A teddy, a stuffed animal. But no, so apparently there's no such thing as a panther. So there's a Sanskrit word applied to the tiger, which is called pandara, meaning whitish yellow. The Greeks borrowed it and adapted it to panthera, meaning all beasts. But scientifically ...
The oldest form of Sanskrit is Vedic Sanskrit that dates back to the 2nd millennium BCE. Known as 'the mother of all languages,' Sanskrit is the dominant classical language of the Indian subcontinent and one of the 22 official languages of India. It is also the liturgical language of ...
I speak Ukrainian, so I already knew that Lev means ‘lion’ in Ukrainian. This is partly why Lev was on our list: our son is a Leo and my husband and I LOVE animals, especially cats. I also knew that the city that my father’s from—Lviv—is named after the founder’s son, Le...
“Bindi” comes from the Sanskrit word “bindu,” meaning a point or dot. Traditionally worn as a red dot on the forehead, the bindi hasHindu beginnings often associated with religious purposes or a woman's marital status. ... The bindi is also seen as a “third-eye” on the forehead ...
Speech: we normally chant the name of Amitabha. In Pureland Buddhism, “Namo Amitabha” (Sanskrit), “Namo Amitofu” (Chinese) or “Om Ami De Wa Hrih” (mantra of Amitabha.) Mantra of Amitabha chanted: In the Amitabha Sutra, Shakyamuni teaches there are countless Pure Lan...
I can’t speak for the design of the California highway system, but we can avoid this problem on a website. Remember, navigation tells a story. When the user mouses over a link and that trusty pointer hand appears, that says: “This is a place you can go. Click me to go there ...
On our earlier trips to Hawai’i and Kalani Honua Eco retreat center specifically, we were deep into our studies of Yoga as a philosophy of life. In a “spiritual nutshell” we were studying and living “Namaste”. Namaste is the Sanskrit greeting that means, “the divinity in me acknowle...
I have no idea WTF they’re saying and I don’t even care. It’s calming and great to work by. I buy it online and cannot wait to get it on my iPod. I love supporting less mainstream art when it sounds THIS GOOD. $10.80 Dreaming In Sanskrit by Marti Nikko & DJ Drez (THIS IS...
I will speak out as someone who an illuminated sign may in fact help. A couple months ago it was very cold out and I was driving to work. I could see snow on the ground, but the road was black and wet looking rather than frost colored so I figured it wasn’t too dangerous. There...
Sanskrit Appellations (Attention North Indians: Do not swallow the schwa when you read the Devanagari in this post. If you do, many examples will not make sense. For example, अरà¥à¤œà¥à¤¨ is Arjuna, not Arjun) ...