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I Sanskrit Wording: English Wording: (A Hymn to Ganga) jai jai jai jaga pavani, jayati devasari Ganga I jai siva jata nivasini, anupama tumga taramga II Hindi Meaning: English Meaning: Glory, glory, all glory to you, O sanctifier of the world; glory to you, O Ganga, the sacred river of the gods. Victory to you,…

II.13 1. When one invites a woman, that is the Hinkara; when one makes known one’s desire, that is the Prastava; when one lies close to the woman, that is the Udgitha; when one lies with her, that is the Pratihara; when one reaches the climax, that is the Nidhana-when one reaches the end, that…

The Panchatantra, written by a great Hindi scholar Vishnu Sharma, is perhaps the best-known collection of tales from ancient India. There are several versions of it. One of them, by Vasubhaga Bhatta is lost. Fortunately the Panchatantram, in Kannada, by Durgasimha (12th Century) is available. It contains over twenty tales not found in Vishnu Sharma?s…

VI.1 1. OM. There once was a boy called Svetaketu Aruneya. His father said to him, ‘Svetaketu, go and live as a brahmacarin. Good lad, there is no one in our family who is just a Brahmana by birth, without learning. 2. So at twelve years old he went, and at twenty-four years old he…

Lord Vishnu , is the supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God, and his supreme status is declared in the Hindu sacred texts like Yajurveda, the Rigveda and the Bhagavad Gita. The Vishnu Sahasranama declares Vishnu as…