Bhagvan
Bhagvan , also Bhagwan or Bhagavan ( Sanskrit , m., भगवत्, bhagavat , Nom./Vok. Sing .: bhagavan ), is in India the expression for the blessed, the exalted, God , Lord, happier, more admirable, lovable.
The word Bhagavat can also be found in expressions such as Bhagavata and Bhagavad Gita , translated “the song of God”, with “Bhagvan” referring to Krishna .
In Hinduism , Bhagvan is an honorary title for religious teachers that has been given to many spiritual masters throughout history and is still used today. In Buddhism , Bhagvan is considered the first surname of the Buddha to denote his status. In Jainism , Bhagvan is used for Mahavir in the same way .
The founder of the Neo-Sannyas movement became known as Bhagwan , especially in the West in the 1970s. He called himself Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh , or Bhagwan for short , for about 17 years, during his time as a spiritual teacher in Puna and afterwards. His real name was Rajneesh Chandra Mohan . At a young age he changed the name several times. In 1989, a year before his death in 1990, he was called Osho by his students . All of his writings were adapted accordingly after his death.
Trivia
A composition by guitarist Peter Horton from 1979 is called Bhagavan .
Name bearer
- Jai Bhagwan (* 1985), Indian boxer
Individual evidence
- ^ Macdonell's Sanskrit-English Dictionary
- ↑ Jainworld.com (English)
- ^ Siegfried Schwab (Ed.): Guitar Special: Guitarissimo (Peter Horton, Siegfried Schwab). Melos, Munich 1981, p. 8 f.