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The name Surya Namaskar is from the Sanskrit सूर्य Sūrya, "Sun" and नमस्कार Namaskāra, "Greeting" or "Salute". [7] Surya is the Hindu god of the sun. [8] This identifies the Sun as the soul and source of all life. [9] Chandra Namaskara is similarly from Sanskrit चन्द्र Chandra, "Moon". [10]
The name comes from the Sanskrit words अर्ध ardha meaning "half", चन्द्र chandra meaning "moon", and आसन āsana meaning "posture" or "seat". [3] The 19th century Sritattvanidhi uses the name Ardha Chandrasana for a different pose, Vrikshasana. [4] Swami Yogesvarananda used the name in his 1970 First Steps to Higher ...
Direction of Sandhyāvandanam. The Sandhyāvandanam is traditionally done facing the east in the morning sandhyā (doing Gāyatrījapa until sunrise), the north in the noon and the west in the evening sandhyā (doing Gāyatrījapa until stars rise). [note 2] In the evening, only āchamana part is performed in east or north.
v. t. e. The Ṇamōkāra mantra is the most significant mantra in Jainism, and one of the oldest mantras in continuous practice. [1][2] This is the first prayer recited by the Jains while meditating. The mantra is also variously referred to as the Pancha Namaskāra Mantra, Namaskāra Mantra, Navakāra Mantra, Namaskāra Mangala or Paramesthi ...
He was a prolific composer and highly influential in the development of the South Indian classical music tradition. Tyagaraja is said to have composed thousands of devotional compositions, most of them in praise of Lord Rama; some of which remain very popular even today. Of special mention are five of his compositions called the Pancharatna ...
Amritavarshini (C) / Amritvarshini (H) Sthirata nahi nahire maanasaa [ 10 ] Dharma Nirnayam (1976 film) M.Janardhan [ 11 ] M. Balamuralikrishna. Telugu. Amritavarshini (C) / Amritvarshini (H) Kaathiruntha Malli Malli[ TH - A Raga's Journey 3 ] Mallu Vetti Minor.
Jana Gana Mana (Bengali: জন গণ মন lit.'[Ruler of] the minds of the people') is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as " Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata " in Bengali by polymath Rabindranath Tagore [ 1 ][ 2 ] on 11 December 1911. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] The first stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata was ...
Dhīraśankarābharaṇaṃ, commonly known as Śankarābharaṇaṃ, is a rāga in Carnatic music. It is the 29th Melakarta rāga in the 72 Melakarta rāga system of Carnatic music. Since this raga has many Gamakās (ornamentations), it is glorified as "Sarva Gamaka Māṇika Rakti Rāgaṃ". By scale wise, the Śankarābharaṇaṃ scale ...