Special Thoughts
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Previously, we had learnt that Indra is the highest among all the Baahya Prapancha Devata-s. Baahya Prapancha refers to the outer world. As we had seen earlier, Ganapati,…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Daksha Prajaapati Earlier, we learnt a little bit about the Devata in level 10, i.e., Aniruddha, Shachi Devi, Rati Devi, Swaayambhuva Manu, and Bruhaspati. The last Devata in…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Aniruddha Previously, we learnt that Pravaha Vaayu, a.k.a Sparsha Vaayu, is the Devata in Level 11 of Devata hierarchy and that he soaks up the intensity of the…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Pravaha Vaayu or Sparsha Vaayu Previously, we were reviewing the hierarchy of Devata-s at level 12, especially Soorya and Chandra. As mentioned earlier, Soorya is perhaps the best icon for the…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Previously, we learnt about the purpose of Vrata-s and the importance of some specific observances that have the potential fetch us immense Punya. While not observing those Vrata-s…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Previously, we learnt to use the “Drik Panchaanga” online portal to lookup the Tithi for the current day and current location along with a few other useful parameters,…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Continuing on the topic of Panchaanga, let’s learn to use the “Drik Panchaanga” online portal to look up some useful parameters. You can use either a computer or…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Previously, on the topic of Vedic time measurement, we learnt about the Vedic solar calendar. This is also referred to as Sauramaana. Let’s learn some aspects of the…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the www.specialthoughts.com section. Continuing on with the hierarchy of Devata-s, we learnt about Soorya and Chandra, the venerable Devata-s in Level 12. To distinguish between the Devata-s and the astronomical bodies, I’ll…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the www.specialthoughts.com section. Continuing on with the hierarchy of Devata-s, let’s look at the venerable Devata-s in Level 12. Soorya Just from a physical perspective… To see… we need light. While Fire…
