| Most things in life are discovered by accident.
A friend sent me an invitation to an event by AVID LEARNING and I found this as well. I may learn Sanskrit next month. It’s on line |
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| The stotras are available on our website in small easy measures. The goal is to learn the recitation, grammar and meaning of these verses, and to keep us connected with our ancient heritage.
The stutis/ stotras are presented: |
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In Sanskrit | |
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With easy break-up of words in Devnagri script. | |
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Transliterated in English. | |
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With meaning of each word. | |
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With contextual meaning of each sentence. | |
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Paraphrased in English. | |
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Accompanied by audio files, for easy recitation. | |
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Every fortnight, that is, every 1st and 16th of the month, a new stotram, from popular stotras (such as Raamarakshaa Stotra), is published on the Avid website, to enable you to read, understand and practice it. | |
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The stutis on the website are synced in order of festivals in the Hindu calendar to assist in preparation of timely recitation in accordance with the forthcoming festivals. | |
| Do log on every fortnight to discover Sanskrit and get an enjoyable learning experience! | ||
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Somehow V for VICTORY seems a natural association.
This commonly recognised sign of victory has been known to denote victory since ancient times if the Wikipedia article is to be believed. It became popular during WW2 and is internationally known as the symbol of victory.
But every victory has it downside – the losing side who are the vanquished. Not only is one man’s victory another man’s defeat but very often even the victor has to pay a heavy price so the question is at what price victory?
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English: An orange cloth umbrella. Français : Une ombrelle en tissu orange. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
With the days getting hotter by the minute and thoughts of rain completely inundating my brain, I am also now beginning to think about UMBRELLAS. I have around four of them from different vintage collecting dust on the rack near my computer. Most of them are the folding variety which I have kept at home only to give to those caught in an unexpected storm.
Umbrellas in Mumbai are about as useful as are skis in a desert. While it does rain in Mumbai, the rains are simply torrential and umbrellas are quite futile – they are either blown away or blown inside out leaving you clutching on to the handle trying not to look foolish battling the wind and the rain. But umbrella sellers and umbrella repairers do brisk business in the monsoons as most people buy a new umbrella every monsoon having either lost or broken the one used the previous season. As for me, I believe that umbrellas are totally pointless and try to time my going out with the lulls in the rainy spells. Very rarely does it rain all day long and on the days there is no let up, I simply stay indoors. Or if I get out, I just get wet!
Years ago a friend had gifted me a book on which she had inscribed a very sweet thought which I’d like to share with all
I am also linking this to Write Tribe ProBlogger Challenge
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