Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Dear Sriman Pt. Tataji, Sadar pranam!!! I gave your link to obtain Shalagram... please see http://www.sacred-gemology.info/salagram-quotes.html (bottom). I hope this helps your sheva!!! Best rgds, Richard sacred-objects, sptata wrote: > > Dear All, > We have real Dakshinavarti Shankhas. See details at > http://www.astrojyoti.com/dakshinavartishankha.htm > It comes with our guarentee certificate. > > > Interesting to note that some Sanskritists translate "Paramanu" as Atom > > and "Anu" also as Atom. According to these verses that is not correct. > > Here in the verses below it states that Paramanu is sub-atomic particle > > of matter and as such cannot contain a jiva soul. Here it states that a > > combination of two or more Paramanus gives rise to unit or living Atom > > (ANU). Thus it may be said that the body of an ANU or atom is the > > smallest body a jivatma can reside in. ---Just an interesting point > > here... > > > > --- Richard Shaw Brown <rsbj66 wrote: > > > >> GOOD OLD REPOST > >> > >> Vedic Divisions of Time > >> > >> SOURCE: Srimad Bhagavat Maha-purana, Canto III, Chapter XI > >> > >> Translation by Richard Shaw Brown, PG > >> > >> Forward > >> > >> It is only recently that the Western scientists discovered the > >> existence of the atom; but the following ancient Sanskrit verses show > >> that the atom or anu was already known to the Asian seers thousands > >> of > >> years back. > >> > >> English Translations > >> > >> Verse 1: (The great sage) Maitreya said: "The smallest particle of > >> material substance, which has not yet combined with any other similar > >> particles, is called paramanu (a sub-atomic particle of matter). > >> Paramanus always exist both in the dormant and manifest states of > >> material existence. It is the combination of more than one paramanu > >> (sub-atomic particle) which gives rise to the illusory concept of a > >> (material) unit. > >> > >> > >> Verse 2: And the entire manifest material existence, taken as a > >> non-specific whole, and before returning to an unmanifest (dormant) > >> state, is defined as the largest (material) size. > >> > >> > >> Verse 3: We can understand the short and long dimensions of > >> (material) > >> time, as a potency of the Supreme all-pervading transcendental Lord, > >> Who, in the form of the Sun, passes across the small and large > >> dimensions of (material) things. > >> > >> > >> Verse 4: The amount of time it takes the Sun to pass across the > >> smallest particle of matter is called paramanu which is the smallest > >> measure of time, while the period it takes to cross the total expanse > >> of material creation is called the longest measure of time. > >> > >> > >> Verse 5: A combination of two paramanus constitutes an anu (atom); > >> and > >> three anus (atoms) makes one trasarenu. Trasarenus are visable [to > >> the > >> naked eye] when seen floating upward in the air while viewed through > >> rays of sunlight which enter a room through a latticed window. > >> > >> > >> Verse 6: Three Trasarenus is called a truti (8/13,500 part of a > >> second), which is a measure of time it takes (the Sun) to travel > >> across > >> three Trasarenus. A combination of one hundred trutis is called a > >> vedha > >> (8/135 part of a second), and three vedas together is known as a > >> lava > >> (8/45 part of a second). > >> > >> > >> Verse 7: A combination of three lavas is called a nimesha or the > >> twinkling of an eye (8/15 part of a second), while three such > >> nimeshas > >> equals a ksana (8/5 part of a second). A combination of five ksanas > >> is > >> known as a kastha (8 seconds), and fifteen kasthas is equal to a > >> laghu > >> (2 minutes). > >> > >> > >> Verse 8: A conglomerate of 15 laghus is called a nadika (30 minutes). > >> Two nadikas equal a muhurta (hour), and six or seven nadikas equal a > >> prahara (approximately 3 hours to 3 and a half hours, depending on > >> long > >> or short days), which is a fourth of a day by human calculation. > >> > >> > >> Verse 9: A nadika can be measured by taking a copper pot weighing six > >> palas (8 tolas=ck dictionary) that can contain about 14 ounces of > >> water > >> and punching a small hole in the bottom using a 10-12" long golden > >> needle that weighs four mashas (ck dictionary); when the pot is > >> placed > >> in water it takes a nadika of time (about 30 minutes) to fill up (and > >> sink). > >> > >> > >> Verse 10: Oh Vidura, who respect all beings, (the Sage Maitreya > >> continued), for humans, day and night consist of four yamas (6 hour > >> periods), while 15 such days & nights make up the bright or dark > >> fortnight, by rotation. > >> > >> > >> Verse 11: Two of these fortnights (the bright and the dark) equals a > >> masah (one month consisting of 30 days length), and this period is > >> taken as one day and one night of the forefathers (Pitris in heaven). > >> Two of these months equal a ritu or season, while six such months is > >> called an ayana (one full movement of the Sun from North to South or > >> South to North). > >> > >> > >> Verse 12: By the calculation of the demigods in heaven these two > >> ayanas > >> (12 months by human calculation) make up their celestial day and > >> night > >> which is one year for humans. And the full life span for humans is > >> 100 > >> years. > >> > >> Send instant messages to your online friends > >> http://uk.messenger. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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