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Comment on Kalla Yoga 1 by Dillon

Dillon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:05:10 +0000

Is there a way to become a content writer for the site?

Comment on Grief in The Buddhist Ramayana by S. G. Rajeev

S. G. Rajeev — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:44:09 +0000

Of course the word Buddha in Sanskrit means wise; how do we know that it is a reference to Guatama Siddhartha Buddha?

It would not surprise me that the Valmiki Ramayana is a later retelling of stories that were extant long before then. After all, every language in India has its own Ramayana, not all of them a retelling of Valmik. A story that arose as a local legend in Ayodhya could have become embellished and made into a pan-Indian tale. We see this process of local heroes becoming national Gods even now, as with the Ayyappa phenomenon in Kerala.

Comment on Grief in The Buddhist Ramayana by faith

faith — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:56:58 +0000

Buddha IS Rama, a fact the author of the article left out.

http://threeroyalwarriors.tripod.com/id10.html

There is evidence that there might’ve been the story of Rama and Sita being told in the time of Buddhist suttas (Pali texts, Samyukta Nikaya, mention the telling of the abduction of Sita). The Valmiki Ramayana (2:109:3 4)itself might be a post Buddhist text, it mentions that the wise (Buddha) should not associate with athiests.

Comment on Longitude Zero by Viswa Sharma

Viswa Sharma — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:38:55 +0000

I see the comment
“In addition to verses that can pass a scientific scrutiny, Aryabhata’s text also contains many fantastic passages that say things like: the Gods live at the Meru mountain (North Pole) and the demons at the South Pole. The Meru mountain at the North Pole is one yojana high (not sure sure how high that is) and it glows in the dark. Earth expands and shrinks by one yojana every yuga ( a very long Hindu unit of time). I thought it best to ignore these poetic fantasies. ”

Well one way to look at this is the Back bone - If you are familiar with Yoga this makes sense! because As above (skies) so below(body),
Viswa

Comment on The Almanack by S. G. Rajeev

S. G. Rajeev — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:53:33 +0000

The Bhagavatam gives the story of Krishna’s death by a hunter’s arrow, who mistook Krishna for a bird. It says also that the Kali Yuga starts with his death.

Comment on The Almanack by Soumya Nishanth

Soumya Nishanth — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:02:41 +0000

Nice post. I happened to read it while searching fr online calenders. I have a doubt regarding the starting point of Kaliyuga. Its nowhere saying that Kaliyga starts with the death of Krishna, I think. Can u giv the accurate info?

Comment on The Almanack by NARENDRA

NARENDRA — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:59:46 +0000

i need 1982 telugu calendar

Comment on The Geometry of Thermodynamics by Tom R

Tom R — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:25:33 +0000

What? No mention of my hero Robert Hermann? His Geometry Physics and Systems gives exactly this treatment and predates Arnold in the Gibbs 150th birthday volume also uncited. These papers in turn have spawned a whole contacto thermo industry with contributions too many too mention but most involving Mrugala.

Comment on The Almanack by Ramesh

Ramesh — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:29:27 +0000

Nice information. Have any idea of calculating the nakshatra with respect to english dates

Comment on Another Namesake by confidential email

confidential email — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:02:51 +0000

The hierarchy of the south indian name system allowed tracking of ancestry via the mothers and fathers names, sort of like a unique identifier. The caste name by itself didn’t allow tracking of the actual parentage.
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