All the festivals and their rituals in #SanatanaDharma carries deep scientific cause and effect.We need to know these. One such ritual is growing ЁЭСБЁЭСЬЁЭСЯЁЭСбЁЭСО.Let's explore its significance in this thread
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Both Chitra and Sharadiya Navratri is celebrated just before the Kharif and Ravi season of agricultural activities respectively. It's the time when the quality of #soil needs to be determined,so that plans for the next season can be done effectively. And accordingly taxed too
Neither Einstein nor Newton discovered concept of Gravity.
Indian Mathematician Brahmagupta (c.628 CE) said:
"All heavy things fall down to earth by a law of nature. It is the nature of the earth to attract things. Thrown object always returns. Earth on all its sides
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is same"
Brahmagupta was only reiterating the ideas of his predecessor Aryabhata (c. 5th cent CE) who states "the earthly globe remains suspended in the sky just as a piece of iron is held in the grip of magnet".
Here, Aryabhata actually seems to allude to planetary and
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Aug 7, 2023 тАв 26 tweets тАв 9 min read
On National #HandloomDay today
Let's see some beautiful weaves of different states of Bharat
1. Odisha - Sambalpuri and Bomkaai 2. West Bengal - Jamdani and Baluchari
Jun 30, 2023 тАв 26 tweets тАв 8 min read
Mantras and Frequencies
(Long #Thread)
Sanskrit is the oldest language that is based on sounds and vibrations.Every alphabet and its pronounciation have specific meaning; like ku is earth,khE is sky. Mantras are frequencies emerging from those sounds.
AUM is the first and
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foremost of all mantras.
AUM is the sound of cosmic energy and contains all the sounds in itself.The spiritual efficacy of AUM is heard,not by the ears but by the heart. It surcharges the innermost being of man with vibrations of the highest reality.
All galaxies (including
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Jun 26, 2023 тАв 5 tweets тАв 3 min read
Significance of '0'
#Thread ЁЯз╡
We often talk about the 'Shunya state' or the 'State of Nothingness'. But we rarely notice the symbology. '0' is shaped like a linga. An ellipse looks like a circle that has been squashed into an oval.Elliptical figures are
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#ShivmaySomvar
said to be most stable as they have high density, volume and area.
The linga is elliptical in shape. So is earth, so are the other planets, satellites and their Orbits. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, too forms an ellipse.
The sound of реР when graphically represented, forms
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Jun 23, 2023 тАв 9 tweets тАв 3 min read
The dancing Shiva is known as #Nataraj (A thread)
The term тАШNatarajтАЩ means тАШKing of DancersтАЩ. This cosmic dance of Shiva is called #Anandatandava, meaning the Dance of Bliss, and symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, as well as the daily rhythm of birth
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and death.The dance is a pictorial allegory of the five principle manifestations of eternal energy:
тАвShrishti - Creation
тАвSthiti - State or preservation
тАвSamhara - Destruction
тАвTirobhava - Illusion
тАвAnugraha - Release, Emancipation.
In the form of Nataraja,Shiva
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Jun 10, 2023 тАв 20 tweets тАв 6 min read
"Rock Salt"ЁЯз╡
How was it banished from India? You must be wondering how this rock salt is made?? Today we will tell you mainly how many types of salt are there. One is sea salt, the other is rock salt. Rock salt is not man made, it is already made by nature. In the entire
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North Indian subcontinent, mineral rock salt is known as 'rock salt' or 'saindhav lavana', Lahori salt, etc., which means 'come from the region of Sindh or Indus'. There are huge mountains and tunnels of salt. This salt comes from there. It is made in thick pieces, nowadays
Some glimpses of my city #Cuttack (Katak). A city more than a thousand years old and still keeping its spirit alive. Here life moves around Devi and Nadi (river)
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Maa Katak Chandi, adhistatri (presiding deity) Devi of Katak
Segol doesn't only share historical importance with India but it is deeply associated with Hindu philosophy.
In Hinduism,a sceptre is often associated with deities and symbolizes power,authority,and divine sovereignty. In
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Hinduism it is known as "dand" (Sceptre), many people misinterpret dand as punishment but that's not true. Dand has two meanings in Sanskrit. One is рдбрдВрдб (sceptre) other one is рджрдгреНрдб (punishment).
The sceptre is primarily depicted in the hands of Hindu gods and goddesses,
The word тАШmantraтАЩ is Sanskrit and it means sacred syllable(s) or sacred word(s). Across the literature, mantras are described as vibrational formulas that are recited silently within, spoken, or sung outwardly. There are mantras in Sanskrit as
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well as in many other Asian languages. The word OM is a mantra unto itself and perhaps the most well-known of them all.
Indigenous tribes around the globe have been known to formulate sacred syllables and words. Shamans and holy men have used these for centuries in Native
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Apr 27, 2023 тАв 8 tweets тАв 3 min read
The power of 108 (aЁЯз╡)
Traditionally,the Gayatri mantra is recited or chanted 108 times on three occasions dailyтАУat sunrise, at midday and at dusk,when the sun is setting.
It can be repeated in totals of 108, 1008,10008, etc.When we repeat the Gayatri mantra three times
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over the day, we are basically affirming the concept of the trinity of life тАУ birth, growth, death.
A japa mala (prayer beads), having 108 beads, is often used during the chanting of the mantra.
For centuries, the number 108 has had relevance in Hinduism, Buddhism and
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Apr 26, 2023 тАв 25 tweets тАв 5 min read
Long ЁЯз╡
Copper can destroy undesirable virus and bacteria.
It is interesting that Ayurveda knew this, when bacteria were unknown to science. Ayurveda recommends storing water in copper vessels.Ancient Egyptians used copper vessels to keep water fresh. Even today,management of
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Siva temple at Rameswaram uses large sized Copper vessels to store water brought from river Ganges to offer to lord Siva. Water,stored thus, stays fresh for years together. According to scientists, copper vessel can be the answer to kill the `E-Coli bacteria which causes food
ЁЭЯП. ЁЭРМЁЭРоЁЭРзЁЭРв (рдореБрдирд┐)- Muni is derived from manan (рдордирдиреН), in Sanskrit. It is a root verb (рдзрд╛рддреБ). Manan means to think. Muni is someone who