term literally means tradition or "that which has come down", and the Agama texts describe cosmology, epistemology, philosophical doctrines, precepts on...

Look up agama or आगम in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Āgama (Buddhism), a collection of Early Buddhist texts Āgama (Hinduism), scriptures of several...

Jain Agamas, which are written in Ardhamagadhi, a Prakrit (Middle-Indo Aryan) language. Various commentaries were written on these canonical texts by later...

an āgama (आगम Sanskrit and Pāli, Tibetan ལུང་ (Wylie: lung) for "sacred work" or "scripture") is a collection of early Buddhist texts. The five āgama together...

The Dirgha Agama is one of the Buddhist Agama. It corresponds to the Digha Nikaya of the Pāli Canon. A Chinese translation of the text attributed to the...

like the Ramayana and Mahabharata), Harivamsa Puranas, Agamas and Darshanas. This genre of texts includes the Sutras and Shastras of the six schools of...

Agama (from Sranan Tongo meaning "lizard") is a genus of small-to-moderate-sized, long-tailed, insectivorous Old World lizards. The genus Agama includes...

The Ksudraka Agama (Skt. Kṣudraka Āgama; English: "Minor Collection") is one of the Buddhist Agamas, a collection of Buddhist texts. It corresponds to...

non-theism such as Kashmiri Shaivism. It considers both the Vedas and the Agama texts as important sources of theology. According to a 2010 estimate by Johnson...

The Ekottara Āgama (Sanskrit; traditional Chinese: 增壹阿含經; ; pinyin: zēngyī-ahánjīng) is an early Indian Buddhist text, of which currently only a Chinese...

material are the first four Pali Nikayas, as well as the corresponding Chinese Āgamas. However, some scholars have also pointed out that some Vinaya material...

attendants, whose presence emphasizes his connection to severe penance. The Agama text Amsumadbhedagama mentions that Ekapada-Trimurti is similar to the Ekanetra...

monastic group in Asia. Key texts in Vaishnavism include the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Pancharatra (Agama) texts, Naalayira Divya Prabhandham...

sub-traditions, there are ten dualistic Agama texts, eighteen qualified monism-cum-dualism Agama texts and sixty-four monism Agama texts. Shiva-related literature developed...

Pancharatra Agamas are composed of more than 200 texts; likely composed between 600 CE to 850 CE. The Shandilya Sutras (~100 CE) is the earliest known text that...

The Madhyama Āgama (Chinese: 中阿含經; pinyin: Zhong Ahan Jing) is an early Indian Buddhist text, of which currently only a Chinese translation is extant...

The construction method, proportions and design is described in Shaiva Agama texts. The lingam is typically set in the center of a pindika (also called...

samhita, a Pancharatra text (an Agama text of Vaishnavism). Bharadvaja srautasutra and grhyasutra, a ritual and rites of passage text from first millennium...

Therefore the Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama is the most revered Digambara text that has been given the status of āgama. The importance of the Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama to the Digambaras...

annual festival day of Vaikuntha Ekadashi shall be granted salvation. The Agama text named Paramapurusha Samhita states that the devotees must watch Vishnu...

capital they built. These inscriptions and texts from this period suggest that the significance of the Agama texts and Shaiva Bhakti movement was strengthening...

ascribe to deep, consciousness-expanding meditation. Vatula Agama, one of the Agama texts of Hinduism This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

Patika Division (suttas 24-34) The Digha Nikaya corresponds to the Dīrgha Āgama found in the Sutta Piṭakas of various Sanskritic early Buddhist schools...

sanctum or sculptures and reliefs in the outer walls of Shiva temples. The Agama texts describe twenty-five forms of Shiva, offering specifications in which...

is a Pāli word meaning "volume". It is often used like the Sanskrit word āgama (आगम) to mean "collection", "assemblage", "class" or "group" in both Pāḷi...

Krishna in Tamil tradition). Niladevi appears in the Vaikhanasa Agama text. Some texts mention that Vishnu's iccha shakti takes three forms: Sridevi, Bhudevi...

focus on the nirguna form of Supreme Reality (Shiva). The Pancharatra (agama) texts of Vaishnavism, along with its Bhagavata (Krishna, Rama, Vishnu) tradition...

Balinese Hinduism (Indonesian: Agama Hindu Dharma; Agama Tirtha; Agama Air Suci; Agama Hindu Bali) is the form of Hinduism practised by the majority of...

memories of other conscious beings in texts like the Bhayabherava Sutta (MN 4, the parallel Agama text is at Ekottara Agama 31.1) and the Mahapadana Sutta (DN...

Principal Upanishads, the Agamas and the Bhagavad Gita as scriptures broadly accepted by Hindus. Goodall adds regional texts such as Bhagavata Purana and...