The Sanskrit daily Sudharmais being brought out for the past 37 years. It is the only Sanskrit daily in the country.

This newspaper was started with an intention to propagate Sanskrit, the mother of all languages. The paper was launched in 1970 by Sanskrit scholar Girvanavani bhushana, vidyanidhi Kalale.Nadadur. Varadaraja Iyengar

MYSORE: It is believed to be the language of gods and once the lingua franca of the intellectual class in ancient India. A burning desire to keep the language alive coupled with a passion for journalism has made a senior journalist here try hard to keep a Sanskrit daily afloat.

From its press at Ramachandra Agrahara, Sudharma, the only Sanskrit daily in the country is catering to Sanskrit scholars, students and the like for the past 36 years without a break. Despatched mainly through post, the daily sells around 2,000 copies, and hardcore readers from across the country as well as a few abroad subscribe to it.

Sudharma editor K.V. Sampath Kumar told The Hindu that several readers had been patronising the paper since it was launched.

The annual subscription of Rs. 250. Though the revenue from the paper was negligible, Mr. Sampath Kumar said he was bringing out the paper only because of his passion for journalism and to propagate the language.

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By Jayashree | Ref: The Hindu

The medieval Indian manuscripts including the Rig Veda – restricted only to its practitioners till now – have now been selected for inscription in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, 2007.

While the Rig Veda has been selected from Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, other Indian nominations include the IAS Tamil Medic Manuscript Collection (1997), Archives of the Dutch East India Company (2003), a Dutch nomination, and the Saiva Manuscripts in Pondicherry (2005).

The Vedas are the first literary documents in the history of humankind, and they transcend far beyond their identity as scriptures.

The Rig Veda, oldest of the four Vedas, is among the 38 items of documentary heritage of exceptional value which have been added to the prestigious register, bringing the total number of inscriptions since 1997 to 158.

It is a collection of 1028 hymns of exceptional literary qualities eulogizing the Vedic deities and is said to be the source of the Aryan culture.

Ref: IBN Live

Meaning of prANa:
m. breath – esp. vital breath, vitality
pl. life – the vital organs or organs of sensation

The Prana combines with the 5 vayus (elements) to create and maintain the body. The Seven elements such as blood, bones, flush, inteligence, etc are included in the formation of the body.

Prana is born from Anantam (infinite existence), and it exists everywhere. Our body is filled with this Prana. The removal of Prana from the body is called death.

There are five vayus which are part of the life force energy that do various functions in our body. They are…

1. Prana vayu: From the tip of the nose, it performs breath in and out..

2. Apana vayu: It performs the excretion process.

3. Vyana vayu: The body is filled with this vayu. It processes the food that we intake, combines it with blood, and circulates it to the entire body.

4. Udhana vayu: Takes care of all actions such as thinking, talking, eating… It is also responsible for occasionally pushing inner things out due to actions like coughing, sneezing, etc… During sleep, this takes the jeeva in us to the heart. After death, it separates the stula sharira and sukshma sharira, and takes the atma to the paramatma.

By chanting “OM”, the Udhana which is present in the prana gets activated.

5. Samana vayu: It is present at the navel, and performs digestion.

In general, a deficiency in any of these pancha (five) vayus would give rise to diseases.

By Veena

Modern technology is currently made use to decipher centuries-old sacred texts such as vedas that are written in Sanskrit. Deciphering Sanskrit text is not simple since a single phrase can have multiple connotations based on the context.

So, artificial intelligence is promptly applied to analyze the context of the text using complex semantics, before translating each word. Techies may be interested in the underlying regular expressions, and the related tools & techniques used for this purpose. Check out more details here.

Ref: Deciphering the Vedas

The human mind in its progress marches from knowledge to knowledge, or it renews and enlarges previous knowledge that has been obscured and overlaid, or it seizes on old imperfect clues and is led by them to new discoveries. – Aurobindo

Our vedological studies have yielded a sensational result which became the foundation of our really groundbreaking new book “Key to the Vedas”!

Our “textual archeology” of the Vedas has revealed behind a magnificent supercode an incomparable computer operational system (sic!) with a large digital database!

Rare are those scholars who dare tackle the Four Vedas as an integral whole. This is really a pioneering work opening new dimensions, new integral Vedangas and Darshanas based methodology and absolutely new unexplored content of the ancient sacred texts of India.

During the last four years, we have been trying to comprehend the enormous amount of binary mathematical-astronomical information found enclosed in syllabic verses of the Four Vedas. Now, we affirm with aplomb that we have found a really working supercode. A new era of exploration of Indian past has dawned!!!

THE IDEA OF THE “KEY TO THE VEDAS”
The book by M. I. Mikhailov and N. S. Mikhailov, Key to the Vedas: Integral Hermeneutics, Minsk, 2005, 376 pp. is an authorial English translation of the First Part of the second enlarged edition of the Key to the Vedas, which appeared first in 2005 in Russian.

IT PRESENTS A STEP-BY-STEP ROADMAP TO SUCCESSFUL DECODING OF THE MOST CRYPTIC TEXTS IN THE WORLD.
This publication contains methodology of the decipherment and interpretation of the computer program Catur-Veda (considered usually a sacred scripture), its philosophy and its digital codes including the Vedic printing (so called Harappan) script. Yes! They work together – Rishis, Devas, Mantras and Yantras. Beyond any doubt!

Here’s just a sample of what you’ll find in the book:
– How to choose a proper method for Vedic or Sanskrit historical research

– Why all European, American and Indian textual criticisms are misleading and not reliable when dealing with the secret language of the Vedas

– Why using them even as a “FREE service” could be the kiss of death for Vedic research

– Choosing the proper way of understanding – When higher authority is NOT better, and how to tell the difference

– How to interpret and decode the most intricate ciphers and their conjunctions of the magnificent Vedic Operational System consisting of Four Vedas and its subprograms with GUARANTEED results

– How to harness the power of mathematics and its logic for automated decipherment of the Vedic astronomical supercode and digital databases encoded in the Vedas

– The truth about Vedic Cosmic Philosophy and its astronomical application

– How to interpret mathematically Vedic so-called “sacrifices”… Here’s exactly how they work, and why they can be your ticket to instant understanding of the Vedic astronomy

The Key to the Vedas is your Resource Guide – Virtually everything you need to scrutinize the Vedic mechanics and programming at your fingertips, accessible with the click of a button of your calculator. Stop wasting time surfing the web and searching the libraries for hours… It’s all right here.

I have Got To Warn You About Something Important. Contrary to popular belief, one of the biggest problems facing Vedic and Sanskrit start-up scholars is NOT lack of information… It’s INFORMATION OVERLOAD… False promises… Usual pitfalls of colonial, naturalistic, nationalistic and religious ideology…

You may already know what I’m talking about. Sometimes it seems like there are endless decisions to make, way to many choices… And you wind up not knowing where to start.

The Key to the Vedas is designed to catapult you through all that. In clear, concise, take-you-by-the-hand-and-show-you-the-secret language, it gives you clear direction and will have you understand the most cryptic expressions and procedures as quickly as humanly possible.

THE MAGIC KEY
Here is more proof that the book can give you a clear-cut vision of really amazing methodology. The Vedic mantra-s, now with the aid of computer, have been read by us as encryptions or complex Syncretic Digital Codes needed for mathematical astronomy of Jyotih-Shastra and calendrical ritual of the Kalpa-Sutras. Mantras, which were codified during an epoch of glorious Vedic civilization and domination of space consciousness, present the mathematical data of exact astronomical observations in extraordinary compacted form.

AN IMPORTANT TURNING POINT
This discovery of a new method of interpretation forms an important turning point in scientific comprehension of the Vedic scriptures and the origins of civilization. The book will show you how you can literally discover an absolutely unimaginable aspect of the most ancient civilization on Earth, a database-driven chronometrical recital supercomputer, a true digital signature of Aliens or, most probably, academicians of the Paradise Lost in the form of the deepest sacred scripture now known as the Vedas (Sciences), in front of which Egyptian pyramids and even our contemporary computer operational systems fade and are similar to rude reflections of the original.

PITFALLS OF PRECEDENT COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL INDOLOGY
The book shows the pitfalls of precedent colonial and post-colonial indology, which slowed down the progress in decipherment of the Vedas and Proto-Indian script. On the other hand, the book highly appreciates efforts of those Indian, Russian and Western scholars who tried sincerely to understand the hidden philosophical and scientific (Vedic) terminology in the Vedas, Mahabharata, Brahmanas and Shastras.

Fortunately, some philosophers and scientists such as Aurobindo, B. G. Tilak, astronomer Siddharth, mathematicians Kapoor, V. N. Subbarayappa, Shankaracharya Krishnatirtha, programmers Subhash Kak, R. V. S. S. Avadhanulu, philosophers S. P. Singh, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi have cached glimpses of some eternal truths. They investigated a few aspects of the Vedas leaving aside interior cryptic mathematical codes not easily detected. But finally, they are found, restored, studied and applied by us with amazing output. It’s a true revolution in indological scholarship, a divine revelation, if you want. Vedas have restored themselves and have begun to enlighten the harmony of the mathematically organized eternal Chronocosmos.

By Dr. Mikhail Mikhailov

In the Katha Upanishad, the concept of shreyas and preyas are discussed in detail. Shreyas means that which is good, beneficial and conducive to well-being in the long run. Preyas means that which is only attractive and provide momentary joy, but is harmful in the long run.

Human beings are naturally attracted towards the pleasant, and care less about what is good and correct. But to become great leaders, we should differentiate between Shreyas & Preyas, and relate them to the decision making elements in our lives. Our goal should be to embrace Shreyas, and dump Preyas.

Here is a translated excerpt from Katha Upanishad.

The better is one thing, the dearer is another thing; these two bind a man in opposite ways. Of these two, it is well for him who takes the better; he who chooses the dearer fails of his object.

The better and the dearer approach a man; Going round them, the sage discerns between them. The sage chooses the better rather than the dearer; The fool chooses the dearer, through lust of possession.
(Selections from the Upanishads, pp. 37-38)

Ref: The Vedanta Kesari

Meaning:
Happiness be unto all,
Perfect health be unto all.
May all see good in everyone,
May all be free from suffering.

This is a prayer for the prosperity and welfare of humanity. There is an adage that says we will be happy only if people around us are happy. Pray for welfare to all, and you will be blessed.

Ref: Wikipedia

(Source: Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram)

The essense: The one who takes long strides is called Mahakramah. It is essential to take long strides in order to achieve anything note-worthy in life. But, many fear to take even the first step towards the goal. Risks are a part of the journey to reach the destiny. So, leap ahead with enthusiasm, determination and the required skill to accomplish your dream.

A Mahakarma is one who performs great deeds. We should always set our goal very high, and strive to reach it. There is no fun in setting low goals in order to give no chance for failure.

He who sets his goals very high, and succeeds in achieving it becomes Mahateja, shining with the brilliance of success. Maha-Uragah means the great snake, referring to the entity that can empower others.

So, when you take long strides and perform great deeds, you become brilliant and a great leader who can motivate and empower others. When such a person performs great yajnas, he becomes Mahakratuh. The two aspects of yajna are sacrifice and worship.

The greatest sacrifice is when you offer yourself in self-sacrifice – Mahahavih. Only with sacrifice, things are achieved in this world. A person when he meets all the above qualification, he is GREAT.

Ref: Tapovan Prasad

Here is the last mantra of Rigveda… A verse which is dedicated to the human world and is a prayer for harmony and peace among us.

(Source: Concluding part of Rigveda)

Meaning: Let there be oneness in your resolutions, hearts and minds. Let the strength to live with mutual co-operation be firm in you all.

This mantra comes back to the simplicity of the fact of being human: a union of hearts and a oneness of spirit, the overcoming of isolating individualisms by harmonious living together, because Man as person is always society and yet not plural.

Ref: Last Mantra

Since “annam” (Food), is recognized to be the ultimate source of all Energy, the Upanishad exhorts us to take great care in conserving and using it wisely. There are 3 great commandments that have been issued in this regard:

(Source: Taittiriya Upanishad – brghuvalli)
Meaning:
“Do not abuse Food!”
“Do not discard Food!”
“Grow Food in abundance!”

Food is what drives existence, and restores energy. Don’t ever abuse food. Its proved by research that Food prepared and consumed with contentment keeps you more healthy, and brings good thoughts.

Food being the most important element for survival, its our dharma (duty) to make sure everyone gets enough of it. Serving food (anna-dhaana) to fight starvation is supposedly the greatest form of charity.

By Mr. Vardharajan | Ref: A Thought for Food