Sanskrit Words beginning with U

Ugadi:

Hindu festival

Uma:

consort of the male deity Shiva

Upanayama:

ceremony of the sacred thread undertaken by the top three classes of the Hindu society

Upangas:

literature concerned with ritual and logical thought

Upanishads:

Vedic philosophical texts or scriptures occurring at the end of the Vedas characterized by mystical and philosophical speculation on the nature of the self and ultimate Reality; also sometimes used synonymously with 'Vedanta'

Upavedas:

additions to the Vedic scriptures

Ushas:

Vedic goddess of dawn

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