Author name: Dwaipayan Pradhan

The concepts of अक्षर, वर्ण and छन्द

Let us focus on the word अक्षर. It is not the same as वर्ण. The word अक्षर which literally means imperishable, refers to the primordial energy of the universe. This is also called अमृतात्मा and षोडशी. It is one, but can become many due to interaction with the background structure. अक्षर has 9 विन्दु, whereas […]

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On Yajna and Karma

According to Ishopanishad (ईशावास्योपनिषद -10), the Self (आत्मा) concept is different from both proper education (विद्या) and ignorance (अविद्या). This appears confusing, as proper education (विद्या) is a function of knowledge and knowledge is a function of Self (आत्मा). But the Vedas consider everything only at the universal level. Knowing is also an action (कर्म).

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पशु क्या है?

पशु क्या है – यह जानना चाहिए । पशु का अर्थ जानवर नहीं है । परन्तु जानवर पशु है । विश्वमें उक्थ, अर्क, अशीति तीन विभाग है । इन्हे आत्मा, प्राण और पशु भी कहते हैं । जो केन्द्रमें है, जिसके सत्तासे विश्वका अथवा किसी विश्वसन्तान का सत्ता है, उसे उक्थ कहते हैं । उक्थसे

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