Monthly Archives: November 2006

On to shrI-parvata

Posted on November 29, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The core altars of a kumAra-gR^iha. The green elements mark the fire altars He sat in the place where the first of the pieces had fallen. In his mind’s eye h remembered the tale of the great grahanatha: “tArakAsura the … Continue reading →

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The origin of the royal bhosles

Posted on November 26, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The problem of the origin of the royal Bhosles, or the clan of Shivaji the reviver of Hindu fortunes, has interested me at various points due to a variety of reasons. I had come across the notorious stone inscription in … Continue reading →

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The crossing of ashmanvatI

Posted on November 26, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

In the days of our earliest memories we were transfixed by the sight of that part of the sky which has inspired and continued to inspire all discerning beholders. We drew that little cluster, the mothers of our god, and … Continue reading →

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The path of fire

Posted on November 21, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

In one of the most remarkable books written in all times de Santillana and von Dechend state: “Fire is the equinoctial colure, the great circle that passes through the celestial poles intersecting the ecliptic at the point where it intersects … Continue reading →

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mysterious rites

Posted on November 20, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The village school master, and master of the mantra-shAstra possessed many a mysterious mantra. The most mysterious was a manuscript of a tantric from around 900 AD from Uttaranchal which had in an archaic script a whole collection of mantra-s, … Continue reading →

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Killing of andhaka

Posted on November 17, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

Having bowed to the one whose odd eye roasts the universe at the end of the kalpa we narrate his awful exploits. When rudra and umA were sporting on the eastern ridges of the mandhara, umA closed the eyes of … Continue reading →

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The beginning of bhArgava tradition of bhUta-DAmara

Posted on November 13, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The preliminary section of the bhUtaDAmaraM with the vajra-maNDala mantras and the sarvAparasa prayoga appear to be a distinct module that was acquired secondarily by current bhUtaDAmaraM. The beginning of the core section of the ancestral bhArgava tradition of the … Continue reading →

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The unmatta bhairava tantraM of the saMmohana tradition

Posted on November 11, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

dAnavendra realized that if he could get hold of the amR^ita of the deva-s he would be victorious. For this he went over to the circle of mAtR^ikA-s headed by chakrakarAlinI and invoked them to fight on his side. He … Continue reading →

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On some convergences

Posted on November 9, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

R and me after long entered into what might almost be brahmodaya contest. I won’t present any of that in the private brahmodaya style though. One matter is are all large brains convergent? We had earlier talked of brains of … Continue reading →

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Awakening

Posted on November 8, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

We moved past to the nest where the root of sorrow lay like a dread beast waiting in prowl for its unprotected prey. With our prayoga-s spent on mundane battles, we needed to lift our bow and perform bhIma-karma-s as … Continue reading →

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Some wild geo-political speculation.

Posted on November 7, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

I heard that a learned American political theorist had pronounced a political theory a brand of realism that is summed thus:“Given the difficulty of determining how much power is enough for today and tomorrow, great powers recognize that the best … Continue reading →

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parashurAmAyaNa-s and kArtavIryArjunIyaM-s

Posted on November 5, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The one great hero of our clan, the omnipresent and poly-faceted symbol of brahmin-hood lives a strange life in the Hindu mythosphere. rAmo-bhargava has become an avatAra puruSha of nArAyaNa but hardly enjoys the status of devakI-putra or his name … Continue reading →

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Under pUrva

Posted on November 3, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The duel drew out with the adversaries for a while. It was slow moving with neither side being able to cut lose or declare victory. yakShiNI-s and kR^ityA-s flew by. We gathered our armor but knew that the rAkShasI could … Continue reading →

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ekAnaMshA in nAstIka myth-making and implications for AstIka Paurano-Tantric history

Posted on November 1, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

buddhagosha declared that the bauddha zealots should not listen to public narratives of the rAmAyaNa or mahAbhArata that the Astikas delight in. Yet, the nAstikas both jaina and bauddha have their own versions of several core narratives and branching AkhyAnas … Continue reading →

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Watongia

Posted on November 1, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The varanopids are a lineage of synapsids whose distinctness and wide distribution has come to light more recently, even though Romer described Varanops elegantly in his early monographs. More recently Reisz and Laurin, the experts on these topics, described a … Continue reading →

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