There was also a bilingual inscription in Greek and Sanskrit, put up in the 3rd century by a Buddhist devotee from Gujarat: “In the sixth year of King Philip [ie the Roman Emperor Philip the Arab, in 249 CE], the kshatriya [warrior] Vasula gave this image for the welfare and happines...
Typing in Tamil script is very easy and simple using Unicode English to Tamil Translator. Just type the text in English in the given box and press space, it will convert the text in Tamil script (Tamil Typing). Click on a word to see more options. To switch between Tamil and English ...
In Tamil, they chronicled their mystic discoveries in medicine, yoga, and astrology. The theories of the Five Elements (Aimpootham) and Three Forces/Faults are among Siddha's fundamental principles (Mukkuttram). Origin and Concept Clinical Evaluation New Findings New Findings in Treating COVID-...
In Tamil, Ganesha is referred to as Pillai , and in Burmese Maha Peinne. Essence of Ganesh The essence of Ganesh is his ability to guide worshipers' journeys in the energy of protection, removing obstacles and blessing his followers with intellectual wisdom and good luck. He is revered as...
“Shiva” Rising In Tamil Nadu Posted onFebruary 12, 2017byLila The Tamil serials these days are full of the images and icons of Shaivism. An aficionado tells me this is a recent thing. This is a lazy blog-post in a spare moment. I don’t have the energy to insert the links, but...
Pongal is a harvest and thanksgiving festival primarily celebrated in Southern India among Tamil communities, and celebrated with a dish also called pongal.
"Muscle" originates from the Latin word for "little mouse," because physicians thought that muscles looked like little mice running under the skin. Did You Know? "Luftmensch," literally meaning "air person," is the Yiddish way of describing someone who is a bit of a dreamer. ...
Sometime during the middle of the year, I went for a short and simple hike along with a couple of friends somewhere in the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. We also spent a wonderful time in the wilderness along the banks of River Cauvery. In the month of October, my sister and I...
‘attar’ type of smell, meaning a half-syrupy, half-powdery mixture of rose, sandalwood, and amber, with a chaser of something unidentifiable to maintain the allure of the exotic. The mitti, or whatever was there of it to begin with, is completely lost in the mix. Mitti has a very ...
First recorded in1835–45;fromRomani:“man, married man”; compareSanskritḍomba, ḍoma“a low-caste minstrel,” probably from a Dravidian language; compareKannadaḍomba, ḍoma,Tamildommara“caste of jugglers” Origin ofRom2 r(ead)-o(nly)m(emory) ...