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Vedic Gyaan

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16 Jul

Do you know Virupaksha temple at Hampi is one of the best practical examples of science? In this Hampi temple, you can see the gopuram’s inverted image in one of the rooms in the temple. Isn't it quite marvelous to see how advanced our ancestors were in science and technology?

The shadow of the tower of Virupaksha Temple falls inverted inside the wall of the temple through a lens-like hole structure. It is called Pinhole Camera System or camera obscura effect.

A shadow usually forms when an object blocks the path of light. However, the object should

be opaque because transparent and translucent objects do no block the path completely.

As of the temple, when the light falls on the gopuram (object), it blocks light forming shadow. The shadow would have formed in front of the gopuram, but our ancestors were smart enough

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Vedic Gyaan

@vedicgyaanindia

14 Jul

◆ 12:00 बजने के स्थान पर #आदित्या: लिखा हुआ है, जिसका अर्थ यह है कि सूर्य 12 प्रकार के होते हैं...
अंशुमान, अर्यमन, इंद्र, त्वष्टा, धातु, पर्जन्य, पूषा, भग, मित्र, वरुण, विवस्वान और विष्णु।
◆ 1:00 बजने के स्थान पर #ब्रह्म लिखा हुआ है, इसका अर्थ यह है कि ब्रह्म एक ही प्रकार

का होता है।
#एको_ब्रह्म_द्वितीयो_नास्ति।
◆ 2:00 बजने की स्थान पर #अश्विनौ लिखा हुआ है जिसका तात्पर्य यह है कि अश्विनी कुमार दो हैं।
#नासत्य_और_द्स्त्र।
◆ 3:00 बजने के स्थान पर #त्रिगुणा: लिखा हुआ है, जिसका तात्पर्य यह है कि गुण तीन प्रकार के हैं।
सतोगुण, रजोगुण और तमोगुण।

◆ 4:00 बजने के स्थान पर #चतुर्वेदा: लिखा हुआ है, जिसका तात्पर्य यह है कि वेद चार प्रकार के होते हैं।
ऋग्वेद, यजुर्वेद, सामवेद और अथर्ववेद।
◆ 5:00 बजने के स्थान पर #पंचप्राणा: लिखा हुआ है, जिसका तात्पर्य है कि प्राण पांच प्रकार के होते हैं।
अपान, समान, प्राण, उदान और व्यान।

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Vedic Gyaan

@vedicgyaanindia

11 Jul

Sanskrit is not just an ordinary human language but consists of sounds and vibrations of the cosmic mantras to govern every aspect of the universe. Sanskrit is said to be the language of vedas and yoga that facilitates the awakening of higher awareness.
The language was spoken

in ancient Bharat (#India) and is one of the oldest languages that comprises of sounds, syllables and written communication and speech. It holds divinity and till date all the auspicious hindu customs follow the scriptures written in Sanskrit. Several languages in the west have

have originated from the Sanskrit language. Thus, it is the mother for many languages around the globe. The origin of the #Sanskrit language is still not known and therefore, it is called #Sanatan (eternal), existed from the immemorial time period and have remained a language of

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Vedic Gyaan

@vedicgyaanindia

10 Jul

The Vedic Puranas have the mentioning of the jyotirlingas. There are twelve Primary Jyotirlingas in total. Somnath Mandir is the foremost and the oldest Jyotirlinga mentioned in the Skanda #Puran, Shreemad Bhagavad, Shiv Puran, and many more. The Somnath mandir, situated in the

Prabhas Kshetra near Veraval in Saurashtra, on the western coast of #Gujarat, #India, has its significance as the first Jyotirlinga. The temple located at the shore of the Arabian Sea has an ancient story associated with it. The moon god himself constructed the first temple.

The date of the establishment got lost in antiquity. The current structure of the temple got built in the year 1995.A 13th century Persian Geographer and traveler Zakariya al-Qazwini mentioned Somnath Temple in his book, “Wonders of Creation.”, the #Somnath Jyotirlinga initially

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