19 In the glorious battle of the village of Mišare in the first anti-Turkish uprising (1804), the Serbian rebels under the command of Karadjordje completely defeated the Turkish troops.

20 In 1815, the victorious battles of Ljubić, Čačak, and Ratari dispersed the Turks, and most of Serbia was cleared of them.

21 In Serbian, this greeting reads: "Christ is risen! Christ is risen! Christ is risen! "Bring joy!"

22 Brahmins (Brahmins) are priests, a particularly privileged, higher caste, they occupy the position of earthly gods. The distinguishing sign of a Brahmin is a sacred cord worn over the left shoulder. This Brahmin receives the cord at the age of six at initiation into the caste and wears it constantly. Removing the cord is equivalent to renouncing caste. There are four types of Brahmins, each of them has its own specialization: hotri — exorcist, udgatri — singer, adhvarya — deals with the material part of the ritual, brahmin — priest-guardian; There is another gradation of them.

The castes are in opposition to each other, and this is clearly seen in the Brahmin Parasurama, the hero of the Bhagavad-gita, who was a sworn enemy of the Kshatriyas and shed so much Kshatriya blood that he filled five lakes with it (see: Bhagavad-gita. 3rd ed., add. / Introduction, transl. from Sanksr. and commentary by B.L. Smirnova. St. Petersburg, 1994. Chapter 23, text 27 (hereinafter quoted: Bhagavad-gita). As It Is", published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and distributed by Hare Krishnas).

23 Brahma is a Hindu god who, together with Shiva and Vishnu, is part of the trimurti – the three main deities. It is distinguished by the most intelligible, abstract attributes and therefore is close to the concept of Brahman-Absolute in Brahmanism. He is credited with the function of creating the world. He is depicted as red, with a beard, with four bodies and eight arms, in which he holds four Vedas, a rod, a vessel of water from the Ganges, a sacrificial spoon, sometimes a lotus flower, a pearl necklace and a bow. Brahma is little involved in the plots of myths, the number of temples dedicated to him in India is in the single digits.

24 Shiva is a Hindu god who is one of the three main deities, the trimurti. The main function of Shiva is destructive, he is the god of death, destruction, which is why he is depicted with the third eye, the eye of the destroyer. With his third eye, he was able to burn even the god of love Kama. Shiva drank a poison capable of burning and poisoning the entire universe, so he destroys the world and the gods at the end of each kalpa (era). The cult and appearance of Shiva is frightening. His retinue consists of pramathas - evil spirits who live in cemeteries and eat human meat. The emanation of Shiva is made up of terrible creatures, for example, a thousand-headed and thousand-armed serpent is expelled from Shiva's mouth, Shiva created a monster with giant fangs, girded with snakes and skulls, from his forehead. He is also revered as the patron saint of ascetics, as he became the first ascetic, albeit against his will: Shiva was condemned to eternal deprivation for cutting off the head of Brahma himself. The appearance of Shiva the ascetic is as follows: he sits on a tiger's skin, immersed in meditation, his body, completely naked, covered with ashes, and his hair stands in a shock, he is decorated with earrings made of snakes and a necklace of skulls. Shiva is the terror of demons. He is also the god of rhythm and dance; Shiva performs his orgiastic dance "tandava" together with his wife Devi (aka Parvati, Durga, Kali, Uma, etc.) on the body of Apasmara, whom he killed. The most popular is the cult of Shiva as the patron of life force and masculinity, which are symbolized by pillar-shaped lingams in temples and home altars of Indians, as well as Nandi bulls. "The cult of the lingam in India has become widespread. Shiva, the lingam symbolizing him, is addressed... thirsting for offspring, childless women flock to his temple, expecting help from him, sometimes considered embodied in the priests of the temple, real assistance" (Vasiliev L.S. History of Religions of the East, p. 242). This is how a pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave, a place of worship of Shiva, located deep in the Himalayas, is described: "The image of Shiva in the cave is amazing in itself: it is an ice statue formed from drops of seeping water. Depending on the phase of the moon, it grows or decreases: on a full moon, this natural statue reaches the ceiling of the cave - about 15 feet [4.6 m], and on the new moon almost nothing remains of it. And this is repeated every month - growth and decrease... I entered the cave with tears of awe. What happened there is difficult to describe. The cave vibrated, just like an ifugao [native tribe] hut in the midst of a baki [ritual magical rite]. Shocked by the inexplicable impurity of this place, I ran out, barely holding back my nausea, without waiting for the priest to finish sacrificing from me to a huge ice idol" (Father Seraphim (Rose), Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, p. 34). Shiva and his consort Shakti are the main deities of Tantrism. The fact that "there are many so-called followers of Lord Shiva who want to indulge in the smoking of ganja (marijuana) and similar drugs" is even mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita itself (Chapter 3, commentary to the text 24, Vol. 1, p. 190).

25 Indra is the central and most popular god of the most ancient, Vedic pantheon. He is the firstborn of the sky god Dyaus and the goddess of the earth, he is the lord of the universe, who tore the sky from the earth, as a result of which the world appeared. Indra is the god of thunder and lightning, battle, wealth, male power, the inspirer of singers and warriors. In the Rig Veda, 250 hymns are dedicated to him. The gods subordinate to Indra are located in the third heaven.

26 Savitri is one of Brahma's wives, created by himself. In order to always see her beauty, he created four faces for himself. Savitri is considered an example of a faithful and wise wife, she is also called a savior.

27 Mahatma (Mohandas Karamchand) Gandhi (1869–1948) was a lawyer, politician and statesman, leader of the movement for the non-violent liberation of India from colonial dependence (for "savaraj" — "his rule"). He was influenced by Western Hinduism, theosophy (see: M. Eliade, I. Culiano, Dictionary of Religions, p. 348) and Jainism. Political goals, according to Gandhi, should be achieved by ethical means, primarily by the moral improvement of society. The initial principle of Gandhi's teaching is achisma, not harming anything living. Next comes the principle of love: "Only there is life where there is love. Life without love is death." All suffering must be taken upon oneself, this is courage, and not in speaking out against evil. Brahmacharya – non-indulgence of one's passions and liberation from them, is achieved, in particular, by taking a vow of celibacy. Gandhi's last principle is aparigrahi, non-acquisitiveness. Deeply respecting Indian religious traditions, Gandhi at the same time fought against caste privileges, inequality of women, etc. Gandhi's birthday, October 2, is one of the ten public holidays in India.

28 Bhagavad-gita (Skt. "Song of the Gods") is a treatise that is part of the Mahabharata. Created around the second half of the first millennium B.C., it expounds the foundations not only of Buddhism, Brahmanism, and Hinduism, but also of a number of new Eastern religious teachings.

29 Shloka is a common meter in epic poetry, consisting of two 16-syllable half-verses.

30 Bhikshu (Sanskrit. "beggar") are the first members of Buddhist communities. They had only the bare necessities with them: a mug for collecting alms, a bowl for water, a razor, since they shaved their heads, and a staff. From noon until dawn the next day they did not eat a crumb.

31 Tantras (Skt. "intricacy, secret text, magic") are special magical techniques in Hinduism, which form a special magical practice, tantrism. On the basis of these magical techniques, formulas-mantras were formed - consecrated spells to which magical power was attributed. The word "Om" is part of mantras. Shepherds, fishermen, firefighters, etc. "A role similar to mantras is played by numerous amulets (laces, badges, etc.), as well as graphemes-images, diagrams. All these items, as well as mantras, constitute the necessary props of professional sorcerers... A sorcerer is the same as a priest, but of a lower rank, simpler, most often illiterate. His diagrams and magical circles (yantras) with the letter "o" (i.e. "Om") in the center are the basis of his wisdom" (Vasiliev L.S. History of Religions of the East, p. 254). "Before Christianity spread to India, Tantrism had reached a level of coarseness, cruelty, sorcery, and superstition that is often incomprehensible to the modern mind. In its crudest forms, tantra includes black magic, sexual and human sacrifices" (New religious organizations of Russia of destructive, occult and neo-pagan character. Reference book: V 8 t. T. 4. Ch. 1. M., 2002. S. 97–98). "In fact, Hinduism is not so much an intellectual quest as the use of the achievements of practice, and this practice is nothing but black magic" (Father Seraphim (Rose), Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, p. 35).