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  • OM In Sumerian Prayer 2600 BC Predates Veda

    OM, the Sacred Mantra of Hinduism is powerful and is capable of altering Genes, and when chanted properly and thrown in a Tonoscope shows the Image of Sri Yantra,  a special Geometric Pattern used by Hindus in worship

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    OM Mantra..

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    Please read my articles on these.

    OM contains three letters/sounds,

    A,

    U, and

    M.

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    Sumerian Cuneiform

    Image Credit.www.ancient explorers.com

    While A raises from the mouth,U from the throat, M raises from the stomach, the only three places from where the sounds can originate.

    OM is used as a prefix of All Mantras.

    It brings in Prosperity and helps concentrate the Mind and is used as a tool in Yoga.

    Earliest reference to OM is found in the Rig Veda.

    Now Rig Veda is dated around 1900 BC, though I am o the opinion that it should be around 5000 BC at the latest.

    Lest the Heading of the Post may mislead, I am furnishing a comment and my reply.

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    Ramanan Sir The Sumerian prayer predates Vedas is not correct. Because Vedas are the oldest knowledge in the world. Sumerians were an Indian Colony in the Middle East. They were from Sumeru region of the Himalayas. the prayer period of 2600 b.c. is much after Mahabharat War which shattered Worldwide Common Vedic Empire Of India. So how anything can predate Vedas? Please give your comments Regards Shrirang Sudrik

     

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      Dear Shrirang, What I meant to convey was that the Sumerian Prayer’s reference to OM pushes the Date of the Vedas from 1900 BC by at least by 1000 Years, the Sumerian Prayer being dated at 2600BC. The article is meant to convey only this point.The post’s heading can be interpreted as you have observed,
      As to Sumeria being part of the Sanatana Dharma, I have written quite a few article.I should improve.Why no calls for quite some time?Regds

    (Date of Rig Veda has always been controversial as it is the oldest surviving literary work. Generally it is put at 1900 BC. Let us see how it came to that date and how experts differ on that date.)- Controversies in History

    Max Muller
    Max Muller assigned the period 1500 BCE to 500 BCE for Rigveda Samhita. One of the reasons given is that beginnings of human kind cannot be earlier to 4000 B.C.E. Muller took particular care to ensure that the hypothetical Aryan invasion took place after the Biblical flood and he arbitrarily assigned a date of 1200 B.C to the Rig Veda, which is considered as the oldest among the four Vedas. Since the evidence was flimsy, he recanted his earlier assignment near the end of his life.

    But the Religious practices of the Sumerians  refer to OM.

    I have written on the early connections between the Sumerians and The Tamils of India and the probability of the ancestors of Sumerians and MU people being Tamils.

    And Lord Rama , His Brother Bharata and King Dasaratha feature in Sumerian Kingslist!

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    “Those who recite the sound Om, (activates deathless Light in the body) and becomes radiant (amar su-ti-a)”

    ~ Temple Hymn 31 (Source)

     

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    The mantra Om or “AUM” is typically associated with the Hindu tradition and is considered the primordial sound, one of the most ancient and sacred mantras. (You can read more about its sacred meaninghere.)

    With this in mind, we were surprised and excited to come across a possible reference to this mantra in a Sumerian text from c. 2300 BCE – potentially over a thousand years older than the earliest references to it in Vedic literature. If true, the implications of this discovery are enormous.

    Dr. K. Loganathan, a researcher in SumeroTamil studies believes that there is a strong link between the ancient Tamil language and ancient Sumerian and that Sumerian is, in fact, Archaic Tamil. Based on this hypothesis, he has developed a method for translating Sumerian tablets by matching a phonological reading of the cuneiform script with the ancient Tamil language, which he believes leads to a more accurate translation than the currently used widespread approach.

    For example, Dr. Loganathan cites the following line from Temple Hymn 31 with the conventionally-accepted translation:

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    [umbin]-se-ba amar su-ti-a ( Who snatches the calf with (his) [cla]ws )

    However, by matching these words with ancient Tamil, a very different (and intriguing) meaning emerges:

    Ta. Ombi-in isaiba amar sootiya ( Who recites this mantra sound Om (Ombi-in-isai), lights up (sutiya) deathlessness (amar) ) 

    Or :

    Those who recite the sound Om, (activates deathless Light in the body) and becomes radiant (amar su-ti-a)

    Dr Loganathan also indicates additional lines that refer to people specifically uttering the sound (i.e., chanting a mantra).

    Again in the lines below, the first example is the conventional translation while the second is interpreted from Ancient Tamil.

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    Traditional translation: [tu-tu-ba-lu] su-ti-a ( Who catches [a man in his net]

    SumeroTamil translation: Ta. tuuttuba uLu -sootiya ( Illuminates those people who utter it *tuuttu-bi-a)

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    Traditional translation: [kala-ga gu-ab-ba] su-ti-a (  [The strong one] who snatches [the bull]

    SumeroTamil translation: Ta. kalai-ka  kuuvappa sootiya ( The art of uttering  that gains inner light)

    If Dr. Loganathan’s research is correct, there are many profound implications for those interested in ancient Sumeria, ancient India, and spirituality in general.

    The earliest Hindu reference to the mantra OM is in the Rigveda, c. 1500-1200 BCE. The Sumerian text containing the lines above (Temple Hymn 31) date from 2300 BCE, meaning this reference to OM could predate the Hindu reference by almost 1,000 years! If true, this mantra has much older roots and origins than the Vedas and seems to have been recognized as spiritually significant in cultures beyond the Hindu and Buddhist (as is commonly perceived today).
    OM reference in the Rig Veda.When reading through the translated Sumerian cuneiform tablets, other similarities between the Hindu and Sumerian cultures are at times quite evident, such as for instance a description of the goddess Inana that sounds remarkably similar to the Hindu Kali, a divine female goddess representing the sacred role of the Destroyer.

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    The Gayatri mantra from the Rig Veda, for example, begins with Om. The mantra is extracted from the 10th verse of Hymn 62 in Book III of the Rig Veda.These recitations continue to be in use, and major incantations and ceremonial functions begin and end with Om.

    Source and citations.

    http://www.thespiritualsun.com/practices/texts/sumerian/the-mantra-om-in-ancient-sumeria

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om#Vedas

    ॐ भूर्भुवस्व: |
    तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम् |
    भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि |
    धियो यो न: प्रचोदयात् ||

    Om. Earth, atmosphere, heaven.
    Let us think on that desirable splendour
    of Savitr, the Inspirer. May he stimulate
    us to insightful thoughts.

    — Rig Veda III.62.10, Translated by Julius Lipner

  • Were The Vedic People Literate

    One of the strengths of Sanatana Dharma is its Oral tradition of transmitting texts, both Philosophical and Scientific.

    But the sheer volume defies imagination.

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    Ancient scripts, Origin

    “With Thirty Million  Manuscripts existing even today,Sanskrit is the oldest Language of the world and the Rig Veda which is in Sanskrit is the oldest literature of the world”

    .Thirty Million Manuscripts Seven Hundred Poetic Meters  Sanskrit

    Is it possible for any race to transmit such a large volume only by Oral tradition?

    Could the people of Ancient India, of Sanatana Dharma, Bharatvarsha Read and Write?

    Western Scholars think it s possible and declare that the ancient Indians had Super Memories!

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    Evolution of South Asian Scripts.

    For this is convenient to deny at a later stage and declare that such a feat is impossible and hence the such oral traditions are a myth and hence can be dismissed as interpolations and a latest date may be assigned to them

    The fact that one finds Sanskrit Brahmi, and Tamil Brahmi were found in Indus Valley civilizations..

    This at the latest is dated at 3000 to 5000 BC

    And the finding of Kannada Brahmi in Karnataka.

    And Tamil Sangam Literature speaks of the Vedas, its texts.

    Consider the Mathematical , Biological, Astronomy,Genetics, texts which involve writing of the highest order.

    Imagine building, for example,The Thanjavur Big Temple or any other Temples and structures which could not  have been built with ot written calculations and drawings

    And,

    ‘western scholars of Indology said:
    “Entire absense of writing, reading, paper, or pen in vedas, or during Brahamana period and complete silence in Sutra period(When art of writing was beginning to be known), the whole Literature of India was preserved in oral tradition only”

    Weber who wants to bring all history to later than Biblical period admits:
    “Europe has 10,000 sanskrit texts and considering that we have tens of thousands which the parsimony of karma has hithherto withheld form Museums and libraries of Europe, what a memory must have been their!.”

    Indian super Memory
    The Immemorial practice with students of sanskrit literature has been to commit to memory the various subjects of their study and this practice of oral tradition has preserved the ancient Vedic texts. This fact has led Western Indology scholars to surmise that writing was unknown in the earliest period of Indian Civilization and that the later forms of the alphabet were not of pure Indian growth.

    So According to these Western Indology Scholars, Indians have Super Human Memory. By Which they can not only memorize scores of documents, but they can also transmit through generations. Wow!, Who said science fiction is 20th century Stuff.

    We are looking at this question. Did writing existed prior to Mauryas?

    Panini
    Panini is best known grammarian of India. Muller says that there is no single term in the panini terminology which presupposes the existence of writing. So we go to find out.

    Panini almost singlehandendly brought together the classical sanskrit grammer. He mentions Grantha the equivalent for written or bound book in the later days in India. For Max Muller Granta mean simply a composition, which is handed down the generation by oral tradition. In short Panini is illiterate and somehow he produced one of the most eloborate and scientific set grammer ever known to mankind till today.Remember Panini has given 3996 rules for Classical Sanskrit Grammar.

    Writing in Literature
    Classical Sanskrit Literature
    The direct reference to writing classical sanskrit according to Indologists in literature are found to be in the Dharmasutra of Vasistha, which Dr.Buhler thinks, was composed around 8th century BC. Some scholars will assign this work 4th century BC as well.Astadhyayi of panini contains such compounds as Lipikara and Libikara, which evidently mean writer. The date of panini is not fixed, prof.Goldstucker puts him 8th century BC, others put him in 4 the century BC. The Vedic works contain technical terms like aksara, kanda, patala, grantha and the like, which is clear indication of writing. Of course Indology scholars wont accept them.

    Buddhist age
    There are quite a large number of passages in the SriLanka’s Tipitaka, which bear witness to an acquaintance with writing and to its extensive use.

    At the time when Buddhist cannons were composed. Lekha and Lekhaka are mentioned in the Bhikkhu pacittiya and Bhikkhuni pacittiya.

    In the Jatakaas, constant meniton is made of letters being written. The Jatakas know of proclamations.

    Epic Age
    Epics contains archaic expressions such as likh, Lekha, Lakhaka, Lekhana but not lipi, which some scholars think is foriegn orgin. So Writing was known in Epic Age.

    Vedic Literature
    We find clear evidence in wide spread use of writing in the vedic period. Written documents are mentioned as legal documents.

    Scripts
    Brahmi
    The earliest surviving written record other than Indus script is Piprawa vase inscription discovered by Colonel Claxton peppe. This Inscription is a prakrit before the prakrits of magadhi or sourasheni developed, so differently interpreted. This is dated to early part of 5th century BC.

    Next comes Sohaura Copper plate , which Dr.Smith puts before Ashoka by 50 years.

    The Inscriptions of Ashoka is all over India. This shows that Writing was well used in Royal courts and the writting was well understood by common people.

    Dr.Weber came with view that Brahmi is borrowed from South Arab tribe. But this has been dismissed by Dr. Buhler.

    Buhler Identified certain Brahmi letters were identical to 9th-7th BC century Inscriptions found in Assyria. One third of 23 Alphabets are identical to Brahmi letters. This Indologists suggestions that the Brahmi letters were derived from these letters from all Indology scholars including Buhler. But we have to note that the tribes in question are belonging belonging to Indian Tribe. This script traveled from India to Middle east.

    Jain Stupa unearthed at the Kankali Tila site of Mathura regarded by Vincent Simith as the oldest known stupa then (Before Indus valley sites were discovered). Smith dated it to be 600 BC for erection. Dr.Fuhrer who supervised the excavation found out that it contained a inscription Deva Stupa in a script, so old that it was forgotten.

    Indus Script
    Indus Script has 250-500 characters. Some of the Seals seems to be Bilingual with Indus script next to the symbols. Seeming symbols to be for traders from other languages. So Indus valley is literate culture.”

    So the Ancient Indians knew Reading and writing and transmitted Vedic Texts orally to ensure that they are not destroyed.

    Citation and reference..

    http://controversialhistory.blogspot.in/2012/11/was-ancient-india-literate-super-human.html

    Image of ancient scripts Credit.

    http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/evolalpha.html

    http://www.ancientscripts.com/brahmi.html

  • Brahmastra Design Detail Has Mercury Fire Cosmic Poison

    I have written articles on the weapons , including WMD, used in ancient India.

    There were two types.

    Sastra , the physical weapons, like Sword,Mace, Arrows.. and

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    Brahmastra Design I

    Astra, the ones that carry weapons of Mass Destruction on the one hand and another devastating the enemy and his land with specific calamity Like Fire, Rain, Storms and psychological variety  like Mohanastra which renders people unconscious, and Sammohanatsra which leaves one confused.

    Three Astras are most potent.

    They are,

    Brahmastra,

    Pasupathastra and

    Narayanastra.

    And there is a very rare Brahmasiroastra.

    Please read may articles on each.

    I have also provided a detailed list of Astras and the Invocation Mantra for Brahmastra.

    Brahmastra is believed to be an Atom Bomb and Brahma Sirastra a Neutron Bomb,

    Brahmastra Invocation Mantra

    Brahmasironmastra Counter to Brahmastra

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    Ancient Indian weapons with Mantra Aksharas.

    Atomic explosion.

    About ancient atomic explosions Oppenheimer stated that “In ancient India, we find words for certain measurements of length, one was the distance of light-years and one was the length of the atom. Only a society that possessed nuclear energy would have the need for such words.”..

    Historian Kisai Mohan Ganguli says that Indian sacred writings are full of such descriptions which sound like an atomic blast as experienced in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He says references mention fighting sky chariots and final weapons. An ancient battle is described in the Drona Parva, a section of Mahabharata. “The passage tells of combat where explosions of final weapons decimate entire armies, causing crowds of warriors with steeds and elephants and weapons to be carried away as if they were dry leaves of trees,” says Ganguli.

    Consider these verses from the ancient epic Mahabharata,

    ““A single projectile charged with all the power of the universe. An incandescent column of smoke and flame as bright as the thousand suns rose in its entire splendor. A perpendicular explosion with its billowing smoke clouds. The cloud of smoke rising after its explosion formed into expanding round circles like the opening of giant parasols. It was unknown weapon, an ironic thunderbolt, A gigantic messenger of death, which reduced to ashes.

    The Devastating Power of a Nuclear Bomb.

    Entire race of the Virshins and the Andhakas were destroyed. The corpses were so burned as to be unrecognizable. The hair and nails fell out, pottery broke without apparent cause,And the birds turned white. After a few hours all foodstuffs were infected. To escape from this fire the soldiers threw themselves in streams to wash themselves and their equipment.” Until the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, modern mankind could not imagine any weapon as horrible and devastating as those described in ancient Indian texts. Yet they very accurately described the effects of atomic explosion which is not possible unless they have experienced a similar one those days. Radioactive poisoning will make hair and nails fall out. Immersing oneself in water gives some respite, though it is not a cure.’

    https://ramanisblog.in/2013/10/03/atomic-explosion-mahabharata-harappa-evidence/

    How is Bramastra was Designed.

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    Brahmastra Design Detail

     

    There are some verses that depict the nature of these astra-s. A few of them are given under. Though we may not actually acquire a projectile power with these verses, they may at least detail what these missiles are. The source of these verses is untraceable, but they are said to be in puraaNaa-s, and Shiva informs Sage Narada, about the missiles as below:

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    vaantam vahni samaayuktam vyomahaalaa samanvitam |
    meSha dvayam danta yutam haalaahalam ataH param |
    ghana aadyam vaayu puurvam ca danta yuktam athaanvitam |
    saram R^ikSha poaryaayam bhaantam bhR^igu mataH param ||
    ambaram vaayu sa~NyuktaH ari mardanam apyutaH |
    pradiiptam atha avaktavyam paramam ca padam tataH |
    tat ete pade prayoktavye gaayatryaa madhyamam tataH |
    pada trayam prayoktavyam etat brahma astram iiritam ||

    “It contains air, fire and cosmic poison, two goat-like fangs, full of poison, weighty, emits air, contains mercury, fiery, sparkling, sky is filled with air, enemy-killing, greatly radiant and it is projected with three hymns, Gayatri at its centre, it is known as brahma-astra’

    Citation  and source for sloka for Bala Kanda Of Valmiki Ramayana Sarga  27 foot note

    http://www.valmikiramayan.net/utf8/baala/sarga27/balasans27.htm#Verse28

    Image Credits for Image I and ancient weapons with Invocation Mantra Aksharas.

    https://www.facebook.com/Consultant-of-Mantra-Tantra-387139181426883/?__mref=message_bubble

  • What Is Pradosha Kala Pradosha Ashtakam

    Pradosha is the Time when Lord Shiva is ecstatic.

    The Prayers addressed to Shiva through His Mount Rishaba, Bull brings immediate relief.

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    Image credit. http://www.lotus sculpture.com

    ‘Pradosha is indicative of day names in the calendar. Etymology of Pradosha – Pradosha is the son of Kalpa and Dosha. He had two brothers namely Nishita and Vyustha. The three names mean beginning, middle and end of night The days from new moon day to full moon day is called “Sukla Paksha” and days from every full moon day to new moon day is called “Krishna paksha”. During every month and during every paksha, the point of time when triyodashi (13th day of the fortnight) meets the end of dwadasi (12th day of fortnight) is called Pradosha During pradosha, Nandi (the sacred bull of Shiva) in all the Shiva temples in South India is worshipped. The festival idol of Shiva with Parvathi in a seated pose on Nandi is taken as a procession in the temple complex.

    The etymology , in my opinion may reveal more.

     

    I am researching into this for Kalpa is associtaed with Time and Shiva is The Lord of Time.

    Explanation ,Names and Fruits of the Pradosha Vrata.

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    Pradosha Kaalam is that period of time during which Lord Shiva is known to have evolved out of His unsteady state (due to the effect of the poison he had consumed) and performing Ananda Thandava on top of his Rishabha Vahana (Sacred Nandi Bull). During this pradosha time, Lord Shiva is known to be in the most ecstatic of moods as he has been successful in saving mankind from the ill effects of the Poison ‘hala’. His Ananda Thandava blesses all the three worlds and the Devathas in turn pray to him.

    Lord Shiva is known to be very generous giving away Vardhan (boons), although, he would test his devotees to the core. To those devotees who pray to him during the Pradosha Kaalam, duly observing fast, performing puja, chanting of Rudram, visiting sacred places of interest, He brings prosperity and happiness in life.

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    Circambulation  Procedure for Pradosha.

    Image Credit.

     http://parkothkshethrampayyantemplearoli.blogspot.in/2014/08/pradosham-pradakshina-timings-pooja.html

    Pradosha Kalam falls on the 13th lunar day of Trayodashee during the shukla and krishna pakshas, waxing and waning fortnights in the Hindu calendar months. If, the period between sunset to next sunrise is divided into 5 equal parts, the first part is called Pradosha Kalam and it denotes the end of day time and the beginning of night. This is also called the period of Asuras (Raaksha Neram). It is believed that each day of the week has different benefits during Pradosh time:’

    ‘The devas, celestial deities approached Shiva in the most propitious moments of pradosha to get relief from asuras – Danavas and Daityas.They ran around Kailasha, Siva’s abode hitherto on a triyodashi evening and was aided by Nandi, Shiva’s sacred bull. Shiva aided them in killing the asuras – the practise of worshipping Shiva on traiyodashi along with Nandi emerged and continues in Shiva temples. “Pradosha vrata” (vow) is performed on pradosham with sacred ritual steps following the tradition.

    Sunday (Bhaanu Vaara Pradosha)
    Peace to all (Mangalam to all)
    Monday (Indu Vaara Pradosha)
    Positive (perception) thinking
    Tuesday (Bhauma Vaara Pradosha)
    No Poverty (Prosperity to all)
    Wednesday (Saumya Vaara Pradosha)
    Blessings with progeny, Knowledge and education
    Thursday (Guru Vaara Pradosha)
    Divine blessings through the Pitru’s, all dangers will be eliminated
    Friday (Bhrgu Vaara Pradosha)
    Nullifying (negativeness) opposition
    Saturday (Sthira Vaara Pradosha)
    Elevation (promotion) getting back the lost wealth

    Mahaa Pradosh Kalam comes yearly during the month of Maagh/Maashi (U’ma’ +’Shi’Va) before Mahaa Shiv Raatri. If the Mahaa Pradosha comes on Saturday, it is called Shani Mahaa Pradosha. Saturday is the day when Lord Shiva swallowed poison and this is called Shani (Sthira in Samskritam) Pradosha. It is categorized into three categories of importance depending upon the month on which Pradosha falls:

    1. Uttama Sthira Pradosha – Maximum power – The Sthira Pradosha that comes during the months of Chaitra, Vaishaakh, Aashaadh and Kaartik during the Growing Lunar Cycle (Shukla Paksha), i.e from New to Full moon period.
    1. Madhyama Sthira Pradosha – Normal power – The Sthira Pradosha that comes during the months of Chaitra, Vaishaakh, Aashaadh and Kaartik during Diminishing Lunar Cycle (Krishn Paksha), ie Full to New moon period.
    1. Adhama Sthira Pradosha – Minimum power – All the other Sthira Pradosha. The Pradosh that falls on any Saturday is called MahaA Pradosha (Sthira Pradosh).

    Soma Sutra Pradhikshinam.

    During Pradosha Kala, Lord Shiva is supposed to be very powerful and happy. Unlike normal days/times during Pradosha kalam, a special type of circumambulation calledSoma-sUtra-pradakshiNam is practiced in Shiva temples. The importance of Soma-sUtra-pradakshiNam is that the gomukhi (place where the water after anointing – abhiSheka tIrtam- would be flowing northwards out) is never crossed during circumambulation of the Lord. By doing this way of pradakshiNam, one does not step over this holy water. The following order of Circumambulation is practiced for a single turn:

    1)RiShabham-ChaNdIchar-RiShabham-Gomukhi 2)RiShabham-ChaNdIchar-Gomukhi 3)RiShabham-ChaNdIchar-RiShabham- RiShabham.

    Pradosha Ashtakam/Mahatmiyam

    Translation by Sri. P.R.Ramchander.

    Kailasa shaila bhuvane thri jaga janithreem,
    Gowreedha nivesye kanakanchitha rathna peete,
    Nrutham vidhthu mabhi vanchithi Soolapanau,
    Deva Pradosha samaye anubhajanthi sarve. 1

    During the time of Pradosha,
    The Lord who holds the trident,
    Makes Goddess Gowri,
    Who is the mother of all the three worlds,
    Sit on a golden seat inlaid with precious gems,
    And prepares to dance himself,
    And all the devas sing his praise at this time.

    Vagdevi drutha vallaakee sathamukho
    venum dhadhan padmaja,
    Sthallo nidhra karo ramaa bhagawathi,
    geya prayogaanvithaa,
    Vishnu saandra mrudanga vaadana patur
    devas samanthath sthithaa,
    Sevanthe thamara pradosha samaye
    devam mrudaaneepathim. 2

    The goddess of Knowledge plays Veena,
    The hundred faced Indra plays the flute,
    The Brahma who was born in a lotus keeps time,
    The Goddess Lakshmi starts to sing,
    The God Vishnu plays the drum with ease,
    And all the devas stand all round in service,
    And pray Lord Shiva during the time of pradosha.

    Gandarwa Yaksha patha goraga siddha saadhya.
    Vidhyadaraamaraapsaraso ganaascha,
    Yeanyethi loka nilaya saha bhootha varga,
    Prapthe pradosha samaye hara parswa samstha. 3

    When the time of Pradosha arrives,
    Gandarwas, Yakshas, birds, snakes, saints,
    Vidhyadaras, devas, the celestial dancers, Bhoothas,
    And all the beings in the three worlds,
    Come and stand near The Lord Shiva.

    Atha pradoshe shiva eka eva,
    Poojyodhananye hari padmajadhya,
    Thasmin mahese vidhinejyamane,
    Sarve praseedanthi suradhi natha. 4

    So at the time of Pradosha,
    There is need to worship only Shiva,
    Instead of Vishnu , Brahma and others,
    For the proper worship of Lord Shiva then,
    Would give the effect of worshipping all gods.

    Lokanahooya sarvaan vividha damarukair gora samsara magnan,
    Dathwaabheetham dayalu pranatha bhava haram kunchitham vaama bhaagam,
    Uddruthyedham vimukherayanamithi karadarshayan prathyayartham,
    Bibradwanhim sabhaayaam kalaathi natanam ya shivo na sa paayal. 5

    Let us be protected by that dancing Shiva,
    Who uses the various sounds of the shaking drum,
    To call all those people drowned in the fearful life,
    Who indicates protection to them using his right hand held down,
    Who lifts his left leg capable of killing all sorrows,
    To those who fall at his feet,
    Who indicates the path of salvation by his left hand held up,
    And who shows that all this is true by carrying fire in the other left hand,

    Sathyam braveemi, paraloka hitham braveemi,
    Saaram braveemi upanishadyadhyam braveemi,
    Samsaramuthbanamasar vaapya jantho,
    Saroyameeswarapadhamburuhasya seva. 6

    I tell the truth,
    I tell what is good for the other world,
    I tell the views of the Upanishads,
    For every insignificant animal that is born,
    The only meaningful thing is the service to God.

    Yenarchayanthi gireesam samaye pradoshe,
    Ye na architham shivamapi pranamanthichanye,
    Ethath kadhaam sruthi putair na pibanthi mooda,
    Stheya janma subhavanthi naraa daridra. 7

    He who does not worship Lord Shiva during Pradosha,
    He who does not at least bow before him at that time,
    He who does not at least listen to the story of Shiva at that time,
    Is a foolish soul who would be always poor, birth after birth.

    Ye vai pradosha samaye parameswarasya,
    Kurvanthyananya mansangri saroja poojaam,
    Nithya pravrudha thara puthra kalathra mithra,
    Soubhagya sambadadhikastha ihaiva loke. 8

    He who during the time of Pradosha, worships Lord Shiva,
    With full concentration using lotus flowers,
    Would forever along with his children, wife and friends,
    Get all wealth and all luck in a very large measure.

    * Based on the Malayalam translation of Chennas Krishnan Namboodhiri, Guruvayoo

     

    ॥ प्रदोषस्तोत्रम् ॥

श्री गणेशाय नमः ।
जय देव जगन्नाथ जय शङ्कर शाश्वत ।
जय सर्वसुराध्यक्ष जय सर्वसुरार्चित ॥ १॥

जय सर्वगुणातीत जय सर्ववरप्रद ।
जय नित्य निराधार जय विश्वम्भराव्यय ॥ २॥

जय विश्वैकवन्द्येश जय नागेन्द्रभूषण ।
जय गौरीपते शम्भो जय चन्द्रार्धशेखर ॥ ३॥

जय कोट्यर्कसङ्काश जयानन्तगुणाश्रय ।
जय भद्र विरूपाक्ष जयाचिन्त्य निरञ्‍जन ॥ ४॥

जय नाथ कृपासिन्धो जय भक्‍तार्तिभञ्‍जन ।
जय दुस्तरसंसारसागरोत्तारण प्रभो ॥ ५॥

प्रसीद मे महादेव संसारार्तस्य खिद्यतः ।
सर्वपापक्षयं कृत्वा रक्ष मां परमेश्वर ॥ ६॥

महादारिद्र्यमग्नस्य महापापहतस्य च ।
महाशोकनिविष्टस्य महारोगातुरस्य च ॥ ७॥

ऋणभारपरीतस्य दह्यमानस्य कर्मभिः ।
ग्रहैः प्रपीड्यमानस्य प्रसीद मम शङ्कर ॥ ८॥

दरिद्रः प्रार्थयेद्देवं प्रदोषे गिरिजापतिम् ।
अर्थाढ्यो वाऽथ राजा वा प्रार्थयेद्देवमीश्वरम् ॥ ९॥

दीर्घमायुः सदारोग्यं कोशवृद्धिर्बलोन्नतिः ।
ममास्तु नित्यमानन्दः प्रसादात्तव शङ्कर ॥ १०॥

शत्रवः सङ्क्षयं यान्तु प्रसीदन्तु मम प्रजाः ।
नश्यन्तु दस्यवो राष्ट्रे जनाः सन्तु निरापदः ॥ ११॥

दुर्भिक्षमरिसन्तापाः शमं यान्तु महीतले ।
सर्वसस्यसमृद्धिश्च भूयात्सुखमया दिशः ॥ १२॥

एवमाराधयेद्देवं पूजान्ते गिरिजापतिम् ।
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत् पश्चाद्दक्षिणाभिश्च पूजयेत् ॥ १३॥

सर्वपापक्षयकरी सर्वरोगनिवारणी ।
शिवपूजा मयाऽऽख्याता सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदा ॥ १४॥

॥ इति प्रदोषस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

Citations and references.

http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Pradosha_Kalam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradosha  

http://stotram.co.in/pradosha-stotram/

  • Shiva Linga In Kaaba Opens At Pradosha Video Pakistani Web Site

    I have written a few articles on  Shiva Linga in Mecca OM is 786,

    Muslims Worship Shiv Lingam At Mecca Masjid Al Haraam Says Islamic Site,

    Prophets Uncle wrote Siva Sthuthi, A Prayer On Lord Shiva,

    Sapthapathi of the Marriage ceremony of the Hindus and Navagrahas in Arabia,

    Aravasthan is Arabia and some more articles.

    shivlingamuzzien
    Inside Kaaba(left) and Shiva Abhishekam(Right)

    The Prophet, after signing a treaty with tribes the Medina Treaty, stormed Mecca and destroyed 360 Idols housed there.

    There is Kaaba Stone which is believed to have been of Abrahamic times.

    People are not permitted to take videos or  photographs of the inside of the room.

    The room seems to contain an Idol, the worship of which is prohibited in Islam.

    Now let us see what a a surreptitiously taken video and an article  in a web site run by Pakistani Defense Think Tank say.

    Video is below.

    One can see an Idol resembling Shiv Linga there.

    And watch the Video, and look at the clock for the time of opening the Room.

    5.20 to 5.45!

    Shivas Pradosha Time!

     

     

     

     

    The article from Pakistan Defense Thin Tank Site.

    ‘Arabia is an abbreviation. The original word even today
    is Arbasthan. It originates in Arvasthan. As observed earlier
    Sanskrit “V” changes into “B”. Arva in Sanskrit means a horse.
    Arvasthan signifies a land of horses, and as we all know Arabia
    is famous for its horses.

    slide7

    In the 6th and 7th centuries A.D. a wave of effecting a
    complete break with the past spread over West Asia. All links
    with the past were broken, images smashed, scriptures des-
    troyed, education discontinued and the entire West Asian
    region took a plunge in abyssmal ignorance which lasted for
    centuries thereafter and perhaps persists to a certain extent
    even today because if in the whole world modern scientific and
    educational developments find stubborn and entrenched resis-
    tance anywhere it is in the West Asian countries. It is said
    that the late Saudi Arabia ruler could not permit a radio
    broadcasting station opened in his own capital because of
    oposition from his Maulavis. He then resorted to a stratagem.
    Once while he had his council of Maulavis in attendance he had
    a radio set switched on to a program of Koranic recitation
    broadcast from a small transmitting station set up earlier
    without much ado. The Maulavis were delighted, so goes the
    report, to hear the word of Allah coming to them as if from
    nowhere. The king told them that what objections could they
    have to a mechanism which broadcast the word of Allah. The
    Maulavis agreed and the small radio broadcasting project was
    at last ratified.

    According to Encyclopaedia Britannica and Encyclø-
    paedia Islamia the Arabs are ignorant of their own history of
    the pre-Muslim era. By a strange euphemism they call it a
    period of ignorance and darkness. Probably no other country
    in the world has deliberately written off a 2,500 year period of
    their own history by systematically stamping out and snapping
    all links with the past. They have wiped the memories of pre-
    Muslim era off their minds. So while they chose to remain
    ignorant of their past ironically enough it is they who dub the
    pre-Muslim era as a period of ignorance.

    Fortunately we can still trace the history of that pre-
    Islamic Arabia. It is a well known adage that there is no such
    thing as foolproof destruction of all evidence. The pre-Islamic
    history of Arabia is the story of Indian Kshatriyas over that
    land, with the people following the Vedic way of life.

    In our attempt to reconstruct the story of pre-Islamic
    Arabia we begin with the name of the country itself. As
    explained earlier the name is fully Sanskrit. Its central
    pilgrim centre, Mecca is also a Sanskrit name. Makha in
    Sanskrit signifies a sacrificial fire. Since Vedic fire worship
    was prevalent all over West Asia in pre-Islamic days Makha
    signifies the place which had an important shrine of fire
    worship.

    Coinciding with the annual pilgrimage of huge bazaar
    used to spring up in Makha i.e. Mecca since times immemorial.
    The annual pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca is not at all an
    innovation but a continuation of the ancient pilgrimage. This
    fact is mentioned in encyclopedias.

    VIKRAMADITYA

    Evidence is now available that the whole of Arabia was
    part of the great Indian King Vikramaditya’s vast empire. The
    extent of Vikramaditya’s empire is one of the main reasons for
    his world wide fame. Incidentally this also explains many
    intriguing features about Arabia. It could be that
    Vikramaditya himself had this peninsula named Arvasthan if
    he was the first Indian monarch to capture it and bring it
    under his sway

    Citation and references source.

    http://defence.pk/threads/exclusive-was-pre-islamic-arabia-hindu-nation-un-told-arabian-tales.265608/