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RVR
10 November 2010, 04:20 AM
Thomas Alva Edison invented gramophone and invited Max Muller to record his voice at the inauguration function.

Max Muller recorded the first stanza of Rig Veda `Agnee meele purohitham' in the first recording.

Full details available in the following weblink

http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2550

All the best

Eastern Mind
10 November 2010, 09:32 AM
Vannakkam RVR: Welcome to these forums. Interesting bit of trivia there.

Sounds like technology getting off to a good start.. something like praying to Ganesha before beginning projects.

Aum Namasivaya

saidevo
10 November 2010, 11:43 AM
namaste RVR.

Welcome to HDF! I also read somewhere long back that the Germans, when told that chanting the stotra 1,008 times continuously would make the Goddess appear, played it on a tape record (which stotra I don't remember, perhaps LalitA sahasranAma). On the last round, the tape smouldered and the powder that fell out had arranged itself in the form of the Goddess!

Adhvagat
10 November 2010, 01:47 PM
namaste RVR.

Welcome to HDF! I also read somewhere long back that the Germans, when told that chanting the stotra 1,008 times continuously would make the Goddess appear, played it on a tape record (which stotra I don't remember, perhaps LalitA sahasranAma). On the last round, the tape smouldered and the powder that fell out had arranged itself in the form of the Goddess!

Germans? When?

Anything related to WWII?

yajvan
10 November 2010, 08:13 PM
hariḥ oṁ
~~~~~~

namasté RVR


Thomas Alva Edison invented gramophone and invited Max Muller to record his voice at the inauguration function.

Max Muller recorded the first stanza of Rig Veda `Agnee meele purohitham' in the first recording.

Full details available in the following weblink
http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2550

The web link you offer takes us to another HDF post, Introductions In thre Lounge area. Perhaps you may want to re-check the link and update your post?

praṇām

TatTvamAsi
11 November 2010, 12:15 PM
Thomas Alva Edison invented gramophone and invited Max Muller to record his voice at the inauguration function.

Max Muller recorded the first stanza of Rig Veda `Agnee meele purohitham' in the first recording.

Full details available in the following weblink

http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2550

All the best

Yes, I had heard of this on HinduWisdom[dot]info

Absolutely amazing! Not surprising, however, that there is hardly any article that talks about this!

Arjuni
11 November 2010, 01:37 PM
I found the recording here: http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00622/fire/fire.html (http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00622/fire/fire.html)

Marvelous story, and marvelous to hear. RVR, thank you for the original message; I didn't know this information until you posted it. :)

Indraneela
===
"I wait the power of one like thee, O Indra, gifts of a Helper such as thou art, Hero.
Strong, Mighty God, dwell with me now and ever."
Om Indrāya Namaḥ.
Om Namaḥ Śivāya.

Adhvagat
11 November 2010, 03:25 PM
I found the recording here: http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00622/fire/fire.html (http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00622/fire/fire.html)

Marvelous story, and marvelous to hear. RVR, thank you for the original message; I didn't know this information until you posted it. :)

Indraneela
===
"I wait the power of one like thee, O Indra, gifts of a Helper such as thou art, Hero.
Strong, Mighty God, dwell with me now and ever."
Om Indrāya Namaḥ.
Om Namaḥ Śivāya.

Thanks for the link!


namaste RVR.

Welcome to HDF! I also read somewhere long back that the Germans, when told that chanting the stotra 1,008 times continuously would make the Goddess appear, played it on a tape record (which stotra I don't remember, perhaps LalitA sahasranAma). On the last round, the tape smouldered and the powder that fell out had arranged itself in the form of the Goddess!

Now I'm curious and want to play this stotra 1,008 times...

Would it be advisable? :)

Om Tat Sat

saidevo
11 November 2010, 07:58 PM
Hey, PI, come on!

In spite of searching the Net, I can't find out the source of the Germans said to be playing out on tape the DevI stotra or what that stotra is! I think I read it probably during my college days and posted it here with an I-too-know-about-a-similar-thing attitude. There is a chance that the information might not be true at all.

IMO, it would be safe to chant the gAyatrI mantra whatever number of times, with positive results.

yajvan
11 November 2010, 09:10 PM
hariḥ oṁ
~~~~~~

namasté

Thank you for this site: http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00622/fire/fire.html (http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00622/fire/fire.html)

That said, the translation offered for this most divine 1st mantra of the ṛg ved is slightly lacking in richness... It is the ṛṣi madhuchandās who begins with the (saṃskṛtā) words saying
agni, I adore. This 1st hymn (sūkta) of the ved:

agnim īḷe purohitam
yajñasys devam rtvijam |
hotāram ratna dhātamam ||

It is quite profund. Of all the devatā, he ( the kavi or seer) calls on and adores agni. Why so? Agni is the 1st born in man, He is jatavedas ( He knows all births);
He (agni) is the reflection of the letter 'a' - of anuttara, of the Supreme. The sūkta says, agni, I adore , placed in front, the deva of yajña...

The brilliance of this hymn can be viewed on 3 levels:

Adhyatmika: the spiritual or psychological level
Adhiyajñika: The ritualistic level: pertains to the performance or works,yajña
Adhidaivika: The cosmological level & the laws of nature.More if there is interest.

Let noble thoughts come to us from every side - ṛg ved 1-89-1

praṇām

Arjuni
12 November 2010, 01:18 AM
Interest, yes, please Yajvan! Your posts always make learning of Sanskrit a rich delight...Being so new I have nothing to contribute, but I always read with interest and curiosity.

Saidevo: you mention chanting the gAyatrI. I was about to ask jokingly 'which gAyatrI?', but then the jest reminded me of a sincere question - where did all of the gAyatrI 'variations' come from in the first place? I've been wondering about that lately. Does anyone know? (I'll make a separate topic if needed, but I'm hoping it's a simple, quick answer that won't de-rail the conversation.)

Indraneela
===
"I wait the power of one like thee, O Indra, gifts of a Helper such as thou art, Hero.
Strong, Mighty God, dwell with me now and ever."
Om Indrāya Namaḥ.
Om Namaḥ Śivāya.

RVR
19 November 2010, 05:26 AM
hariḥ oṁ
~~~~~~

namasté RVR


The web link you offer takes us to another HDF post, Introductions In thre Lounge area. Perhaps you may want to re-check the link and update your post?

praṇām

Sorry. Please try this link

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=165209343490248

All the best

RVR
19 November 2010, 05:33 AM
Vannakkam RVR: Welcome to these forums. Interesting bit of trivia there.

Sounds like technology getting off to a good start.. something like praying to Ganesha before beginning projects.

Aum Namasivaya

Thanks Sri Eastern Mind,

I am glad that we are meeting here. This forum seems to be more devoted to Sanatana Dharma. I have to learn lot of things from the eminent members here.

Vedas are the gift to the universe by our rishis. It is our responsibility to preserve them.

I shall continue to participate in the discussions.

All the best