The Taittiriya Maha Narayana Upanisad is available in two forms (called by different names - long form, short form, Andra paatam etc). One of the versions / recensions contains Gayatri mantras for many deities including Sri Nandikeshvara. The mantra is as follows - Om tatpurushAya vidmahE ...

We all know that Arjuna dropped weapons in Kurukshetra war because he couldn't fight against Bhishma and Drona and needed Gita gyan. Bhagwad Gita 1:34-35:-Teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers, maternal uncles, grandsons, fathers-in-law, grand-nephews, brothers-in-law, and other kinsmen are p...

I know that all body hair is shaved only for penances but when I want to read vedas should I cut my beard and moustache ?? What are scriptural references???

Among Vedanta philosophies, Advait of Shankaracharya, Vishishtadvait of Ramanujacharya and Dvait of Madhvachary are most famous and widely followed. Dvaitins believe Madhwa to be the avatar (incarnation) of Vayu, the wind God. They often quote Balitha Sukta from Rigved. Does Balitha sukt of Ri...

The Spitzer Manuscript is the oldest surviving philosophical manuscript in Sanskrit, contains one of the earliest dateable table of content sequentially listing the parva (books) of the Mahabharata, along with numerals after each parva. This list does not include Anusasanaparva and Virataparva. ...

How does mantra work . Once is stopped believing in mantra by mistake .the effect of mantra was low.then I believed it again .it's did not work the effect was low.