One English word LOVE - many shades in Sanskrit

Painting by Commander Mukesh Saini (Retd.)

Sanskrit word English pronunciation स्नेह Sneh काम Kama कामयति kamyati

प्रणयिता Pranayita अनुरक्ति Anurakti सुभग Subhag अनुरति Anurati अभिमतता Abhimatata कामिता Kamita                

जुष्टि Jushti प्रीति preeti प्रियता Priyta वल्लभता Vallabhta वेना Vena

सम्मति Sammati सरागता Saragata स्नेहवृत्ति Snehvratti सुभगता Subhagta अनुराग Anurag

प्रणय Pranay आदर Adara भाव Bhav मन्मथ Manmath राग Raga

हृच्छ्य Hruachay कन्दर्प Kandarp अपह्नव Aphanva उज्ज्वल Ujjwala कन्तु Kantu

कर्व Karva कैशिक Kaishika कौशिक kaushika चित्तज Chittaja इषध्वज Ishadvaja

तिथ Titha प्रेमबंध Prembandh प्रेमभाव Prembhava रणरणक Ranrana

रस Ras रथ Ratha रिषग Rishaga शरीरज Shariraja श्रृंगार Shringar

स्वान्तज Swantaja री Ri रा Ra रङ्ग Ragga भग Bhaga

प्रेमन Premana अनुरंजन Anuranjana कामित्व Kamitava बंधित्र Bandhitara रमकत्व Ramkatava

ललित Lalita वल्लभत्य Vallabhatya सरागत्य Saragatya हार्द्र Hardra

अभिकमते Abhikamte आधके Aadhke भजति Bhajti प्रणयते Pranayte

प्रणयति Pranyati

प्रतिहर्षते Pratiharshte प्रतिहपति Pratihapati वासयति Vasyati सपति Sapati

स्मेत्यति Smetayati स्नेत्यति Snetayati वेसति Vesati अनुनयती Anunayati क्षम्पति Kshampati

प्रीणती Preenati प्रियते Priyate स्निह्यति Snihyati अनुरंध्य्ते Anurandhyate

अनुरंध्य्ते Anurandhyate वृणाती Vrunati वृणीते vraneete वृणुते Vrunute

There are four categories of Love

1. लाव्णय Lavany - The best form of love which is far more spiritual than phsical. Most of the love stories are from this category of love. Radha-Krishan love falls in this category.

2. प्रणय Pranay - This is what normal love is about a mix of spiritual, mental and physical. Normal husband-wife love falls in this category.

3. मैथुनरत Maithunrat - This lust and no spiritual and very little mental love. Example is like-a one-night stand and orgy or tree/four some.

4. भ्रष्टक Bhrastak - Worst kind of love where there is just lust and no intimacy. Example - rape, gay, lesbian and animistic.

Hindusim does not ban any category but Lavany is honoured in society and Bhrastak is abhorred.

Probably the English word Love may have evolved out of Lavany to Lava to Love. Looks possible...

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History of Wine drinking in Scriptures

History of Wine drinking in India Scriptures

When Indra suffered due to excessive drinking of Soma (plant extract, see pic), Ashvini Kumaras started the tradition of Sautramani Yagya where Madya (Wine) was created and offered to the Agni along with the symbolic bull sacrifice. The Sautramani Yagya still persists and is done for eternal happiness usually where wine is consumed with the following Mantra

"yamaśvinā namucāvāsure dadhi sarasvatyasunodindriyāya | imaṃ taṃ śukraṃ madhumantaminduṃ somaṃ rājānamiha bhakṣayāmi ||"

(Śāṃkhāyanaśrautasūtra 15)

Alcohol is a glorified drink in Vedas and Is considered Amrit Tulya. Charak say Alcohol which is approved by Ashwini Kumaras aura, Saraswati's strengthen and Indra s Potency as well as Siddh by Sautramani Yagya is the best

How to consume Liquor-;

First detox your body with a proper bath and Nitya Karmas, then Apply a 'lepam' of Sandalwood, put on relaxed clothes, wear a floral necklace and suitable ornaments, sit in a fragrant environment where the entire ambience is luxurious

(a resort), soft satin and then consume the alcohol in gold or silver utensils studded with pearls. The ideal season to drink is Winter and alcohol should be offered in this luxury by women who are studded with jewels, best of the clothes and full of love and service attitude.

What foods to eat with Liquor Seasonal greens like onion, ginger laden Savories with chutneys, meats of birds, fish and lamb that, roasted made by the best of the chefs. Before drinking, some liquor to be mixed in water and dropped on the ground as a part of the sacrifice to the Gods

Vata People should first do an oil massage, warm water tub bath and then drink with oily food. Pitta people should take a cold shower and consume cold and sweet foods with wine Kapha can take warm foods esp wheat/barley cooked in black pepper; should also consume barbecued meats

Best Liquor as per your body type Vata people should consume liquor fermented out of Jaggery and Rice. Like Japanese people consume Sake or in India, you have Lugdi in HP & Apong in Assam Pitta people should consume wine from grapes

Kapha people should consume liquors where honey is also added in the fermentation process. From a modern perspective Rum, Vodka, Gin is good. If alcohol is consumed as per the mentioned conduct it works like Amrit; otherwise, it destroys the Ojas (Aura) and is like Vish.

While crossing Ganga for the onward journey of Vanvaas Sitaa prayed to Maa Ganga and made a vow to offer Suraa

The suovetaurilia was one of the most sacred and traditional rites of Roman religion: the sacrifice of a pig, a sheep (Ovis) and a bull (Taurus) to the deity Mars to bless and purify land. It has been said to be derived from the Sautramani yagna.

Source: https://twitter.com/sereneloud/status/1490659469914611713?t=yVU6yu0Z9fgrFgownLUQWA&s=19

Somnath Temple - ittihas

Daksha Prajapati gets his 27 daughters the Nakshatras married to Chandra. Chandra's favourite was Rohini, and he neglects all the other wives. Knowing this, Daksha Prajapati curses chandra with Tuberclosis or Kshaya roga. Chandra is amruta karaka and through him The earth gets soma Latha and all aushadhis, which help in yagnas. The first half Shukla paksha of his cycle.enriches the Devatas, and the later part Krishna Paksha, enriches Pitru devatas.

As he was cursed, the Devatas worried went to Brahma, who asks Chandra to chant Maharityunjaya mantra & do penance to Shiva. He suggests the place PRABHASA PATTANA to do so. Chandra does mrityunjaya mantra japa by making a LINGAM out of mud, for 10 crore times for 6 months. Shiva then appears and cures his leprosy. And upon his request, becomes a jyotirlinga PRABHASA PATTANA is SOMNATH, and the jyotirlinga is SOMANATHEESHWARA LINGAM, first one on earth.

Shiva appeared here with all his 55 Rudra kalas, along with the 16 kalas of Ma Uma. It is the lingam with the most concentrated cosmic energy. Somanatha lingam is also one Of the most mysterious shiva linga, and has many unanswered questions around it. Chandra built this temple in gold, Ravana in Silver and Krishna in Sandal wood. And This was the most targeted temple of Muslim invaders who attacked it multiple times, and which was built 8 times.

1) It was rebuilt by King BHIMDEV OF ANHILWAD in stone . So historically this is the first construction. It was destroyed mysteriously.

2) In the 7th century VALLABHI CHIEFTAINS (YADAVAS) rebuilt it. In 725CE, JUNAYAD, governor of Sindh destroyed and looted it.

3) Prathihara king NAGABHATA rebuilt it again in 9th century in RED SAND STONE . IN 1024, GHAZNI attacked and destroyed again.

4) It was rebuilt again by King BHOJA AND BHIMA in 11th century. Khilji destroyed and looted it again in 1296.

5) It was rebuilt by MAHIPALA DEVA OF SAURASHTRA.

6) His son KHENGAR then installed a Shiva Linga 15 years later. This was attacked again in 1375, 1451 by Muzaffar Shah 1 and Mohammad Begda respectively. Then in 1701, Aurangazeb attacked it and built a mosque on it. He broke the lingam and put the pieces of LINGAM as steps in JAMA MASJID.

7) RANI AHILYABAI HOLKAR built a temple adjacent to the mosque.

8) On 11/5/1955 Sardar patel built a temple and installed a shivalinga despite the strong opposition of Nehru.

1907 image
NOW the question is why was it destroyed so many times? Why did the Muslim invaders concentrate so much On this temple? Everytime they attacked, they looted immense amount of wealth, gold and Silver. Why was Somnath temple so rich? The answers are not only astounding but give us goosebumps.

ZAKARIYA, a Persian traveller in his book ASARUL- BILAD-WA AKBARUL, writes that SOMANATHA Jyotirlinga was a LEVITATING lingam. It was a lingam that would float in the air. It is said that the lingam was floating in the air because the stones above the lingam which were arranged like a canopy, were load stones, which created a magnetic force and that the lingam was Made of an unknown metal, which was held by the magnetic force. There is a lore which said that GHAZNI broke the jyotirlinga. If he did, then how did he break a metal lingam? Another counter argument to the levitation is even more mind boggling.

It is said that the magnetic force was created to actually hold a levitating lingam. While the first argument can be considered as a greatest engineering Marvel, the second is an astonishing mystery. Another interesting topographic mystery of SOMANATHA is written in sanskrit on the BANA STHAMBHA in front of the Temple. SOMNATH temple is constructed at a place where there is no mass of land along the longitude till Antarctica. Why is such a location chosen? Amidst such unanswered questions, One more interesting question arises. Why was SOMANATHA temple so rich? Why were the pillars Built by Krishna Lead pillars encased in Sandal wood? ZAKARIYA describes that the wealth was so huge, that the Bells, Barricades, chains everything was solid gold? Utensils, bells can be understood. Barricades of solid Gold? Why? According to James Rattray , the attack was For wealth which the shivalingam gave. What does this mean? Some deciphered this by calling the Shivalingam of SOMANATHA as the PHILOSOPHERS STONE OR PARASMANI. All the iron barricades could have been transformed to gold by ALCHEMY is another argument. The lead pillars enclosed In sandalwood built by krishna might be because of this.

Some say the original jyotirlingam is hidden somewhere, and the lingam destroyed by Aurangazeb was in frustration as he knew that the original lingam was a philosophers stone, and he was in rage as he couldn't locate it. Whether it is the 55 Rudra kalas of shiva, and 16 kalas of Uma that made the Lingam so powerful, or whether it was a scientific Marvel of Nuclear transmutation, of our ancient Rishis, the mystery is known only to Paramatma . May we take pride both ways.

LOCATION OF ORGINAL SOMNATH TEMPLE IS - https://goo.gl/maps/qXboifbb9tw8ybYt6

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(Do you remember seeing similar pillars at so called Qutub Minar, Delhi?)

Om Namah Shivaya

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