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1–2: Agastya Rishi approaches Rāma. 3–5: Agastya Rishi states the greatness of the Ādityahṛidayam and advantages of reciting it. 6–15: A description of Āditya as the embodiment of all gods as well as nourisher, sustainer, and giver of heat.
In the form of Mitra-Varuna, the Adityas are true to the eternal Law and act as the exactors of debt. [4] In present-day usage in Sanskrit, the term Aditya has been made singular in contrast to Vedic Adityas, and is being used synonymously with Surya, the Sun. The twelve Adityas are believed to represent the twelve months in the calendar and ...
Savitr is a deity whose name primarily denotes an agent, in the form of a noun derived from a verbal root with the agent suffix -tṛ added. The name of Savitr belongs to a class of Vedic theonyms, together with Dhatṛ, Tratṛ and Tvastr. These names denote that these are agent gods, who create, protect, and produce, respectively. [6]
In 1951, he joined the K.B.R. College in Amalapuram as a Sanskrit Pandit and in 1957 he was made a Sanskrit lecturer. From 1960 to 1965, he worked as a Sanskrit lecturer in Warangal college and in 1965 he was transferred to Osmania University's college of arts. in 1976, he was also the director of Sri Venkateshwara Oriental Research Institute ...
It is thus clear that the Ashtanga Hridayam is the text that was most widely studied in pre-modern times, and was in fact the standard textbook of ayurveda for several hundred years. In spite of this, probably through a misunderstanding some time in the early 20th century, it is the Aṣṭāṅga-saṃgraha that is primarily taught as part of ...
Sculpture of the 12 asanas of one form of the Sun Salutation [d] in Indira Gandhi Airport, Delhi [44] (figures sculpted by Nikhil Bhandari) The founder of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga , K. Pattabhi Jois , stated that "There is no Ashtanga yoga without Surya Namaskara, which is the ultimate salutation to the Sun god."
Stotra Ratna: A Sanskrit hymn by Yamunacharya in praise of Vishnu. Sūtra (सूत्र): Sūtra refers to an aphorism or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a book or text. 'Sutras' form a school of Vedic study, related to and somewhat later than the Upanishads. Swara yoga: An ancient science of pranic body rhythms. It explores ...
Adhyatma Upanishad (Adhyātma) or Adhyatmopanishad is one of the 108 Upanishadic Hindu scriptures, written in Sanskrit. It is one of the 19 Upanishads under the Shukla Yajurveda or White Yajurveda. [1] It is classified as a Samanya (non-sectarian) Upanishad. [2] It is also known as Ṭurīyāṭīṭa Avaḍhūṭa Upanishaḍ. [3]