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A bird with beautiful feathers.   सुपर्ण adj. suparNa having beautiful leaves   सुपर्ण adj. suparNa having beautiful wings   सुपर्णा f. suparNA mother of garuDa   सुपर्णा f. suparNA pool with plenty of lotuses   … Read More

#Pinaki: Another name for Siva, meaning He who hollds the bow called #Pinaka. Pinaka was formerly the three-forked spike of Siva. Once it fell down from the hands of Siva and on falling down took the … Read More

#Bhaumana means belonging to the Earth. Another name for #Visvakarma     भौमन m. Name of viśva-karman-   (prob. wrong reading for bhauvana-). View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.      Apte Search … Read More

  #Laksana, a celestial maiden. This maiden took part in the birth day celebrations of Arjuna.   (Sloka 62, Chapter 122, Adi Parva, M.B.).

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#BG 2.20   न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि- न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः । अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥ २० ॥   na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā … Read More

#BG 2.17   अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् । विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति ॥ १७ ॥   avināśi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam vināśam avyayasyāsya na kaścit kartum arhati   avināśi — imperishable; tu … Read More

#BG 2.15   यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ । समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥ १५ ॥   yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛtatvāya kalpate   yam — one to whom; … Read More

#BG 2.12   न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः । न चैव नभविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् ॥ १२ ॥ na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam … Read More