Buddhi

Mahātattva, Hiraṇyagarbha – Buddhi It refers to the supreme intelligence as the power of understanding and unbounded reason. Compare this to the buddhi of individual beings with limited understanding and bounded cultured reasoning. It is…

Tattva definition

There are five tattva jointly called the pañca tattva where pañca means five and tattva means principle or element. Tattva refers to the truth or reality associated with any state of a being. In philosophy…

Vedanga Kalpa

Kalpa – The Karma Applied intelligence with the right use of knowledge is Kalpa. It manifests as the ceremony or ritual aspect of the Veda and shows the best use of knowledge in enhancing Brahma…

Vedanga Jyotisa

Jyotiṣa – The Vision The word jyotiṣa has various meanings starting with Sun as source of all light including – an astronomer who deals with gaṇita śāstra – first division of jyotiṣa, and prepares almanacs,…

Vedanga Nirukta

Nirukta – The Root In normal usage nirukta means ‘explanation or etymological interpretation of a word’ which includes, in its truest sense – Meanings from the manner it is uttered or pronounced Meanings from the…

Vedanga Vyakarana

Vyākaraṇa – Meaningful Words It is linguistic analysis or grammar which helps us to make sentences and express information, knowledge, emotion and everything. Vyākaraṇa is the face of the Veda and shows what we like…

Vedanga Chandas

Chandas – The Rhythm It is the meter in which the words and sounds are ordered. It is the emotional content of the Veda and shows the flow of energy. There are various meters and…

Vedanga Siksha

There are six auxiliary disciplines associated with Vedic learning and in order to comprehend even one hymn of any Veda it is imperative that there is some expertise in these disciplines. The word vedāñga is…

क्ष kṣa

भैरव उवाच। bhairava uvāca | Śrī Bhairava speaks – क्ष एव परमो देवो बुद्धरूपी जनार्द्दनः। उग्रतारा – महामन्त्रं पञ्चार्णं परिजप्य च॥ १-३॥ kṣa eva paramo devo buddharūpī janārddanaḥ | ugratārā – mahāmantraṁ pañcārṇaṁ parijapya ca…

Pañcākṣarī Sādhana

Śrī Ambāla Chakra The Ambā Chakra is formed by writing the five akṣara of the pañcākṣarī mantra in order in a box of 25 squares. Draw six horizontal and vertical lines to get a box…