In Hindu mythology‚ dance is believed to have been conceived by Brahma. Brahma inspired the sage Bharata Muni to write the Natya Shastra‚ a treatise on performing arts‚ from which a codified practice of dance and drama emerged.[3] He used pathya (words) from the Rigveda‚ abhinaya (gestures) from the Yajurveda‚ geet (music) from the Samaveda and rasa (emotions) from the Atharvaveda to form the Natyaveda (body of knowledge about dance).[4]The best-known of Hindu deities—Shiva‚ Kali and Krishna—are
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corruption: “Corruption‚ is a kind of allurement‚ psychologically encourage the human being to do or not to do anything in order to make personal gains whether in kind‚ cash or otherwise.” Corruption is a global phenomenon‚ found in one shape or the other whether the country is a democratic‚ kingship‚ Socialist or Communist‚ developing or a developed. Hardly a country is free from the clutches of the devil of corruption. The subject of corruption figures in every international summit‚ as
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Indus Valley Civilization – The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BC; mature period 2600–1900 BC) extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilizations of the Old World‚ and of the three the most widespread. It flourished in the basins of the Indus River‚ one of the major rivers of Asia‚ and the Ghaggar-Hakra River‚ which once coursed through northwest
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distinguished from nonorthodox classical schools by their allegiance to established forms of social practice rather than to the doctrines of the Veda. Buddhism‚ for example‚ constitutes much more of a break with Vedic practices than with the ideas developed in Vedic traditions of thought. In fact‚ the Upanishads‚ mystical treatises continuous with the Vedas‚ foretell many Buddhist teachings. In ancient India‚ religion did not entail dogma‚ but rather a way of life that permitted a wide range of philosophic
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(Tat) stimulate (prachodayat) our (nah) intellect (dhiyah)‚ so that we may realise the Supreme Truth. The presiding deity of the Gayatri Mantra is Lord Sun. Gayatri is personified as a goddess‚ the consort of Brahma (Sarasvati)‚ and mother of the Vedas. The Gayatri Mantra is never chanted for the purposes of material gains‚ physical or otherwise. Its very invocation concludes with an appeal to the pure Consciousness to illumine more our heart-mind. It is a prayer unto the Self to unveil itself and
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Palace of Illusions by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni is a beautiful book which gives a woman’s perspective on a story that deals mainly with male characters i.e. the great epic‚ Mahabharata. The book has been written from Draupadi’s‚ who was the wife of the 5 Pandava heroes in this epic‚ point of view. It throws light on her innermost thoughts and feelings‚ traced right from her childhood to her demise in the lap of the Himalayan mountains. It talks about her feelings about the strange in which
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due to the set social norms. Interestingly‚in the Vedic period women had access to education‚ but gradually they had lost this right. Women education in ancient India prevailed during the early Vedic period. In addition to that Indian scriptures Rig Veda and Upanishads mention about several women sages and seers. Women enjoyed equivalent position and rights in the early Vedic era. However‚ after 500 B.C‚ the position of women started to decline. The Islamic invasion played a vital role in restricting
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BEAMING FACETS OF SANSKRIT “This (i.e. Panini’s) grammar‚ which dates from somewhere round 350 to 250 BC‚ is one of the greatest monuments of human intelligence. It describes with the minutest detail‚ every inflection‚ derivation and composition‚ and every syntactic usage of its author’s speech. No other language‚ to this day‚ has been so perfectly described. L. Bloomfield‚ Language : p.11 “The Romans……
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is Guru Purnima? The full moon day in the Hindu month of Ashad (July-August) is observed as the auspicious day of Guru Purnima‚ a day sacred to the memory of the great sage Vyasa. All Hindus are indebted to this ancient saint who edited the four Vedas‚ wrote the 18 Puranas‚ the Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavata. Vyasa even taught Dattatreya‚ who is regarded as the Guru of Gurus. Significance of Guru Purnima On this day‚ all spiritual aspirants and devotees worship Vyasa in honor of his divine
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nominative kárma कर्म from the root √kṛ कृ‚ means “to do‚ make‚ perform‚ accomplish‚ cause‚ effect‚ prepare‚ undertake”.[11][12] The root kṛ (kri) is very common in ancient Sanskrit literature‚ and it is relied upon to explain ideas in Rigveda‚ other Vedas‚ Upanishads‚ Puranas‚ the Epics of Hinduism.[11][13] The root “kri” also appears in the word Sanskrit‚ to imply a language that is “well made”. The word Kárman itself appears in Rigveda‚ for example at 10.22.8;[14] as does the word karma.[6] Karma
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