tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post116918369401975494..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: A call to the LizardKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-493796508477389762016-03-01T19:52:42.694+05:302016-03-01T19:52:42.694+05:30Hi, please don't worry. Trust the lord and lea...Hi, please don't worry. Trust the lord and leave your fears in his hands. Nothing can go wrong after that. Like the Bhagavat Gita says, surrender with your heart then even omens won't bother you Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-23550766252991045042016-03-01T11:38:29.858+05:302016-03-01T11:38:29.858+05:30today morning when i woke up.. i went to my Pooja ...today morning when i woke up.. i went to my Pooja room as usual and i closed my eyes and started praying to lord Vishnu.. when i opened my eyes i noticed something on the vishnu.. when i went closer i found a lizard faced down on the photo and the lizard was exactly in the middle of the photo that is on lord Vishnu.. i got scared .. is it a good omen or bad omen?can anybody please help me becauseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996619649357217180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-53467875472330331532014-04-09T03:43:38.481+05:302014-04-09T03:43:38.481+05:30i recently read in a translation of an old Mahabha...i recently read in a translation of an old Mahabharath text that SARPA's ,eant snakes with a single head like Vasuki and NAGA's meant multi-head like AnantaT H Radhakrishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416863571525786665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-6410170719832773532010-05-18T20:49:38.092+05:302010-05-18T20:49:38.092+05:30very interesting and informative read. thanks a lo...very interesting and informative read. thanks a lot.trsshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157366211290633268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-58153343366411418692009-06-11T01:34:03.433+05:302009-06-11T01:34:03.433+05:30Thats scary.. i have killed a lot of lizard...
W...Thats scary.. i have killed a lot of lizard...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.workathomeforum.in" rel="nofollow"> Work from home </a>workhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139837491287164337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-87158684070033795102008-09-30T19:51:00.000+05:302008-09-30T19:51:00.000+05:30should any one be cautous if a lizard crawls over ...should any one be cautous if a lizard crawls over their feet? if so is a dosha and whats the remedy..Please let me knowrajudvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117002029487559909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169781853589649552007-01-26T08:54:00.000+05:302007-01-26T08:54:00.000+05:30Kavitha, I would like to point out that despite ex...Kavitha, I would like to point out that despite existence of the ideally ‘perfect’ Shiva or immortal Earth - as the perfect model of unborn and immortal Nadbindu who in reality existed alone in the beginning and both therefore inert or zero, only Rama and Krishna - the respective heroes of their times and yet relatively imperfect to Shiva the hero of Satyuga - have been given more importance by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169724341919722912007-01-25T16:55:00.000+05:302007-01-25T16:55:00.000+05:30Kavitha, the note below is in continuation of the ...Kavitha, the note below is in continuation of the comment that remains yet to be accepted.<BR/><BR/>The plus and minus directions or the ‘good’ and the ‘evil’ are represented in the Hindu Mythology related with Tretayuga through the contemporary characters of Dasharatha - that is the one whose chariot is driven by ten horses - the ruler of the ‘spiritual’ region, Ayodhya, and Dashanan or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169721085077962402007-01-25T16:01:00.000+05:302007-01-25T16:01:00.000+05:30The number 10 helps in specifying all the major di...The number 10 helps in specifying all the major directions that emanate from a point on the sphere that our globe is, i.e., on a horizontal plane, the four cardinal directions, N-E-W-S, and the lines passing through the four corners between any of their pairs, plus the two vertical ones – upwards and downwards. The number finds reflection in Hindu mythology through Moon-Earth or Ashtabhujadhari Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169707877347999072007-01-25T12:21:00.000+05:302007-01-25T12:21:00.000+05:30Talking of mountains, I recall a teacher in my cla...Talking of mountains, I recall a teacher in my class in the school say that he believed in that Krishna who lifted Mount Goverdhan on His little finger, but not the one who reportedly had 16,000 wives! <BR/><BR/>I don’t know if he had read chapter 10 of the Gita, for at that stage we were ‘zeros’ in so far as the believable myth was concerned! <BR/><BR/>Perhaps the ‘present day Indians’ - who areAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169700045785123312007-01-25T10:10:00.000+05:302007-01-25T10:10:00.000+05:30The aforesaid verse in the Gita (X.25) also includ...The aforesaid verse in the Gita (X.25) also includes in the end, “…and among the immovbles, the Himalaya”.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps through the example of Banyan tree - whose association with spread of Buddhism and symbolic mute communication of behaviour similar to plant life in human life too perhaps as part of a grand design – that made Gautam the Buddha famous, the Formless has left a hint to ‘His Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169644248595245982007-01-24T18:40:00.000+05:302007-01-24T18:40:00.000+05:30Among birds, considered today as next in intellige...Among birds, considered today as next in intelligence to man, the Nightingale is the most notable of the family of Thrushes - the fine singers. <BR/><BR/>They reflect the sweetest and perhaps the best use of ‘Vishuddhi Chakra’ or throat for communication by animals to the life of their own kind, perhaps to act as inspiration or a ‘role model’ to humans for all times to come...<BR/><BR/>Krishna Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169635410446607032007-01-24T16:13:00.000+05:302007-01-24T16:13:00.000+05:30One cannot forget the bird owl, considered ‘wise’ ...One cannot forget the bird owl, considered ‘wise’ and also as the ‘vehicle of Goddess Lakshami’ the consort of Lord Vishnu, i.e., the physical aspect of the Formless Creator... <BR/><BR/>In Chapter 10 of the Gita, Krishna also says, “I am…Vyasa among the sages, and the sage Shukracharya among the wise. (37)<BR/>And, in verse (24), He says, “Among the priests, Arjuna, know Me to be their chief, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169615163626026942007-01-24T10:36:00.000+05:302007-01-24T10:36:00.000+05:30And, we know that the two colours - blue and red -...And, we know that the two colours - blue and red - mark the two extremeties of the visible spectrum. And, they could be seen - with reference to Bholenath or Bhootnath Shiva or Earth – as Kartikeya’s vehicle-like Blue ‘sky’ that envelops the earth, and Ma Kali’s-red tongue-like core of earth that represents ‘fire in the heart’, i.e., the two of the five ghosts or ‘bhootas’ associated with Shiva Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169559819346181352007-01-23T19:13:00.000+05:302007-01-23T19:13:00.000+05:30Talking of animals and birds, I couldn’t get much ...Talking of animals and birds, I couldn’t get much information on Partridges or game birds ‘Chakore’ and ‘Chakori’ that always face the moon or ‘Indu’ - believably the most revered of all planets and which perhaps is the origin of the different names: The country ‘India’ based on the name given to the river Indus and ‘Indus Valley Civilization’; ‘Hindus’ to the ancient advanced people inhabiting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169544607140155602007-01-23T15:00:00.000+05:302007-01-23T15:00:00.000+05:30Kavitha has apparently brought in once again the s...Kavitha has apparently brought in once again the subject of ‘lizards’ as one of the parts of Hindu belief on ‘moksha’ - a concept of non return of the concerned soul to the ‘birth-death cycle’ in the drama of ‘life’ - which believably is possible only when one is in human form…And recently the world was apparently shocked at the news of ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin dying exceptionally of a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169534216838234622007-01-23T12:06:00.000+05:302007-01-23T12:06:00.000+05:30Kavitha has apparently brought in once again the s...Kavitha has apparently brought in once again the subject of ‘lizards’ as one of the parts of Hindu belief on ‘moksha’ - a concept of non return of the concerned soul to the ‘birth-death cycle’ in the drama of ‘life’ - which believably is possible only when one is in human form…And recently the world was apparently shocked at the news of ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin dying exceptionally of a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169522401059132172007-01-23T08:50:00.000+05:302007-01-23T08:50:00.000+05:30Hi Aswin,I happened to have a colleague who was on...Hi Aswin,<BR/><BR/>I happened to have a colleague who was one of the Gyanpeetha Award winners in Malayalam literature. He too once said to me that it is only in the present era that History has been properly arranged in chronological order by the westerners, whereas, we do not find it done in India in the past and hence the confusion today. I told him, to the effect, that the ancient ‘wise’ wereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169479941882250102007-01-22T21:02:00.000+05:302007-01-22T21:02:00.000+05:30Joshi uncle,i salute your observation about Jammu ...Joshi uncle,i salute your observation about Jammu & Pandharpur.This again underlines the fact that nothing is real not even the distance.The times of India has quoted Albert Einstein today"Reality is merely an illusion although a very persistent one"Dr.Anil Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751770622662718050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169469768066161102007-01-22T18:12:00.000+05:302007-01-22T18:12:00.000+05:30Hi Joshi uncle, just wanted to tell you, while you...Hi Joshi uncle, just wanted to tell you, while you share your knowledge by commenting in Kavitha's blog. Why not copy the content and format them in a new blog of yours. In that way, you can comment and at the same time seggregate your valuable knowledge to others. <BR/><BR/>Please do take the initiative, because even if we (read I) find your long comments frustrating, there is some thing of Aswin Kinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741134467278912014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169458513253325652007-01-22T15:05:00.000+05:302007-01-22T15:05:00.000+05:30Continuing on the different forms of ‘Yogiraj Kris...Continuing on the different forms of ‘Yogiraj Krishna’ and Formless Vishnu’s ‘Maya’ it is interesting to read in chapter X of the Gita itself Krishna also reportedly say, “I am Vishnu (Black hole at the centre of our galaxy after a star is transformed after its ‘death’, as the best model of the Formless Creator Himself?) among the twelve sons (the now twelve constellations?) of Aditi (the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169451308626144902007-01-22T13:05:00.000+05:302007-01-22T13:05:00.000+05:30Anilji, Krishna also reportedly says, “…and among ...Anilji, <BR/><BR/>Krishna also reportedly says, <BR/>“…and among the waters, I am the ocean.” – (24)<BR/>“…and among streams, I am the Ganges.” – (31).<BR/><BR/>The above read with reference to the mention of ‘Ma Durga on Her Tiger’ in Hindu Mytholical stories – apparently representing Moon and Earth or Gangadhara Shiva respectively - I find that the city of Nashik in Maharashtra, on the bank of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169433301579386252007-01-22T08:05:00.000+05:302007-01-22T08:05:00.000+05:30Hi Anilji,I checked up the Gita, with Hindi versio...Hi Anilji,<BR/><BR/>I checked up the Gita, with Hindi version, brought out by Bhaktivedant Book Trust also in this connection. <BR/><BR/>The literal translation in this publication indicates 'amongst fishes - crocodile', just as I too had indicated. However, the 'tatparya' or intended meaning is indicated as, "Amongst all aquatic creatures, the crocodile is the most dangerous ('ghatak') for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169268496843544192007-01-20T10:18:00.000+05:302007-01-20T10:18:00.000+05:30Anilji, The problem arises in translation from San...Anilji, The problem arises in translation from Sanskrit by different writers. "Jhashanam makaraschami" is translated as 'Shark among fishes' by some, as in the refernce book I have... I think the Hindu Mythology generally accepts 'Makar' as Crocodile and perhaps it should have been translated as 'among the aqatic life forms' as the broad category that was meant.<BR/><BR/>'Nagas' is indicated as 'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1169262179658312852007-01-20T08:32:00.000+05:302007-01-20T08:32:00.000+05:30Joshi uncle,What is the difference between serpent...Joshi uncle,What is the difference between serpent & naga.I think Makar is not a fish as you have put it, may be by oversight.Dr.Anil Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751770622662718050noreply@blogger.com