This itself tells us how important is Sanskrit to our values and how important it is for us to keep Sanskrit as one of our main-stream language. Without the knowledge of Sanskrit, as a language, we will not be able to truly appreciate and understand the literature we have. Let us bring...
The Sanskrit verb, like the Greek, has two voices, active and middle, called, after their primary functions, parasmai-pada, " word for another," and atmane-pada, " word for one's self." While in Greek the middle forms have to do duty also for the passive in all tenses except the...
One of the most chanted mantra of Goddess Lakshmi is as follows: “Sarvagyay Sarvavarday Sarvadushtbhaydkree Sarvadukhaharay Devi Mahalakshmi Namostutay” Meaning: O Goddess Maa Lakshmi, you are aware of everything; you bestow blessing upon all and defend us from the evils. You remove all...
Within the word we find two dimensions-reflection and action. If one is sacrificed even in part, the other immediately suffers. To speak a true word is to transform the world. —Paulo Freire 47 Use the right word, not its second cousin. —Mark Twain 22 Where one is wise two are happy...
Here, the latent, unspoken form of thought that instinctively springs up and is visualised, within one’s self, is calledPashyanti Vak(thought visualized).ThePashyanti, which also suggests the visual image of the word, is indivisible and without inner-sequence; in the sense, that the origin ...
century or two by yet a newer Sanskritish definition--all derived from the same word-root: a chain, if you will. Is this continuous chain the result of speech by a group of speakers of a Hindu language at a time when one might not expect them, that is, prior to the British ...
The word quixotry was one of the highest-scoring words ever recorded in a Scrabble game; see the breathless (perhaps Cosellish) narration here. David Marjanović says July 9, 2022 at 4:41 am It seems Adelung had a huge stabilizing influence on German orthography. Ah, that’s likely....
PadmavasaOne who resided in lotus PadmavatiGoddess Lakshmi PadnuniLotus PahadiHillock PahalThe start PakshalikaOn The Right Path PakshiniDay of full moon PalMoment PalakEye lid PalaksiWhite PadminiLotus PakhiBird PakshiBird PakshiniDay of full moon ...
Gurditta One born with guru’s blessing Gurleen One who is absorbed in the guru Gurpreet Love of the teacher Guru Teacher Guruchet One who remains aware of guru’s word Gurudas Servant of Guru Gurudeva Master of all Gurudutt Gift of the guru Gurumurthi Idol of guru Guruprasad Blessings ...
When one compares the attitude of Pāri, who was willing to lose his sovereignty and even life for upholding his duty towards the bards, with that of Bali, who was willing to lose his sovereignty for honoring his word to give three ‘steps’ of land to the Brahmin Vāmana, one can see...