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        चोदन  codana       n.      acceleration        चोदन        codana       adj.   direction     चोदन        codana       adj.   precept      चोदन        codana       adj.   rule   चोदन        codana       adj.   impelling    चोदना       codanA       f.       reproof       चोदन        codana       n.      impelling    चोदन        codana       n.      invitation  [ request … Read More

Folder Caturmasya PDF       CaturmasyaFeb232015   “The Caturmasya period begins in the month of Ashadha (June-July) from the day of Ekadasi called Sayana-ekadasi, in the fortnight of the waxing moon. The period ends in … Read More

  Y * Yadava: discendente di Yadu * Yadu: antenato della casata di Krishna * Yajna: sacrificio, cerimonia * Yaksha: una popolazione generalmente dedita ai poteri mistici * Yakshi: femmina della stirpe degli Yaksha * Yama: … Read More

    V * Vaishampayana: discepolo di Vyasa, narrò il Maha-bharata durante il sacrificio dei serpenti di Janamejaya * Vaishya: una delle quattro divisioni sociali quella dei commercianti e dei proprietari terrieri * Valala: il nome … Read More

  M * Madhusudana: nome di Krishna; uccise il demone Madhu * Madra: il regno governato da Salya * Madri: una delle due mogli di Pandu, madre di Nakula e Sahadeva; era la sorella di Salya … Read More

  K * Kadru: la madre della stirpe dei Naga; era moglie di Kashyapa * Kailasha: una delle vette himalayane nella quale Shiva e Kuvera risiedono * Kala: il tempo eterno * Kala: la personalità che … Read More

I * Indra: il Re dei Deva e padre di Arjuna * Indrakila: una montagna himalayana * Indraprastha: la capitale del regno dei Pandava * Iravan: il figlio di Arjuna e Ulupi

  D * Daksha: un importante essere celeste; uno dei progenitori della razza umana * Damaghosha: padre di Sishupala e Re di Chedi * Damagranthi: il nome che Sahadeva assunse durante il periodo in incognito * … Read More

From my dear friend Gopi Gita, with her permission: How can there be so very much scrutinizing, analyzing, questioning and responding, back and forth, simply on a bodily designation? To have every word of sastra analyzed … Read More

    Parvas Parvas Adhyaya Slokas       1,936 96,832 1 Adi Parva 18 234 8,884 2 Sabha Parva   78 2,507 3 Vana Parva         269 11,664 4 Virata Parva             67 2,050 5 … Read More

          by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami   Putra Murdhabhighranam (Smelling the Son’s Head):   This may be performed after the Anna Prashana ceremony, while giving blessings, when the father returns from a … Read More

          by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami   Vivaha Karma (marriage)   Anna Prashana (Feeding the First Grains):   In the case of a male child the rite should be performed in the … Read More

        by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami   Vivaha Karma (marriage)   Nama Karana (Giving a Name to the Child):   The child should be named on the tenth, twelfth, hundred and first day, … Read More

  Isvara (the Supreme Lord) Jiva (the living entity) Prakrti (nature) Kala (eternal time) Karma (activity)     Bhagavad-gita  

  One devotee has described his feelings about the charity exhibited by King Mayuradhvaja: “I am faltering even to speak about the activities of Maharaja Mayuradhvaja, to whom I offer my respectful obeisances.” Mayuradhvaja was very … Read More

याति { या } verb yAti { yA } go   आयाति { आ- या } verb 2 AyAti { A- yA } arrive   वियाति { वि- या } verb 2 Par viyAti { vi- … Read More

  (Most recent series at top) The following collection of papers cover aspects of ISKCON’s Zonal Acarya era and the subsequent genesis of both the Ritvik-vada and ‘Guru Rubber-stamp’ programs.   First Conversation With Srila Sridhara … Read More