physiologic‚ neurological‚ and energetic nature of the transformative energy centers of the body known as chakras‚ and will explore the methods of balancing and healing the body and mind through the chakras. i. What are the chakras? Chakra is a Sanskrit word that literally means wheel or disk. ii. What is the history of the chakras? iii. How does the chakra system affect the health of the physical body? II The Seven Chakras and their Qualities i. Chakra One: Muladhara Chakra -Earth
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The greatest of the literary achievement of medieval India is the creation of a body of devotional poetry‚ by successive generations of the saint-poets spread over several centuries. This newly formed literature emerged in Tamil Nadu‚ the growth and development took place between the sixth and the tenth century‚ and the major participants in this magnificent activity were a group of saint-poets known as the Nayanmars and the Alwars‚ Nayanmars are the devotees of lord Shiva and Alwars are the devotees
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Aryabhata [pic] Statue of Aryabhata on the grounds of IUCAA‚ Pune. As there is no known information regarding his appearance‚ any image of Aryabhata originates from an artist’s conception. Aryabhata (IAST: Āryabhaṭa; Sanskrit: आर्यभटः) (476–550 CE) was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His most famous works are the Aryabhatiya (499 CE‚ when he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta. |Contents
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Vishu follows the sidereal vernal equinox An equinox occurs twice a year‚ when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun‚ the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator... The word "Vishu" in Sanskrit means "equal". Therefore Vishu is more probably denoting one of the equinox days. Vishu is also considered as the harvest festival A harvest festival is an annual celebration which occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. Given
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philosopher renowned for his devotion to the god Rama. A composer of several popular works‚ he is best known as the author of the epic Ramcharitmanas‚ a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana in the vernacular Awadhi. Tulsidas was acclaimed in his lifetime to be a reincarnation of Valmiki‚ the composer of the original Ramayana in Sanskrit.[4] He is also considered to be the composer of the Hanuman Chalisa‚ a popular devotional hymn dedicated to Hanuman‚ the divine devotee of Rama.[5] Tulsidas spent most
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Dharma is a Sanskrit word and concept with different meanings in regards to Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ and Jainism (Dharma). In the story of Ramayana‚ it displays the Dharma in correspondence with the meaning of Hinduism. Dharma is the law that tells individuals how to behave and is one of the 4 ends of life. It is the path of righteousness and living one’s life according to the codes of conduct (Dharma). Karma is defined as sum of person’s actions in one of his successive states of existence‚ viewed as
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What is Navratri? Navratri‚ is a festival of worship and dance. The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit; The festival is celebrated for nine nights every year during September or October based on Hindu calander. There are many legends attached to the conception of Navratri like all Indian festivals but all of them are related to Goddess Shakti (Hindu Mother Goddess) and her various forms. Navratri is divided into three-day sets‚ each devoted to a different aspect of the supreme
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to their religion. Rahman (1996) says that according to the linguists‚ Urdu and Hindi are ‘two styles of the same language’ as their basic vocabulary is the same; they differ in the word order abstract words. The style that is more inclined to Sanskrit is called Modern Hindi. People like Insha Allah made some efforts to escape the influence of Urdu words in Hindi‚ but were not very successful. Lallujilal Kavi and Sadal Misra are known to have advanced ‘Hindi’ at Fort William College in Agra as
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Theatre probably arose as a performance of ritual activities that did not require initiation on the part of the spectator. This similarity of early theatre to ritual is negatively attested by Aristotle‚ who in his Poetics defined theatre in contrast to the performances of sacred mysteries: theatre did not require the spectator to fast‚ drink the kykeon‚ or march in a procession; however theatre did resemble the sacred mysteries in the sense that it brought purification and healing to the spectator
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1856 in Ratangari‚ Maharashtra‚ Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a multifacet personality. He is considered to be the ‘Father of Indian Unrest’. He was a scholar of Indian history‚ Sanskrit‚ mathematics‚ astronomy and Hinduism. He had imbibed values‚ cultures and intelligence from his father Gangadhar Ramchandra Tilak who was a Sanskrit scholar and a famous teacher. At the age of 10‚ Bal Gangadhar went to Pune with his family as his father was transferred. In Pune‚ he was educated in an Anglo-Vernacular school
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