Daily Archives: April 19, 2006

Grains of the Hindus

Driven by the curse of khANDava we were wandering. We decided to drown our sorrows in an early dinner at the dimly lit haunt of yore. We spoke about the traditional grains of the Hindus– we of course debated the … Continue reading

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rudra namaskaraM

Some of the kaTha-s record a praise of rudra when ever they see evidence for rudra in nature:daMShTrA-karAlaM divi nR^ityamAnaM hutAsha-vaktraM jvalanArka-rUpaM |sahasra-pAdAkShi-shirobhi yuktaM bhavantam-ekaM praNamAmi rudraM ||namo.astu somAya su-madhyamAya namo.astu devAya hiraNyabAho |namo.agni-chandrArka-vilochanAya namo.ambikAyAH pataye mR^iDAya ||

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