Author name: Dwaipayan Pradhan

The concept of Vaata – वातः, Pitta – पित्तम् & Kapha – कफः

The concepts of Vaata – वातः, Pitta – पित्तम् and Kapha – कफः, called Dhatu (धातुः), are central to Ayurveda – the ancient Indian system of long and healthy life. For understanding these concepts, one has to look at the physics of everything, because the body represents the universe (यत्पिण्डे तद्ब्रह्माण्डे). What we know as […]

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शिवरात्रि विज्ञान Science behind Shivaratri २ Why pour milk on Shiva Lingam?

Read part 1 here. To understand the concept of pouring milk over Shiva Lingam, we must understand the concepts of Rudra and Shiva. When all forces are in equilibrium, everything is in equilibrium– hence there is no reaction. It can be called singularity (स्थिति). At that stage, there is no space (देश – sequential interval

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शिवरात्रि विज्ञान Science behind Shivaratri १

Do you want to make your shivaratri more shubh (pious) by knowing most logical and scientific reason behind it? Shivaratri is a big festival in India. Generally the unmarried girls celebrate it by fasting and worshipping Shiva and it is believed that, it leads to getting a good husband. Even married women observe the fasting.

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वेद में अवतार ४ – नृसिंह अवतार (होलिका दहन)

Holika Dahana – burning of Holika, the demoness (होलिकादहन), is associated with Nrisimha Avatara (नृसिंह अवतार). The story is that the Demon King Hiranya Kashipu (हिरण्यकशिपु) had a son named Prahlada (प्रह्लाद), who was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. The father tried to dissuade him, but failed. Once he called Holika (होलिका), a relative, who

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What is Veda – वेद क्या है? Know from modern physics view

Veda is not the four printed volumes of that name. They are not related to any specific religion. It is the universal book of knowledge of mankind from which all science can be derived. By knowledge – ज्ञानम् is meant the perception of commonalities (called SAADHARMYA – साधर्म्य) of everything in the universe (कस्मिन्नु भगवो विज्ञाते सर्वमिदं विज्ञातं भवतीति – what is that knowledge by knowing which, everything becomes known) – to determine the common cause of everything (like the protons and electrons – देवाः – to quark-gluon plasma and beyond -प्रकृतिलयाः – and who or what created these and how, and how do they combine).

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