Click here for the Reference to Veda Mantras of Vasishtha.

1. In the Rg Veda, Vasishtha is called “maitrAvaruni”. While the “literalists” have interpreted this to mean that he had two fathers, to me it is quite clear  that Brahma’s Manasaputra (Mind-Born-son) Vasishtha, was devoted to Mitra (the Sun) and Varuna (the Ocean).
2. There are also some ‘internet folks’  who wrongly treat Varuna and Mitra as Asuras in the sense of “enemies of the Devas“. Research by Prof P.L. Bhargava shows us that the word Asura meant mighty and acquired negative (enermy-of-the-devas) connotations only later.
3. There is also a western view, popularized by them itself, that Vishnu was not important in the Vedic Period.  They view the Rg-Veda as one block and ignore the Rshis of the Vedas and their differing beliefs completely. Sri Aurobindo has argued that the importance of a devata is not the number of mantras to their name, but the function of that devata. (In the Valmiki ramayanam, Kausalya, Sri Rama’s mother, always meditates on Vishnu. Valmiki himself frequently compares Sri Rama to Trivikrama, Vishnu and Indra. This is also important because Vasishta was the Rajaguru of the Iksvakus. They did as he taught them, as per their inherited tradition from Vaiwaswatha Manu and the customs of Kosala. This is also a pointer to the importance of Vishnu in the Vedic period.)
4. Each Vedic Rishi belonged to a different geographical part of India and to slightly differing periods.
5. For example Viswamitra was from the Kosi River (Bihar), while Gauthama from the western end of Godavari, Tryambakeswar.  Kanva’s Asrama was near Haridwar. Agastya travelled from North to South and Vasishtha went from south, the eastern end of Godavari  to the north (near Sarayu and later Saraswathi).
6. Thus Vasishtha is the Vedic Rishi who has praised the Ocean more often than anyone else. Vedacharya David Frawley has written a chapter about his research in this area in his book, “Gods, Sages and Kings”. He challenges the assumption made by the Colonial Vedic interpreters that the “Vedic people did not know the ocean because they could not have”  and their  deliberate translation “of Samudra as water instead of as ocean”.

In this article, I am providing the list of Mantras that we have received from Vasishtha, which have been collected into the 7th Mandala of the Rg Veda, by his great grandson Veda Vyasa.

Notes for using the material below :

1. dEvatA – luminary, masculine, singular; dEvatE – two luminaries, masculine, dvivacanam; dEvatAh – many luminaries, masculine, plural

Observations made based on the using the material below :

1. Vasishta’s son Sakthi lived long enough to compose a suktham of the 7th mandala. (Sakthi was also present at Sita Devi’s oath taking ceremony.)
2. Agni is also called Vaisvanarah.
3. savitA, pUSa, bhaga, Adityah are treated as if different from sUrya.
4. brahmaNaspati is treat differently from brhaspatI
5. There are hymns to horses (VAjino). (The Asvini twins literally mean those with horses, the aswamedha is a horse sacrifice and Yet “the unnamed folks” insist that there were no horses in India in the Vedic times and ask to accept it as a proven fact).
6. dEvatA is the one who is worshipped and rshi is the one who composed the mantram, thus for some mantras indra is the rSi and vasiSTa is the dEvatA.
7. saraswathI is worshipped with saraswAn
8. parjanya (cloud) is treated as different from indra
9. The manDukAh (frogs) have their own suktham

Rg Veda : 7th Mandala : Prathama Anuvakah :

Prathama Adhyayah :

• Prathama Suktham : MaitraVaruni Vasishthah Rshih : agnih dEvatA

Dvitiya Adhyayah :

• Dvitiya Suktham : idhma samiddhah va agnih, narAs’amsah, iLah, barhih, dEvIrdvArah, uShAsAnaktAh, daivyou, hOtArou, pracEtasou, dEvyah saraswatI iLA bhAratyah, tvashTA, vanaspatih, swAha krtayoh, devatAh
• trtiya sUktam : agnih dEvatA
• caturtha sUktam : agnih dEvatA
• pancama sUktam : vais’vanarO agnih dEvatA
• SaSTam sUktam : vais’vanarO agnih dEvatA
• saptamam sUktam : vais’vanarO agnih dEvatA
• aSTamam sUktam :  agnih dEvatA
• navamam  sUktam :  agnih dEvatA
• das’amam sUktam :  agnih dEvatA
• ekAdas’amam sUktam :  agnih dEvatA
• dwAdas’am  sUktam :  agnih dEvatA
• trayodas’am sUktam : vais’vanarO agnih dEvatA
• caturdas’am sUktam :  agnih dEvatA
• pancadas’am sUktam :  agnih dEvatA
• SoDas’am sUktam :  agnih dEvatA
• saptAdas’am sUktam :  agnih dEvatA
• aSTAdas’am sUktam :  indrah, paijavanasya sudAsO dAnastutih dEvatE
• ekOnavims’am sUktam : indrah dEvatA

trtIyO Adhyayah

• vims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• ekavims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• dwavims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• trayOvims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• caturvims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• pancavims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• SaDvims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• saptavims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• aSTAvims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• ekOnatrims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• trims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• ekatrims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA
• dwAtrims’am sUktam : indrO dEvatA : pUrvArdhasya vAsiSTah s’aktih va rSih (The rshi for these mantras is Vasishta’s son Sakthi (Veda Vyasa’s grandfather), Sakthi was present at Sita Devi’s oath taking ceremony.)
• trayastrims’am sUktam : vasiSTaputrAh, vasiSTah devatah : Please note that the Devatah for these mantras are Vasishta’s sons and Vasishta himself. Thus we learn that the Devata is the luminary who is the object of worship.  The rshis for these mantras are vasiSTah for his sons and vasiSTaputrAh  indrah va rSayah for Vasishta himself. That means that Vasishta’s sons and Indra worshipped Vasishta and Vasishta worshipped his sons.
• catuhtrims’am sUktam : vis’vEdEvAh, ahih budhnyoh dEvatAh
• pancatrims’am sUktam : vis’vEdEvAh dEvatAh

caturthah adhyAyah

• SaTtrims’am sUktam : vis’vEdEvAh dEvatAh
• saptatrims’am sUktam : vis’vEdEvAh dEvatAh
• aSTatrims’am sUktam : savitA, bhago, vAjinO (horses) dEvatAh
• ekonacatvarims’am sUktam : vis’vEdEvAh dEvatAh
• catvarims’am sUktam : vis’vEdEvAh dEvatAh
• ekacatvarims’am sUktam : indra, mitra, varuNa, asvi’, bhaga, pUSa,brahmaNaspati, soma, rudra, bhaga, uSasO,  dEvatAh
• dvicatvarims’am sUktam : vis’vEdEvAh dEvatAh
• tricatvarims’am sUktam : vis’vEdEvAh dEvatAh
• catuhcatvarims’am sUktam : dadhikrahs’ vyuSO, agni, bhaga, indra, viSNu, pUSa, brahmaNaspati, Aditya, va prthivyApah , dadhikrAh dEvatAh
• panchacatvarims’am sUktam : savitA dEvatAh
• SaTcatvarims’am sUktam : rudrO dEvatAh
• saptacatvarims’am sUktam : ApO dEvatAh
• aSTacatvarims’am sUktam : rbhavah ,vis’vEdEvAh dEvatAh
• ekonapancAs’am : vis’vEdEvAh dEvatAh
• pancAs’am : mitrAvaruNou, agnih, nadyo,  vis’vEdEvAh dEvatAh
• ekopancAs’am : AdityAh dEvatAh
• dvipancAs’am : AdityAh dEvatAh
• tripancAs’am : dyavaprthivyou dEvatAh
• catuSpancAs’am : vAstoSpatih dEvatA
• pancapancAs’am : vAstoSpatih, indrah dEvatE
• SaTpancAs’am : marutah dEvatAh
• saptapancAs’am : marutah dEvatAh
• aSTapancAs’am : marutah dEvatAh
• ekonaSaSTitamam sUktam : marutah rudrO devatAh

pancamah adhyayah

• SaSTitamam sUktam : sUryah, mitrAvaruNah devatAh
• ekaSaSTitamam sUktam :  mitrAvaruNau devatE
• dviSaSTitamam sUktam : sUryah, mitrAvaruNau devatE
• triSaSTitamam sUktam : sUryah, mitrAvaruNau devatE
• catuhSaSTitamam sUktam :  mitrAvaruNau devatE
• pancaSaSTitamam sUktam :  mitrAvaruNau devatE
• SaTSaSTitamam sUktam :  mitrAvaruNau, AdityAh, sUryah  devatAh
• saptaSaSTitamam sUktam :  as’vinou devatE
• aSTaSaSTitamam sUktam :  as’vinou  devatE
• ekonasaptatitamam sUktam :  as’vinou  devatE
• saptatitamam sUktam :  as’vinou  devatE
• ekasaptatitamam sUktam :  as’vinou  devatE
• dwisaptatitamam sUktam :  as’vinou  devatE
• trisaptatitamam sUktam :  as’vinou  devatE
• catus’saptatitamam sUktam :  as’vinou  devatE
• pancasaptatitamam  sUktam :  as’vinou  devatE
• SaTsaptatitamam sUktam :  uSasO  devatAh
• saptasaptatitamam sUktam :  uSasO  devatAh
• aSTasaptatitamam sUktam :  uSasO  devatAh
• ekonAs’Ititamam sUktam :  uSasO  devatAh
• as’Ititamam sUktam :  uSasO  devatAh

SaSTah adhyAyah

• ekAs’Ititamam sUktam :  uSasO  devatAh
• dwyas’Ititamam sUktam :  indrAvaruNau  devatE
• tryas’Ititamam sUktam :  indrAvaruNau  devatE
• caturas’Ititamam sUktam :  indrAvaruNau  devatE
• pancas’Ititamam sUktam :  varuNO  devatA
• SaDas’Ititamam sUktam : varuNO  devatA
• saptAs’Ititamam sUktam : varuNO  devatA
• aSTAs’Ititamam sUktam : varuNO  devatA
• ekOnanavatitamam sUktam : varuNO  devatA
• navatitamam sUktam : vayuh, indravayU  devatE
• ekanavatitamam sUktam : vayuh, indravayU  devatE
• dwinavatitamam sUktam : vayuh, indravayU  devatE
• trinavatitamam sUktam : indrAgni  devatE
• caturnavatitamam sUktam : indrAgni  devatE
• pancanavatitamam sUktam : saraswatI, saraswAn,  devatE
• SaNNavatitamam sUktam : saraswatI, saraswAn,  devatE
• saptanavatitamam sUktam : indrah, brhaspatih, indrAbrahmaNaspatI, indrAbrhaspatI dEvatAh
• aSTanavatitamam sUktam : indrah,  indrAbrhaspatI dEvatE
• navanavatitamam sUktam : viSNuh, indrviSNU dEvatE
• s’atatam sUktam : viSNuh dEvatA

saptamah adhyayah

• ekOttara s’atatam sUktam : parjanyah dEvatA : maitravaruNih vasiSTah Agneyah kumArah va rshih (here maitravaruni vasishta is also called the son of Agni – Agneya Kumara – to be researched)
• dyuttara s’atatam sUktam : parjanyah dEvatA : maitravaruNih vasiSTah Agneyah kumArah va rshih
• tryuttara s’atatam sUktam : manDUkAh dEvatAh
• caturuttara s’atatam sUktam :   indrAsOmau, indrah, sOmah, agnih, ekAdas’yAh dEvAh, grAvANah, marutah, prthivyantarikSare dEvatAh

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título: en pecado mi madre me concibió
autora: jicalazuxil
fandom: rg veda
género: drabbles / angst
pareja: kujaku
disclaimer: todo es de CLAMP.
nota: todo es canon. por una vez en mi vida, todo es canon. mi interpretación, sí, pero todo es canon.

en pecado mi madre me concibió

salmo 51

i.

…mostradme favor, oh Dioses, conforme a vuestra bondad… borrad mis transgresiones… lavadme cabalmente de mi error y limpiadme aun de mi pecado…

ii.

…pues mis transgresiones yo mismo conozco, y mi pecado está enfrente de mí constantemente…

iv.

…con error fui dado a luz con dolores de parto, y en pecado me concibió mi madre…

v.

…ocultad vuestro rostro de mis pecados, y borrad aun todos mis errores…

vi.

…libradme de la culpa de sangre, oh Dioses…

vii.

…los sacrificios para los Dioses son un espíritu quebrantado; un corazón quebrantado y aplastado, oh Dioses, no lo despreciareis…

Agne = = He! Agne =  O Energy! (Sambodhana Prathama Vibhakthi)

Tvam Bhadram Karishyasi = You will do good

yat  etat  Angirah – if this son

Satyam = Truly, Aasushe – strives

Tava Angat = This division, mandala of yours

Oh Agni! You will protect, that (person) who strives for this anga (division or part of the Vedas). That person is truly your son (Angira).

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An Advaitin’s assessment of some Dvaita-remarks

श्रीगुरुभ्यो नम:

The following remark is sourced from the site: www

dvaita.org.

//INTRODUCTION TO KANNADA EDITION of the Book ‘Gitaa-sAroddhAra’

Some commentaries on the Gita which have come down to us have tried to make out that Advaita-vada is the true message of the Gita. These look upon Sri Krishna, the supreme Lord, as still open to the illusion of duality. This may be gathered from the following verse of the Pancadasi of Sri Vidyaranya:

मायाख्याया: कामधेनो: वत्सौ जीवेश्वरावुभौ । (vi.236)

“The Jiva and Isvara are the calves of the divine cow of Maya.”

If Sri Krishna had really attained the experience of Advaitic unity, he should have realised the illusory nature of the universe and his own lordship over such a universe. In that case, it would be a gross deception on his part to claim to be the Lord of all beings (Bhutanam isvarah). In order to maintain the truthfulness of that claim, it will have to be admitted that from the Advaita point of view Sri Krishna is still subject to the illusion of duality. It is not clear how one who is not himself completely out of the illusion of duality can teach pure Advaita to others.

- SRI VIDYAMANYA TIRTHA SWAMIJI

of the Sri Palimar Mutt of Udipi and the

Bhandarakere Math of Barkur (S. K.)

Translated from the Kannada Introduction

by Dr. B. N. K. SHARMA//

An Advaitin’s  Response to the above observation of the Pontiff:

In the Panchadashi, is the verse:

मायाख्याया: कामधेनो: वत्सौ जीवेश्वरावुभौ ।

यथेच्छं पिबतां द्वैतं तत्त्वं त्वद्वैतमेव हि ॥

mAyAkhyAyaH kAmadhenOH vatsau jIveshwaraavubhau |

yathEccham pibatAm dvaitam tattvam tu advaitameva hi || (VI.236)

[Jiva and Iswara, the two calves of the celestial cow called Maya, may enjoy the duality as they like.  But the non-dual alone is the Reality.]

The  observation of the Pontiff of the Sri Palimar Mutt has arisen out of misinformation about the status of Ishwara and jiva in the Panchadashi in particular and in Advaita in general.  In the Panchadashi itself there are several verses that show the distinction between Ishwara and Jiva.  While Ishwara is the Lord of Maya, jiva is the ‘victim’ of Maya.  Hence, the two, Ishwara and jiva, are not both deluded by Maya.

We may consider the following two positions:

1. In Advaita, samsara (transmigrative life),  jiva and Ishwara (soul and God), bandha and moksha, (bondage and liberation) etc. are all within the realm of Maya.  Brahman alone transcends Maya and is the Sole Reality.

2. In Advaita jiva and Ishwara are both deluded by Maya.

Of the above two statements, while  1  depicts the correct position of Advaita, 2  represents a misunderstood position of Advaita.  Evidently, the Pontiff has subscribed to the position 2.  No Acharya of the Advaita sampradaya has said that Ishwara is deluded by Maya.  In Advaita, samsara is mAyika in nature.  Bondage and liberation are within MAyaa.  The jiva in bondage as well as Ishwara, the bestower of the means for liberation, belong to the realm of mAya alone.  This is because, according to Advaita, the Only Reality, Brahman, has neither samsara nor liberation.  Brahman is untouched by Maya.  It is only in order to ‘explain’ samsara and liberation that Maya is brought in temporarily.  Once the purpose of Maya is over, it is also discarded. Hence it is said in the Panchadashi that both Jiva and Ishwara are akin to ‘ two calves of the celestial cow Maya.’  The play of Maya continues, for the jiva, until he realizes his Brahman nature.  Thereupon there is neither jivahood for him nor is there an Ishwara.  All the jiva-Ishwara vyavahara takes place within the plane of duality created by Maya.  The Transcendental Truth, however, is Brahman, the Advaitam.  This is what is meant by the verse quoted above.

In Advaita, NirguNa Brahman, in association with Maya, is called Ishwara, the SaguNa.  Ishwara is ‘shuddha sattva pradhAna’ of the Maya’s three guNas.  Jiva is ‘malina-sattva pradhana’ while in bondage.  Thus Ishwara is capable of  bestowing upon the jiva the Advaita Jnana which is possible when the jiva attains immense purity in mind.  This distinction between Ishwara and Jiva makes Ishwara never a subject to the binding force of Maya.  Ishwara is always Sarvajna in Advaita.

Maya can create bondage as well as release one from bondage.  When it accomplishes the release of a person from bondage, Maya extinguishes itself.  Ishwara is that releasing principle.

Bhagavan says in the Gita that He incarnates with the aid of His Maya.  He is the Lord of Maya.

संभवामि आत्ममायया …(iv.6)

It is one thing to disagree with a proposition  but quite another to disagree with another.  We may consider the following two statements to bring out the force of this statement:

1. I disagree with the Marxian ideology (for reasons….)
2. I disagree with all those who hold that cow’s milk is a black paste.

The Pontiff’s disagreement with Advaita is akin to 2  above.  To elucidate, no one in the Advaita sampradaya holds that Ishwara is deluded by Maya.  He has  disagreed with Advaita on a misunderstood  ground that ‘in Advaita, Ishwara is still deluded by Maya’.

In the sequel are shown some verses, from the Panchadashi itself, where the distinction between jiva and Ishwara is clearly brought out:

मायाधीन: चिदाभास: श्रुतौ मायी महेश्वर: ।

अन्तर्यामी च सर्वज्नो जगद्योनि: स एव हि ॥ (vi.157)

( The jiva is ‘subject to MaayA’ and Ishwara is the Lord of MAyA.  Ishwara is the Indweller, Omniscient and the Origin of the Universe.)

In  verse 19 of the dvaitaviveka ch. 4 he says:

मायावृत्त्यात्मको हि ईशसंक्ल्प: साधनं जनौ ।

मनोवृत्त्यात्मको जीवसंकल्पो भॊगसाधनम् ॥ (iv.19)

(Ishwara’s will characterized by a MAyAvRtti is the means for creation of the universe.  The jiva’s will of the nature of a mode of mind is the means for experiencing the fruits of karma.)

माहेश्वरी तु माया या तस्या निर्माणशक्तिवत् ।

विद्यते मोहशक्तिश्च तं जीवं मोहयत्यसौ ॥ (iv.12)

(Ishwara’s MayA has two powers: The world-creating power of Ishwara and the deluding power that deludes the jiva.)

मायोपाधिः जगद्योनि: सर्वज्नत्वादिलक्षण: (vii.72)

( Ishwara endowed with the MAyOpAdhi is the source of the universe and is characterized by omniscience, etc.)

All the above verses, from the Panchadashi, bring out the clear difference between Ishwara and jiva.

Also, this Rg Veda mantra says that the jiva and Ishvara both ‘reside’, operate, in the realm of MAyA:

चतुष्कपर्दा युवतिः सुपेशा घृतप्रतीका वयुनानि वस्ते ।

तस्यां सुपर्णा वृषणा निषेदतुः यत्र देवा दधिरे भागधेयम् ।

एकः सुपर्णः स समुद्रं आविवेश स इदं विश्वं भुवनं विचष्टे ॥। (10.114.3,4)

(See blog: The Four ‘Glories’ of MAyA at http://adbhutam.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/the-four-glories-of-maya/  for a detailed explanation of the above mantra)

To conclude, let us look at what Sri Shankaracharya says about Ishwara in the Sutra bhashyam:

स्यात्परमेश्वरस्यापि इच्छावशात् मायामयं रूपं साधकानुग्रहार्थम् । (1.1.vii.20)

(Ishwara, out of compassion, takes on, by His Maya, a form to grace the spiritual aspirant.)

Says the AvadhUta GitA:

ईश्वरानुग्रहादेव पुंसामद्वैतवासना ।

महाभयकृतत्राणात् द्वित्राणामेवोपजायते ॥ ( 1)

[It is only by the Lord’s grace, the savior from the worst of fears, that propensity pertaining to Advaita-sAkShAtkAra arises and that barely in respect of two or three (seekers).]

Says the Sarva-vedanta-siddhAnta-sAra-sangraha:

जन्मानेकशतै:  सदादरयुजा भक्त्या समाराधितो

भक्तैर्वैदिकलक्षणेन विधिना सन्तुष्ट ईश: स्वयम् ।

साक्षात् श्रीगुरुरूपमेत्य कृपया द्रूग्गोचरस्सन् प्रभु:

तत्त्वं साधु विशोध्य तारयति तान् संसारदु:खार्णवात् ॥ (225)

[The Lord, being pleased with the constant and unflinching devotion and worship in the prescribed manner, extending over many lives on the part of the seeker, manifests Himself, in His infinite mercy in the human form of the Guru, thereby becoming accessible to the shishya for shushrUshA and vichara which culminate in his crossing over the perilous ocean of samsara.]

Thus, there is no question of Ishwara being under the illusion of duality according to Advaita.

It would be good if the website organizers of www.dvaita.org take note of this and inform the Pontiff in turn. It is also surprising that Dr.B.N.K.Sharma too failed to notice the mistaken view of the Pontiff while making the English translation.

Om Tat Sat

श्रीसद्गुरुचरणारविन्दार्पणमस्तु

Ecco la lista del carico previsto per questo venerdi 19 Giugno ‘09. Il ritardo su alcuni titoli continua e in particolar modo la Marvel, Panini e Planet Manga, le cause sono un pò lunghe da spiegare e le colpe non sono da attribuire alla fumetteria ne tantomeno al’azienda pan che fa semplicemente il proprio lavoro. Ai clienti chiedo di avere pazienza ancora un pò per vedere se si normalizza il tutto entro la fine di Giugno. Grazie. Ora passiamo al carico e al titolo fra i più attesi di questa estate RG VEDA, ebbene, arriva finalmente nelle fumetterie italiane, grazie alla MX (Magic press) il titolo che ha reso celebri le Clamp e che manca dagli scaffali delle fumetterie da ben 10 anni. Ultima cosa e poi vi lascio alla lista…la prima puntata del tgMag ha raggiunto e superato i 2800 contatti, (vicini ai 3000) grazie a tutti!!!! Il primo Luglio è prevista la 2° puntata.

Ecco la lista del carico (avuta dopo una trasfusione di sangue) previsto per il 19/06/’09.

novità:

RG VEDA 1 (DI 10)

SATANISTER 1

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per saperne di più:

RG VEDA 1 (DI 10)

Collana: MX – Fumetti – altro
Autore: CLAMP
Formato: cm, pag. 192, Brossurato B/N
Prezzo euro: € 5.90
Sotto la guida dell’Imperatore Celeste, Uomini e Dei vivevano in pace e prosperità. Il clan degli Ashura aveva smesso di combattere da secoli. Tutto era perfetto. In questo mondo ideale, all’improvviso, un comandante militare, il dio del tuono Taishaku, entrò nel Palazzo Reale e decapitò l’Imperatore. Dopo aver sterminato gli Ashura, il crudele Taishaku si autoproclamò Sovrano dei Cieli. Ma sei stelle si riuniranno, distruggeranno il regno di Taishakuten e, con esso, tutto il mondo celesteÂ…
RG VEDA, lÂ’opera che rese le CLAMP superstar assolute dellÂ’industria dei manga, torna in Italia dopo 10 anni, con una Perfect Edition finalmente fedele allÂ’originale pubblicato in patria da Shinshokan tra il 1989 e il 1996 (10 volumi, niente “sottilette”, senso di lettura giapponese, frontespizi a colori, nuove copertine, e ovviamente lussuose sovracopertine). Inoltre, in unÂ’esclusiva unica al mondo, la ristampa MX di RG VEDA sarà prodotta usando impianti di stampa rimasterizzati nel 2008 dal team tecnico delle CLAMP. Qualità stellare per la collezione definitiva delle tragiche gesta di Ashura, Yasha-oh, Ryu-oh, Soma, Kendappa-oh, Karura-oh e del misterioso Kujaku.

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SATANISTER 1

Autori: Rei Mikamoto
Genere: Action, Horror
Formato: 13×18 b/n
Pagine: 200
Prezzo:€ 5.90
Copyright: © 2006 Rei Mikamoto
In una piccola chiesa in rovina dimora la “Satanic Sister”, nemica naturale di ogni assassino! Dal genio di Rei Mikamoto, una serie in cinque volumi e conclus che grazie alla sua natura splatter ha sconvolto il Giappone! Che il massacro abbia inizio!

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i fumetti più attesi in arrivo in questo carico:
I CAVALIERI DELLO ZODIACO SAINT SEIYA PERFECT EDITION 18
STEEL BALL RUN 16
SUN KEN ROCK 7

ONE PIECE YELLOW

lista fumetti:
GWI – THE SPECTRE 3
TSUBASA RESERVOIR CHRONICLE 20
FATE STAY NIGHT 5
SUGAR SUGAR RUNE 8 (DI
PRINCESS RESURRECTION 7
SECRET PLOT (DI 4) 1,2
JOHN DOE 73
AKUMETSU 18 – DI 18
SATANISTER 1
WELCOME TO THE N.H.K. 5
GEORGIE! 1 (DI 4)
IN AMORE VINCE CHI INSISTE 2 (DI 12) – ITAZURA NA KISS
BATMAN 23
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL 1 – REGOLE D`INGAGGIO
BATMAN LA LEGGENDA 42,43,44
BOBOBO BOBOBO BO NUM 17
COME UCCIDERE IL DRAGO 3
COUNTDOWN A CRISI FINALE 11
COUNTDOWN A CRISI FINALE 12 (DI 12)
GINTAMA 11
LANTERNA VERDE NUOVA SERIE 3
NIGHTWING NUOVA SERIE 3
POPEYE 2
THE SANDMAN 16
TUTOR HITMAN REBORN! N. 17
SUPERSPY
CARAVAN 1
DAMPYR 111
JULIA 129
LILITH 2
MARTIN MYSTERE 303
TEX 584
2861

OH MIA DEA!

SPROUT

rivista:
ANTEPRIMA 214
NEWS IN ACTION 17,18,19
PREVIEWS UK 2009 #6
CARTONI 10
TELEFILM MAGAZINE 52

action figure:
NINJA GAIDEN RYU 7 INCH AF

DVD:
Astrorobot – Blocker Corps Box #01 (Eps 01-19) (4 Dvd) (Ltd)
Evangelion: 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone (Standard Edition) (2 Dvd)
Ken Il Guerriero – La Serie Televisiva Box 02 (5 Dvd)
Pokemon 3
School Rumble #05 (Eps 17-20)
School Rumble #06 (Eps 21-23)
Viaggio Al Centro Della Terra (2008) (3-D) (2 Dvd)
Watari

arretrati:
CHOBITS 3
OTAKU CLUB GESHINKEN 9 (DI 9)RAVE 3,4

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PRENOTAZIONI.

Potete iniziare a prenotare da ora il cofanetto con la serie completa in DVD di  “TRIGUN”

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Prezzo:         49,99 €  (IVA 20%)
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Marca:         Dynit
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Trama
Hai detto Vash the Stampede?! – Proprio lui. Il tifone umanoide, il ricercato da 60 miliardi di doppi dollari. Basta nominarlo per causare un fuggi-fuggi generale. E’ una vera furia, il suo passaggio non risparmia un solo filo d’erba. – Ed è stato avvistato da queste parti? – Così dicono. Hai saputo dei fattidi Felnarl? – Si è scontrato con due cacciatori di taglie, a quanto mi hanno detto. Quello grosso, Descartes, e lo smilzo che chiamano Ruse Loose. – Già. E dopo è stato segnalato in altre due città della zona. E in ogni occasione i danni non si contano. – Speriamo si tenga lontano da qui! – Tanto io sono assicurato con la Bernardelli. Chissà quanti soldi stanno sborsando per colpa sua! – Ho sentito dire che gli uffici centrali hanno mandato due agenti alla sua ricerca. Due ragazze, pensa! – Due ragazze che danno la caccia a Vash? Ci sarà da divertirsi!

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Estrazioni….

“Harcadya”

Da un pò di tempo sia su Mag che su cartoonMag stiamo presentando in ESCLUSIVA le tavole preparatorie del nuovissimo fumetto di Enzo Troiano che uscirà a Lucca ‘09, il fumettista ha concesso al Mag-Network di seguire il proprio lavoro fino all’uscita. Non finisce qui perchè durante i mesi di preparazione ci saranno un pò di sorprese dedicate appunto ad “Harcadya”. Il primo è quello che riguarda solo alcune fumetterie in Italia: Antani Comics di Terni, Mondi Sommersi di Lecce, Arcadia di Bergmo, Reggio Comics di Reggio Emilia, Fat’s Dream di Bologna e ovviamente Cartooncult di Castellammare di Stabia (NA) che a fine Giugno estrarranno ognuno 5 di 30 tavole numerate con un montaggio di immagini di “Harcadya” e ovviamente autografate da Enzo Troiano.
Cartooncult ha nelle mani le prime 5 tavole che verranno assegnate ad altrettante 5 persone che hanno un abbonamento presso la fumetteria. (la tavola non è quella presente in alto all’articolo). I risultati dell’estrazione verranno segnalati il 1° Luglio ‘09 all’interno della lista carico. Mentre a Luglio ( solo a cartooncult) verranno estratte altre tavole, a colori questa volta, sempre dedicate al nuovo lavoro “Harcadya” le suddette tavole verranno assegnate, tramite estrazione, a coloro che hanno per le mani un fumetto di Troiano fra “Eracle91″ “Korea2145″ o Lufer”.

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per contatti con la fumetteria:

e-mail: cartooncultinfo@gmail.com

tel: 0813623099

msn: cartooncult.net@hotmail.it

Yasasa : In fame

Virou: In valour

Uttamam : The best

Agnina: By Agni.

Rayim : The sun (Ravi). In Telugu, Avi is often pronounced as Ayi by some castes. Va and Ya become interchangeable.  Monier Willimas translated Rayi as wealth.

Asnavat : is pervaded.

Posham : To nourish, thrive, prosper.

Eva : Only (emphasis)

Dive Dive : In the day, in the day (emphasis)

Day after day, the sun is pervaded by Agni (energy),to nourish (it) alone.

I just completed translating the first line of the Rg Veda and the heading. It took me many weeks. Of the many possible interpretations of this line, I have chosen the scientific one. Some people have interpreted the Vedas as nature worship and others as spiritual guides. I think it was a scientific text also. I think that the Jain-Buddhist influence on Hinduism completely rejected the science of the Vedas and borrowed only the spiritual concepts. I think the colonial ruler interpretations saw only the nature and rejected the spiritual content. I think both groups rejected the physics in the Vedas.

In the Tripurantaka incident of the SivaPurana, it is said that the people of the Tripura Gopuram, neglected the Vedas and therfore the science of what supported the Tripura Gopura under the influence of a Jina-style Philosophy and therefore they were vulnerable to Siva’s arrow.

Vishnu has on many occasions Saved the Vedas and handed it over to the next generation after the floods or Pralayas. The Vedas contained the knowledge that the new settlements would require.

The thought that occurs to me is that the philosophies which turned us away from our Vedas, turned us away from our science and technology and slowed us down.

Asya navarchasya sukthasya rshih vaishvamitro madhucchandah :

Vaisvamitroh : of the descendent of Viswamitra,

Madhucchandah: One of the the sweet or pleasant chandas (metre). It  can also mean that Madhucchandah is a descendant of Viswamitra).

Rshih: Rishi (seer, sage). ()

Asya navarchasya sukthasya rshih vaishvamitro madhucchandah: The seer of this  suktha of 9 archas (mantras) is Madhucchanda, the descendant of Viswamitra.

Sukthani: Su – uktha: Well – Said : That which is said well. This has been translated by others as hymns, which is not right. We have the suktha kusumavali which means collection of flowers of sukthas – and here the sukthas are proverbs – not hymns. So for us sukthani (sukthas) are (words) that are well spoken.

Prathama Suktham: The first  that is well said.

Prathama Anuvakah: The first section. (Vak – means speech. Anu – is a prefix that makes something small. Anuvakah means little speech, or small section).

1 Vargah: The first Varga (Class or Division) The word Varna also means class or division. (In its verb form the root Vr means to cover or enclose)

Prathama Adhyayah: That which is to be studied first. (Adhyayah is frequently translated as chapter. But adhyayanam means study. Ahdhyayah means that which is to be studied, or thought about deeply. An Adhyapakah is one who makes you study. Even the word Upadhyaya which means teacher is based on this word adhyaya.)

Doctor Whoniverse/Kodomo no Jikan/Hellsing/RG Veda
The Parents We Choose (art | Sarah Jane, Luke, Yasha, Ashura, Rin, Aoki, Walter, Integra, Anderson, Enrico, Yumie, Heinkel | worksafe)

Doctor Whoniverse/Sailor Moon
I Understand (art | Tenth Doctor, Sailor Pluto | worksafe)

Fake News
The Great Divide, part 1, part 2, part 3 (fic | Senate AU: Jon, “Stephen”, Rain, shoutouts | PG-13)

Next Week in Shine:
Seras comes out from the deep and meaningful dream level, passes through the light and cracktastic dream level, and eventually wakes up.

Website Updates
Over on the scans page, re-uploaded the first part of Hirano’s Angel Dust.

Hoy me gustaría remontarme hasta 1989 para destacar una sensacional obra de las CLAMP que apareció ese año en Japón. Aunque la serie se conoció inicialmente con el nombre de Sei-Den, estamos hablando de hecho de RG Veda, uno de los primeros grandes éxitos de las chicas de CLAMP a nivel mundial. El título venía del Rig Vedá, una antigua obra de la mitología hindú que trataba principalmente sobre el destino. La obra tuvo una extensión total de diez volúmenes en su versión de Manga y contó con una “anecdótica” versión animada en forma de dos O.V.A.s de 30 minutos, los cuales lógicamente no consiguieron transmitir toda la inmensidad y complejidad presentes en la obra escrita, una auténtica delicia por su dibujo ultra-detallado, siendo la versión que yo más fervientemente recomiendo.

La historia narraba las épicas aventuras de Yasha, el mejor guerrero del reino celestial, en su sangriento camino por derrocar al cruel emperador Taishakuten, debiendo proteger tanto él como sus compañeros a una pequeña niña llamada Ashura, que en realidad era una encarnación del Diós de la destrucción, un ser con tal poder que podría acabar con todo el mundo conocido. Entre las compañeras de Yasha en esta ardua tarea se encontraba Souma, una atractiva luchadora de piel morena con técnicas de combate tan letales y sigilosas como las de los ninja, quien junto con la inolvidable arpista de la corte imperial, la hermosa Reina Kendappa, formaba una de las más inolvidables parejas Yuri de aquellos años.

RG Veda cuenta con una historia bien desarrollada y su lectura se hace muy amena, por lo que es un Manga de lo más recomendable, además de poseer quizá como virtud más sobresaliente un dibujo de lo más exquisito y detallado, marca de la casa de las CLAMP, en especial durante aquellos años. Después ya se ha evidenciado una lógica evolución en su estilo tendente a simplificar y darle más limpieza a su dibujo en general, pero esa exuberancia de RG Veda siempre se ha mantenido partir de entonces como uno de los grandes rasgos distintivos en estas extraordinarias artistas. Como curiosidad hay que decir que, años después, otro de los grandes bombazos de las CLAMP, Card Captor Sakura, contó entre sus personajes principales con un pequeño “clon” de Kendappa, la inolvidable y adorable Tomoyo Daidouji, también personaje Yuri como su predecesora, también vinculada a la música como su predecesora y, por si ésto fuera poco, en la posterior serie Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle aparecía en el papel de la propia hermana pequeña de Kendappa, en concreto en los capítulos ambientados en el mundo de Kurogane.

 Gayathri Chandah: An instruction telling us which chandas (or metre) to sing the prathama suktha in.

This is generally considered an instruction telling us which chandas (or metre) to sing it in. The word chanda also means pleasing and alluring and can also mean desire or longing. The best way to know what a metre is, is to listen to it. Listen to the Prathama Suktham in Gayatri chandas at this link. It will also help you with the pronounciation.

In present times, Gayathri Devi is worshipped as a goddess who is the essence of all the vedas and who will protect those who sing the Savitr Gayathri Mantram. The word gayathra is translated as song: that which is sung. It is possible that the gayathri chandas was considered a singing chandas.

Agnih Devata:

Devata means luminary, the one who is bright. The root of the word is related to light. Diva is lamp, Diva is day, Divi is heaven. Even in English the word divine meaning Godly has its root in the word light. (Some others have translated Devata as angel or demi-god etc., but that does not apply to the Vedic Context, it was an attempt to reach the Vedas through a different religion which has the concept of angels).

In modern Indian languages and in modern sanskrit, Agni means fire, literally.

In Vedas and Upanishads, Agni is not only the fire that burns wood, but also the fire of the digestive juices, the fire of lightning, the fire in the sun and so forth. The nearest english word that strikes me at this point is energy.

Agnih Devata: The luminary is Agni (energy).

From this we may understand that the Prathama Suktham will be presenting the well said words by Vaisvamitro madhucchanda, a rshi about Agni Devata, in the Veda that is about Rk (Arka).

Rg Veda Prathama Suktham

First Listen to the mantras here. Then read the translations of the mantras and click on each of the translations given below for a word to word explanation, so that you will understand how I got the final meaning of each mantra.

The collection of what is known about the Sun

Now the first circle.

The first (division) which is made of 8 parts.

That which is to be studied first. The first  of the enclosures. (1-38). The first small speech. Words are that are well spoken (1 -3).

(1) The first  that is well said. The seer of this suktha of 9 archas (mantras) is the descendant of Viswamitra, Madhucchanda. The luminary is energy. The metre is Gayathri.

Harih Om.

(1): I contemplate that luminary, mobile energy (Agni), who conforms to the laws of physics, who is beneficial to the human settlement and who is the giver of what is precious.

(2) : Agni was contemplated by the rishis of the past and the present. He, of his desire, illuminates the luminaries.

(3) The Sun is pervaded by Energy, every day, to nourish it with the best fame and valour.

(4) That worship which is non-injuring,  which encloses energy from all sides, certainly reaches the luminaries.

(5) Energy is mobile, enlightened (kavi) and powerful. A luminary who comes with the luminaries. The best (tama) among the bright (citra) and heard of (srava). (This could have a connnection with astronomy that I am not aware of)

(6) Oh Agni! You will protect, that (person) who strives for this anga (division or part of the Vedas). That (person) is truly your son (Angira).

(7) O Energy! Come Near!  Be (In This) way! We, who are in a state of darkness, bear salutations to you with our mind.

(8 and 9) O Energy! As a father to a son,  Energise this lentil-root soup (by entering into it), for the welfare of us friends, who in our house (have made), radiant, non-injuring yajnas, which enhance the brightness of the heavens (residence of the luminaries), which gaurd the nectar of immortality.

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Watch students learning the mantras here.

Prathama : The first

Ashtakah : That which has 8 parts.

The first (division) which is made of 8 parts.

Shiksha Bharti Press, G.T. Road, Shahdara, Delhi 110032

By Svami Satya Prakash Sarasvati and Satyatam Vidyalankar.

Vol 1: Bhumika

Veda Pratishthan – New Delhi.