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  • Vedic Sanskrit Past Of Lithuania

    The Vedic presence is strong in the Russian region, and Caucasus.

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    Lithuania ,World Map.

    This can be probably due to the presence of Shiva, Ganesha and later by Pradhyumna in the Russian, Baltic and Arctic Region.

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    Asvinikumaras,Hinduism.

    Please read my posts on these.

    The presence of Asvinikumaras are to found in households in Lithuania.

    ‘Lithuania (Listeni/ˌlɪθjuːˈeɪniə/; Lithuanian: Lietuva; [ˈliɛtʊvaː] ), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in Northern Europe,[9] one of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south,Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 3 million as of 2013, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Lithuanians are a Baltic people…..

    Asvinikumaras.

    The Ashvins or Ashwini Kumaras (Sanskrit: āśvin-, dual āśvinau), in Hindu mythology, are two Vedic gods, divine twin horsemen in the Rigveda, sons of Saranyu (daughter ofVishwakarma), a goddess of the clouds and wife of Surya in his form as Vivasvant. They symbolise the shining of sunrise and sunset, appearing in the sky before the dawn in a golden chariot, bringing treasures to men and averting misfortune and sickness. They are the doctors of gods and are devas of Ayurvedic medicine. They are represented as humans with head of a horse. In the epic Mahabharata, King Pandu’s wife Madri is granted a son by each Ashvin and bears the twins Nakula and Sahadeva who, along with the sons of Kunti, are known as the Pandavas.

    They are also called Nasatya (dual nāsatyau “kind, helpful”) in the Rigveda; later, Nasatya is the name of one twin, while the other is called Dasra (“enlightened giving”). By popular etymology, the name nāsatya is often incorrectly analysed as na+asatya “not untrue”=”true”.’

    “Traditionally, the Vedic peoples of Lithuania worshipped the Ašvieniai, the divine horse twins, related to the goddess Ūsinis. They are said to pull the Sun Chariot through the sky. The Lithuanian people continue to adorn their roof tops with the symbol of the divine horse twins in order to receive protection for the household…

    Sanskrit Roots.

    Asva(Lithuanian)=Ashva(Sanskrit) meaning ‘horse’
    Dievas (Lithuanian)=Devas (Sanskrit) meaning ‘gods’, ‘the shining ones’;
    Dumas (Lithuanian)=Dhumas(Sanskrit) meaning ‘smoke’
    Sunus (Lithuanian)=Sunus(Sanskrit) meaning ‘son’
    Vyras(Lithuanian)=Viras(Sanskrit) meaning ‘man’
    Padas(Lithuanian)=Padas(Sanskrit) meaning ‘sole of the foot’
    Ugnis(Lithuanian)=Agnis(Sanskrit) meaning ‘fire’
    Vilkas(Lithuanian)=Vrkas(Sanskrit) meaning ‘wolf’
    Ratas(Lithuanian)=Rathas(Sanskrit) meaning ‘carriage’
    Senis(Lithuanian)=Sanas(Sanskrit) meaning ‘old’
    Dantis(Lithuanian)=Dantas(Sanskrit) meaning ‘teeth’
    Naktis(Lithuanian)=Naktis(Sanskrit) meaning ‘night’

    Linguistic connection with Sanskrit

    Amongst the European languages, apparently Lithuanian is closest in grammar to Sanskrit. There is a team of scholars at JNU in Delhi studying the connection between Sanskrit and Lithuanian.

    Here are a few striking observations :

    The word..

    • for Son: Sanskrit sunus – Lithuanian sunus
    • for Sheep: Sanskrit avis – Lithuanian avis
    • for Sole: Sanskrit padas – Lithuanian padas
    • for Man: Sanskrit viras – Lithuanian vyras
    • for Smoke: Sanskrit dhumas – Lithuanian dumas

    A detailed study on these similarities.

    Next I will compare some verb conjugations in Sanskrit, Lithuanian, Greek and Latin. One of the most striking examples is the present tense conjugation of the verb ‘to bei or ‘is, are.’ I must point out first that apparently Proto-Indo-European had a category denoting two items, in addition to a category denoting singular and plural such as we have in English. This is called the dual. It may be hard to understand why this was necessary, since in English we get along quite well with only the singular and the plural. On the other hand, speakers of certain oriental languages wonder why it is necessary to distinguish all the time between singular and plural. A real need to distinguish singular and plural arises very occasionally. Be that as it may, Sanskrit, Lithuanian and ancient Greek have this extra, and from our point of view, superfluous category. Compare then, the following conjugations:

    Sanskrit

    Lithuanian

    Singular

    1st as-mi ‘I am’
    2nd asi ‘thou art’
    3rd as-ti ‘he, she, it is’

    1st es-ù (older es-mi)
    2nd es-ì (<*es-si)
    3rd ẽs-ti ‘there is’

    Dual

    s-vah ‘we two are’
    s-thah ‘you two are’
    s-tah ‘they two are’

    ẽs-ava (older es-va)
    ẽs-ata (older es-ta)
    ——————

    Plural

    s-mah ‘we are’ (more than two)
    s-tha ‘you are’ (more than two)
    s-anti ‘they are’ (more than two)

    ẽs-ame (older es-me)
    ẽs-ate (older es-te)   ——————

    (yra ‘is, are’ may be an innovation or may be an ancient inheritance) (Contemporary Lithuanian does not distinguish any number in the third person verbal forms.)

     Greek

    Latin

    Singular

    1st ei-mí
    2nd eî (<*es-si?)
    3rd es-tí

    1st sum (<*es-mi?)
    2nd es (<*es-si?)
    3rd es-t (<*es-ti?)

    Dual

    none attested
    es-tón
    es-tón

    none attested
    none attested
    none attested

    Plural

    es-mén
    es-té
    eisí (<*s-enti?)

    s-umus (<*s-omos?)
    es-tis (<*es-te-s?)
    sunt (<*s-onti?)

    When we compare the contemporary French paradigm which we have chosen as the modern version of Latin we find that the French verb does a little better than the noun.

     French

    Singular
    1st je suis
    2nd tu es (pronounced e)
    3rd il est (pronounced e)

    Plural
    nous sommes
    vous êtes
    ils sont

    Still it seems that the Lithuanian verb is out ahead of the French verb.

    Citation.

    http://www.indiadivine.org/news/history-and-culture/the-vedic-people-of-lithuania-r842

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashvins

    http://www.lituanus.org/1982_1/82_1_01.htm

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  • Asthabuhja,Eight Armed Devi Worshiped in Mexico

    The Vedic Influence in the Americas is very high.

    The Mayans, Incas and Aztecs have their roots in Vedic Dharma and Tamil

    Please read y posts filed under Hinduism.

    The rituals, calendar, Deities worshiped have a close resemblance to Hinduism.

    Hindu Trinity – Brahma- Vishnu- Shiva and the Mexican Trinity are Ho- Huitzilopochtli- Tlaloc .

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    Eight armed Devi in Mexico

    The idols were represented with serpents round their heads, as for Lord Shiva.-basically raised Kundalini.

    The Swastika sign of this area , seen on a “huaco” pot had with four dots inside, a Vedic sign .

    The ancient American’s dresses (male and female) were simple and similar to those of Hindu dresses.

     

    Ayar Inoa King used to wear a turban, earring and a trishul type trident in his hand.

    Archaeologists found many Hindu deities like Shiva, black meteorite Shiva linga, Lord Ganesha, Goddess Kali, Sun god Surya , Buddha etc. (in similar or slightly different forms) which were worshiped in ancient America.

    Images of Ganesha have been excavated in plenty in Mexico. This god with the elephant’s trunk is frequently depicted in Mexican manuscripts . Lord Ganesha ‘Ekadant Ganesh’ was found in the temple at Kopan .

     

    The image of Hanuman called by the name ‘Wilka Huemana’ and measuring 50 feet in height and 12 feet in breadth was found in Guatemala. Similar one was found during an excavation of an Aztec temple in Mexico City and was known as ‘Euhectal’, a wind God, a monkey God.

     

    In the jungles of Honduras idols sit in Hindu mudra meditation pose .

    The Hindu doctrine of the ages is found on a massive stone monolith popularly known as the Aztec calendar. This amazing piece of stone disc is 12 feet in diameter and weights more than 20 tons.

     

    A festival called Sita-Ram (Situa – Raimi) was celebrated in Mexico during Nav-Ratri or Dussehra period which has been described on page 5867 in the book ‘Hamsworth History of the World’.  ( read my post0

    Both in Central and South America, there are found Sati cremation, priesthood, gurukul system, yajna, birth, marriage and death ceremonies to some extent similar to the Hindus. When Pizarro killed Peruvian King Atahualpa his 4 wives committed Sati—or self sacrifice.

    Same with Hindu concepts of cataclysm, rebirth, four yugas and the concept of two planets like Rahu and Ketu causing solar eclipse

    AZTEC OF MEXICO is derived from “worshipper of Ashtabhuja or Ashtak ( 8 armed ) ” , the eight armed God- found in Mexican temples.

    Citation.

    http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.in/2012/07/maya-inca-aztec-civilizations-decoded.html

    The above Link is an excellent source that can guide one to research further.

  • Where Vishnu Handed Over Amirtha, Nectar Thirukadavur Amirtha Narayana

    Sometimes,, when many temples are present in a city, all equally significant, as in Kumbakonam, many miss some temples because one temple is quite popular.

    This is true of Thirukadavur where Goddess Abhirami is famous , as is Amirthakadeswarar, the place where Abhirami Andhadi was born and people have their Shashtiaptha poorthi celebrated.

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    Thirukadavur Amirthanarayana Perumal Temple Image Credit.http://www.agasthiar.org/a/amrita.htm

    What people are not aware is the fact is that this place is where Lord Vishnu cut the head  of an Asura who sought Amirtha  and the body parts became Rahu and Ketu, two shadow Planets.

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    Rahu and Ketu in Amirthanarayana Perumal Temple,Thirukadavur

    It is lLocated 100yards south of the renowned Thiru Amirtha Kadeswarar -Abhirami temple is the ancient Amirtha Narayana Perumal temple in Thiru Kadaiyur, whose legend dates back to the churning of nectar and distribution to the Devas. Bala Anjaneya is a highlight here at this temple, which is entirely of ‘brick’ construction.

    Moolavar        : Amirtha Narayana Perumal in a Grand Sitting Posture

    Goddess           : Amirtha Valli Thaayar

    Time                : 8am-1pm

    Contact            : Rangaraja Bhattar @ 75983 80204(check phone number)

    How to reach.

    Airport.Tiruchi.

    Railway Station.Mayiladhturai,Kumbakonam.

    Bus station. Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai.

    Thiru Kadaiyur is 20kms from Mayiladuthurai / Sirkazhi. Take Tharangambadi bound bus via Akkur cross road to reach the temple. Auto from Thiru Kadaiyur bus stand will cost Rs. 40.

    Legend.

    With the churning of the Nectar, Lord Narayana was all set to hand over the nectar to the Devas here at Thiru Kadaiyur but to his surprise the nectar disappeared and turned into a Shiva lingam (Amirtha Kadeswarar). Lord Narayana sought the permission of Goddess Abhirami (his sister) to help secure the nectar from Thiru Kadeswarar.  She appeared before him here at Thiru Kadaiyur and helped devas regain their powers.

    While the Devas received the nectar from Lord Narayana here at the Amirtha Pushkarani, an asura too secretly picked it up only to be struck down by Lord Amirtha Narayanan. Having consumed the nectar, the asura did not die but had his body cut into two pieces – Rahu and Kethu. In memory of this event, they are seen here together in a separate sannidhi – a special feature at this temple. This is said to be a parikara sthalam for liberation from Rahu-Kethu dosham.

    The Temple needs renovation.

    Citation.

    http://prtraveller.blogspot.in/2014/06/thiru-kadaiyur-amirtha-narayana-perumal.html

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  • Hinduism Is Mathematics Fibonacci Golden Ratio In Meru

    Philosophical enquiry needs an  analytic  Mathematical Mind.

    One would notice that most of the Great Philosophers of the world have also been great Mathematicians.

    Rene Descartes, Leibniz,Spinoza,Siddhas of India,Pingala, Arya Bhatta, Varaha Mihira….

    It is easy for a Mathematician to understand Nature which is mathematically constructed.

    Every atom to an elephant is made mathematically.

    There is Uniformity and Rhythm in Nature.

    This applies to actions and reactions.

    The term Rta is dealt separately in Hinduism.

    This means order.

    Please read my post on this.

    Another point in Hinduism is what is in Macrocosm is in Microcosm and vice versa.

    What is found in the Universe is found in Man.

    For example,

    The ratio 1:1.618 is a golden ratio which is found all over the cosmos. Stick out your forefinger. The ratio from the first two bones is 1:1.618. Now the ratio between the 2nd middle bone and the third bone terminating at the knuckle is also 1:1.618.  The ration from your navel to top of your head and bottom of your feet is also 1:1.618

    This is called the Fibonacci Ratio.

    Fibonacci Ratio in Leaves

    Arrangements of the leaves

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    Fibonacci Ration in Leaves.

    Also, many plants show the Fibonacci numbers in the arrangements of the leaves around their stems. If we look down on a plant, the leaves are often arranged so that leaves above do not hide leaves below. This means that each gets a good share of the sunlight and catches the most rain to channel down to the roots as it runs down the leaf to the stem.
    The computer generated ray-traced picture here is created by my brother, Brian.

    Leaves per turn

    The Fibonacci numbers occur when counting both the number of times we go around the stem, going from leaf to leaf, as well as counting the leaves we meet until we encounter a leaf directly above the starting one.

    If we count in the other direction, we get a different number of turns for the same number of leaves.

    The number of turns in each direction and the number of leaves met are three consecutive Fibonacci numbers!

    Fibonacci Number in Mount Meru

     

    Mount Meru is an actual and sacred mountain in Tanzania/Arctic, it is also the name given to the Fibonacci series in the Maatraameru (Mountain of Cadence) written by Pingala in the Chhandah-shastra (Art of Prosody) around 450 BC. In this writing, it was organized as a pyramid, today known as Pascal’s triangle, like this:

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    Mount Meru In Numbers

    Kubera was revered as the chief of the Guhyakas and was the ‘king of kings’, the ‘god’ and ‘guardian of the North’. The word Guhyakas comes from the word ‘godha’ (root gudh or guh), meaning chameleon – a dragon-serpent. It seems that in Hindu mythology, ‘god’ is a ‘naga’ or ‘dragon serpent’ who lives at the top of Mount Meru and hides a golden treasure.

    Thus we find that God is associated in ancient Hindu mythology with the infinite and irrational golden ratio at the center of a Fibonacci spiral symbolized as a mountain, pyramid or perhaps an infinite spiraling vortex (like the Hindu Schwass-tika). Further reading on the subject describes Mt. Meru as home to all of the gods, closely resembling the Biblical concept of a heaven paved with gold.

    As one last note, in Vedic astrology, Kubera’s golden treasure is guarded by Shukra, which is the Hindu name for the planet Venus. Shukra is then celebrated in a specific month in the Hindu calendar called JyeshTha, corresponding to May-June.

    One would find he same in Carnatic Music and Bharata Natya.

    More to follow.

    Citation.

    Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 33 by E. W. Hopkins, 1918.

    2. The Golden Mean and the Physics of Aesthetics, Subhash Kak, Archive of Physics: physics/0411195, 2004

    http://www.hinduism.co.za/anahata.htm#Fibonacci Fingers?

  • Twin Temple Of Shiva Chanchra’s Jora Shiva Temple

    There is a twin Temple of Shiva in Bangladesh in Jessore suburb.

     

    Incidentally this was the first city to be liberated during Pakistan Bangladesh conflict when Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan,as East Pakistan.

     

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    Jessore Shiva Temple.

     

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    View of Jessore Twin Shiva Temple.

     

     

    ‘ Near the town of Jessore, there is a suburb called Chanchra and in there lays a Jora Shiv Temple at Murali in almost dilapidated condition. That temple is a tiny treasure trove of mythological creatures that spawn primarily the Hindu mythology preserved magnificently over the ages, and knowing its history only heightens its significance. Furthermore, getting there from Dhaka is not a big hassle and the can be done within a span of give and take five hours which makes it a must see for those interested in our ancient history…

     

    As the name says, there are two almost identical Shiv temples in the location (Jora, meaning a pair) and the temple themselves are roughly 27 feet in height – not that impressive. However, what are impressive lies in the doorway of the first temple; the arch of the doorway is engraved in repetitive motifs and a little above it lies engraved the head of a mythical creature, with its head shaped like an elephant and teeth like that of a crocodile. Two heads are engraved in symmetry above two ends of the archway and jumping from the two heads are two lions in leap towards a fruit tree, their mouths perched open with a fruit clasped in their teeth. Furthermore, roughly 7-8 feet above the lions lie plastered a small almost destroyed image with four arms which could either represent the Hindu god Shiv, or Kali (Shiv’s destructive form is known as Kali; Shiv being the destroyer of the world). Above the plastered image lie a row of images of humans and one fruit, with the two heads of the mythical creature at two ends of the row as if engulfing the humans.

     

    The Sea Monster

    I was amazed the first time I saw the temple. Most famous temples are engraved with stories from the Mahabharata or the Ramayana, such as the Kantajee temple or the Govinda temple, but this was a first I encountered in Bangladesh intricately decorated solely based on creature mythology. The elephant head with teeth of a crocodile was undoubtedly that of a makara. Locals address it as the mokkor and claim it to be a sea monster still lurking in the waters of our part of the world – our very own lochness monster you may say – and some even claimed that their forefathers had seen it. I do not know about the sightings but they were at least partially right.

    The makara has appeared in Indian and Buddhist art from ancient times: on temple pots, on rare pre-Kusana (1st century AD, in the region that is now Afghanistan) coins, on temple walls, as sculptured waterspout.

     

    The temple is in a ruined condition.

     

    I am unable to get the History of the Temple.

    Citation.

    http://bangladeshunlocked.blogspot.in/2011/03/chanchra-shiva-temple-jessore.html

    http://adnanfakir.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/chanchra%E2%80%99s-jora-shiv-temple-the-legend-of-the-makara/

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