Sanatana
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Sanatana (Hindi: सनातन) was one of the Four Kumaras or Catursana, the manasputras (born from the mind) of Brahma from the Puranic texts of Hinduism, like the Bhagavata Purana [1] others being Sanaka, Sanandana and Sanatkumara.
[edit] Sanatana in 'Sanatana Dharma' (Hinduism)
Sanatana is a Sanskrit term with the semantic field of: eternal. It is often used conjointly in the phrase Sanatana Dharma (सनातन धर्म), that may be rendered as the 'Eternal Dharma' in the expansive context of Indian religions. In a significantly contracted denotation, it is employed as a synonym for what has become known by attribution as Hinduism.
[edit] Dharma, a misnomer
Dharma is widely known as an equivalent of religion but is not. Actually the contemporary popular vocabulary of English fails to represent Dharma. Dharma is not a practice but a definition of mind for all duties bound by a set of neethi/ wisdom. Hence Sanathana Dharma appears to be evolving with different challenges faced in different Yugas (or the vast division of timeline) and confining them into it's (in/eternal)definiton.
[edit] References
- ^ Bhag-P 3.15.12 "Lord Brahma said: My four sons Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanatkumara, who were born from my mind" - like the Bhagavata Purana
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