Sanskrit

Siddhartha Siddhartha is a novel written by Hermann Hesse that is organized in two parts called "The Brahmin's Son" and "Kamala." "The Brahmin's Son" has 4 chapters as "Kamala" has 8. Each parts have several chapters titled after a certain event in Siddhartha's life in chronological order. The story initially has young Siddhartha in his village located in ancient India. He is presented as affable and handsome young boy who is expected to follow in his father's footsteps as a well-respected…

Under the control of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. After Germany’s downfall in World War II, the Nazi Party was convicted of war crimes related to the murder of some six million European Jews during the Nazis’ control. But during his time, the Nazi created a program for the superior race this was called the Lebensborn program. This program was designed to breed the master race and stop the high rate of abortion which was at 800,000 in…

Not only does art and music become hindered when cultural appropriation is shunned, but so does personal expression. For instance, it is a human right in the United States to express oneself freely, whether that expression be of religion, language, or even as simple as hairstyles. In March of 2016, a video taken at San Francisco State University went viral when an African American student confronted a white student with dreadlocks, accusing him of cultural appropriation. The black girl, Bonita…

The earliest stringed instruments known to Archaeologists are bowl harps and tanburs.(3) The bowl harps were made with Tortoise shell and calabash. The next most common are types of harps. The world's museums contain many such "harps" from the ancient Sumerian, Babylonian, and Egyptian civilisations. Around 2500 - 2000 CE more advanced harps, such as the opulently carved 11-stringed instrument with gold decoration found in Queen Shub-Ad's tomb, started to appear.(3) A tanbur is defined as "a…

record of sugar cane was found in India, being used in religious ceremonies (Aronson, 11). While using sugar cane in religious ceremonies that also used fire, sugar crystals were formed. The word khanda comes from the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit and is used to describe sugar crystals. The word khanda was later translated to the modern day word…

Suryanamaskar (The Sun Salutation): Why you do it and How to do it; transforming your life The name Suryanamaskar is self –explanatory. Surya meaning sun and namaskar meaning salutation in Sanskrit. It is a series of asanas, whose origin lies in India, where a large number of its population worships the sun god, Surya. It is a chain of twelve postures, each having its unique and magnificent benefit on your body, mind and soul. You come back from your hectic schedule and crash land on your couch…

discourse as scripture was used as the defining feature of sati, furthering the project of preservation. Scripture was thus used as a tool in the invention of tradition. The British approached various pundits and received interpretations of selected Sanskrit text . Orientalist scholarship concluded that India was a nation governed by scripture . These interpretations were used…

Professional Values: Sewa, Mudita, and Ubuntu In reflecting on my experiences in nursing and attempting to frame my nursing practice, I have discovered three values that influence who I am as a nurse: sewa, mudita, and Ubuntu. Sewa, or seva, is a Sanskrit word that describes service performed without any expectation of award (“BBC,” 2014). Sewa entails physical, mental, and material service, and unlike altruism, which removes the self from the service of others, sewa allows me to embrace my…

The languages of the original texts are different because of their geographical differences as Jews have their bible in Hebrew and on the other hand Hindu’s have their Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit. Besides the two religions contrast in their essential religious convictions; Jews entirely have faith in one God and have no exemption. Hindu’s additionally claim to believe in one God, Brahma (the creator). Hindus are less specific about their…

Many people wonder why it is that even with a god that evil still exists. No one can truly answer this, but there is a moral lesson to be learned from having such evils in this world. H. J McCloskey states, “Surely a good, omnipotent being would have made a world that is free of evil of any kind. Either God cannot abolish evil or he will not; if he cannot, then he is not all-powerful; if he will not, he is not all good.” (H. J McCloskey) Despite the constant bad things, we continue to have faith…