Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Om Gurave Namah Namaste friends, Today, in the September issue of " Rishi Peetham " , I read an article about the significance of Parivartana ekadashi. In that article it was mentioned that on Ashadha Shukla ekadashi (Shayana ekadasi)a particular alignment of stars can be observed in the sky. Infact, all the Ekadashis are supposed to have derived their names based on these 8 nakshatras. " The nakshatras from Swati to Shravana nakshatras are called Vishnu Nakshatras and when these asterisma are viewed they reflect the form of Vishnu. Our ancient sages recognised this form of Vishnu (nakshatraaNi roopam). On sayana ekadashi day, the 8 stars from Swati to shravanam are supposed to align in the north/north-eastern part of the sky, in such a way as to depict the form of Vishnu in yoga nidra. On Parivartana Ekadashi these constellations start moving from west to east, which they reach in Kartika maasam. " Is it possible to (through Internet) view/verify the above? Could the 8 stars correspond to the ashtakshari mantra...with " Om " mapped to Shravana and " ya " corresponding to Swati? Regards, Lakshmi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 || Om Gurave Namah ||Dear Lakshmiji, A very good software to get a map of night sky is Star Calc You can download it from http://www.relex.ru/~zalex/main.htm The Sanskrit to English names translation is given in Prof. M. Ramakrishna Bhatt's translation of Brihat samhita.Maybe this will help you in your curiousity.Warm RegardsSanjay P On 8/29/06, b_lakshmi_ramesh <b_lakshmi_ramesh wrote: Om Gurave Namah Namaste friends, Today, in the September issue of " Rishi Peetham " , I read an article about the significance of Parivartana ekadashi. In that article it was mentioned that on Ashadha Shukla ekadashi (Shayana ekadasi)a particular alignment of stars can be observed in the sky. Infact, all the Ekadashis are supposed to have derived their names based on these 8 nakshatras. " The nakshatras from Swati to Shravana nakshatras are called Vishnu Nakshatras and when these asterisma are viewed they reflect the form of Vishnu. Our ancient sages recognised this form of Vishnu (nakshatraaNi roopam). On sayana ekadashi day, the 8 stars from Swati to shravanam are supposed to align in the north/north-eastern part of the sky, in such a way as to depict the form of Vishnu in yoga nidra. On Parivartana Ekadashi these constellations start moving from west to east, which they reach in Kartika maasam. " Is it possible to (through Internet) view/verify the above? Could the 8 stars correspond to the ashtakshari mantra...with " Om " mapped to Shravana and " ya " corresponding to Swati? Regards, Lakshmi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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