Often called a kundi or kundika, particularly in Buddhist literature, some of the earliest known examples of the kamandalu feature an ovoid belly that tapers into a high narrow neck and ends in a ...

The various mountain springs across Kashmir valley are also called Naga and have been worshipped by the local population ...

Modern medicine has come to recognise the profound interconnection between mind and body, acknowledging that mental and emotional states can have a direct impact on physical health. This understanding ...

The story of the Buddha comes to us from around 2,500 years ... For example, early Nikaya Buddhism was highly ascetic, but later Mahayana Buddhism introduced the compassionate ideal of the ...

Buddha Gaya where as an ascetic he attained enlightenment; Sarnath where he preached his first sermon as the Buddha; and Kusinara where he died – Parinibbana. The Buddha always insisted he was just a ...