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How to celebrate Janmasthami

Janmashtmi The word Krushna is made up of 2 elements: Krush and Ana. Krush refers to authority with which one can control. Ana refers to the bliss and joy with which one can lead. And thus, Krushna is someone who can do both.

Janma = birth and ashtmi = eighth. Eighth day of dark fortnight of the Shravan month is celebrated as the birth of Lord Krushna, one of the most popular, most revered, most loved and most celebrated gods of Hindu culture.

Lord Krushna, born on the eighth day, was the eight avatar (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu and was the eighth child born to Vasudev (father) and Devki (mother). Vasudev and Devki were imprisoned by Devki’s brother, Kansa (king of Mathura) because of a prophecy that Devki’s eighth child would kill Kansa.

To save him from Kansa’s wrath, Vasudev escaped from jail that very night and dropped off baby Krushna at Vrundavan at Nanda and Yashoda’s place.

Thus, Lord Krushna, born to Devki and Vasudev in Mathura, was raised by Yashoda and Nanda at Vrundavan. Such were the events that took place before Krushna was even a day old!

Celebrating

People keep fast until midnight, decorate temples, prepare Jhankis and chant various cultural songs to signify Krushna’s birth. Along with religious pujas and rituals, people keep Ras Leela programs and Dahi-handi Utsav as well to make this festival more colorful and delightful. Janmashtmi is mostly celebrated quite literally by reenacting the birth of Lord Krushna at midnight. Devotees stay up till midnight and celebrate the birth of the little baby Krushna.

Tap to see how the Janmasthami is celebrated ... https://www.sameedh.com/inspire/janmashtmi

Tap for the Three prayers on Lord Krusha -

📷 Achyutashtakam 📷 (It blesses people with soothing energy and spiritual connection ) https://www.sameedh.com/desire/hindu-prayer/achyutashtakam

📷 Madhurashtakam 📷 (Everything is beautiful about Lord Krishna. There is also a video by Shankar Mahadevan) https://www.sameedh.com/desire/hindu-prayer/madhurashtakam

📷 Krushnashtakam 📷 (A beautiful prayer for Lord Krishna by Adi Shankaracharya.) https://www.sameedh.com/desire/hindu-prayer/krushnashtakam

Photo Source: https://flickr.com/photos/wellbredkannanclicks/ Well-Bred Kannan (WBK Photography) 📷

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Guru creates a path for us to achieve the ultimate truth - Brahma (ब्रह्म). Gu means darkness. Ru means the remover.Guru Purnima is celebrat

Lord Dattatrey (in Sanatan Dharma) had not one, but 24 gurus. One must respect anything or anyone that teaches something and the lessons we learn from the 24 Gurus are worth learning. Tap the link to see them. Mother is the first Guru for a child. She teaches us our first lessons. She continues to teach with compassion and utmost love. Father is our next Guru. He teaches us lessons of life. Teachers at school or acharyas at ashramas impart on us the knowledge - knowledge of different kalas, knowledge to earn, knowledge to learn, knowledge to know.

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Guru Purnima - गुरु ब्रह्मा गुरु विष्णु गुरु देवो महेश्वरा |

गुरु साक्षात पर ब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरूवे नमह || - https://www.sameedh.com/inspire/guru-purnima

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Find out the best collection of Hindu prayers and book your pundit for the Pooja at your selected location and time.

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Janmashtmi - Celebrate the Divine Birth

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Sankhya Yoga - In this chapter, Krishna has explained the importance of karmic duty and selfless actions and what it is to keep doing action without getting affected by its results.

By taking Arjun from Sankhya Yoga and Karmic Yoga, Krishna makes him understand how a person can practice karmic yoga and get closer to samadhi and liberated mind.

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Bhagvat Gita - Arjun Vishad Yog is describing Arjun’s moral dilemma when he is standing against his own family. He is questioning Krishna whether it is right or not to kill the most righteous elders of the same family? He is scared and confused about the consequences of the battle and if he can go unarmed and get himself killed instead of being part of the heartbreaking results. Picture source: freepik.com Read more on Arjun Vishad Yog -

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Space science was studied, practiced and widely in use even during Vedic times. Examine the proofs, facts and implementation techniques from Vedic times.

What we consider modern science today may be modern from today's standards. But we have always heard about the planes in Ramayan times, advanced weaponry during Mahabharat times, explorations in macro space-level discoveries to micro molecular level Ayurvedic treatments. Were those myths or real?

Read it all in From Vedas to Space Science

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What is Nyas and why do it?

Bhakti (devotion) in Sanatan Dharma is an essential element. There are 9 stages of Bhakti.

But even before you start, it is important to cleanse the organs and the senses with which you will practice. Just like utensils must be clean before making the food, tools of our body must be clean before practicing Bhakti. What are these tools - Read the article on Nyas on sameedh.com

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Vedic Microbiology

Examine biology and microbiology as they were understood, studied and taught during vedic times.

In Mundaka Upanishad (1.1.4), para & apara vidya explained. The para vidya pertains to the knowledge, which is beyond the control of nature. Whereas, apara vidya is concerned with that, which exist in nature. In layman’s language para vidya tells us about the creator of the universe and apara vidya tells us about the creation.

Morphological Characteristics of Micro-organisms :

I) Cell Shape : Vṛttẩ ( व ृ ) means globular Sukṣama-Vṛttẩ ( सु म-वतृ )् means micrococci

II) Cell Size : Anvo (अणवो) means atomic.

III) Motility and Flagellar Arrangement : Microbes creeps around the eyes, crawls about the nose and gets between the teeth. This is recorded in the Atharva Veda (5:23:3, 5:23:7). Also, motility of microbes is mentioned in Susruta Sanhita (6:54)

For complete information, please read the original article ... Vedic Microbiology By Mitul Trivedi | on sameedh.com

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Among twelve Aadityas why only Vishnu and not other?

12 (twelve) Adityas represent 12 (twelve) months (according to Solar Calendar). But during the age of Rigveda, the speed of earth's revolution and rotation was more, hence they were divided into 8 months.

Later, the speed of earth's revolution and rotation decreased and calculation of the time changed. Initially it was 10 hours per day and one year contained 124 days. During this period the sons of Aditi got added from 8 to 12. The distribution hence, was done once again and it has been mentioned in the Bhagvat Puran as given under this link: https://www.sameedh.com/inspire/vedic-gods--aaditya-vishnu

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શૂન્યનો આર્યભટ્ટ પહેલા ઉપયોગ

આપણે હમેંશા સાંભળતા આવ્યા છીએ કે શૂન્ય ની શોધ મહાન ભારતીય ગણિતજ્ઞ આર્યભટ્ટે કરી.

જો આ સાચુ હોય તો, રામયણ(ત્રેતા યુગ)માં રાવણનાં 10 માથા અને મહાભારત(દ્વાપર યુગ)માં 100 કૌરવની ગણતરી ક્યાંથી આવી?

ગણતરીનો ઉલ્લેખ પ્રાચીન બેબોલિયન, માયા, રોમન, મેસોપોટામિયા અને ભારતની સિંધુ ઘાટીની સંસ્કૃતિમાં પણ અલગ અલગ રીતે મળે છે. આ સંસ્કૃતિઓ ઈ.પૂર્વે 1000 થી 5000 વર્ષ પહેલા અસ્તિત્વમાં હતી.

આમ પણ આર્યભટ્ટે શૂન્યની વ્યાખ્યા કરી હતી, પરંતુ તેનું કોઈ ચિન્હ બનાવ્યુ ન હતું. શૂન્યનું વર્તમાન ચિન્હ "0" નો સૌથી જુનો દસ્તાવેજ આર્યભટ્ટના સમયથી લગભગ 450 વર્ષ બાદ ફારસી અલ-ખ્બારિજ્મી પુસ્તકમાં મળે છે.

એટલે ક આર્યભટ્ટ પહેલા પણ શૂન્યનો ઉપયોગ થતો જ હતો, પરંતુ એવુ કહી શકાય કે શૂન્યની સૌથી પહેલા સુવ્યવસ્થિત વ્યાખ્યા આર્યભટ્ટે આપી.

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શું રાવણની સુવર્ણ લંકા આજે પણ શ્રીલંકામાં છે ?

સુવર્ણ લંકા સુવર્ણ લંકા એક એવુ પુસ્તક છે જે હિંદ મહાસાગરમાં સોનાની લંકાની ઓળખ, રામસેતુ અને ધનુષકોટિનું વર્ણન અને સોનાની લંકાના મહાન શાસક રાવણના વર્ણનને રજુ કરે છે. સોનાની લંકાની સ્થાપના અને અન્ય સુવર્ણ નામ સાથે જોડાયેલ સ્થળોનું વર્ણન આ પુસ્તકમાં છે. પુસ્તક મુજબ તિબ્બતી ભાષામાં લંકા નો અર્થ થાય છે નદી કે સમુદ્રમાં આવેલ ટાપુ. ભારતીય શાસ્ત્રોમાં અનેક લંકાઓનો ઉલ્લેખ છે. જેમાંથી સૌથી મુખ્ય છે શ્રીલંકા. આ ઉપરાંત રૂપ લંકા, કામ લંકા, મોહ લંકા, સુવર્ણ લંકા વગેરેનો પણ ઉલ્લેખ છે. ઇ.પૂર્વે 1400 આસપાસ હિંદ મહાસાગરમાં જ્વાળામુખી વિસ્ફોટના કારણે કૃષ્ણ નગરી દ્વારકા સાથે અનેક લંકાઓ જળમગ્ન થઈ હતી. સામે અન્ય અનેક નવી લંકાઓ ઉભરી આવી. રામાયણમાં જે રાવણની સોનાની લંકાનું વર્ણન છે તે રામેશ્વરમથી દક્ષિણમાં હિંદ મહાસાગરમાં સ્થિત હતી. આ ઉપરાંત સોનાની ભૂમી તરીકે જાણીતા અન્ય સ્થળો પણ હતા. જેમાં પશ્ચિમ બંગાળ સ્થિત સુવર્ણપુર (વર્તમાનમાં નાદિયા જિલ્લાનું સુબીરનાપુર), ઓડીસાનું સુવર્ણપુર અને સુવર્ણરેખા નામની એક નદી છે જે ઝારખંડથી શરૂ થઈને બંગાળની ખાડીમાં મળે છે.

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Saraswati Vandna

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Saraswati is the Goddess of knowledge and wisdom. She helps us remove the rust that settles over the knowledge that should be guiding us.

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Madhurashtakam

Everything is beautiful about Lord Krishna.

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Ek Shloki Bhagwat

Bhagwat Puran is one of the longest and best literature in Indian mythology. But can you believe that the entire story and its essence can be summarized in a single shlok? 

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