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In the beginning was vAk, and vAk was with yahva, and vAk was yahvI.

In the beginning, yama was with yamI, and the yamau was yahvI.

All things were made by her; and without her was not any...

Has Nirotu actually said that “I am That” was spoken by shrI ramaNa as his “last words”? Or have words been forced into Nirotu’s mouth?


If Ohmshivaya and Atanu had digested the tripurarahasya,...

aham AtmA

aham ekam

aham AtmA paraM tattvam

aham eva tattvam

aham eva shivaH

Namaste Jay,

I don’t believe that the premise is actually true.

The omission of the significant possibility of Ramana Rishi uttering the words “I am That” (or equivalent words in saMskRtam) in a context other than the explanation of Jesus’ sayings, has been well...

Namaste VC,

Return to mRtyuloka (reincarnation) is determined by the conviction of dvaitam, while eternal liberation from mRtyuloka (moksha) is determined by the conviction of advaitam. And the...

Namaste Ramaraksha,

Hindu dharma is NOT without a concept of Hell, although I am not sure what kind of “other world” you might be imagining as the christian imagining of the dark earthy place...

Namaste,

If “I am that” is taken (out of context) as “I am a particular that, which is distinguished from the whole”, then dvaitavAda is at work.

But vedAnta considers the upaniSadas as having...

Namaste Atanu,

I have not been following this thread, and perhaps my own words were hasty, but the term "partial mahavakya" seemed quite inappropriate.

Namaste Atanu,

“Thou art That” is received from the Guru ~ as jñAna. But once known by personal experience and “taken to heart”, the vijñAna becomes “I am That” ~ i.e. this jIvAtman is truly...

Namaste,

“Partial mahavakya” ??? Only with a partial understanding !! And I am quite sure that every Dashanami Sannyasin would disagree !

“I am That” assumes “I am that 'I am'”. And the...

Namaste,

The uttaragItA does not deny the heart cakram (as some may presume), and the translation given above seems rather misleading. The heart is not actually mentioned in verses 10-13 of the...

oM namo nArAyaNAya

nA (from nR) is a “man or a hero”, as the gnomon (“one who knows or discerns”, “that which reveals”, “the indicator” ~ the RSi or liÑga), the fixed rod of a sundial, directed to...

The invoker and the invoked are united by the invocation.

Rgveda 10.125 ~ the vAgyajña of vAgAmbhRNI

ahaM rudrebhirvasubhishcarAmyahamAdityairuta vishvadevaiH |
ahammitrAvaruNobhA...

mahi dyAvApRthivI bhUtam urvI nArI yahvI na rodasI sadam naH

Mighty are ye, and far-extended, heaven and earth: both worlds are evermore to us like two young dames.

yahvI na rodasI is “swift as...

maha or mahi is “great, mighty, strong, or abundant”, as “a sacrifice, a buffalo, light or brilliance”, and mahA or mAhA is “a cow”.

mahI is “the great world or earth”, indicating “a region”, “a...

yahva appears in only 3% of the Rgveda’s hymns, virtually disappearing in post-vedic scripture.

yahvI itself appears just five times in the Rgveda, with three of those repeating the same phrase ~...

mahat is “great (in space , time , quantity or degree)”. And mahat is the mahattattvam (“the great principle”), which is budhi (“intellect”, “wisdom”, “sacred knowledge”).

yahva is synonymous...

There are many proper names in the Old Testament affixed with yhv (yeho- or -yahu), and yhvh is the very name of God, which is known from inscriptions dated c. 830 BC.

The Hebrew derivation of yhv...

yu (nominative singular yuH, dual yU, and plural yavaH) is “going or moving”, and yu means “to separate, drive away, ward off, exclude, protect, keep aloof , to be or remain separated”. And yava is...

The pronoun ya (nominative singular yaH, and locative plural yeSu) indicates “who, which, that, etc.”, and ya is “a goer or mover, wind or carriage, joining or restraining, abandoning, fame, barley,...

Namaste Satay,

For a gRhastha, the “last rites” of cremation are performed after death. But the saMnyAsa (“renunciation of the world” or “giving up the body”) saMskAra (“consecration” or...

Regarding the dhArA of amU:

amu is the root of adas (“that”), and adas is “thus or there”. The masculine and feminine nominative singular is asau, and the accusative case is amum (masculine) or...

Namaste Sergio,

The bahulikAs are the stars comprising the Pleiades, and bAhula is as another name for the kRttika nakshatram. Only six stars are traditionally counted, the seventh being all six...

dara is “cleaving”, as “a conch-shell or a stream”; dAra is “tearing up or rending”, indicating “a cleft or hole”; darI is “a cave or hole in the ground”; darum or dharam is “a poison”; and a dAra is...

Namaste Sergio,

The Pleiades (bahulikAs, kRttikAs) mark the kRttika nakshatram, ruled by agni, and when the full moon is near the bahulAs the indications are of greatness, abundance, etc. And as...

Paths radiate in all directions from the crucible of the Caspian Sea, from the all-seeing khAsphAyaNa cakshus at the principle crossroad of the ancient world.

The tributaries of the Volga (Rha)...

The flow of melt-waters from ice retreating after the last glacial period, collected from the north by the Volga (Rha) and from the high ranges to the east and south by the Syr Dharya (Iaxartes) and...

Namaste,

shrI durgA is durgatinAshinI, but no dictionary suggests durgati as a name for durgA ~ it is clearly a problem of not knowing how to read the dictionary !

In the records of amaraNa (el Amarna), six names are listed from the land of the Shasu:

Se’ir ~ sairA (sa-irA), known as ‘Edom’ (aruNa)

Laban ~ lavaNa (salt, as the briny sea or saline earth)
...

Rgveda 10.178 ~ by RSi ariSTanemi tArkshya


tyamUSuvAjinaM devajUtaM sahAvAnaM tarutAraM rathAnAm |
ariSTanemimpRtanAjamAshuM svastayetArkshyamihAhuvema || 1 ||

This very mighty one whom...

A shakA is “a long-eared animal” (with the “long ears” perhaps indicating wings), and the shakAs represent the Arya shastradharAs who ran down from the himAlaya as sweat from the flanks of gomAtA...

Namaste Yajvan,

Please note that a ~ अ ~ and u ~ उ ~ are different letters. And raM ~ रं ~ and ruM ~ रुं ~ are different seeds, with different fruits:
ra or raM is the agni bIja ~ indicating...

Matthew 28: 18-20
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,...

The 18th Dynasty in Egypt lasted for about 250 years (c. 1550 – 1300 BC), and the 19th Dynasty’s Pharaoh Ramses II (1292 – 1225 BC) commanded that the names of all kings (and queens) implicated in...

The ancient name of saurASTra was kushavat, and kRSNa’s dvArakA was originally known as kushasthalI.


Rgveda 3.26
vaishvAnarammanasAgniM nicAyyA haviSmanto anuSatyaM svarvidam |
sudAnuM devaM...

The Sumerians referred to the Sindhu region as Mehluha (mahAloham ~ “great iron” or “magnetic iron”), acting as a veritable magnet for traders, and requiring a compass to find it.

And malhavat is...

The Fifth Dynasty Pharaoh Suhure’s expedition to Punt (c. 2730 BC) returned with 80,000 measures of myrrh, and 6,000 measures of electrum, but little more is known.

The ancient tradition was...

Whether traveling overland by ox-cart, or on an ancient vessel at sea, the rate of progress would not be much different to walking. And given 11 hours traveling at about 5 km per hour, a full day’s...

Most chapters of the Rgveda represent the accumulated wisdom of just one RSi and his gotram, and those individual compilations were at some point compiled and perfectly arranged as a whole (which had...

The most famous expedition to Punt (primarily to obtain myrrh) occurred during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut (c. 1500 BC), when Punt was apparently ruled by King Parahu and Queen Ati (figured below)....

As the last ice-age ended (c. 10000 BC) the human practice of agriculture began in the ‘Fertile Crescent’ of the Middle East.

Wheat (godhUma) first became domesticated (c. 9000 BC) in the upper...

From Genesis:

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt...

Over the centuries, the advaita dharma cakram (the sun of dharma) has cast an occasional AryaHinduH (a bright spark of true illumination) to the west ~ as an occasional ray of brilliant light...

All monotheistic religions must be considering exactly the same ultimate deity. And all Christians, all Jews, all Muslims, and all Hindus, understand that in truth there is only one Godhead, which in...

Namaste Satay,

The context of the whole Bible is the relation of ‘yahva’ and ‘yeSu’.

The context of Psalms 18 and 19 is the singer dAva (agni) or dAvat (“giving”) offering praise to the chief...

And from the Rgveda:


satrAte anukRSTayo vishvAcakrevavAvRtuH |
satrAmahAM asishrutaH || 4.30.2 ||

Like chariot-wheels these people all together follow after thee:
Thou ever art renowned as...

And the themes of moSIs and Exodus are elaborated in a few other hymns, especially in the first maNDalam.



From Rgveda I:

kasya nUnaM katamasyAmRtAnAmmanAmahe cAru devasya nAma |
ko no...

Now, where is that cunning muSa hiding in the Rgveda?

Considering only the 33 YHV hymns, the prophet “Moses” appears in three hymns, which provide (among other biblical hints) the basic...

Namaste Satay,

In the subsequent post http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22242&postcount=181 the matter is explained.


Please note that, while yahva and kRSTa and yeSu are true...