Enlightenment
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. This time, we’re studying the 25th Sukta of the Rigveda’s first Mandala, which Google describes as a 21-verse hymn dedicated to Varuna, the guardian of cosmic order (Rta), composed by the sage Śunaḥśepa. Is this an accurate summary? Probably not,…
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Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. Reaching the Rigveda’s 20th Sukta feels like a milestone, but it’s just a drop in the bucket, considering that the Rigveda’s Samhita contains ten mandalas (allegedly) organized into eighty-five anuvakas (lessons) and 1,028 suktas (hymns), totaling 10,552 mantras. Yikes. So far, no hymns, so only time…
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At long last, I’ve migrated all the content from my former BlogSpot blog to this newer one on WordPress, with a few guided additions. It’s now time to tackle the Rigveda’s 12th Sukta, a supposed hymn in praise of Agni, the presumed Hindu god of elemental fire. In actuality, the Sukta is not a hymn,…
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