Tag Archives: Vedas

4 Degrees of Human Speech

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

As the information age gains momentum, the most primitive level–the spoken and written word–is drowning out the higher, subtle tongues.— Read on yogainternational.com/article/view/4-degrees-of-human-speech According to the Vedas, there are four degrees of human speech. As the information age gathers momentum, … Continue reading →

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Serving Sanskrit, Serving Humanity: The Story of Martin Gluckman – Center for Soft Power

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

Serving Sanskrit, Serving Humanity: The Story of Martin Gluckman – Center for Soft Power— Read on http://www.softpowermag.com/serving-sanskrit-serving-humanity-the-story-of-martin-gluckman/ Martin Gluckman’s Sanskrit dictionary (www.sanskritdictionary.com) created by the Sanskrit Research Institute has had 1,564,823 visitors searching for 975,621 words from 207 countries. Some of … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Ancient India: Its Language and Religions by Hermann Oldenberg

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

Ancient India: Its Language and Religionsby Hermann Oldenberg My rating: 5 of 5 stars A good book to understand the history of Sanskrit studies in West. How it started and which personalities made clear inroads into that field is all detailed … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Ten Principal Upanishads by Sree Purohit Swami & W. B. Yeats

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

  Ten Principal Upanishads by W.B. Yeats5 of 5 stars W. B. Yeats found incredulous the various renditions of Upanishads from different translators, so he decided to translate one himself with help from his friend Shree Purohit Swami. The original … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The Battle for Sanskrit by Rajiv Malhotra

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

This book by Rajiv Malhotra brings out into the open, the existential threats facing Vedic civilisation today. This battle for Sanskrit has to be fought tooth and nail by every Hindu, better would be to wage an outright war against … Continue reading →

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Book Review – कामायनी by जयशंकर प्रसाद

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Tarun Rattan

कामायनी by जयशंकर प्रसाद My rating: 5 of 5 stars Kamayani is arguably the best poem written in Hindi language in contemporary times. The vision behind the poetic plot and the flights of imagination by the author shines in brilliance … Continue reading →

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The Greatness of the Rishi tradition in India by Sampadananda Mishra

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Tarun Rattan

A Rishi is one who flows or is in tune with the rhythmic movement of the universe. Introduction इदं नम ऋषिभ्यः पूर्वेभ्यः पूर्वजेभ्यः पथिकृद्भ्यः|| || idaṁ namaḥ ṛṣibhyaḥ pūrvajebhyaḥ pūrvebhyaḥ pathikṛdbhyaḥ || (Rigveda, 10.14.15) “We offer our obeisance to the … Continue reading →

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