Tuesday, May 14, 2019

WHAT IS THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE SETHU BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED BY VANARAS DURING RAMAYANA PERIOD?

According to Valmiki Ramayana, the length of  the Sethu Bridge constructed by Vanaras during Ramayana period is 100 Yojanas as described below:-
First day of construction      - 14 Yojanas
Second day of construction - 20 Yojanas
Third day of construction     - 21 Yojanas
Fourth day of construction   - 22 Yojanas
Fifth day of construction     - 23 Yojanas
The Sethu Bridge designed by Nala is 100 Yojanas in length and  10  Yojanas in width and constructed in 5 days.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

SRI RAMANUJACARYA JAYANTI

श्रीमते रामानुजाय नम​:
नारायणकृपापात्रं शेषावतारशेखरम् ।
वैष्णवाचार्यरत्नं तं यतिराजं नमाम्यहम्॥
दीनबन्धो दयासिन्धो निर्हेतुककृपार्णव।
पाहि रामानुजाचार्य रक्ष मां शरणागतम्॥
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Monday, May 6, 2019

WHAT ARE THE ACTIVITIES TO BE DONE ON AKSHAYA TRUTIYA DAY?


According to dharma SAstras, the following are  the sacred activities to be done on Akshaya TrutIya day which is considered very auspicious:-
1.Taking bath in holy rivers
2.Japa
3.Homa (AupAsanam)
4.Vedic recitation
5.Pitru tarpaNam
6.DAnam

yasyAm snAnam japo homah svAdhyAyah pitrutarpaNam
।

dAnam ca kriyate kincit tat sarvam syAdihAkshayam
॥

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Thursday, May 2, 2019

WHAT ARE THE SEVEN VEDIC CHANDAS?

The following are the seven  Vedic Chandas :-
गायत्री   ---) 3 Lines  8 Syllables each = 24 Syllables 
उष्णिक् ---) 2 Lines  8 Syllables each   + 1 Line  12 Syllables  =  28 Syllables 
अनुष्टुप्  ---) 4 Lines  8 Syllables each = 32 Syllables 
बृहती ---) 2 Lines  8 Syllables each   + 1 Line  12 Syllables + 1 Line  8 Syllables = 36 Syllables 
पङ्क्ति ---) 5 Lines  8 Syllables each =  40 Syllables 
त्रिष्टुप् ---) 4 Lines  11 Syllables each = 44 Syllables 
जगती ---) 4 Lines  12 Syllables each = 48 Syllables 
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Monday, April 29, 2019

WHAT ARE THE KEY ALANKARAS?

The following are the key Alankaras (अलङ्कार:):-
अतिशयोक्ति:
अनुप्रास​:
अर्थान्तरन्यास​:
उपमा अलङ्कार:
उत्प्रेक्षा
दृष्टान्त​:
रूपकम्
व्यतिरेकालङ्कार​:
श्लेष​:
स्मरणालङ्कार​:
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Saturday, April 27, 2019

WHAT ARE THE KEY ASPECTS OF KARAKAM (कारकम्) ?

The following are the key aspects of  Karakam (कारकम्) :-
(1) Karta (कर्ता )
(2) Karma (कर्म)
(3) Karanam (करणम्)
(4) Sampradanam (सम्प्रदानम् )
(5) Apadanam (अपादानम्)
(6) Adhikaranam (अधिकरणम्)
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Monday, April 22, 2019

WHAT ARE THE DASA LAKARAS IN VYAKARANAM ?

There are ten  Lakaras  in Vyakaranam which represent the present tense, past tense and future tense as well as the imperative,potential,benedictory and conditional moods,
लट् वर्तमाने लेट् वेदे भूते लुङ् लङ् लिटस्तथा।
विध्याशिषोस्तु लिङ्लोटौ लृट् लुट् लृङ् च भविष्यति॥
लेट्  is used only in Vedas. Other Ten Lakaras like लट् are used in Classical Sanskrit literature.
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