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  • Viswamitra Vasishta Pirandai And Srardha

     

    Before proceeding with the Post let me add that the correct spelling of Sraadha is Sradha, no ‘R’.

     

    There is a controversy about Dravidas and Aryans and it was earlier propagated that there was an Evasion of Aryans on the Dravidas.

     

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    Pirandai Plant.

     

    The Aryan Invasion theory has been proved as a Myth.

     

    Read my Post on this.

     

    There are a couple of views on this.

     

    1.That  Dravid means South and indicates the landmass and people living South of Vindhya ranges, India.

     

    The Tamils were one of the Tribes in this Region.

     

    2.Tamils aligned with Sage Viswamitra and fought against Vasishta.

     

    3.Viswamitra banished his sons to Dravida Desa.

     

    I shall be posting on each of this controversial views.

     

    Meanwhile there is an interesting story about Viswamitra and Vasishta.

     

    However there seems to be reference to this in the Puranas.

     

    I am posting this as it contains some important information about Sradha.

     

    “Once Vasistha invited his arch enemy Vishwamitra for a feast on a Srardha day. On the day of Srardha, the departed souls are propitiated.

     

     

    Brahmins and saints were fed on the day.

     

     

    The guests are worshipped as the representatives of the departed souls.

     

    Vishvamitra promised to participate on one condition.

     

    He insisted that he must be served with 1008 curries (side dishes).

     

    Vasishta knew what he was up to. He told him that he would inform his  wife Arundhati.

     

    Vasishta informed Arundhati the condition laid by Vishwamitra.

     

    She did not bother. On the day of Srardha , Vishwamitra came and sat at the dining hall.

    But to his disappointment he saw only 10+ curries on the plate (plantain leaf). When he angrily questioned Vasishta, he told him to put the question to Arundhati as she was in charge of the ceremony.

    Before Vishwamitra questioned her, Arundhati recited a popular sloka (couplet) which made Vishwamitra speechless.

    What did Arundhati tell him?
    कारवल्लि शांत चैव वज्र वल्लि शतत्रयं
    पनसं षट् शतंचैव श्रार्धकाले विधीयते

    Kaaravalli satam chaiva vajra valli satatrayam
    Panasam shat satam chaiva sraardhakaalE VidhiiyatE

    “If someone serves at the time of Srardha, karela/bitter gourd that is equal to 100 items, Pirandai that is equal to 300 curry items and the Jack fruit that is equal to 600 items. That is the rule for the ceremony.”
    Srardha= ceremony to pay obeisance to the departed souls.
    Vajravalli/Pirandai = Cissus quadrangula
    Vitis quadrangularis

    She served these three vegetable dishes along with 8 more items on the plate.

    So it came to 1008 items.

    Vishwamitra was happy  with the explanation.

    Citation.

    http://tamilandvedas.com/2014/06/09/arundhati-wins-vishwamitra-defeated/

     

     

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  • Sages Of India List A Timeline

    There are numerous Sages, Seers in India.

     

    My sister-in-law had prepared a List of 1008 Rishis, including Siddhas.

     

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    Siddhas, Sages, India Image credit http://shoppingtreesgashram.org/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=47

     

    I have misplaced it.

     

    I shall find and update.

     

    Meanwhile The following is a list from the web

     

     

    • Bharadwaja
    • Bhrigus
    • Bhrigu
    • Bhrigu Ashram (Ballia)
    • Bhringi
    • Brahmarshi

    • Chyavana

    • Dadhichi
    • Dandamis
    • Devala
    • Devapi
    • Dirghatamas
    • Divodasa
    • Durvasa

    • Four Kuma

     

      • Gaadhi

     

     

    • Garga
    • Gautama Maharishi
    • Dhanraj Giri
    • Gritsamada
    • Gurumalleshwara

    • Jahanu
    • Jaimini
    • Jamadagni

    • Kacha (sage)
    • Kalanos
    • Kalyanananda
    • Kanada
    • Kanva
    • Kanwa
    • Kapila
    • Kashyapa
    • Kindama
    • Kutsa

    • Lopamudra

    • Mandavya
    • Marichi
    • Markandeya
    • Karni Mata
    • Muchukunda

    • Nachiketa
    • Namas (rishi)
    • Nara-Narayana
    • Narada
    • Nischayananda
    • Parashara
    • Parashurama
    • Pulastya

    • Raikva
    • Rajarshi

    • Sage Kambu Swayambhuva
    • Sakayanya
    • Śakti Maharṣi
    • Sanatkumara
    • Sandilya (Rishi)
    • Sandipani
    • Sankriti
    • Saptarishi
    • Sathyananda Saraswathi
    • Satyakama Jabala
    • Shravan
    • Shukra
    • Shuka
    • Svecchamrityu (Iccha-mrityu)
    • Swami Sadananda

    • Upamanyu

    • Vaisampayana
    • Valmiki
    • Vartantu
    • Vashistha
    • Vatula
    • Vedic priesthood
    • Vibhandak Rishi
    • Vishrava
    • Vishvamitra
    • Visravas
    • Vyaghrapada
    • Vyasa

    • Yajnavalkya

    A Timeline of some of them.

     

    Vedic Sages
    Some of the great Vedic Sages include: Agasti, Angiras, Atri, Bharadwaja, Bhrigu, Dadheechi, Durvas, Gautam, Jamadagni, Kanwa, Kapila, Kashyap, Markandeya, Pulastya, Vaishampayan, Vasishta, Vishwamitra, Vyas & Yadnyavalkya.
    6,300BC Vashistha
    The Kulapati, of the Gurukul on the banks of the river Saraswati. Over a thousand disciples learnt Vedas at this ashram.
    6,300BC Vishwamitra
    He mastered the Vedas and became as great as his contemporary Vasishta. He wrote the Gayatri Mantra and created Pratisrusthi.
    3,100BC Ved Vyas
    He wrote Brahmasutras, Mahabharat, and Bhagwat Puraan. He collected all the Vedic mantras and wrote them in a standard format and accent. Vedas existing today are as written down by Vyas.
    800BC Sushrut
    The Ayurvedic surgeon who performed cesareans, cataract operations, artificial limbs, treated fractures, urinary stones, performed plastic surgery and brain surgery too! Usage of anesthesia was also known to him. He and his team of physicians used over 125 surgical equipments.
    600BC Kanad
    He putforth the idea of the atomic constitution of materials.
    500BC Panini
    In a treatise called Astadhyayi, Panini provides 4,000 grammar rules that describe the Sanskrit language of his day completely. This grammar is acknowledged to be one of the greatest intellectual achievements of all time. One may speak of a Panini machine as a model for the most powerful computing system.
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    500BC Patanjali
    Bhagvan Patanjali is revered for his Yoga Sutras, that set the principles of yoga. Today we know about meditation and Raja Yoga, only due to Patanjali. He is also the author of Maha_bha_shya, an elaboration of Panini’s grammar.
    350BC
    Bakhsali manuscript presents rules and solutions to geometric, algebraic and arithmetical problems.
    290BC Bhadrabahu
    He solved the Pythagorean theorem.
    100AD Charak
    A great Ayurvedic Vaidya who wrote a book on Ayurvedic medicine called Charak Samhita. He resided at the courts of the Kushan king Kanishka.
    353AD Kalidas
    He wrote poems of epic proportions, and is regarded as the most outstanding writer of classical Sanskrit. He resided at the court of the Gupta king Chandra Gupta II in Pataliputra. His works include: Shakuntala, Vikramorvasi, Malavikagnimitra, Raghuvansa, Kumarasambhava, Meghadoot, and Ritusamhar.
    476AD Aryabhatta
    He calculated the accurate values of Pi, length of the day and length of the year. He believed that the Moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight, incredibly he believed that the orbits of the planets are ellipses (This was proved by Kepler, 1200 years later!). He correctly explains the causes of eclipses of the Sun and the Moon.
    598AD Brahmagupta
    His understanding of the number systems was far beyond others of the period. He gave remarkable formulas for the area of a cyclic quadrilateral and for the lengths of the diagonals in terms of the sides. Brahmagupta also studied arithmetic progressions, quadratic equations, theorems on right-angled triangles, surfaces and volumes.
    1114AD Bhaskaracharya
    He understood 0 and negative numbers. He knew that x2=9 had two solutions. Bhaskara studied Pell’s equation. He studied many Diophantine problems. His mathematical works include Lilavati, Bijaganita and Karanakutuhala (Calculation of Astronomical Wonders).
    1300AD Sayana
    He was the minister at the court of Vijayanagar Emperor Bukka. He explains a rucha in Rig Veda where the the speed of light is calculated to be 2,202 yojanas in half a nimesha, which does come to 186,536 miles per second.
    1500AD Madhava
    Discovered the series for sin x, cos x, tan-1 x. About 150 years before Newton.

     

    Citation.

     

    Sages of India

     

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