Graha Vandana - a lovely Stuti to all 9 planets. If you can understand the words used to describe the Grahas, you understand a lot of Jyotish. It covers their lineage, their personality, their svabhav and their place.
स्वरशास्त्रविशारदः - A Jyotishacharya should be well versed in the science of Swara - breathing through left and right nostril. Read this book if you want anureviews.com/swara-yoga-swa…
नक्षत्रजीवी / नक्षत्रसूची - name given to astrologers who are not well versed in three streams of Jyotish i.e. Ganit, Samhita and Jataka along with allied subjects like Vastu, psychology, gemology, palmistry, dharma shastras, maths, geography, hydrology, agriculure etc...
काकनिलयविचार - the art and science of predicting rains by looking at the nests that crows build by none other than Devguru Brihaspati.
Results of exalted planets:
1 exalted - destroys all disasters
2 - Samant
3 - Mahipati - lord of the earth
4 - Samrat - emperor
5 - Loknayak - whom the world bows down to.
15 Muhurata of a day. In Ramayana Jatayu tells Sri Ram that Sita ji is abducted in Vindya muhurat, so she will come back to you. Ravana, himself an astrologer overlooked this or was it intentional?
Mangla Shloka:
May the Surya give you kingdom, Chandra love, Mangal auspiciousness, Buddh intellect, Guru things to be proud of, Shukra luxuries and glory, Shani destroy your enemies and Rahu destroys your diseases.
Panchang Shravan Mahatmya - the glory of listening to the Panchang on the first day of the year.
Do you have this tradition in your community or region?
32Lakshanas of Mahapurush. Covers parts that should be red, high, thin, long, huge, small, deep etc. Another one talks about parts that should be white & black. There are so many ways to judge the health of the body.
To stay healthy, don't eat:
Gud or Jaggery in Chitra
Oil in Vaishakh
Go in Sun in Jyeshtha
Bel in Ashadha
Saag in Savan
Curd in Bhadon
Karela in Ashwin
Curd in Kartik
Cumin in Margshirsh
Coriander in Paush
Sugar in Magh
Chick peas in Phalgun
Seven Chhandas are the seven horses of Sun as it moves in different zones through the year. See how interwoven each aspect of this world is - perfectly rhythmic.
#PanajiTales - Since pandemic is not letting me travel, I walk around my city discovering something new every day. Starting this thread with Varada Ganapati temple in the #Panaji Mahalakshmi temple complex. #travel#backyardtravel
Lanes of flower sellers in Panaji Municipal market.
#3 Stone anchors from the ancient sites of Dwarka, Bet Dwarka & Somnath discovered during underwater excavations by NIO & now at their office in #Panaji . Remanants of the maritime history of India.
Started reading the Brahmananda Puran ( amzn.to/356oH5u) - 2 volume granth, should keep me busy till next Navaratri. As always will share the snippets as I go. Send me your blessings.
DELHI WE HARDLY KNOW - a thread based on the book ' Delhi - City of Yoginis (amzn.to/2kR2bXS) '. Read it 10 years ago and again now. Sharing some snippets. You can read my earlier review here - anureviews.com/delhi-city-of-…
Delhi was once called Yoginipur, it is one of the 11 names of the city mentioned in scriptures. One Yogini temple survives in the city - Yogmaya Temple behind Qutub Minar - inditales.com/ancient-yogmay… Aurganzeb could not destroy it, he tried though.
There were two Devi temples in Purana Qila Complex - one dedicated to Kunti - the mother of Pandavas & second to Shitala Mata. Kunti Murti was stolen & Shitala Mata Temple one was demolished by ASI - inditales.com/in-and-around-…
Adi Shankara traveled whole of India in 24 of his 32 years of life. Do you know most of his travels were done along the rivers? Listen to @SubramanianC3 talk about it
Started reading Srimad Devi Bhagwat Mahapuran (amzn.to/2NFU3Jh) - a 2 volume Granth of roughly 1000 pages each. Should be a good 1-2 year project to read it. Will share some snippets as I read. Seeking your blessings.
Devi Bhagwat Mahatmay which is actually from Skand Puran talks about the benefits of reading or listening of this Purana for the 4 Varnas - Dwij or Brahmins, dharnipati or kings, vaishya & Shudras as per their Varna dharma.
Like Ganga among rivers, Shankar among Devas, Ramayan among poems, sun among celestials, moon in pleasure giving things, fame for the wealthy, forgiveness for earth & depth is for ocean, Gayatri among mantras, memory of Hari to rid sins, so is #DeviBhagwat among 18 Puranas.
This Lok Sabha has 78 women parliamentarians from across the country and across the political parties. People of these constituencies deserve applause. So, come with me to some of these places that I have visited. #Travel#WomenInPolitics