Directory 5 of 238 offices
Offices — South Asian traditions
The offices filed under South Asian traditions.
A seat outlasts
whoever sits in it.
Offices and their holders
Offices in South Asian traditions
Indian subcontinent and its diaspora, roughly 1500 BCE to the present.
5 offices
Most linked first
Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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Buddhist traditions guru Teacher, expert, counsellor, spiritual guide or leader, often in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist or Sikh traditions -
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Deity Tirthankara In Jainism, a saviour and spiritual teacher of the dharma -
Deity Kumari Manifestations of the divine female energy or devi in Hindu religious traditions -
Deity Dattatreya Hindu deity and combined avatar of the Trimurti (Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva) - Buddhist traditions samaṇa An ascetic in the Indian tradition, particularly within Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
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South Asian traditions
Hinduism and its schools, Jainism, Sikhism, and the Vedic material behind them.