Monthly Archives: August 2008

The kR^ityA is seen again

Posted on August 28, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

We were in their midst – full of excitement and mirth. But even now we were not alone – we were shadowed by that kR^ityA, like kapAlin shadowed by the maid brahmahatyA. In the corner hero stood – it was … Continue reading →

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gulikAkrIDA: la~NkAvijaya

Posted on August 28, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The sunlit shores of la~NkA, just like the beaches of Southern Saxony where the peerless pirates of emperor Ponting roam like fork-tongued monitors, have been a charnel ground for the Hindu armies over the ages. They have been thrashed over … Continue reading →

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raNa dIkShA

Posted on August 24, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

Both vaidIka and mantra-mArga shaiva traditions have similar rituals for consecration of the warrior and weapons. In the Vedic tradition the main mantra-s used for this purpose are those from the protective spell of the bharadvAja-s from the R^igveda (sUkta … Continue reading →

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durgesmR^itA-mahAmantra prayogaH

Posted on August 22, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

durge smR^itA iti mantrasya hiraNyagarbha R^iShiH | uShNIk ChandaH | shrImahAmAyA devatA | shAkaMbharI shaktiH | durgA bIjaM | shrIM vAyustattvaM mama chaturvidha-puruShArtha-siddhaye jape viniyogaH || athaH nyAsaH || durge smR^itA … a~NguShThayoH hR^idaye || svasthaiH smR^itA … tarjanyoH shirase … Continue reading →

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AV vikR^iti pATha

Posted on August 21, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

With the upAkarma and veda-vrata having gone by last full-moon we took the opportunity to illustrate the vikR^iti pATha-s of the AV-shaunaka. The vikR^iti pATHa-s of the AV are largely extinct. But the AV-shaunaka reciters do preserve portions of the … Continue reading →

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Story of siddha-haima

Posted on August 20, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

In 1100s in the chAlukya court of jayasiMha siddharAja was a nAstika (a worshiper of the nirgrantha) genius named hemachandra sUrI of the third varNa. His father was a shaiva and his mother a jaina. The vaishya-s saw in him … Continue reading →

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A meditational aid for parA sAdhana

Posted on August 18, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

Among extant sAdhaka-s it is popular to merely concentrate on tattvArohaNa to reach parA devI. This apparently follows the tradition of sahajAnandanAtha and is transmitted by certain successors of the Maharashtrian tAntrIka umAnandanAtha. But the complete form of the sAdhana … Continue reading →

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mR^ityujit and vyAdhinAshana yoga

Posted on August 17, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

R1’s father mentioned that a good tAntrIka is one who can prognosticate and disease and block it using a prayoga that involved the deployment of the mantra of amR^iteshvara bhairava or the tryaMbaka mantra. When R1 was afflicted by a … Continue reading →

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Another piece of kAvya by the muni

Posted on August 16, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The muni and me, who are like one atmAn in two different sharIra-s; hence I took the liberty of posting another of his literary productions. Unfortunately the muni has neither used Itrans nor unicode. Asthapada and Kesin, being an ode … Continue reading →

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15th August: A journey

Posted on August 15, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

61 years ago the Hindus ended the mlechCha conquest of their land. Today most of us feel the victory was incomplete and many others feel it might have even been empty. Within the true Hindu elite (not the modern Indian … Continue reading →

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Wanderings in the realm of lolimbarAja

Posted on August 12, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

A relatively minor affliction of the upper-respiratory tract had seized me in the long past days. Mis-creant recommended that I try a guTikA made by local traditional physician. I had known of Mis-creant’s disdain for traditional physicians in those days … Continue reading →

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A geopolitical round up

Posted on August 12, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

An elderly white American Hindu activist was going to a temple. On the way she had an “accident” that nearly killed her. Was it in accident? Some people know the real answer. va~Nga paNDita smiled and said there are certain … Continue reading →

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Some points regarding the Rewa stone inscription of malayasiMha

Posted on August 9, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The inscription was made for malaya-siMha, a general of the Tripuri kalachuri king vijaya-siMha-deva and several of his officials like a certain hari-sImha. The Sanskrit looks pretty strange to me in some places but it has some interesting information. It … Continue reading →

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The tangled skein

Posted on August 9, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

He who knows the tangled skein will see all in the realm of life

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svAyudha

Posted on August 8, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

With our bodies seized by disease, Our minds filled with anxiety of foes, curtailed by abhichAra prayoga-s, and shadowed by AtatAyin-s we approach the terrible one – saH devaH

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A pAshupata temple desecrated by Mahmud Begarha

Posted on August 6, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The southern face of of the lakulisha mahadeva temple in Champaner (note the eye sores in the form of modern Indian squalor flanking the temple). Detail of the southern wall: Note the image of aghora-mukha dakShiNAmUrtI surrounded by the entire … Continue reading →

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A poem by the muni

Posted on August 5, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

That muni, enlightened in the lore, but leading the ways of a vrAtya composed this poem in the days of peace, when he beheld a coconut shedding bark in our ancestral dwelling. …. The Shedding of the Dead Wood The … Continue reading →

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The pans of the balance

Posted on August 4, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

We had long ago said that he had attained eko-mAnuSha AnandaH, but he was not happy. He remained vigorous in the quest of new wealth and new glory. The gifts of viShNupatni mattered to him above all. He welcomed her … Continue reading →

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A Kambhoja (Khmer) pAshupata inscription from the reign of king bhava-varman

Posted on August 3, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

A Sanskrit inscription from the Phnom Prah Vihar hillock in Cambodia, copied by the French researcher Coedes (IC. 3), provides a further illustration of the point discussed our earlier note on the link between nyAya-vaisheShika and the pAshupata-s. It also … Continue reading →

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A pAshupata inscription and some thoughts on the history of nyAya-vaisheShika

Posted on August 2, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

gotre .ananta samAhvaye bhava-dina-prakhyas-tapas-tejasA dR^iShTAdR^iSTa vishuddha-karma-nirataH shrI-bhAvatejA guruH | AchAryodbhuta-kevalArtha-vachasA pA~nchArthiko yaH sudhIH kAma-krodhaja-varga-durga-vipina-ploShasya dAvAnalaH | shrutvA samastaagama-yogashAstraM vyAkhyAya cha nyAya-kaNAda-shAstraM abhyasya yaH pAshupata cha yoga shivasya sAyojyam-avApa bodhAt | TThe above verses in the shArdula-vikrIDita and upajAti meters are … Continue reading →

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