Sanskrit

Employing the simile of clearing away of a city’s dirty water as it meets a majestic river like the Ganges, this verse maintains that a sinner attains purity, in the same manner, through unwavering and steadfast adherence to the True Religion. The term khāḍā-khābochiyā(n), as a compound word or two separate words, khāḍā and khābochiyā(n), refer to ditches and puddles of water or pit pools. In the context of this verse, khāḍā-khābochiyā(n) refers to wastewater and sewage. Thus, the first two…

Known as the Axial Age, the 6th century BC started the first day of 600BC and ended the last day of 501BC, representing a peak period in human history. If the media had existed, Sanskrit clay tablets would have read from UPI Babylon: Israelites Living in Captivity Return Home to Build Second Temple, Confucius and Laozi Teach New Ethical and Religious Ideas in China and on the home front: Mahavira Founds New Religion Jainism. The Buddha was born Prince Siddhartha Gautama in Nepal to the Sakyas…

Around the age of thirty Siddhartha, sees the Four Passing Signs and forgoes his life of luxuries and attachments to his wife and son, to become a wandering ascetic. It was considered respectable for noblemen in India during Siddhartha’s time to go off in search of truth, but in retirement, not as a young man. (Gach) Perhaps he was influenced by Vardhamana who had done the same thing a few years earlier forming Jainism. According to the traditional accounts, Siddhartha follows an ascetic life…

Did you know that 1 in 6 people in America face hunger? It is sad to know that food insecurity is so common in such a developed country. When we sit down at the table with a full plate, we are grateful for what we have. But just having gratitude is not enough: we must also show it, because “feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” As a result, I think that the best way to show our appreciation is through charity. In conclusion, gratitude extends far…

the oldest religions and originated in 7 BCE to 5 CE. Although it shares many similarities to Hinduism and Buddhism, it is important to acknowledge it as its independent religion, not a sect of these two larger religions. Jainism derives from the Sanskrit word "ji" meaning to "conquer." It refers to the monks and the belief that they must conquer any bodily functions and desires. Those who have reached enlightenment are called "jinas" which directly translates to "conqueror." Jainism has…

Shiva and his weeds Just as the sun is so powerful it can extract water from urine without being polluted, Lord Shiva is so powerful that he can swallow an ocean of poison without being harmed. Similarly, he can smoke marijuana without losing his stature as the greatest Lord. Those who want to smoke marijuana, justifying this by Shiva's smoking it, will first have to prove their prowess by drinking an ocean of poison without being harmed. 

Marijuana has great medicine values, he like taking…

that outline some of the core philosophical concepts of Hinduism. Amongst these are moksha, dharma and advaita. In Sanskrit, moksha means ‘release’ from the cycle of birth and death (samsara) - it is freedom from attachment to materialism in life and detachment from the human world. There are multiple ways to attain moksha, which will be discussed in this essay. Dharma, in sanskrit, means ‘duty’ or ‘ethics’- these are the duties and morals followed by Hindus either pertaining to their individual…

1. Introduction At 1.8 million words, the Mahabharatha is one of the largest epics – roughly 10 times the size of the Iliad and Odyssey combined. At some level, this represents “big data”. Text is generally considered “unstructured” and therefore tough to analyze. But the growing field of text analytics and text visualisation tell us that there’s a lot more structure to plain text than one might think. Mahabharata is the longest epic in the world written around 300 BC, it was narrated by…

The word Buddha means The Awakened One, coming from the Sanskrit root budh – 'to wake'. He is a man who has woken fully, as if from a deep sleep, to discover that suffering, like a dream, is over. The historical Buddha was however a man like any other, but an exceptional one; what he discovered was a way that anyone can walk, providing that they are so inclined. He was not the first Buddha. Others had walked the way before him. He wasn’t a god, a prophet or any kind of supernatural being. He was…

education but finding inner harmony with nature. Hinduism- A polytheistic religion which has small statues that each person worships in their own time and has the concept of rebirth. Vedas - A group of religious scripts containing the earliest Sanskrit literature that…