Isvara, since 1996

  If civilization means simply to wear attractive clothes, then the prostitutes are more civilized than you. Wine and flesh are naturally impure. Therefore, a civilization that grows by drinking and eating such things is certainly … Read More

Sabhyala is to become qualified to sit in a sabha or assembly. That is plain gentlemanliness. (Jaiva Dharma, Chapter 9)   by #Bhaktivinoda Thakura

    कल्प m. kalpa idea   कल्प m. kalpa ritual   कल्पम् adverb kalpam almost   कल्पना f. kalpanA concept [computer]   कल्पना f. kalpanA treatment [med.]   कल्पना f. kalpanA hypothesis   कल्पना f. … Read More

  रङ्कुm.    raGku   species of deer or antelope रङ्कुटि f.     raGkuTi  kind of vetch     Raṅku (रङ्कु) (or Ruru, Gokarṇa, Eṇa) refers to the animal “Nilgai [Blue bull]” (Boselaphus tragocamelus).—The Smṛtis … Read More

द्युति f. #dyuti complexion द्युतित adj. dyutita illuminated द्युतित adj. dyutita shining द्युतिमत् adj. dyutimat lucent द्युतिमत् adj. dyutimat bright द्युतिमत् adj. dyutimat majestic द्युतिकर adj. dyutikara handsome द्युति f. dyuti threatening attitude द्युति f. dyuti … Read More

Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 Sacrality and importance of the Maha-bharata   Great Dvaipayana composed a holy Upanishad on these facts; and it has been published to the world by great Kavis in … Read More

ŚB 8.7.26 अग्निर्मुखं तेऽखिलदेवतात्मा क्षितिं विदुर्लोकभवाङ्‍‍घ्रिपङ्कजम् । कालं गतिं तेऽखिलदेवतात्मनो दिशश्च कर्णौ रसनं जलेशम् ॥ २६ ॥ agnir mukhaṁ te ’khila-devatātmā kṣitiṁ vidur loka-bhavāṅghri-paṅkajam kālaṁ gatiṁ te ’khila-devatātmano diśaś ca karṇau rasanaṁ jaleśam   Synonyms agniḥ — fire; … Read More

Parva means section, chapter or book.   पर्व n. parva auspicious celebration   पर्वन् n. parvan festival   पर्वन् n. parvan section   पर्वत m. parvata mountain   पार्वतेय adj. pArvateya mountainous   पर्वतीय adj. parvatIya … Read More