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Mukunda Madhava Sharma passes away
Assam Tribune
An internationally-acclaimed Sanskrit scholar, Prof Sharma made wide-ranging contributions to Sanskrit literature, especially in the realms of poetry and ...


(Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:29 GMT+00:00)


Indian Playwright's Work Staged at USC
USC News
“The last of the great Sanskrit plays was written in the ninth century,” he recounted. Then came a thousand-year hiatus. “Playwriting stopped in India. ...


(Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:43 GMT+00:00)


Tapas tale
Times of India
Unlike its Sanskrit equivalent tapasa, which means a yogi or spiritual seeker, the Spanish tapas offers delights of a different kind. ...

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(Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:33:23 GMT+00:00)


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Dalai Lama to speak at Delhi University
Thaindian.com
The Tibetan religious texts called the Tripitaka preserves over 5000 titles of ancient Indian literature whose Sanskrit versions have been lost, he added. ...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Address International Conference on Tibetan ...Tibetan Culture & News Online

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(Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:01:16 GMT+00:00)


Here Comes Swasti Claus …
Heeb Magazine
Sure, it is possible that this specialty gift wrap is part of an effort to revive Sanskrit for modern society, but let's not kid ourselves.


(Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:27 GMT+00:00)


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Confessions of a Traffic Warden and Wonderland: Can We Get Married?
guardian.co.uk
Durga Pokhrey is a Nepalese man who speaks four languages, adores Shakespeare and has a masters degree in Sanskrit literature. ...
Modern tragedy to rival ShakespeareHerald.ie
TV Review: Confessions of a Traffic WardenLeicester Mercury

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(Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:05:41 GMT+00:00)


Grants for Dalits to study Sanskrit in Columbia Univ
Indian Express
Nearly a century later, in an effort to invert traditional notions about Dalits and Sanskrit (regarded as the preserve of upper castes) Prof. ...


(Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:19:42 GMT+00:00)


Mat Thefts Have TriBeCa Yoga Studio Off Balance
DNAinfo
After the Kula (which means "community" or "family" in Sanskrit) staff noticed so many mats had gone missing, an e-mail was sent to members warning of the ...


(Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:32:30 GMT+00:00)


The co-curator of the South Asian Svapnagata Festival gave a performance that ...
Times Online
The title may come from the Sanskrit word for “dreaming”, but the programme offers a glimpse of a new, multicultural reality. All the same, the evening ...


(Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:39:58 GMT+00:00)


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Oaths taken in Hindi to protest MNS act
Times of India
If Hindi raised the ire of the MNS, Sanskrit was objected to-initially at least-by pro-tem speaker Ganpatrao Deshmukh. BJP MLA Girsh Mahajan announced he ...
Maharashtra House suspends four MNS MLAs for 4 yearsExpressindia.com
Goonda Raj And 'Hindi Hegemony'Outlook
Language lunacy in Maharashtra AssemblyCalcutta Telegraph
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(Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:25:38 GMT+00:00)

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ATL-09-11-20 Krishna Svarupa Dasa, SB: 8: 17: 2-3

Listen to Krishna Svarupa Dasa's lecture on text 2-3 0f the Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata purana), canto 8, chapter 17, entitled "The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi's Son," given on November 20, 2009, at the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua,Florida. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is a sacred Vaishnava text from India narrating the history of God (Krishna) and His devotees, and was translated with elaborate purports by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Srimad-Bhagavatam is available from Krishna.com.

(Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:54:00 +0000)

ATL-09-11-19 Vyasa Suno Dasa, SB: 8: 17: 1

Listen to Vyasa Suno Dasa's lecture on text 1 0f the Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata purana), canto 8, chapter 17, entitled "The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi's Son," given on November 19, 2009, at the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua,Florida. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is a sacred Vaishnava text from India narrating the history of God (Krishna) and His devotees, and was translated with elaborate purports by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Srimad-Bhagavatam is available from Krishna.com.

(Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:13:00 +0000)

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Is the Spirit of Competition in the Soul of Yoga? (New York Times)
Yoga enthusiasts are trying to build momentum for competitive yoga in the United States.
(Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:22:05 GMT)

Is the spirit of competition in the soul of yoga? (The Malaysian Insider)
NEW YORK, Nov 20 — The competitors stood nervously on stage, awaiting the judges’ decisions. As each name was called the crowd cheered, and the winner stepped forward to claim a prize, bowing his or her head to accept a medal. “Wow, that was a miracle,” said Kyoko Katsura, the winner in the women’s division of the New York Regional Yoga Championship. Yoga championship?
(Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:57:19 GMT)

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जकाराः पञ्च दुर्लभाः
जननी जन्मभूमिश्च जाह्नवी च जनार्दनः। जनकः पञ्चमश्चैव जकाराः पञ्च दुर्लभाः॥ jananī janmabhūmiśca jāhnavī ca janārdanaḥ | janakaḥ pañcamaścaiva jakārāḥ pañca durlabhāḥ || Mother, motherland, the Ganges, Lord Janardana; And fifthly, Father, are five extraordinary things (that begin with ‘ja’!) [Thanks to Shri Srikanth Srinivasan] Also see जननी-जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी …
(Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:53:39 +0000)

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कृदन्तरुपमाला (A Concordance of Verbal Derivatives)
अहं दीर्घकालात् कृदन्तरुपमाला इति पुस्तकम् अधिगच्छामि। अहम् इतः ततः पृच्छमि किन्तु कुत्रापि न विन्दामि। ह्यः मया चिन्तितम् अपि औस्ट्रलिया-राष्ट्रीय-विश्वविद्यालये इदं पुस्तकं अस्ति इति पृष्टव्यम्। अद्य रिचर्डवर्यः उत्तरति अस्मिन् विश्वविद्यालयस्य पुस्तकालये अस्य पुस्तकस्य पूर्णपञ्चभागाः सन्ति इति। अद्य मया ते भागाः गृहे नीताः। आवयोः कन्या शुचिता विश्वविद्यालये छात्राः अस्ति। सा मत्कृते पुस्तकं पुस्तकालयात् आददात्। कृदन्तरुपमाला मद्रपुरी-संस्कृतविद्यासमितेः कलाशालायं प्रधानाध्यापकैः पण्डितवर्यैः श्रीमद्भिः [...]
(Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:31:11 +0000)

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Truth rocks Chief Justice chair
A lawyer trying to prove that the national emblem illegally sits on many government symbols minus the legend Satyameva Jayate sealed his argument on Friday by pointing where nobody had looked before: the chief justice's chair.
(Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:37:44 GMT)

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Satyam Computer fraud brings India into question

India’s Satyam Computer (SAY) faces a crisis of "unimaginable proportions", its interim chief executive said a day after the chairman revealed that profits had been inflated for years.


(Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:50:32 GMT)

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Deadly duo's trail of terror
In late 2008, David Headley, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a senior Lashkar operative, and a HUJI linkman began plotting a terror strike in Denmark...
(Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:09:48 GMT)

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