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Sahasrara is a violet lotus with 1,000 petals, representing pure consciousness and the source of all chakras. It is located at the crown of the head, beyond the body, and is associated with various practices, levels and deities in hatha yoga and tantra.
Rudrashtakam is a Sanskrit meditation mantra invoking Rudra, an epithet of Shiva, composed by Tulsidas. It consists of eight stanzas in Jagati meter, each describing the qualities and deeds of Rudra, such as his formlessness, omnipresence, and compassion.
S. N. Sriramadesikan had a long scholarly career in the fields of language, literature and translation in Sanskrit, Tamil and English. He was appointed by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran as special officer in the State Government Department of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy for about 13 years, during which time he worked on his comprehensive and well-researched ...
A Hindu mantra dedicated to Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. The mantra consists of four verses praising her beauty, attributes, and blessings.
Saundarya Lahari is a Sanskrit literary work attributed to Adi Shankara and Pushpadanta, praising the beauty and grace of Tripura Sundari as a form of Parvati. It is also a Tantra textbook, giving instructions on puja, Sri-Yantra, and worshiping methods, with 100 verses and commentaries.
(without Sanskrit text) Peter von Bohlen (1835), Die Sprüche des Bhartriharis, August Campe. German verse translation of all three śatakas, based on Bohlen's edition. Paul Regnaud (1875), Les stances érotiques, morales et religieuses de Bhartrihari, E. Leroux, Les classiques de l'Inde ancienne. French prose translation of all three śatakas.
Arthur William Ryder (March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1938) [1] was a professor of Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley.He is best known for translating a number of Sanskrit works into English, including the Panchatantra and the Bhagavad Gita.
The Pancha Tattva (Sanskrit: पञ्चतत्त्व, romanized: pañca-tattva, from Sanskrit pañca meaning "five" and tattva "truth" or "reality"), in the Gaudiya Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism, are five 15th-century religious figures, venerated as the five aspects of the god Krishna.