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Dr. Sampadananda Mishra
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Sanskrit – a self-existent truth and power
Life is infinite and rich in its possibilities. All language is an attempt to formulate and communicate the variety and richness of experiences covering the entire gamut of human sensitivity and potentiality. These…
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Evaluating Sanskrit
'There are two forms of knowledge of which those who know Brahman have spoken; the higher and the lower'; what in modern terms can be called knowledge and wisdom. It seems to me that the dilemma of man in this nuclear…
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A Call for the Propagation of Sanskrit
Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages of the world. The deeper one goes into it the more amazed one is by the beauty and perfection of this language. Whichever aspect one explores, there seems to be no limits to its…
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Patanjali
The first commentary on Panini’s Ashtadhyayi was written by Patañjali, one of the most famous Sanskrit grammarians of ancient India. In fact, it was with Patañjali that Indian linguistic science reached its definite…
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Maharishi Panini
There is a story in Kathasaritsagara (it is kathasaritsagara) (originally written in Paishachi (or satanic [a sort of jargon spoken by demons on the stage]) language by Gunadhya and translated into Sanskrit by Somadeva)…
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Rishi Uddalaka
Rishi Uddalaka was famous as a great teacher. He had one son by the name Shvetaketu and one daughter by the name Sujata. There were many disciples getting their education from him in his hermitage. One of the disciples…
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Ashtavakra
Kahoda was the best among other disciples of Sage Uddalaka. Uddalaka was so pleased with him for his dedication and devotion, that he had his daughter Sujata married to him. Sujata, eventually got pregnant, and with the…
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Yajnavalkya
Once king Janaka performed a major sacrifice in which he declared that a thousand cows each carrying a bag of gold coin will be presented the sage who claims to be the most eminent among the sages. None dared to come…
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Kashyapa
Kashyapa, as per the Puranic descriptions, is the father of the Devas, Asuras, Nagas and all of humanity. As per the description of the Mahabharata, he was the son of Marichi, one of the six mind-born sons…
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Maharshi Bhrigu
In the third chapter of Taittiriya Upanishad, we see the story of Bhrigu, son of Varuna. It is said here that once the celebrated sage Bhrigu approached his father Varuna requesting him to instruct about the Brahman…
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