Come the rainy season we hear of the ‘chaturmasa deekshas’ by swamis and acharyas. ‘Chatur’... Read More
Prakruti is nature. Yoga is from Yok which means the union or joining effort. Then the question that... Read More
Pancha in Samskrutam is number five. Panchabhutas are five natural elements. Five is sacrosanct.... Read More
Change of form is death of the previous form, and birth of a new form Read More
Gajendra means mighty elephant. Mokshanam is the story of the rescue, done by the GOD Almighty. In... Read More
Bhagavata refers to the stories of divine incarnations and that of devotees. It has twelve skandas... Read More
Ramayana, which is Rama+ayana literally means Rama’s journey. Sri Rama was born in the Ikshvaku... Read More
Shanti is peace, and at a higher level it is serenity. Mantram is what needs to be reflected upon... Read More
Mother Lalita is addressed as ‘Shiva Shaktaikya Roopini’, meaning the Goddess who is the... Read More
‘Kanaka’ is gold, ‘dhara’ means stream or flow, and ‘Stotram’ is extolling verse.... Read More
‘A+mantram’ is ‘not-a-spell-word’ and ‘aksharam nasti’ is ‘no letter’. In a combined... Read More
Mother Goddess is addressed in Lalita Sahasranama as ‘Kamakshi’ and this name is combined with... Read More
‘Tri’ in Samskrutam means number three, ‘Karana’ is the channelising, and ‘Shuddhi’... Read More
Shad-sthana-ari means sixth house indicated enemies. In the tradition the sixth house in the... Read More