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Vedic Archeology Part 1: The Heliodorus Column Most Vaisnavas refer to Krishna as having appeared 5,000 years ago and generally credit Vedic civilization and Vaisnavism with great antiquity. But what hard, empirical proof do we have … Read More

ŚB 2.5.2 यद्रूपं यदधिष्ठानं यत: सृष्टमिदं प्रभो । यत्संस्थं यत्परं यच्च तत् तत्त्वं वद तत्त्वत: ॥ २ ॥ yad rūpaṁ yad adhiṣṭhānaṁ yataḥ sṛṣṭam idaṁ prabho yat saṁsthaṁ yat paraṁ yac ca tat tattvaṁ vada tattvataḥ … Read More

  Lord Sri Krishna has many forms. Two are most important: The first is called Svayam-rupa, that is the original eternal form in Vrindavana The second is called Tad-ekatma-rupa, that are forms resembling the Svayam-rupa, but … Read More

षट्कोण n. SaTkoNa thunderbolt of indra   षट्कोण n. SaTkoNa sixth astrological house   षट्कोण n. SaTkoNa six-angled figure   षट्कोण adj. SaTkoNa six-angled   षट्कोण n. SaTkoNa diamond   sat-konam  sat konam  

  अर्जुन उवाच अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः । कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति ॥ ४ ॥ arjuna uvāca aparaṁ bhavato janma paraṁ janma vivasvataḥ katham etad vijānīyāṁ tvam ādau proktavān iti   Synonyms arjunaḥ uvāca — … Read More

  स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः । भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ॥ ३ ॥ sa evāyaṁ mayā te ’dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ bhakto ’si me sakhā ceti rahasyaṁ hy etad uttamam   … Read More

24. etasmad anye panca-padad abhuvan govindasya manavo manavanam | dasarnadyas te ’pi sankrandanadyair abhyasyante bhuti-kamair yathavat || All other Govinda mantras used by humankind, such as that of ten syllables, are derived from this five-part mantra. … Read More

also; even; although; indeed

Aprakrita Bhava (aprākṛta-bhāva) Among the gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the most dear to Kṛṣṇa. Her kuṇḍa [lake] is as profoundly dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa as this most beloved of the gopīs. Who, then, will not reside … Read More

by Philip Coppens January 2005 from PhilipCoppens Website recovered through WayBackMachine Website   Are the Indian remains of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa, their sudden abandonment and the apparent discovery of an ancient site with a layer … Read More