Monthly Archives: October 2005

European Sudanese Geneticist Armand Leroi recently wrote an interesting article pointing how genetic determinants of cranial diversity in humans may be a very interesting topic for study.

What ever happened after we passed on to the other side of the guillotine we were not sure. Evidentally at that point we did not know if the guillotine had fallen or not. In reality the English encounter was the … Continue reading →

vighnas may be crushed with the vidhi of the terrible vinAyaka. It is thus performed.-The votary makes a haridra biMba of and invokes vinAyaka into it with the formula:oM AgachCholkAya avAhanaM kariShyAmi/-Then sandalwood paste or scent is offered with:oM gandholkAya … Continue reading →

On the past fullmoon several years ago when we were still young we were seated in the pleasant company of the apsaras and drinking the wonderful pAyasa. We were yarning about the events in the mundane plane of existence, when … Continue reading →

The amAtya’s spells had provided a temporary respite by completely smothering the sapatna’s fury. But finally the amAtya’s charms were broken by the counter-attack and the sapatna advanced right to our most critical fort. We felt that the capital could … Continue reading →

The discovery of a remarkably complete dromeosaur from the 90 million year old Cretaceous beds of Patagonia, Buitreraptor, is bring to fore many issues that concern the events close to the emergence of birds. As the only group of dinosaurs … Continue reading →

With almost an year passing since the Great Fall we reflect upon him who acquired “eko mAnuSha AnandaH” that is alluded to in the texts. He lived once upon a time beside the swamp with snakes and crocodilians in it. … Continue reading →

oM oM oM hrIM hrIM hrIM shrIM shrIM shrIM 0M aM aM aM hauM hauM hauM haMsaH haMsaH haMsaH oM hrIM shrIM namo viShNave // The mantra rahasyas:That great mantra encompasses a series of 3 praNavas. The 3 praNavas are … Continue reading →

Having been trapped with the ghoraprakR^iti we sought to escape on that rainy day. After the passage through the kAlaChidras and the many paths had been sealed there was a single path winding through naraka. The old bystanders such as … Continue reading →

Having been trapped with the ghoraprakR^iti we sought to escape on that rainy day. After the passage through the kAlaChidras the many paths and had been sealed and there was a single path winding through naraka. The old bystanders such … Continue reading →

The totalottara tantra is one of the important garuDa tantras of which fragments relating to special worship of mahAlakShmI are preserved by tradition. It may be done on the night of the concluding mahAlakShmI day during the sharada navarAtrI or … Continue reading →

An important rite for cleaning oneself of the ritual ills is the performance of the pApapuruSha dhyAnaM, which is closely linked to the sAMkhya thought that pervades the tantra. The mental vidhi is spelt out in the bhutashuddhi tantra. Parallel … Continue reading →

In the great expedition of last night the following unusually faint objects were captured: A galaxy and a planetary nebula. NGC242 in Cetus. The Nebula occurs just below a group of stars termed the Phi1 and Phi2 Ceti forming a … Continue reading →

The only complete surviving oral tradition is that of the 4th veda is the shaunakIya(AV-S) recitation. Even this is dwindling now. The paippalAda recitation (AV-P) is not preserved with svaras. An ekashruti recitation is preserved amongst the Orissan atharvavedis, and … Continue reading →