Download or read book The Hamburg Atreya Shiksha Codex written by Vivek Vaidyanathan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hamburg Atreya Shiksha Codex is a palm leaf bundle containing 36 Shiksha texts. Written in the grantha script with a strong and consistent hand, and preserved in the Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Hamburg, it is a well-curated collection of texts on Vedic phonology from the Taittiriya recension of Krishna Yajur Veda. The complete collection of texts is presented here in the Devanagari script, with an extensive introduction, describing the topics and themes of each text. The Atreya Shiksha is the most famous text in this bundle, discovered by Parameshwara Aithal and described for the first time in his Descriptive Bibliography of Veda Lakshana texts. Together with Pari Shiksha, the Atreya Shiksha presents the details of the varnakrama, or letter-by-letter recitation of the Vedic text. There are altogether 9 texts in this collection named after great seers of ancient times, Atreya, Bharadvaja, Kauhaliya, Lakshmikanta, Paniniya, Pari, Vasishtha, Vyasa and Shambhu. There are seven texts named Shiksha which bring out specific details of Vedic phonology, Aranya Shiksha, Kalanirnaya Shiksha, Sarvasammata Shiksha, Sarvasammata Shiksha Savyakhya, Siddhanta Shiksha, Yohi Prapti Shiksha, and Yohi Bhashya. There are texts which teach the details of Jata and the vikriti modes of recitation, Jatamani, Jatamani Vyakhyanam, Jatavalli and Trikrama Lakshanam. There are four texts teaching the fine points of Vedic accents, Svara Panchashat, Svara Samparki Savyakhyana, Svaravadhana Lakshanam and Uccodarki Lakshana Vyakhya. There are five Baith texts devoted to counting the occurrence of specific features in the Vedic texts, Ravana Baith, Ravana Baith paribhasha, Narada Baith, Narada Baith Vyakhya and Vaidyanatha Baith. There are seven texts devoted to fine points of pronunciation, Antanirdesham, Aruna Shamanam, Pranava Vichara, Shadvimshati Sutra, Shakha Shamana, Visarjaniya Lakshanam and Yamapatti. More than half of the 36 texts presented here have not been published before. The scribe, Cakra, son of Rama Aiyyangar of Uruttiti, who originally wrote the palm leaves perhaps 150 years ago, has collected together the broadest, most comprehensive collection of Shiksha texts available in the world today. The texts in this codex compass both the depth and breadth of insight of the ancient seers of Vedic phonology
Download or read book Yogic Flying According to Yoga Vasishtha written by Peter F. Freund and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vasishtha teaches the young boy Rama, the future king of Ayodhya, through stories. Here is the story where Vasishtha explains Yogic Flying. In this true story from the ancient past, King Shikhidhvaja and Queen Chudala are a perfect couple, deeply in love, enjoying the comforts and diversions of royal life together. As they get older and realize that life is fleeting, they turn to meditation. Queen Chudala has great success and gains enlightenment, a state of complete inner and outer fulfillment. But she is unable to convince her husband of the worth of her accomplishment. So she learns Yogic Flying in order to be able to demonstrate her mastery of natural law to her husband. At this point, Rama wants to know what this Yogic Flying is. Vasishtha launches into a 220 verse exposition of the mechanics of Yogic Flying, its stages of development, and its purpose: This is the most comprehensive description of Yogic Flying available in the Vedic Literature. Vasishtha devotes one chapter to explaining the theory and practice of Yogic Flying, and then three chapters on the three stages of Yogic Flying. The first stage is lifting off the ground in short hops; the second stage is marked when the flyer remains in the air, floating; and the third stage is demonstrated by the ability to fly anywhere at will. Special attention is given to the liftoff. The moment of liftoff demonstrates supreme mind-body coordination and gives a glimpse into the world of mastery of total natural law. Even the rank beginners in the practice of Yogic Flying, lifting off the ground in short hops, can have a dramatic influence on the collective consciousness of the whole society, Vasishtha says.In the context of explaining Yogic Flying, Vasishtha teaches Rama the whole story of health and disease. The cause of all disease, Vasishtha explains, is restricted awareness, the inability to grasp the total picture of reality. The cure for this mistake of the intellect, the cure for this ignorant perception of reality according to Vasishtha, is the experience of the total potential of natural law at the moment of liftoff in Yogic Flying. Thus Yogic Flying according to the Yoga Vasishtha is the supreme technology for creating perfect health. These chapters, called Yogasara in the literature, contain the essence of the knowledge of Yoga. This is the core teaching of Yoga in the Yoga Vasishtha.
Download or read book Paniniya Shiksha written by Peter F. Freund and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paniniya Shiksha is the most popular and well-known among the 72 Shiksha texts in Vedic Literature. It is a general manual of Sanskrit pronunciation applicable to all the four Vedas. Clear, concise and comprehensive, it teaches the 64 letters of the alphabet, and covers all the five major divisions of Vedic phonology, pitch, duration, place of articulation, effort or mode of articulation and phonation. This monograph provides a translation and a detailed analysis of the position of Panini's work in the field of Vedic phonology, and in Vedic Literature as a whole. To help the reader follow the logic of the text, a commentary is provided explaining how each verse follows from its previous verse, and how each verse fits into the overall theme of unfoldment of knowledge. The goal of Paniniya Shiksha is to refine the physiology and gain enlightenment through recitation of the Vedic texts with proper pronunciation. This is the program of Vedic education, the standard system of education in ancient India. This broader context of the unfoldment of the full latent potential of the student through Vedic education must be understood in order to fully appreciate the great contribution of Panini in the field of Vedic phonology. The analysis of the broader context of this Shiksha work, shows it to be a proper foundation and starting point for study in all the various disciplines of Vedic science: The origin of speech, described by Panini, is the fountainhead of all knowledge, the wellsprings from which the whole breadth and depth of Vedic Literature find their source and sustenance. Panini lived thousands of years ago, but he has made a lasting contribution to the understanding of the dynamics of integration of life through refinement of speech, through perfecting the pronunciation of the Sanskrit language. Paniniya Shiksha is a manual for correct pronunciation, but it is also a guidebook to complete fulfillment in life through Vedic recitation.
Download or read book Varuna Purana written by Peter F. Freund and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Varuna Purana is a collection of ten stories about Lord Shiva. Many of the stories are well-known, such as the destruction of the sacrifice of Daksha, the destruction of Tripura, and the legend of the demon Andhaka. But other stories are unique to this Purana, such as the story of the first recitation of the Brahma Sutras by Agni, the messenger of the gods; the story of the activities of the gods during the time of cosmic dissolution; and the story of the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva. But Varuna Purana is much more than a collection of stories, it is also a concise digest of complete knowledge of all the 40 branches of Vedic Science. At the same time it is a handbook and guide for growing experiences on the path to enlightenment. This Purana is a brilliant tour de force of its author, the Rishi Shaunaka, who lived thousands of years ago. A special feature of this ancient text is the clear explanation, by the narrator, Lord Varuna, of the metaphor of the stories in terms of the growth of higher states of consciousness-the growth of enlightenment, the inner awakening. Shiva is a metaphor for the process of transcending and experiencing pure consciousness, "samadhi," as it is called in Yoga, the state of oneness of eternal unmanifest Being. The aniconic form of Shiva, called the "Lingam," is a metaphor for the highest goal of evolution, called "Brahman" in Vedanta, and understood as the supreme, ultimate knowledge of Reality. All of the stories together, in sequence present the milestones in the growth of consciousness on the path to the total awakening in Brahman Consciousness. Since ancient times Varuna Purana has been accepted as one of the 18 Upapuranas. However, in modern times the text has been neglected, and only one copy of the manuscript is known. The text has been transcribed, edited and restored, and translated here for the first time. This book includes the Sanskrit text of Varuna Purana; an English translation; an essay on the importance of Upapurana in Vedic Literature; an analysis of the origin and authenticity of the text; a detailed exposition of the milestones of experience in the growth of higher states of consciousness; parallel passages from other Puranas for each story; and a pictorial presentation of the 108 Karanas or dance-gestures that make up the Dance of Shiva, according to Natya Shastra. All the eternal wisdom of life contained in the Puranas is encapsulated in this Varuna Purana: It is a concise digest of the essential teaching of the Vedas, the wisdom of God realization.
Download or read book Geometric and Ergodic Aspects of Group Actions written by S. G. Dani and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers papers on recent advances in the ergodic theory of group actions on homogeneous spaces and on geometrically finite hyperbolic manifolds presented at the workshop “Geometric and Ergodic Aspects of Group Actions,” organized by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, in 2018. Written by eminent scientists, and providing clear, detailed accounts of various topics at the interface of ergodic theory, the theory of homogeneous dynamics, and the geometry of hyperbolic surfaces, the book is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced graduate students in mathematics.
Download or read book Sums of Reciprocals of Fractional Parts and Multiplicative Diophantine Approximation written by Victor Beresnevich and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2020-04-03 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Yoga Vasishtha Maharamayana The Vairagya Mumukshu Prakarnas and the Utpatti Khanda to chapter L written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical verse work expounding early Vedantic approach in Hindu philosophy.
