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8 Jan 19, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Brahmins like Madhusudana Sarasvati hailed Tulsidas choosing Awadhi over Sanskrit.

Brahmins like Vinoba Bhave supported (even led) temple-entry of lower castes.

Brahmins like Vishwesha Tirtha say Shastras don’t bar women from entering temples.

Do not spread Brahminphobia.

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आनन्दकानने ह्यस्मिञ्जङ्गमस्तुलसीतरुः।
कवितामञ्जरी भाति रामभ्रमरभूषिता॥

“There is a walkking Tulasi plant in this Anandavana (Kashi). His poetry is the cluster of flowers which is adorned by the bumblebee that is Rama.”

—Madhusudana Sarasvati on Tulsidas’ Ramacharitamanasa

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In 1920s, Acharya Vinoba Bhave, a Brahmin, was chosen by Mahatma Gandhi to lead a temple-entry movement for lower castes in southern India. Acharya Bhave consistently worked on their behalf.

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“In Sabarimala, there is no entry for women in the temple. But women are given entry in other temples [in the country]. However, there is nothing in the ‘shastras’ that bars or restricts the entry of women into temples.”

—Swami Vishwesha Tirtha

thehindu.com/news/national/…

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कुछ दिन पहले एक व्यक्ति ने टी.वी. पर माँ की गाली दे डाली। इसकी जितनी भर्त्सना की जाए, अल्प है।

भर्तृहरि ने लिखा है—

ददतु ददतु गालीर्गालिमन्तो भवन्तो
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जगति विदितमेतद्दीयते विद्यमानं
न हि शशकविषाणं कोऽपि कस्मै ददाति॥
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1) Arjuna
2) Indrarūpa
3) Indrātmaja
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6) Kapidhvaja
7) Kapipravara
8) Kapivaradhvaja
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10) Kirīṭamālin
11) Kirīṭavat
12) Kirīṭin
13) Kuntīputra
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17) Kaurava
18) Kauravaśreṣṭha
19) Kauraveya
20) Kauravya
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22) Gāṇḍīvadhārin
23) Gāṇḍīvin
24) Guḍākeśa
25) Jaya
26) Jiṣṇu
27) Tāpatya
28) Tridaśavarātmaja
29) Devendratanaya
30) Dhanañjaya
31) Nara
32) Pākaśāsani
33) Pāṇḍava

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34) Pāṇḍaveya
35) Pāṇḍunandana
36) Pārtha
37) Paurava
38) Prabhañjanasutānuja
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42) Bhārata
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44) Bhīmānuja
45) Mahendrasūnu
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ततो वैकर्तनः कर्णो वृषा वै सूतनन्दनः।
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“Then, Vṛṣā (Karṇa), the son of Vikartana (Sūrya) and the delight of Sūta, approached the bow and lifted that bow.”
तं चाप्यारोप्यमाणं तद्रोममात्रेऽभ्यताडयत्।
त्रैलोक्यविजयी कर्णः सत्त्वे त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतः॥

“And, while stringing it (the bow), it hurt him on [being moved by] just [the width of] a hair. Karṇa, the conqueror of three worlds [was] well-known in the three worlds for prowess.”
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“Even he was defeated (निर्धूत, literally ‘discarded’) by the bow. [Seeing] thus, everybody was overcome by fear. And when Karṇa was thus defeated (विनिर्धूत) by the bow, the best of kings, ...”
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This is complete distortion without context.

1) This was trickery (‘māyā’), not ‘rape’. Neither Skanda-purāṇa (SkaPu) nor Śiva-purāṇa (ŚiPu) use any word (e.g. ‘balātkāra’, ‘dharṣaṇa’ etc.) which can be even remotely translated as ‘rape’ . Both use the word ‘māyā’.

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2) Jalandhara first ‘deceived’ Pārvatī using his ‘māyā’. He assumed the form of Śiva and then spilled his seed in her presence (SkaPu 2.4.20.22–24, ŚiPu 2.5.22.39–41).

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... following “the path [of trickery/deception] shown by him (Jalandhara) alone” (“tenaiva darśitaḥ panthāḥ”). The reason was that Jalandhara, protected by Vṛṇdā’s ‘pātivratya’, could not be killed otherwise (ŚiPu 2.5.22.50–51, also see SkaPu 2.4.20.28–29).

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This image claiming to explain Sanskrit words for teachers is doing the rounds lately. It has many mistakes.

This thread is to clarify the terms.

Adhyāpaka (literally “one who teaches”) means a teacher in general, and especially means a teacher of the Vedas.

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An Adhyāpaka is either an Ācārya or an Upādhyāya (Viṣṇusmṛti 29.1–2, Manusmṛti 2.140–141)

An Ācārya (literally “one who is served by the disciples”) initiates a śiṣya (performs ‘upanayana’) and teaches Veda with rituals and esoteric treatise

quora.com/What-is-the-et…

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An Upādhyāya (literally “sub-teacher” or “he near whom one studies” as ‘upa’ = sub/near) is one who teaches a part (ekadeśa) of the Veda or Vedāṅga for money.

यस्त्वेनं मूल्येनाध्यापयेत्तमुपाध्यायमेकदेशं वा (VS 29.2)
योऽध्यापयति वृत्त्यर्थमुपाध्यायः स उच्यते (MS 2.141)

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