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  Dan Ghati means “the place where taxes were collected.” Dan Ghati is a pass to cross to the other side of Govardhana Hill. This place is on top of Govardhana Hill, where the Mathura Road … Read More

And as you have obeyed my command, you shall obtain good fortune. All the Vedas will shine in you and so will all the Dharma Shastras. By serving faithfully the #Guru all blessings come. Uddalaka Aruni … Read More

#Asvini Kumara Satya and Dasra, the two sons of Surya are called #Asvini Kumaras. (Maha-bharata slokas 17 and 18, Chapter 150, Anusasana Parva). They are also known as Asvins, and Asvinidevas. These two are the physicians … Read More

Dhaumya said, “As you have opened the water-course in getting from the ditch, you shall be henceforth known as Uddalaka as a mark of your action. Blessed be you. (p.49) It is stated in Mahabharata, Sabha … Read More

An Aksauhini An aksauhini is a whole army consisting of 109,350 foot soldiers, 65,610 horses, 21,870 chariots 21,870 elephants (Maha-bharata Adi Parva, Sangraha) Larger answer from Suta Gosvami “The Rishis said, ‘We have a desire to … Read More

The Pashupatastra, the weapon of Pasupati or Siva is an irresistible and most destructive personal weapon of Siva, Kali and Adi Para Sakti, which can be discharged by the mind, the eyes, words, or a bow. … Read More

#Gandhara A stretch of land of ancient Bharata. It is believed that this land stretched from the shores of river Sindhu to Kabul. #Subala was a mighty ruler of this country. His daughter Gandhari was the … Read More

#Sakra Indra. It means the mighty, the powerful.

A son of Siva with a head like that of an elephant. As Siva has appointed this son as chief of the ganas (attendants) he is called Ganapati. His birth: while Siva and Parvati assumed the … Read More

I know; you have revealed in the language of truth the divine words, even from the first of them. You have called your present work, a poem; Therefore it would be called a Kavyam? 72   … Read More

#Anga 1) Siksha, education, 2) Kalpa, the creation, 3) Vyakarana, grammar, 4) Nirukta, etymology, 5) Chhanda, metric and 6) Jyotisha, mathematics and astronomy.     #veda

#Parasara Muni: His genealogy recites as follows: Visnu – Brahma – Vasistha – Saktri – Parasara. He was the son of Saktri and Adrisyanti.

  नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् । देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत् ॥ ४ ॥ nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya naraṁ caiva narottamam devīṁ sarasvatīṁ vyāsaṁ tato jayam udīrayet   Synonyms nārāyaṇam — the Personality of Godhead; namaḥ–kṛtya — … Read More

According to the Visnu Purana the #Visvadevas are: 1. Vasu 2. Satya 3. Kratu 4. Daksha, 5. Kala 6. Kama 7. Dhrti 8. Kuru 9. Pururava 10. Madravas, with two others added by some, who are … Read More

#Suraguru Suraguru means the spiritual master of the celestials. Most commentators say that here it refers to Brihaspati, the preceptor of the demigods. However Brihaspati came much later. In fact he was the grandson of Brahma, … Read More

The word used in the original text is “#brihadanda”. Brihat means powerful and anda egg. Most commentators translate this word as “mighty egg”, since the universe has an ovoidal form. However this interpretation doesn’t match with … Read More

  In order to revive the principles of varnasrama the following few rules have to be reintroduced: 1. No one’s caste should be ascertained simply by birth. 2. A person’s caste should be determined according to … Read More