Tweet

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

More from @MisraNityanand

Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

@MisraNityanand

6 Oct

‘नवरात्रि’ अथवा ‘नवरात्र’? क्या शुद्ध है? इसपर अंग्रेज़ी विकिपीडिया भी भ्रान्त है।

‘Navarātri’ or ‘navarātra’? Which is correct? Even English Wikipedia is wrong on this.

Full video on YouTube:

1/4

2/4

3/4

Read 4 tweets

Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

@MisraNityanand

26 Sep

Mahābhārata versus Nilesh Oak

Mahābhārata 12.171.18 (GP edn, CE 12.165.16)—

विशेषतस्तु कार्त्तिक्यां द्विजेभ्यः संप्रयच्छति।
शरद्व्यपाये रत्नानि पौर्णमास्यामिति श्रुतिः॥
viśeṣatastu kārttikyāṃ dvijebhyaḥ saṃprayacchati
śaradvyapāye ratnāni paurṇamāsyāmiti śrutiḥ

1/n

Translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguli: “Especially, on the day of full moon in the month of Kartika, after the expiry of autumn, the king used to give unto the Brahmanas much wealth of diverse kinds.”

2/n

Translation by Bibek Debroy: “But it has been heard that the full moon in Kartika, after autumn is over, was special and brahmanas were given jewels.”

3/n

Read 8 tweets

Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

@MisraNityanand

23 Sep

As I produce more video content across multiple platforms, I would like your feedback.

Please answer the questions in this thread.

Q 1: What do you prefer for longer videos (>140 seconds) on Twitter: multiple clips in a Twitter thread or YouTube link in one tweet?

1/n

Q2: What langauge do you prefer for the videos? English, Hindi, or a mix of both English and Hindi?

2/n

Do you think the audio and video recording quality is satisfactory or not?

If not satisfactory, please give suggestions to improve.

3/n

Read 5 tweets

Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

@MisraNityanand

22 Sep

कन्यादान (भाग २)

१) दान gift, donation, भीख नहीं है

२) कन्यादान = कन्या + दान (कन्या + आदान नहीं)

३) कन्यादान मध्ययुग से नहीं प्रारम्भ हुआ, गृह्यसूत्र-रामायण-महाभारत में वर्णन है

४) कन्यादान विधि में दुलहा वचन देता है वह पत्नी के साथ धर्म, अर्थ, और काम में छल नहीं करेगा

1/4

2/4

3/4

Read 5 tweets

Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

@MisraNityanand

16 Sep

[Thread]

Do you know the connection between the names of an ancient Mauryan queen and a modern tabla virtuoso?

A Facebook user asked me, “What does Tishyarakshita mean? It is the name of a former IAS officer, Tishyarakshita Chatterjee.”

My answer follows.

1/n

The name is ‘tiṣyarakṣitā’ (तिष्यरक्षिता), a rare name.

‘Tiṣya’ (तिष्य, “in whom one is pleased or delighted”) and ‘sidhya’ (सिध्य, “in whom [actions] are accomplished”) are both names of the ‘puṣya’ (पुष्य, “he who nourishes or supports [actions]”) asterism.

2/n

‘Puṣya’ asterism is γ, δ, and θ Cancri. These names suggest that the asterism was considered very auspicious.

‘rakṣitā’ (रक्षिता) =“she who is protected”.

So, ‘tiṣyarakṣitā’ (तिष्यरक्षिता) = “she who is protected by ‘puṣya’” (तिष्येण पुष्येण रक्षिता तिष्यरक्षिता).

3/n

Read 7 tweets