Smārta Brāhmaṇa
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तच्चक्षुर्देवहितं शुक्रमुच्चरत् ।
पश्येम शरदः शतं जीवेम शरदः शतम् ॥
“May we behold for a hundred autumns, that radiant, pure Eye (the Sun), beneficial to the gods, as it rises. May we live for a hundred years.”
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🧵 Exploits of Mahārājādhirāja Jagaddevā Parāmāra ( Part — II ).
This thread deals with Jagaddeva Parāmarā of the Vidarbhā branch of Parāmarās victory over Calūkya Jayasimha Siddhārāj Solaṅkī. The Jainad Inscription is detailed here which is misconstructed by Ganguly.
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🧵 Dominion Of Mahārājā Kṛṣṇārāja Kalācuri of Māhiṣmati.
Samrāt Kṛṣṇārāja Kalācuri was one of the earliest Rājput Emperors to carve a gargantuan empire in the Medieval era of 6th Century (500—600 AD) in central & western India. Let's see the extent of his empire.
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😔 Sadly, Yes.
उपवासः प्रणश्येत् दिवास्वापाक्षमैथुनैः ।
अत्यये चाम्बुपाने च नोपवासः प्रणश्यति ॥
“An upavāsa is ruined by sleeping during the day, gambling with dice, and sexual intercourse.But drinking water in an emergency does not cause the upavāsa to be ruined”
~Vācaspatiyam
Parents had a good day today.
Both fasted, went out for a movie, clicked pics & cooking the dinner together.
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करवा-चौथ का मूल क्या है?
हिन्दी में करवा कहते हैं धातु या मिट्टी के ऐसे लोटे को जिसमें टोंटी लगी। ऐसे पात्र का इस व्रत में पहले प्रयोग होता था। करवा शब्द संस्कृत के करक शब्द से आया है जिसका अर्थ है कमण्डलु, संन्यासी अथवा ब्रह्मचारी का जलपात्र। संस्कृत करक शब्द का रामायण, महाभारत, मनुस्मृति, अर्थशास्त्र, आदि अनेक ग्रन्थों में प्रयोग है। हिन्दी का चौथ शब्द संस्कृत के चतुर्थ शब्द से आया है। संस्कृत चतुर्थ से प्राकृत में चउथ शब्द बना जो कालान्तर में चौथ बन गया। इस प्रकार करक से करवा और चतुर्थ से चौथ।
करवा-चौथ का मूल है करक-चतुर्थी। काशीनाथ उपाध्याय के धर्मसिन्धु और कमलाकर भट्ट के निर्णयसिन्धु में करवा चौथ की तिथि को करक-चतुर्थी कहा गया है। विश्वनाथ शर्मा कृत व्रतराज में करक-चतुर्थी-व्रत का वर्णन मिलता है।
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Provision for Vrata During Menstruation (or Periods)
Viśvanāthaśarmā's Vratarāja states:
Now, the viśeṣa niyama for strī-s is stated. In Padma Purāṇa uddhṛta (quoted) by Hemādri: "When a garbhiṇī, sūtikā, etc., or a kumārī, or a rogiṇī is aśuddhā, she should have the vrata anuṣṭhita by anya-jana (other); when she is prayatā (śuddha), she should do it svayaṁ (herself)." Prayatā is śuddhā, who should do the vrata herself, so is the artha. As per Hemādri, this vidhi is prayojya for puṁsa (puruṣa) as well because the liṅga prayukta in vidhi is not vivakṣita. Similarly, this vidhi is to be followed by strī-s upon rajodarśana. And thus, Satyavrata (smṛti) states: "If rajas should occur for a nārī who has ārabdha a dīrgha-tapas, then there shall not be uparodha of the vrata in any manner at all." Here, vrata refers to upavāsa, such is the artha. However, she should have pūjā, etc. done by anya (another). Likewise in the case of sūtaka. And so, therein, it's stated: "Whatever vrata was pūrva saṅkalpita by those of su-niyata vrata, that (vrata) must be done in śuddha (avasthā) by nara-s without dāna and arcanā." Now, the pratinidhi would be stated. In apekṣā of the praśna that "Through whom should one get the vrata done (when one's aśuci)?", therein Paiṭhīnasi answers: "A bhāryā should do vrata of her pati, and the pati should do vrata of his bhāryā. In case of asāmarthya of both, an apara (other) may perform it on their behalf, and thus vrata-bhaṅga doesn't arise." Apara refers to putra, etc. here. Therein, Vāyu Purāṇa states: "If one is aśakta for an upavāsa, whether one may be even an āhitāgni, he should have it (upavāsa) done by putra or anya Brāhmaṇa. One who causes the upavāsa to be performed such attains śataguṇa (hundred-fold) puṇya..." And these pratinidhi-s are not prayojya in kāmya vrata-s. And so, Maṇḍana states: "There is no pratinidhi in a kāmya karma, that exists only in a nitya or naimittika karma. However, some hold pratinidhi to be upādeya even in a kāmya karma after the upakrama."
Thus, a rajasvalā or sūtikā strī should not do ārambha of vrata because of being aśuci, until she becomes śuci. In the case of nitya-naimittika vrata (such as naimittika-ekādaśī vrata), she may get her pati, putra, etc. to do it on her behalf, and let pūjā, dāna, cooking of prasāda, etc. be done by other. However, if a strī is on a vrata already and her rajodarśana occurs during the vrata, then there's no problem at all. She should continue without hesitation. But she should get pūjā, dāna, etc. performed by other (such as pati, putra, etc.) on her behalf.
Karpatri ji is neither infallible nor some random Sanyasi.
Refuting him 2-3 topics doesn't damage his staure or make anyone "non-trad". I know of plenty people within the tradition, who would line by line write what @KushagraAniket wrote
But people make too much of fuss about it
It's quite funny though, that both the spectrum of racial ideologies had sympathy for Ravan.
Be it Northie Brahmins, or south Indian Dravidianist OBCs and Dalits.
Not to imply Sai Pallavi is a Dravidianist.
Sai Pallavi at #RamayanaPart1 LA premiere :
"Ravana is not all bad"👀
"It's important that we spot ravana in us and we make changes over time"
Controversial take 🫠
> You did the same to Buddhism
Hell yeah,we did. It was the result of the Hindu orthodoxy's intellectual resistance. We have some 1000 years of continuous recorded debates between us.
Not foreign funded ricebag conversion program, only to be decimated by a single law amendment.
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🧵 Contemporary Marāṭhi Letters Confirming that Marāṭhas ( Gaikwad in this case ) were Kumbhīs by Jatī or Caste.
The letter refers to a post marriage dispute that was officially recognised in Marāṭha court for proceedings. The letter is dated to 1772 AD.
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No one can actually fit the description of Ram Ji, nor his character.
Hence I always have leaning towards animation for the portrayal of our gods.
Or at the very least, cast a new face.
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Just few months back in a Function Jagadguru Sannidanam had said that he dosent know Malayalam but next time when he addresses Malayalees he will surely speak in Malayalam today he spoke effortlessly in his Anugraha Bashanam. #SringeriJagadguru are Sakshat Saraswati Avatara 😍🙏
