the
shodasha kritis, as the name suggests. The
shodasha (16)
forms of
Ganapathi are Bala, Taruna, Bhakti...
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Karnavedham is one of the
sixteen major samskaras (sacraments)
known as "
Shodasha Samskaras" of Hinduism. It is an ear
piercing ceremony that is typically...
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Diana L. Eck,
states that a
typical Puja
involves one or more of 16
steps (
Shodasha Upachara)
traceable to
ancient times: the
deity is
invited as a guest,...
- Mahalaya, and ends on
Ashwin Shukla Paksha Navami. The puja,
known as
Shodasha Dinatatmika Puja,
lasts for 16 days. The
ratha (chariot festival) is known...
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being worshipped at Sri
Raghavendra Swamy Mutt. Two Vyasamushtis, Sri
Shodasha bahu
Narasimha worshipped by Sri
Vibudhendra teertha and
Santana Gopala...
- hekkaideca-, decahex- hexa(kai)decakis-, decahexakis- etc. decatohecto-
shodasha- 17 septendec- septenden- septendecim- septimadecim- hepta(kai)deca-, decahepta-...
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expresses good bye to the deity.
Indologist Jan
Gonda has
identified 16
steps (
shodasha upachara) that are
common in all
varieties of puja:
Avahana ("invocation")...
- Ṣoḍaśa Grantha, also
spelled Shodasha Grantha (Sanskrit: षोडशग्रंथ, romanized: ṣoḍaśa-grantha, lit. 'Sixteen books'), is a
collection of
sixteen books...
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total of all
divisions of a sign
caused by
sixteen divisional charts (
shodasha Vargas)
described in
texts like BPHS (Brihat Parāshara Horā Shāstra). 135...
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granddaughter of Rukmi. The
Buddhist and
Jaina texts list 16
powerful states (
shodasha mahajanapada),
which flourished in the
early 6th
century BCE. Shurasena...
