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• Sanskrit shlokas formed part of northwestern Nevada Thanksgiving service

  
  Ub News — Authority: 496
  In a remarkable interfaith gesture, northwestern Nevada (USA) celebrated its 24th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve Service on November 25 at Sparks United Methodist Church with various religions/denominations coming together to pray.Christian (various denominations), Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha’i, and ...
  2 days ago

• *sprefixes in Indo-European

  
  PhoeniXs blog — Authority: 100
  After discussing Tibeto-Burman prefixes, and touching upon the *s- prefix in Tibeto-Burman, I sort of ran into the Indo-European s-mobile again. For those unknown to the s-mobile, it is a unexplained element *s that seems to optionally appear in ... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
  1 week ago

• Inside the Yoga Sutras – A Comprehensive Sourcebook for the Study …

  
  Yoga Health Tips — Authority: 146
  Inside the Yoga Sutras A Comprehensive Sourcebook for the Study and Practice of Patanjalis Yoga Sutras Inside the Yoga Sutras presents a clear, … Some great information and things to think about – but some of the translations are stilted in an odd way. There is very little actual sanskrit but a great glossary of ...
  1 week ago

• Shoms Chakra

  
  Tattoosday — Authority: 127
  I met Shom very briefly as he was about to board a train at Penn Station. Aside from shoulder pieces and Sanskrit text circling his upper left arm, he has a couple of other tattoos, including this one on his inner left forearm: This piece represents one of the many chakra for meditation. It was inked at ...
  1 week ago

• An Exciting Journey to a New Life

  
  Bali Hotel Villa Blog Culture Travel Guide Indonesia - BALIwww.COM — Authority: 426
  Many westerners have become Balinese through the Suddhi Wadani ceremony and the Manusa Yadnya (ceremony for human) ceremony. Suddhi Wadhani ceremony can be paralleled with taking a vow ceremony. In this ceremony someone ...
  1 week ago

• Panjika (The Vedic Calendar)

  
  Ya devi sarvabhuteshu matri rupena samsthita, Namas tasyai, Namas tasyai, Namas tasyai namo namah. — Authority: 131
  The Panjika (almanac) is a book of dates, lunar days, auspicious andinauspicious times, positions of the sun, moon, planets and stars,horoscope, days of various festivals and religious occasions, etc. Inancient Sanskrit literature and in many regions of India, it is calledPanchanga or five sections, because it ...
  1 week ago

• 10th-12th main exams of Patanjali Institute from Nov. 27

  
  The India Post — Authority: 150
  Bhopal:Tuesday, November 17: The main examination dates of Maharishi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan for the students of 10th and 12th standard have been announced. The exams will commence from November 27 to December 07, 2009. Students can obtain their admit-cards from their respective institutions.
  1 week ago

• Cheers to Friday the 13th

  
  ***SIS*STAR KYLITA*** — Authority: 100
  Enjoy your weekends, bloggies. *** I ran across these two days worth of OSHO writings which apparently Id earmarked a year ago. I decided I did like them so I am going to share them here, if only for my own perusal as I look back over my "life/blog" as time goes by. From "Everyday OSHO" day 309: ATOMIC MOMENT ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tadyathā in the Heart Sūtra

  
  Jayarava's Raves — Authority: 107
  tadyathā Ive been asked several times recently about the meaning and function of this word tadyathā - especially in the Heart Sūtra. I thought some brief comments on my Visiblemantra blog would suffice, but I found that the explanation got a bit too involved and so I moved it here. My main source is Edward ...
  2 weeks ago

• Maharashtra assembly objects to use of Sanskrit

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 443
  BOMBAY– It was not only Hindi-Marathi conflict that marked the first day of the new house in lawless Maharashtra. The state legislative assembly on Monday virtually saw all sorts of language war, not sparing even Sanskrit – considered to be mother of all Indian languages. After BJP member Girish Bapat took oath ...
  3 weeks ago

• Is Sanskrit really a “Indo-European” language?

  
  B Shantanu's Blog — Authority: 128
  Thanks to Dr Kalyananraman-ji for alerting me to this. In this  well-argued and researched essay titled, Colonial Constructs about Indian Languages , Satish Thadani explains why there may be a lot more in common between “Indo-Aryan” and Dravidian” languages than what history texts tell us. Excerpts below: ...
  3 weeks ago

• An Overview of Yoga | Quick And Healthy Diet

  
  PHILCHAR — Authority: 165
  The word Yoga originated from the Sanskrit translation for union. Originating f rom Ancient India, it refers to the union between the mind, body, and spirit. Th e rest is here: An Overview of Yoga | Quick And Healthy Diet © 2009, Squakesauntee . All Articles belong to their respective owners. Phi lchar ...
  3 weeks ago

• Shiva

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 144
  Shiva From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shiva (pronounced /ˈʃiːvə/ ; Sanskrit : शिव, Śiva , IPA: [ˈɕivə] ; Hindi: [ˈʃɪʋə] , meaning “Auspicious one”), also known as Rudra (the “Feared One”) is a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Visargasandhi in the Siddhahemacandra

  
  s?rasvata? cak?u? — Authority: 104
  Sandhivinodapañcadaśī of Dhurandharavijayagaṇi, vṛttyā samanvitā, Śrī Jaina-Sāhitya-Vardhaka-Sabhā, Ahmadābāda, Granthāṅka 48, ed. Śeṭha Surendrabhāī Sārābhāī, 1963 9ab: kaḥ karoti manastāpaṃ & cakṣuḥ ścyotati kaṃ viṇā / 9cd: kiṃ karoti muniḥ pāpaṃ ...
  3 weeks ago

• Vande Matram: A poem that became a war cry

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) India’s national song ‘Vande Matram’, which came under attack Tuesday at the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary, evolved from being just a poem into a cry for freedom from British rule.According to historian Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, the Sanskrit poem was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Different Yoga Poses By Their Sanskrit Names

  
  Yoga.am : Yoga Blog — Authority: 118
  Ananda Balasana - Happy Baby Pose Anantasana - Sleeping Vishnu Pose Ardha Chandrasana - Half Moon Pose Ardha Matsyendrasana - Half Lord of the Fishes Pose Ashtanga Namaskara - Knees, Chest, and Chin Baddha Konasana - Cobbler’s Pose Bakasana - Crow Pose Balasana - Child’s Pose Bhujangasana - Cobra Pose ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra

  
  Jayarava's Raves — Authority: 107
  In this post Ill offer a brief commentary on the Vajrasattva mantra, drawing on an article which appeared in our WBO Order Journal in 1990. In his article Dharmacārin and Sanskritist Sthīramati (aka Dr Andrew Skilton - translator of the Bodhicaryāvatāra ) addressed the issue of how to spell and interpret this ...
  4 weeks ago

• Can a Chip Help My Gas Mileage?

  
  DIY Network - Home Improvement How-To & Projects : DIY Network — Authority: 159
  Gas mileage is at the top of the concerns list these days. Here’s a recent letter that asked a question I’ve hear a lot. Hi there, I need to know how I can improve fuel economy on a 1997 Chevrolet Astro van AWD. I already have an K&N filter, but it doesn’t help much. Is [...]
  4 weeks ago

• Translations for India

  
  Translation Blog — Authority: 121
  India’s market is one of the largest in the world, with over 1 billion people and a growing economy. However, given the scope of its population and its millennia-long history, the demographics cannot be categorized clearly and easily, which is also true for its neighbor China. First, the Constitution establishes ...
  4 weeks ago

• Borrowing

  
  s?rasvata? cak?u? — Authority: 104
  Kāvyādarśa of Daṇḍin 2.141, exemplifying āśirvacanākṣepa: gaccha gacchasi cet kānta & panthānaḥ santu te śivāḥ / mamāpi janma tatraiva & bhūyād yatra gato bhavān // Mālatīmādhava 9 [p.412] of Bhavabhūti: priyasya suhṛdo yatra & mama tatraiva saṃbhavaḥ / ...
  4 weeks ago

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