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Why shlok from Gita addresses third person instead of second?
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् |
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मन: || 5||
Elevate yourself through the power of your mind, and not degrade yourself, for the mind can be the friend ...
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In which language(Lipi) are the Vedas written?
What is the language in which Vedas are written? Currently, they are written in Sanskrit language but what was their first language. Devnagri is developed by humans and Vedas are the language of gods ...
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Why are all mantras still in Sanskrit only even after the emergence of local languages? [duplicate]
If you see all marriage mantras or mantras to praise God are written only in Sanskrit, why can't those mantras be converted to local languages like hindi, telugu, tamil, malayalam etc so that everyone ...
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Is phalashruti applicable to people who read translated versions?
Many Hindu texts have phalashruti for even reading the texts or even for reading a single shloka of such texts.
In this context I got the doubt:
Is phalashruti (for reading) applicable to those who ...
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Do gods and goddesses know all languages?
Is it true that gods and goddesses know all languages? If true, where it has been mentioned?
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Where does the story of “World Tree” or “Knowledge Tree” come in hindu scriptures?
According to this site -
This story about human languages in a hindu myth/story, my question in which scripture does this story come from-
The Hindu World Tree
According to one Hindu myth, ...
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How regional is Hinduism? [closed]
I know that different Gods, or different manifestations of Ultimate Reality, are worshiped in different regions. Furthermore, there is a lot of linguistic diversity across Bhārat.
So, I'm wondering:
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Are Shiva & Vishnu etymologically connected?
It has always struck me as interesting, or perhaps odd, that the root phonemes of Shiva, [sh]+[v], are the reverse of the root phonemes of Vishnu, [v]+[sh]. Is there any accounting for this?
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Are any Hindu scriptures in Pali?
Wikipedia article of Pali says:
Pali (Pāli) or Magadhan is a Prakrit language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of much of the earliest extant ...
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What is meaning of the word Mimamsa etymologically?
I am aware that Mimamsa is about philosophy and means critical reflection.But I am interested in the actual etymology of the word so please stick to that point.
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Why is the language of avesta and Vedas similar?
Doesn't the language similarity between avesta and Vedas put "apaurausheyata" of Vedas to question?
Many verses of vedas are repeated in avesta.
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What is the language used by deities in their Yugas?
We all know that the Mantras/Slogans are in many languages but which language did gods/goddesses/deities use, based on the YUGAs and how can we predict this? Is there any Purana/Itihasa having ...
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Is the proto-indo-european hypothesis consistent with the apaurusheyatva of vedas?
There is overwhelming evidence that sanskrit, greek, latin etc. are cognate languages and that they had all descended from a common ancestral language called proto-indo-european or PIE. It is quite ...
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What is meaning of the Maruti-stotra composed by Ramdas swami?
I have recited this stotra since I was a child and although I have understood the meaning of some parts of it, I would love to get the meaning of the entire prayer.
Here is the full text for ...
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How to learn Sanskrit from scratch? [duplicate]
Is there any resource to learn Sanskrit which uses no other language other than Sanskrit?
It may seem like paradox but I want to learn Sanskrit in most natural way which involves no translations.
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What Mleccha languages are used in the Vedas according to Purva Mimamsa?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage Vyasa ...
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The Mysterious Origin of the Divine Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit has been termed as "Language of the Gods". Its versatility and power have even been extolled by the modern scholars of linguistics. Sri Panini helped to codify the classical form of ...
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Does Hinduism allow chanting translated Vedic mantras?
A fella gave me an idea about translating Hindu texts to Chinese and others for preaching. Chinese chanting mantras in their native Chinese. Does Hinduism allow or recommend this practice?
E.g., this ...
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Pronunciation of Om
What is the correct pronunciation of Om? Is it Om, Aum, Oom or any other pronunciation? People pronunce it many different ways. Arya Samajials pronounce it as Oom. Chinese, Japanese and Tibetans have ...
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What did Swami Vivekananda mean when he said “God spoke in Sanskrit”?
I read this quote by Swami Vivekananda:
God spoke once. He spoke in Sanskrit, and that is the divine language.
What did he mean by this?
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Is Sanskrit the oldest language? Is it older than Pali?
Hindu texts are written in Sanskrit, were Hindu texts written before Pali texts?
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Has the Tamil language been used in Ramayana and Mahabharata periods? [duplicate]
The reason behind highlighting Tamil language is that not as I am a Tamilian but that Tamil is as old as Sanskrit (as per the historical record proofs) and it is still used in some parts of the world.
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Vardhanti - Birth Anniversary or Death Anniversary or Both?
Vardhanti - Birth Anniversary or Death Anniversary or Both?
In Telugu Language, Vardhanti will be called/termed only for Death Anniversary
Recently I came to know that in Kannada - Vardhanti will be ...
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Did Ravan speak Sanskrit?
One of my Sri Lankan friends claims that Ravana spoke Sinhalese.
Is there any place in the Ramayana where the sage Valmiki mentioned about the language of Ravana and his people?
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Is there a sanskrit term that covers the distinction/similarity between human & non-human nature?
I find it intriguing that in English, nature is used in two interesting ways; that is Nature as in the world around around and all living things; and human nature, which is that conmmon to humanity; ...
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What language did people at the time of Ramayana and Mahabharata use to communicate? Sanskrit?
What was the mode of communication among the people at the time of Ramayana and Mahabharata? Was it Sanskrit?
Did Krishna, Pandavas and Kauravas (who I think had origins near the state of Bihar, ...
