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This story is adapted from the Sanskrit play Swapnavasavadatta, generally attributed to the Sanskrit playwright Bhasa. It is one of the thirteen Sanskrit dramas discovered in the South by Pandit Ganapati Shastri in 1912. Udayana, the Vatsa king, was tricked into captivity by King Pradyota of Avanti who wanted to learn from him the secret…

Hindu Fasts: Monthly Fast Said The God Of Fire:- Now I shall describe the process of practising the Masa Vratas (vows which should be observed in the different months of the year), which grant enjoy- ment in this life and salvation in the next. The wise and the intelligent should forego the use of oils…

The Moon As the Sun’s champion concluded his remarks, the king led the court in murmuring appreciation for this masterful presentation. It then fell to the Moon’s advocate to make his case for our sky’s other luminary. This aesthetes eyes shone with stag-like loftiness in his sensitive, expressive, compelling face. He spoke with feeling: “Your…

Way up in the Himalayas, where the snow never melts, there once sat a Rakshasa per forming severe penance. He was a devotee of Shiva and had spent hundreds of years, with no thought for food or cloth, heat or cold, sun or snow, sitting there, his mind fixed on Lord Shiva. “Shiva Shiva, Shiva-Shiva,…

The practice of meditation has occurred worldwide since ancient times. The Hindus perfected the art of sacred chanting that dates back at least 3000 years and is perhaps the world’s oldest continuous vocal tradition. Of all the sacred mantras, there is none considered more exalted than the Gayatri. A prayer for spiritual and meditative stimulation,…