💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rishis"
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| labyrinthnoun | A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way. |
| upanishadnoun | Any of a set of authorless Hindu religious and philosophical texts considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas. |
| vedicnoun | Of or pertaining to the Vedas |
| vedanoun | (Hinduism) Any of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism. |
| purananoun | (Hinduism) A text that is part of an ancient Indian genre of Hindu or Jain written literature, concerning various topics, including cosmogony and mythology. |
| brahmananoun | (Hinduism) Any of several ancient Hindu religious prose texts that explain the relationship of the Vedas to the sacrificial ceremonies. |
| rigvedanoun | An ancient Indian Veda and sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods (devas), composed between 1700–1100 B.C.E. |
| vedic literaturenoun | (from the sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of hinduism written in early sanskrit; traditionallly believed to comprise the samhitas, the brahmanas, the aranyakas, and the upanishads |
| sadhunoun | (Hinduism) An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty). |
| pandavasnoun | A mytho-historical group of archetypes of perfection, the five acknowledged sons of Pandu, according to the Indian epic Mahabharata. |
| brahminnoun | A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society. |
| bodhisattvanoun | (Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment. |
| brahmannoun | (Hinduism) The unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools. |
| vyasanoun | (Hinduism) Name of a Hindu sage. One who classified the Vedas into four parts. He is the author of the Mahabharata. |
| asuranoun | (Hinduism) One of the power-seeking deities involved in constant conflict with the more benevolent Devas. |
| gymnosophistnoun | One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic. |
| rishinoun | (post-Vedic) A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India's history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men. |
| zarathustriannoun | (uncommon) A follower of Zarathustra (also known as Zoroaster). |
| divinifynoun | (transitive) To render divine; to deify. |
| divinatornoun | One who practices or claims to practice divination; a diviner. |
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