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Arjuna
one of the heroes of the major epic Mahābhārata, the third of the five Pāndava, famous archer in the Bhāgavata-Gītā,…
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DEVI Indra
from Russian origin, she was born May 12, 1899 in Riga and died on the 25th of April 2002 in…
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Draupadi
essential female character from the Mahābhārata, she becomes the common wife of the five Pāndava brothers.
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Durgā Durgā
is the name of an important deity, it's one of Pārvatī, names, the consort of Śiva, considered the « śakti»…
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Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
'he was born in Porbandar in Gurujat on October 2, 1869 and assassinated in New Delhi, January 30, 1948.
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Gaṇesha Gaṇesha
the elephant-headed God?
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Gautama
'also known as Siddhārtha Gautama or Shākyamuni and simply as the Buddha, meaning "the awakened one", born in the fifth…
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Kamakshi
'Kamakshi' meaning "the one whose eyes awaken desire or the one that has beautiful eyes", is one of Pārvatī names.
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Kārtikeya Kārtikeya
' is the son of Śiva and Pārvatī, Ganesh's brother, Kârtikeya is also called Skanda or more familiarly Murugan in…
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Kaurava
The Kauravas represent one of the family in "game" with the "Pāndava(s)" See "Mahabharata".
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Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa
the eighth incarnation (avatāra) of Lord Vishnu or Viṣṇu.
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Micheline Flak
former English teacher at the 'Lycée Condorcet', we all dreamed of having as a child.
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Mirra Alfassa (white Rachel Mirra Alfassa) also nicknamed sweet mother or "the mother", known for his spiritual journey, his writings…
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Mūlayaga Mūlayaga
it's the name of a demon symbolizing ignorance, the no-knowledge.
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Nakūla Nakūla
name of one of the five "Pāṇḍavaḥ" in the epic of the "Mahābhārata" (Arjuna, Bhima, Nakūla, Sahadeva, and Yudhiṣṭhira) who…
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Nandi or Nandin
means "The Happy one" , it's the Vāhana, the white bull on which rides Lord Śiva.
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Naṭarāja Naṭarāja
Comes from the sanskrit "naṭa" = dance and "rāja" = King.
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P.-S Filliozat
son of the famous Indian scholar and director of the EFEO Jean Filliozat, Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat, is surrounded since childhood by…
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Pāṇḍavaḥ Pāṇḍavaḥ
see the "Mahābhārata".
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Pārvatī Pārvatī
the daughter of the king of the Himalayan mountains, the reincarnation of Satī,, "the girl of the mountain", female consort,…
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Patañjali Patañjali
is the compiler of the "science of Yoga" known as the « Yogasūtra ».
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Perrez Noëlle Perrez Noëlle
French Yoga teacher, who received her training with BKS Iyengar.
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Rabindranath Tagore (Rabīndranāth Thākur) Rabindranath Tagore (Rabīndranāth Thākur)
born in 1861, died in 1941, writer, playwright, composer, painter and Indian philosopher.
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Reich Wilhelm
Wilhelm Reich was a psychiatrist, one of the first Freudian psychoanalysts.
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Rishi Jean- Bernard
French Yoga teacher (trained at the Satyānanda Bihār School, and with Pattabhi Jois and B.K.S Iyengar), founder of the "Centre…
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Satprem
(Bernard Enginger) French writer.
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Shivakami
one of the names of Pārvatī, the wife of Śiva.
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Sītā Sītā
in the Rāmāyaṇa, the wife of Rāma.
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Sri Aurobindo or Aurobindo Ghose
he developed a new approach to Yoga called "Integral Yoga".
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Sri Lakshmi
goddess of wealth and beauty, wife of Lord Viṣṇu.
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Sri Ramana Maharshi
One of the greatest sages and spiritual masters of modern India.
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Sri Sakthi Amma
he was born January 3, 1976.
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Swami Gītānanda Giri Swami Gītānanda Giri
Gītānanda Giri (1907-1993) was born to an Irish mother converted to Hinduism by Ārya-Samāj and an Indian father, a lawyer…
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Vāhana Vāhana
refers to the being used by a deity as a mount (vehicle).
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Van Lysebeth, André Van Lysebeth André
André Van Lysebeth, est né le 11 octobre 1919 en Belgique & il meurt le 28 janvier 2004.
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Vinoba Bhave
Acharya Vinoba was born on September 11, 1895 and died on November 15, 1982 at the age of 87 after…