Saraswat Brahmin & one of the Saptrishis’, who was also a key in formalizing the ancient Vedic Religion formed and lived in this valley. Kashmiri pandits being the decendants of Kashyap Rishi and have thus named the valley “Kashmir” to honor him. ...
Hindi, as it is recognized today, is somewhat of a catch-all construct. This centralization has often been a point of cultural tension, as these dialects, while categorized under “Hindi,” diverge significantly from each other in grammar, vocabulary, and phonetics...
It’s based on talks by the wonderful Swami Paramarthananda, and is a fantastic and concise primer, covering all the main topics of Vedanta. You can buy it in ebook format from James Swartz’s website, Shiningworld, or in paperback on Amazon (note: currently unavailable on Amazon, a new...
as well as some Indian media organizations blamed Pakistan for the attack. Later, an investigation by India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) concluded that the attack was carried out by four men - Swami Aseemanand, Kamal Chauhan, Rajinder Chaudhary and Lokesh Sharma - linked to the Hindu...
Viraswami Chettiar, late Pandit in the Madras Presidency College. This book is simply interwoven with Tamil Proverbs. "Mathar Neethy "is another story book containing many fine proverbs; and the same may be said of a book called: குடு ்ே ்ரக்ஷணி "The ...
It is the monopoly of four families from the intermediary castes of temple servants (mārār and kuṟuppu’) in charge of the musical and pictorial service in Brahmin temples. The performance, a single storied dramatic event usually sponsored and presented as votive offering to the goddess, ...