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Monday, 23 September 2013

INDIA & SOUTH AMERICA - ANCIENT WORLDMAP & THE RAMAYANA CONNECTION

In today's world we are conditioned to look at the world

'north side up' but there really is no up or down.

In Valmiki Ramayana when Sugriva describes the route to

the 'vanaras' headed east in search of the abducted Sita, he

tells them that after reaching Shalmali Dvipa (identified as

Australia), and further after crossing 5 oceans, they will

reach a land where they will see 'Ananta' - , the celestial

serpent balancing the world on its head.

The other view of the world. India at the centre of a land mass. The Puranas say that 'Jambhudvipa' (Bharata) is at the centre of the world.

South America is the Celestial Snake 'Ananta' described in the Ramayana and the Puranans. With a '1000 heads and a narrow tail',

it supports the world on its head from 'Patala' (the world under).



Sugriva then directs the Vanaras to head northwards

(towards Peru). He tells them that from the sea is visible a

'three branched golden palm tree' engraved on a mountain.

That, Sugriva tells them, is the pointer that they have

reached the 'Udaya' (Andes) mountains.

On route from Chile to Peru is Mt. Parinacota. The

'vanaras' must then have seen Mt. Parina-cota from the

coast of Chile, its summit is at a height of 20,000 feet.

'Kuta'() is Sanskrit for 'mountain'. The Ramayana also

names a lake by the name 'Sudarshana'.

The ancient shining Paracas (Prakash)Trident of PeruThe Puranas describe the 'Trident' engraved on a mountain as the

'Vajra' of Indra. The Ramayana describes it as the 'three branched golden palm tree' engraved on the 'Udaya' (Andes) mountains.



In the ancient Ayanmara language 'Parin' means 'flamingo'

and 'cote' means a' lake' . In Sanskrit 'Parnin' () means

'winged' or 'with plumes', 'kuta' () means 'mountain'.

Hence, the Sanskrit 'kuta' is more appropriate and explains

the word 'cote' better than Ayanmara where it means

'lake'.

Could the name 'Chungara' be derived from the Sanskrit

'Sudarshana' - the lake that Valmiki describes in the

Ramayana. Lake Chungaro is a scenic lake located at a

height of about 4600 meters. It is the 29th highest lake in

the world. In literal Sanskrit 'Sudarshan' means 'good to

look at' or 'beautiful'. (Another lake that the Ramayana

designates as 'Sudarshan' is one that it says is locatedin

Shalmali Dvipa. As per ancient Indian texts Shalmali Dvipa

includes Australia and New Zealand.

Other places in Chile which may have names of Sanskrit

origins in forgotten antiquity include the River Salila. 'Salila'

means 'water'. The tribe that populated the tip of South

America called themselves the 'yamana'. 'Yaman' () is

Parincota (Parinkuta) on the Chungara Lake inChile, South America. 'Kuta' is Sanskrit for 'mountain'. 'Parina' has many meanings

in Sanskrit including 'abundance'. 'Pakshin' means 'bird'.The Ramayana mentions a lake described as 'Sudarshana' (Beautiful) in the region.



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the name of a Hindu God. 'Yamuna' () is the name of a

major river in India.

In the Ramayana, Sage valmiki writes that what is inland

beyond the Udaya (Andes) is not known, except that it was

frequented and inhabited by the 'celestials'. The

'vanaras' headed east from India reach Chile

and Peru. They return from the Andes, never

crossing the Andes mountain range.

Saturday, 21 September 2013

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, GUATEMALA & INTI RAYMIFESTIVAL, PERU - THE RAMAYANACONNECTION

Sir William Jones (1744 - 1794) states in his papers

published by the the Asiatic Society that the Incan festival

'Rama-Sitva' celebrated on the Winter Solstice Day gets its

name from the Hindu God King, Sri Rama and his wife,

Goddess Sita. The Winter Solstice Day is celebrated in

June in Peru. (Peru lies in the southern Hemisphere and

the winter solstice day falls in June).



The festival that William Jones referred to as 'Rama Sitva'

is also known as 'Inti-Raymi'. It is said that the name 'Inti

Raymi' comes from the ancient South American Quechua

language and means 'resurrection of the sun'. According to

Incan mythology, Inti was the Sun god, son of Vira-

cocha(- ), creator of civilization. In the Hindu tradition

Virochana () is the name for 'Sun' and also 'Sun God'.

As an adjective 'virochana' in Sanskrit means 'illuminating',

'brightening' or 'shining'.

But are there any historical (often dismissed as

mythological) pointers that connect Guatemala and Peru to

India. There are of course many ancient Peruvian sites that

are known to derive their names from Sanskrit (discussed

elsewhere on this blog site). Also many historical and

archaeological facts have emerged since the time of Sir

William Jones that establish the connection between the

Incan civilizations of South America and India.

One of the most remarkable finds has been the deciphering

of what is the archaeological sculpture 'Panel 3 of Piedras

Negras' in Guatemala.

Panel No. 3 of Piedras Negras, Guatemala,depicts the coronation of the 'HeroTwins' of 'Popul Voh'. Their story has a remarkable likeness to the story of 'Luv and Kush', the twins of 'Ramayana'. In the panel, the two young boys

on the right could be 'Luv' and 'Kush'. In the centre is Sri Rama. On the left are Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrugna.



Scholars generally accept that this glyph is a

representation of Yax Balam (or Xbalanqu, one of the

Hero Twins) from the Popol Vuh. Popol Vuh (Book of

Community) is a corpus of historical narratives of the

ancient Incan kingdoms of Guatemala and its surrounding

areas, and as is customary, this narrative too is dismissed

as myth by mainline historians.

Popul Voh features among other stories, description of the

'creation of the world', a description of the 'great flood', the

epic tales of the Hero Twins named Hunahpu and

Xbalanque, and the genealogies of the God Kings of

ancient lands that include present day Guatemala, Peru,

Mexico, Honduras, Bolivia and Belize. To those who have

read the Indian Epic Valmiki Ramayana, the above

mentioned list of descriptions and stories are the same as

that contained in Book-I (Bala Kanda) of the Ramayana.

In the context of the Popul Voh, the text in Panel No. 3 of

Piedras Negras has been interpreted as the depiction of the

throne accession or coronation ceremony of the Hero

Twins, the description of the palace and those attending

the ceremony. For more on the interpretation of the text

inscribed on the many sculpture panels of Piedras Negras

click here.

The Ramayana however sheds more light. If we were to

interpret 'Piedras Negras Panel No. 3' as the depiction of

the coronation of the Hero Twins, the twins of Popul Voh

might just be the equivalent of Luva & Kush of the

Ramayana. On the panel (see picture above) they can be

identified as the two young boys standing on the right hand

side. Just behind them are seen two lady attendants. In the

centre, seated on the throne is Sri Rama, and on the left

hand side are three men, identified as Lakshman with

folded arms, with Bharat in the centre and Shatrugana on



the outer-left.

This interpretation gets credence from the fact that there

are other indicators that point to the fact that in ancient

times, there was contact between India and the ancient

civilizations of South America.

Ancient Indian texts have mapped the world from different

perspectives. For example, the Bramha Purana describes

the world geography from the perspective of the four

directions. It says that the world is divided into seven

islands (continents) divided by seven seas. One of the

islands is Jambudvipa (India) which is at the center. To the

east of Jambudvipa is Ketumala, to the north is Uttarakuru,

to the west lies Bhadravarsha and to the south lies

Ramyakavarsha.

Many scholars have identified 'Ketumala' with Guatemala.

Though the sceptics do not accept this argument, but it is a

fact that a place by the name 'Ketumala', spelled

'Chetumala' does exist in Mexico today. The Vishnu Purana

mentions that Ketumala is situated to the far west of

Jambudvipa.

The Bramha Purana also describes the world in terms of

'above the surface' and the 'world under' called 'Patala' that

is present day South America.

In the Ramayana, Goddess Sita is said to be 'Dharti Putri'

born of 'Mother Earth', and, as the story of Ramayana

closes, Sita returns to the fold of 'Mother Earth'. It may just

have been that Sita belonged to 'Patala' which was

interpreted as 'world under', but really pointed towards the

mighty kingdoms of the ancient South America.

In fact in the Ramayana, there is a host of indicators that



point towards a connection with Peru and its neighbouring

countries. The most remarkable of this is Sugriva's

description of the route map to the 'vanara commando

brigade' going east from India. They go far enough in the

eastern direction, crossing oceans and reaching all the way

to the 'Udaya' (identified as the Andes) mountains via

'Shalmali Dvipa' (Australia). For more on the 'vanara route'

from 'New Zeland to Peru' click here. For more on the

'vanara route' from India to Australia click here. The

account of this route as described in the Valmiki Ramayana

is fascinating. Fascinating!

Then there is the ancient 'Howler Monkey God' sculpture of

Copan in Honduras. This sculpture has been equated with

the Hindu God Hanuman.

Ancient 'Monkey God' SculptureCopan, Hondurus.

Because of his stance and the macein his hand, he has been equated with

Sri Hanuman of Ramayana



Coming back to the Incan God Vira-cocha and the Vedic

Sun God Virochana, there is an interesting story in the

Bhagwat Purana that indicates that the story of Vira-cocha

and Virochana might be two different versions of the life-

story of the same entity, albeit with some discrepancies.

Many scholars regard the Incan God Vira-Cocha the

equivalent of the Vedic Lord Indra. The myths and stories

about the two are close. Vira-cocha is the 'King of Gods'

just as Lord Indra is. Vira-cocha also wields the

'Thunderbolt', like Indra does.

In the Bhagwat Purana there is a very interesting link

between Lord Indra and an 'asura' by the name Virochana,

the son of Prahalad and the father of Bali. In short, the story

goes that both Indra and Virochana vie with each other to

impress Brahma with their knowledge about 'Atman' or

'Supreme Consciousness'. Bramha promises to grant

control of the universe to the one who proves his

knowledge about 'Atman'. Could Virochana the son of

Prahalad mentioned in the Bhagwat Purana be the 'Vira-

cocha' of the Peruvians. Could the lightening rod of the

Peruvian 'Vira-cocha' be the 'Vajra' of Indra. Who finally

wins control in the story depends on which version one

reads. In Indian texts it is Indra who establishes control

Sri HanumanNotice that the stance and the mace

are the same in the Copan Monkey God Sculpture as Sri Hanuman.




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which is passed on to him by Brahma.

The son of Virochana who is named 'Bali' is killed by his

own brother 'Sugriva'. Sugriva and Bali are 'monkey gods'.

What is interesting is that in the Ramayana it is Sugriva

who is shown as being well versed with the global map and

it is he who directs the 'vanaras' (monkey commandos) in

all directions, including the brigade that travels right upto

the 'Udaya' (Andes) mountains in search of Sita. The

Hondurus Monkey-God sculpture of Copan is therefore no

surprise.

Earlier blogs on this site have discussed the details about

the Paracas Trident of Peru and its connection to the

Ramayana. Click here and here for more on this subject.

Suggested Links:

1. The Puranas

2. A brief History of Piedras Negras

3. Flying Machines from Valmiki Ramayana


PUMA PUNKU, BOLIVIA - THE SANSKRITCONNECTION

Puma Punku also called 'Puma Pumku' or 'Puma Punchu', is

part of a large temple complex at Tiwanaku (Tiahuanacu) in

Bolivia. In the Native American Aymara language , 'Puma

Punku' means, 'The Door of the Puma (Lion)'.

Here is a look at the name 'Puma Punku' through the

Sanskrit lens. If we were to look at the names of other

ancient observatories that measure solstices in Peru and



Boliva such as 'Sacsay-huaman' and 'Inti-huatana' we find

that the words 'huaman' and 'huatana' are probably

distortions of the same word. What might that word be?

In Sanskrit 'ayana' () is the word for 'solstice'. 'Ayana'

also means 'half year' or 'precession (of the equinox)'.

'Hayana' () means 'that which repeats every year' in

the context of astronomy. It is quite possible that the

Sanskrit 'hayana' that distorts to 'huaman' in 'Sacsay-

huaman' and to 'huatana' in 'Inti-huatana', shows up as

'puman' instead of 'huaman' or 'hayana' in the name 'Puman

Punchu'. For more on the Sanskrit connection to the name

'Sacsay-huaman' click here and for the Sanskrit connection

to the name 'Inti-huatana' click here. The Sanskrit word

'hayana' occurs as 'huayana' in yet another name of an

ancient observatory of Peru - 'Huayana Picchu' (located

close to the more famous 'Macchu Picchu). Click here to

read about Huayana Picchu and its links to Sanskrit.

What about the Sanskrit connection to 'Punku' or 'Panchu'

then. A close cognate of 'Panchu' is 'Pancha' (). 'Pancha'

has many meanings in Sanskrit - the most common is 'five',

but 'pancha' also means 'measure'. In fact the Vedic

calender is known as 'panchanga' () . The

'panchanga' measures the movement of the sun and moon.

The literal translation of 'pancha is 'five' and 'anga' () is

part. In a calender, 'pancha' refers to the five measures of

time - the lunar day of a waxing or waning moon fortnight

(tithi), day of the week (vara), lunar mansion (nakshatra),

luni-solar day (yoga) and half -lunar day (karana).

In the ancient Vedic calenders of India, which are used

commonly in India even today, the name 'Pancha' occurs

repeatedly. A lunar fortnight (15 days of waxing moon, or

15 days of waning moon) is known as Paksha, but is also

referred to as 'Panchadasa' () ['Pancha' = 5, 'dasa' =



10] meaning 'Fifteen'.

If Puma Punku is an observatory which measures the

'solstices', then its name may well be a distortion of words

related to the Sanskrit 'hayana' and 'panchanga'. In fact the

temple of Kalasasaya in Puma Punku is also a stone-

calender that is aligned with the solstices. It is not

surprising that here too there is a Sanskrit connection -

'Kala' )means 'time'.For more on this click here.

So where might the link to the Ayamara 'Door of the Lion'

translation of 'Puma Punku' have evolved from. In Sanskrit

Lord Shiva is known as 'Pancha-anana' () or 'Five-

Faced'- where four of the five faces represent, the four

directions, and, one face points towards the sky. However

what is interesting is that 'Pancha-anana' also means 'Lion'

in Sanskrit, which connects it to the Ayanmara meaning of

'Puma Punku'. The 'lion' is known by many other names in

Sanskrit were the word 'pancha' repeatedly occurs -

namely Pancha-Mukha (), Pancha-nakha (),

Panchasya (), Panchavaktra (), and

Panchashikha (). Other cognates such as

Palamkasha () also meaning 'lion'.

Puma PunkuSolistice Observation PointCourtesy: http://subharanjangupta.wordpress.com



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The other structures in the complex are named 'Kala-

sasaya', 'Akapana', 'Keri-kala' etc. discussed elsewhere on

this blogsite.

Suggested Links:

1. Macchu Picchu - The Sanskrit Connection

2. The Sun Temple of KoriKancha - The Sanskrit Connection

3. Chankillo and Huayana Piccha, Peru - The Sanskrit Connection

4. Ollantaytambo, Peru - The Sanskrit Connection

5. The Paracas Trident, Peru - The Sanskrit Connection

6. The Temple of Araqhama, Peru -The Sanskrit Connection

7. Ayamara Language

8. The Unsolved Mysteries of Puma Punku

The Face on the Gateway of the Sunat Puma Punku

The face has been interpreted both as the Sun and Lion

Sunday, 15 September 2013

'SERENDIPITY' - THE SANSKRIT CONNECTION,AND MORE...

Horace Walpole (1717-1797) first used the word

'serendipity' in the English language in a letter dated 28th



January 1754 to Horace Mann. Walpole said that he had

formed the word from a Persian Fairy Tale called 'The

Three Princes of Serendip'. The hero of the book was

constantly making discoveries 'by accident and sagacity

and chancing upon things they were not in quest of' and

Warpole's word 'serendipity' entered the dictionary with

this meaning.

The Three Princes of Serendip, is a tale concerning the

deductive powers of the sons of the philosopher-king of

Serendip. The tale 'Three Princes of Serendip' was

published in Venice in 1557 by an enterprising printer

called Michele Tramezzino. Richard Boyle who reviewed a

sociological paper by the name 'The Travels and

Adventures of Seredipity' written by Robert K. Merton and

Elinor Barber says, "When Horace Walpole committed the

word serendipity to paper Tramezzino was himself the

compiler of the various tales, which were probably of

ancient origin, mostly Indian", hence indicating the Persian

tale 'The Three Princes of Svarnadvipa' also had an Indian

origin. And sure enough 'The three Prices of Svarnadvipa'

has a the Panchatantra kind of twist to the story. To read a

gist of the story click and scroll down on the page here.

Etymological dictionaries accept that the name 'Serendip'

stems from the Sanskrit 'Svarnadvipa' (), meaning

the 'Golden Island', an old name for Sri Lanka. The Arabs

'Svarnadvipa' pronounced it as Sarandib. (Some trace the

etymology of serendipity to Sanskrit 'Simhadvipa' which

literally translates to 'Island of Lions').




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Serendipity! The meaning of the word has however since

changed to 'a pleasant accident' from its original meaning.

It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of

a target you didn't even know you were aiming for. Lois

McMaster Bujold.

Suggested links:1. Serendipity- How the Vogue word became Vague

2. The Three Prices of Suvrnadvipa

Sri Lanka came to be known as 'Suvarnadvipa' (Golden Island)

from which the word 'Serendipity' is derived. In ancient Hindu scriptures

Sri Lanka was known as 'Suvarna Lanka' (Golden Lanka).

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

SRI RAMA'S BIRTH DATE AND NASA'SPLANETARIUM SOFTWARE

This blog in no manner claims that the birth of Sri Rama

occurred on the date that has been calculated by the

Planetarium Software of NASA. But this blog does uphold

the view that Sri Rama could not have been born on any

date later than that calculated by Planetarium Software.

Here's why.

According to Valmiki Ramayana, Sri Rama was born on the

9th day or the ninth tithi, also known as Navami, of the

waxing moon fortnight, otherwise known as 'Shukla Paksh',



in the month of Chaitra, sometime in antiquity.

The other pointers to the planetary positions at the time of

Sri Rama's birth in Valmiki Ramayana are that Sri Ram's

birth ascendant was Cancer, the day was advancing which

indicates that the birth happened between 12 noon and 1

pm, that five of the seven planets were exalted.It also says

that Moon was placed with Jupiter. In saying that the

presiding deity is Aditi, Rishi Valmiki indicates that Sri

Rama was born in the Punarvasu Nakshatra.

This also indicates that Moon had to be located between 0

degrees to 3.20 degrees of Cancer, since it is only between

0-3'20 degrees of Cancer, when Moon is associated with

Cancer in the Punarvasu Nakshatra.

In one shot Rishi Valmiki describes all the planetary

positions we need to calculate Sri Rama's birth chart. Here

is the verse from Valmiki Ramayana:

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By deduction we also know that Sun was in Aries, Mars in

Capricorn, Jupiter in Cancer, Venus in Pisces and Saturn in

Libra. Sun and Venus are always within 47 degrees of each

other and that condition is fulfilled if Sun is in Aries and

Venus is in Pisces. If Sun and Venus are exalted, Mercury

cannot be exalted because Mercury is always within 28

degrees of the Sun. Is Sun is in Aries, Mercury cannot be in

its exaltation sign Virgo. Aries and Virgo are too far apart.



Since Moon and Jupiter are together in Cancer in the first

house or ascendant, it caused one of the best forms of Gaj

Kesari Yoga. Jupiter is exalted, and Moon is in its own sign

in Cancer. What could be better than that! And five exalted

planets made him an divine, an emperor who's fame has

refused to fade away. But we are looking at Lord Rama's

planetary positions here from a point of view of astronomy,

and not astrology! Though both are intricately tied up with

one another!!

This planetary data was fed into the Planetarium Software,

a software which is now declassified, (it was earlier not

available to public) and was used by NASA to calculate the

exact position of planets for any given date - past, present

or future, within a limit (unknown). The closest date from

today into the past, for which the planetary data of Lord

Rama's birth fits in, is 10th January, 5114 BC. Since then

this combination has never occurred in the skies which

implies Sri Ram was born no later than 5114 BC.

On January 10th 5114 BC, Sun is exalted in Aries, exalted Jupiter and Moon



So why does Sri Ram's birth in 5114 BC fall in the month of

January and not in March-April as it does in today. In other

words why does lunar month Chaitra coincide with March-

April and not with January as it did in 5114 BC. This is due

to the shift in the precession of the equinox.

A note on the Shift of the Precession of the Equinox: The

positions of the Equinoxes move westward along the

ecliptic compared to the fixed stars on the celestial sphere.

This annual motion is about 1 degree every 71.6 years. A

complete Precession cycle covers a period of 25,765 (71.6 *

360) years, during which time the equinox regresses over

360. This journey over 25,765 years covers the 12 zodiacs

of the sky so that the sun rises on the vernal equinox in the

same zodiac for about 2,150 years.

Today, the Sun rises in the background of Pisces on the

vernal equinox. We are almost at the end of this cycle, the

Sun will rise in the background of Aquarius from 2150 AD

onward. 2150 years back (calculated from 2150 AD) that is

from 1 AD to 2150 BC, the Sun rose with Aries in the

background of vernal equinox, another 2150 years before

that , that is, 4300-2151 BC,in Taurus and from 6450 - 4300

BC in Gemini! This almost 4 sign shift in the precession of

the equinox accounts for the roughly 4- month shift from

January to April in Sri Ram's birth day month of Chaitra.

But one cannot jump to any conclusions with the results of

this calculation. To prove exactly when Sri Rama walked

the earth in a human avatar all other details mentioned by

Valmiki must be analysed.

One such detail is the mention of the four-tusked elephant

are in Gaj Kesari Yoga in Cancer, Saturn is exalted in Libra, Mars is exalted in Capricorn, Venus is exalted in Pisces,

but Mercury is debilitated in Pisces.Calculations as per the Planetarium Software

Courtesy: Hindu Traditions weblog



that Sri Hanuman sees at Ravana's palace at Lanka. The

four-tusked elephant lived from 12 million to 1.6 million

ago when it became extinct.

Given this time frame, measuring the antiquity of the

Ramayana in terms of the 'yugas' that the Rishis

have mentioned is far more scientific than the few

thousand years we are allowed to think by mainline

historians.And to pass off facts, only because they are

beyond our comprehension, as myths is the biggest

disservice that we do to our own history. ______________________________________________________________________

* Translation of the verses:

tataH yaj~ne samaapte = then, ritual, on completion;

R^ituuNaam SaT sam atyayuH = seasons, six, well, passed by;

tataH = then; dvaadashe maase = in twelfth, month;

chaitre naavamike tithau = chaitra month , ninth, day;

nakshatre aditi daivatye = star of the day [Punarvasu,] whose presiding deity is

aditi;

panchasu graheSu swa uccha samstheshu = of five, planets, in their own, highest,

positions - in their own ucCha sthAna-s in their own exalted positions - meSha,

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makara, karkaTa, mIna, tula - rAshI-s;

chandra yukta guru karkaTa lagne proudyamane;

karkaTe lagne = in Cancer [of Zodiac];

vaak patiH= when Speech's, Lord [Jupiter];

indunaa saha = Moon, along with;

pra udyamane = advancing daytime

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THE COSMIC DANCE OF SHIVA AND THE BIRTHOF SANSKRIT

Dr Fritjof Capra, an eminent American Physicist, who wrote

the book 'The Tao of Physics' in 1975, connects the

rhythmic pulsation of the subatomic particle with the

Cosmic dance of Lord Shiva. He says, Every subatomic

particle not only performs an energy dance, but also is an

energy dance, a pulsating process of creation and

destruction, without end. For the modern physicists, then

Shiva's dance is the dance of subatomic matter...... Modern

physics pictures matter, not as passive and inert, but as

continuously dancing and vibrating. This is very much like

the Eastern mystics description of the world. Both

emphasize that the universe has to be grasped dynamically.

It structures are not static, rigid ones, but should be seen in

terms of dynamic equilibrium.



Lord Shiva performs the Tandava Nritya ( ) which

is a divine dance. Rudra Tandava is described as a

vigorous dance that is the source of the cycle of creation,

preservation and dissolution. The Rudra Tandava marks the

destruction of one cycle of creation followed by the

beginning of a new cycle.

At the end of His Cosmic Dance,

Shiva, the Lord of Dance,

with a view to bless the sages Sanaka and so on,

played on His Damaru fourteen times,

from which emerged the following fourteen Sutras,

known as Shiva Sutras or Maheshwara Sutras.

The new beginning is marked by Shiva playing his 'damru'

from which the first sounds appear in the newly born

universe. The sound is popularly known as Maheshwara

Sutra. Amazingly the fourteen verses of Maheshwara

Sutrathat emanate from Shiva's Damru at the beginning of

the new cycle of Creation are also the phonemes of the

Sanskrit language. A phoneme is a basic unit of a

language's phonology, which is combined with other

The Cosmic Dance of ShivaStatue presented by Indian Government in June 2004 to

CERN (European Centre for Research in Particle Physics), Geneva, SwitzerlandCERN is the seat of the Hadron Collider




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phonemes to form meaningful units such as words.

Thus, as per the Rig Veda, the Maheshwara Sutra is the first

organized sound on earth. To listen to it click here.

Hence, it is believed that the sound of Sanskrit words and

the science of Sanskrit grammar (much like mathematics)

has existed eternally. The ancient Vedic grammarians

Panini, Katyayana and many more conceived and

visualized Sanskrit grammar and merely re-established the

revealed knowledge in their treatises.

The mouth of the Hadron Collider, Geneva

An Interpretation

Courtesy: 'AboveTopSecrets.com'

Saturday, 7 September 2013

EMERALD - THE SANSKRIT CONNECTION

It is very rare for Western writers to trace the origin of an

English word directly to Sanskrit, except if it is a word that

is linked to New Age beliefs or Yoga. Examples of such

words include Chakra, mandala, nirvana, pundit etc.

The Dictionary of Gems and Gemology. (Springer, 2005




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(2nd), says on page 879, "Emerald in Sanskrit is called

smarakata or marakata. .... The Greek name 'smaragdos' is a

corruption of the Sanskrit smarakata. From Greek word

smaragdos with the time, language and country derived the

term esmerauld, esmaragd and emerald. The alteration from

Sanskrit-Iranian (s)marakata-zumurrud to smaragdos-

emerald suggests a common origin, because the name and

gem have been imported together from Izumrud in Scythian

or Bactria." Manutchehr-Danai, M. (Dr. Mohsen).

In the Manx Missecellenis containing The Emerald Vernicle

of the Vatican (extracted from The Archaeological Journal,

Volume 27, 1870) we find that the author C.W King writes,

"Smaragdus, which is itself a corruption of the Sanscrit

'Smarakata', the gem of this name having been imported

from Bachtria into Europe by the Traders of that race."

More on the subject of Gems:

1. Topaz - The Sanskrit Connection

2. Diamond - The Sanskrit Connection

Other Suggested Links:

1. Katyayana's Sarvanukramani

2. Kautilya's Arthashastra in the Light of rnodern science & technology

3.The Emerald Vernicle of the Vatican

4. Personal & Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions

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