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Tag Archives: Vedas
4 Degrees of Human Speech
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
Posted in Philosophy, Religion
Tagged Hindu, Knowledge, Rishi, Sanatana Dharma, Sanskrit, Vedas
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Serving Sanskrit, Serving Humanity: The Story of Martin Gluckman – Center for Soft Power
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
Book Review – Ancient India: Its Language and Religions by Hermann Oldenberg
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
Posted in Book Reviews, History, News & Politics, Religion, Sanskrit
Tagged Buddha, Grammer, Language, Sanatana Dharma, Sanskrit, Vedas
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Book Review – Ten Principal Upanishads by Sree Purohit Swami & W. B. Yeats
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
Posted in Book Reviews, Sanskrit
Tagged Books, Knowledge, Sanatana Dharma, Sanskrit, Upanishads, Vedas, Yeats
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Book Review – The Battle for Sanskrit by Rajiv Malhotra
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
Posted in Book Reviews, Religion, Sanskrit
Tagged Ancient History, Hindu, India, Indian History, Philology, Rajiv Malhotra, Sanatana Dharma, Sanskrit, Shankaracharya, Sheldon Pollock, Vedas
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Book Review – कामायनी by जयशंकर प्रसाद
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
Posted in Book Reviews, Literature, Religion
Tagged Jaishankar Prasad, Kamayani, Manu, Poem, Poetry, Vedas
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The Greatness of the Rishi tradition in India by Sampadananda Mishra
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