Monday, April 18, 2011

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navagraha sūkta - śukra The mantra for śukra comes next after that for aṅgāraka or mars. indrāṇī and indra are supposed to be the adhidevata...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Three ṛks from tarpaṇa mantras for the prapitāmahas

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The three ṛks given below constitute the mantras for the (three) offerings (tarpaṇa) for the prapitāmaha or great grandfathers. These are co...
Monday, January 17, 2011

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In the navagraha sūkta, after āditya comes aṅgāraka or mars, not candra. Hence we may now take up the mantra for aṅgāraka. The adhidevatā a...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

Interesting slokas

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Interesting slokas भॊ दारिद्र्य नमस्तुभ्यम् सिद्धॊऽहम् त्वत्प्रसादतः । पश्याम्यहम् जगत्सर्वम् न माम् पश्यति कश्चन ॥ bho dāridrya namastubhya...

navagraha sūkta - mantra for āditya (sun god)

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The navagraha sūkta is an important mantra recited daily by the devout people. Let us start with the first mantra - that for sūrya or āditya...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

sarasvatī sūkta

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The following 3 riks form "sarasvatī sūkta". Some people add one more rik to this, which also I am giving at the end. ऋषि - मधुच्...
Friday, January 14, 2011

kṛṣṇa in Jainism

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k ṛṣṇ a in Jainism k ṛṣṇ a appears in Jain spiritual lore also. The Jains also have purā ṇ as just as hindus have. Their rāmāya ṇ a...