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  1. Samaveda

    books Ganas . Samaveda s Upaveda technical manual is Gandharvaveda G ndharvaveda that deals not only ... recensions of the text of the Samaveda Samhita ref Griffith, R. T. H. The IAST S maveda ... prepared by some well known Samaveda specialists. Notes references See also Hinduism Historical Vedic religion Vedas Books The Samaveda has been edited and published by Theodor Benfey Leipzig, 1848 ... Hymns of the Samaveda 1895, full text, online at sacred texts.com http www.vedchant.com sama Veda Prasar Samiti MP3 examples of vedic chants http www.sanskritweb.net samaveda Samaveda Song Books ... words and phrases Category Indian poetics Category Indian music be de Samaveda es Sama veda eo Samavedo fr Sama V da hi id Samaweda it S maveda kn la Samaveda lt Samaveda ml mr ja no Samaveda or pl Samaweda pt Samaveda ru sa simple Samaveda sk S mav d sl Samaveda sv Samaveda te th tr Samaveda uk ...   more details



  1. Udgitha

    Udgitha may be the chanting in Vedic ritual, the office of the Udgatr priest a division of the Samaveda a name of the mystical syllable Aum a name of a medieval Hindu scholar, see Udgithacarya disambig ...   more details



  1. Gargya

    G rgya feminine G rg , descendant of Garga is an Indian patronymic and may refer to a king of the Gandharvas a grammarian predating P ini , see Vyakarana the author of the Samaveda Padapatha a Brahmin gotra system Brahmin gotra disambig es Garguia ...   more details



  1. Samavedam

    Cleanup date May 2011 This page is related to the Telugu Brahmin Surname Samavedam. br If you want to know about Samavedam as in 1 of the 4 Vedas , please refer to Samaveda Surname Samavedam br Gotra Srivatsa br Rishi s Bhargava, Chyavana, Apnava, Aurava, Jamadagni Noted persions Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma Other Telugu Brahmin Surnames List of Telugu Brahmins surname stub Category Telugu language surnames ...   more details



  1. Book:Vedic age

    saved book title Vedic age subtitle cover image cover color Vedic age Vedic period Rigvedic tribes Historical Vedic religion Rigveda Samaveda Yajurveda Atharvaveda Vedic chant Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Vedanga Shiksha Vy kara a Kalpa Vedanga Kalpa Hindu astrology Varna Hinduism Varna Samkhya Tantra Raja Yoga Nyaya Vaisheshika Mim s Vedanta ...   more details



  1. Sadangi

    Sadangi or Sarangi , Sanskrit , Oriya language Oriya are a sub group of Utkala Brahmin who have Oriya language Oriya as their mother tongue. They inhabit mainly the costal and deltaic area of Orissa . Later on, large numbers of Sarangi families migrated to Garjat regions, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and West Bengal. They generally follow Kauthuma Shaakha of Samaveda . Their surname is derived from that they once specialised on the six Vedanga s of Samaveda Sanskrit .Samavedis follow mainly Khadira grihya sutra, Drahyayana shrauta, and Naradiya Shiksha. Some also follow Gobhilya grihya but they are few in number. See also Dash Oriya surname Utkala Brahmin References refbegin Torch Bearers of Vedic Traditions Brahmin Sasan Villages in Orissa by Nityananda Patnaik. Vedam Books, New Delhi, Classical, 2002, ix, 227 p.  ISBN 81 7054 346 0 refend DEFAULTSORT Sadangi Category Hindu surnames Category Social groups in Orissa ...   more details



  1. Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana

    The Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana JUB lang sa , IAST Jaimin ya Upani ad Br hma a or the Talavakara Upanishad Brahmana lang sa , IAST Talavak ra Upani ad Br hma a is a Vedas Vedic text associated with the Jaiminiya or the Talavakara shakha of the Samaveda . It is considered as an Aranyaka . A part of this text forms the Kena Upanishad . ref cite book last Rapson first E. J. ed. title The Cambridge History of India year 1922 publisher Cambridge University Press page 116 url http books.google.co.in books?id gYg8AAAAIAAJ&pg PA116&dq Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana&hl en&ei PiIUTbH JcjirAeo5tnSCw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 6&ved 0CEEQ6AEwBQ v onepage&q Jaiminiya 20Upanishad 20Brahmana&f false volume Vol.I Ancient India location Cambridge ref Together with the B had ra yaka and Ch ndogya Upanishads, it dates to the Brahmana period of Vedic Sanskrit , likely predating the 6th century BCE. This first printed edition of this text, edited by Hanns Oertel along with its translation into English by him was published in the Journal of the American Oriental Society in 1896. It is not to be confused with the Jaiminiya Brahmana JB , the actual Brahmana text of the Jaiminiya shakha of the Samaveda. See also Brahmana References reflist External links Sri Aurobindo , The Upanishads http www.sriaurobindoashram.info Contents.aspx?ParentCategoryName StaticContent SriAurobindoAshram 09 20E Library 01 20Works 20of 20Sri 20Aurobindo 12 The 20Upanishad Volume 12 . Sri Aurobindo Ashram , Pondicherry . 1972. Category Brahmanas Category Upanishads Category Hindu texts no Jaiminiya upanishad brahmana ...   more details



  1. Sama

    sisterlinks sama Sama may refer to A verse from the Samaveda , one of the Vedas Sama Harstad , a part of Harstad city in northern Norway Sama, Asturias , a parish in the municipality of Langreo in northern Spain Sama Mahabharata character , a character of the Mahabharata Shamash , the Assyrian and Babylonian sun god Sema Sama , form of Sufi ritual ceremony Sama Dubai , a property company based in Dubai Japanese honorifics Sama Japanese honorifics Sama , a Japanese honorific suffix Sama Airlines Sama religion the indigenous religion of the Munda people of India Sama, A name Bajau ethnic group in Borneo also known Sama Sama language , or Sama Bajau Sama language Angola SAMA may refer to Scientific Apparatus Manufacturers Association Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency South African Medical Association San Antonio Museum of Art South African Music Awards South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly disambig ast Sama de Sama fr Sama id Sama ...   more details



  1. Panchavimsha Brahmana

    The Tandya Mahabrahmana or the Praudha Brahmana great Brahmana , also known as the Panchavimsha Brahmana from its consisting of twenty five prapathaka s chapters is a Brahmana of the Samaveda , belonging to both of its Kauthuma and Ranayaniya shakha s. It deals with the duties of the udgatar udg t s generally, and especially of the various kinds of chants. Contents The work is divided in to 25 prapathaka s, which are further divided in to 347 khanda s sections . An overview of the contents of the text is as follows Prapathaka I Collection of Yajus Prapathaka II III Vistutis Prapathaka IV&ndash IX.2 Various rites Jyotishtoma, Ukthya, Atiratra, Prakrtis of ekahas and ahinas Prapathaka IX.3&ndash IX.10 Somaprayaschittas Prapathaka X&ndash XV Dvadashaha rite Prapathaka XVI&ndash XIX One day rites Prapathaka XX&ndash XXII Ahina rites Prapathaka XXIII&ndash XXV Longer rites known as the Satra s External links http www.sub.uni goettingen.de ebene 1 fiindolo gretil 1 sanskr 1 veda 2 bra pncvbr1u.htm GRETIL etext 1911 Category Brahmanas ...   more details



  1. Goel (India)

    about the Indian community the Jewish legal institution Goel Goel Hindi is a gotra of Agrawal , a large and influential community in India . Gotras Goel is one among the 18 gotra s which are present in among Agrawal community. Sometimes, the number of gotras is stated as 17 1 2 see the Legend legend section . The 18 Agrawal gotras are ref cite web url http agrawal.org history.htm title Agrawal History publisher Agrawal Association of America accessdate 2007 04 19 ref class wikitable sortable Gotra Original Gotra Lord Saint Guru Veda Branch Sutra Airan Aeron Aurva Indramal Atri Aaurva Yajurveda Madhyadini Madhuri Kaatyayni Bansal Vatsya Virbhan Vishist Vatsa Samaveda Kouthmi Kauttham Gobhil Bindal or Vindal Vishist Vrinddev Yavasya or Vashista Yajurveda Madhuri Kaatyayni Dhoumya Vasudev Bhardwaj Yajurveda Madhyadini or Madhuri Kaatyayni Dharan or Deran Dhanyas Dhavandev Bhekaar or Ghaumya Yajurveda Madhuri Kaatyayni Garg or Gargeya Gargasya Pushpadev Gargacharya or Garg Yajurveda Madhuri Kaatyayni Goel , Goyal or Goenka Gomil Gendumal Gautam or Gobhil Yajurveda Madhuri Kaatyayni Goyan, Goin, Goyanor or Gangal or Gol Gautan Godhar Purohit or Gautam Yajurveda Madhyadini or Madhuri Kaatyayni Jindal Gemino Jaitrasangh Bruhaspati or Jaimini Yajurveda Madhyadini or Madhuri Kaatyayni Kansal Kaushik Manipal Kaushik Yajurveda Madhyadini or Madhuri Kaatyayni Kuchhal, Kachal or Kuchchal Kashyap Karanchand Kush or Kashyap Samaveda Kosami or Kauttham Komaal Madhukul Mudgal Mudgal Madhavsen Aashvalayan Mudgal Rigveda Yajurveda Saalaya Sakalya Aslayin Mangal Maandav Amritsen Mudragal Mandavya Rigveda Yajurveda Sakalya Asusai Mittal Maitreya Mantrapati Vishwamitra Maitreya Yajurveda Madhyadini Madhuri Kaatyayni Naagil Nangal Nagal Naagend Narsev Kaudalya Nagendra Samaveda Kouthmi Kauttham Aslayin Singhal Singla Shandalya Sindhupati Shringi Shandilya Samaveda Koyumi Kauttham Gobhil Tayal Taitireya Tarachand Saakal Taitireya Yajurveda Kri Madhyadini Aausthambh Kaatyayni Tingal Tu ...   more details



  1. Jaimini

    at astrojyoti ref Other Mentions Samaveda When Rishi Veda Vyasa divided ancient Vedic hymns into four ... Paila, Vaisampayana, Jaimini and Sumantu, Samaveda was transmitted to rishi Jaimini. br He divided ... mark intro.htm Jaimini and Markandeya at Urday ref See also Indian Astrology Samaveda Guru Purnima ...   more details



  1. Samanya Vedanta Upanishads

    Refimprove date May 2008 Of the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishad s, 21 are considered S m nya common , or general Ved nta Upanishads. ref Cite web url http cat.inist.fr ?aModele afficheN&cpsidt 3739282 title Mat riaux pour servir aux tudes upanisadiques. III La Mudgalopanisad Materials for the Upanisadic studies III the Mudgalopanisad publisher cat.inist.fr accessdate 2008 05 20 last first ref These are the Upanishads accepted by all Vedantic schools as ruti scripture ruti , and are not idiosyncratic to any school Vaishna , Shaiva , Yoga , Shakta . They are listed with their associated Veda Unicode Rigveda V , Samaveda SV , White Yajurveda YV , Black Yajurveda KYV , Atharvaveda AV needs reference. copied from Upanishad IAST Kau t ki IAST V IAST Sub la YV IAST Mantrika YV IAST Sarvas ra KYV IAST Nir lamba YV IAST ukarahasya KYV IAST Vajras chi SV IAST tmabodha IAST V IAST Skanda IAST Trip vibh i KYV IAST Mudgala IAST V IAST Pai gala YV IAST Mahad SV IAST r raka KYV IAST Ek k ara KYV IAST S rya AV IAST Ak i KYV IAST Adhy tm SYV IAST S vitr SV IAST tm AV IAST Pr gnihotra KYV IAST Muktika SYV References Reflist See also Mukhya Upanishads Category Vedanta Category Upanishads Hinduism stub es Samanya Vedanta Upanishads ru ...   more details



  1. Singhal

    Unreferenced date April 2009 Singhal lang hi , or Singal Sinhal Singla surname has origins in Sanskrit simha which means leonine. The first use of the name came about during the rule of Emperor Agrasen and his wife Queen Madhavi 3200 B.C . Agrasen established 18 Gotras or clans for each of his 18 sons based on the names of their Guru and divided his empire among them. Collectively these 18 Gotras are called Agrawal , one of the most important trading communities in India . Singhal as a surname is also used by other communities which are not necessarily related to Shri Agrasen . Details Singhal is one of the original 18 Gotras established by Agrasen . Agrasen was a Hindu Kshatriya king of Suryavansha Sun dynasty in North India. His capital was Agroha , near Hisar, Haryana Modern Hisar , Haryana . Agroha means land of Agrawals Aggras. Gotra Surname Singhal Original Gotra Shandalya Lord Sindhupati Saint Guru Shringi Shandilya Veda Samaveda Branch Koyumi Kauttham Sutra Gobhil See also Baniya Aggarwal External links Category Gotras of Agarwal Category Agrawal Category Indian family names Category Social groups of India Category Social groups of Rajasthan ...   more details



  1. Ralph T. H. Griffith

    Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith 1826 1906 , scholar of indology , Son of http books.google.com.au books?id Y8AKI2nqPBQC&pg PA181&dq 22Rev. R. C. Griffith 22&hl en&ei U4zqTOG5L4 OvQO 6v3CCA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCsQ6AEwADgK v onepage&q 22Rev. 20R. 20C. 20Griffith 22&f false Rev R C Griffith Chaplain to the Marquis of Bath 1830 B.A. of Queen s College was elected to the vacant Sanskrit Scholarship on Nov 24, 1849. He translated the Vedas Vedic scriptures into English. He also produced translations of other Sanskrit literature, including a verse version of the Ramayana and the Kumara Sambhava of Kalidasa . He held the position of principal at the Benares College in India. His translation of the Rigveda follows the text of Max M ller s six volume Sanskrit edition. His readings generally follow the work of the great scholar Sayana who was Prime Minister at the court of the King of Vijayanagara Vijaynagar in what is now the District of Bellary in the India n state of Karnataka in the fourteenth century. Now long out of copyright, copies of his translation of the Rigveda , Samaveda , Yajur Veda White Yajurveda , Atharvaveda and Ramayana are available on the internet. The Ramayan of Valmiki published 1870 http www.sacred texts.com hin rama index.htm read online Hymns of the Rigveda published 1889 http www.sacred texts.com hin rigveda index.htm read online Hymns of the Samaveda published 1893 http www.sacred texts.com hin sv.htm read online Hymns of the Atharvaveda published 1896 http www.sacred texts.com hin av index.htm read online The Texts of the White Yajurveda published 1899 http www.sacred texts.com hin wyv index.htm read online wikisource author Ralph T.H. Griffith Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Griffith, Ralph T.H. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1826 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1906 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Griffith, Ralph T.H. Category 1826 births Category 1906 deaths Category British Indologists UK n ...   more details



  1. Asko Parpola

    Infobox person name Asko Parpola image Asko Parpola.jpg birth date 1941 image size 200px caption Parpola at the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 birth place death date death place religion occupation Indologist and Sindhology Sindhologist spouse parents children Asko Parpola born 1941 is a Finnish Indologist and Sindhology Sindhologist , current professor emeritus of Indology and South Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki . He specializes in the Indus script . Two significant contributions of Parpola to the field of decipherment of the Indus script are creation of the now universally used classification of Indus valley seals and the proposed much debated decipherment of the language of the script ref http www.harappa.com script mahadevantext.html Mahadevan Interview Full Text ref He is brother of the Akkadian language epigrapher Simo Parpola . ref http www.helsinki.fi aparpola Helsinki University ref Asko Parpola, received the Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award for 2009 on June 23, 2010 at World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 World Classical Tamil Conference at Coimbatore. In broad terms, his research and teaching interests fall within the following topics Indus Civilization Indus script and religion Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions Veda Vedic ritual Samaveda Jaiminiya Samaveda texts and rituals Purva Mimamsa South Asian religions Hinduism Saiva and Sakta tradition Goddess Durga South India Kerala Tamil Nadu Karnataka Sanskrit Malayalam Tamil Prehistory of Indian languages Prehistoric archaeology of South Asia and in broad sense Central Asia Coming of the Aryans Publications Books and Edited Volumes Articles 2008 Is the Indus script indeed not a writing system? In Air vati Felicitation volume in honour of Iravatham Mahadevan, edited by 111 31. VARALAARU.COM, Chennai. References reflist External links http www.harappa.com script parpola0.html Asko Parpola at Harappa.com http web.archive.org web 20060926002738 http www.ling.helsinki.fi f ...   more details



  1. Anukrama??

    Hindu scriptures The Anukramani s lang sa , IAST Anukrama also IAST Anukrama ik are the systematic indices of Vedas Vedic hymns ref name m1 Max M ller, F. 1860 A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature So Far As It Illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans , London Williams and Norgate, pp.215 29 ref recording Vedic meter poetic meter , content, and traditions of authorship. Anukramanis of the Rigveda Six Anukramanis of the Rigveda are ascribed to Shaunaka Anuvakanukramani , Arshanukramani , Chandonukramani , Devatanukramani , Padanukramani and Suktanukramani . Except the Anuvakakramani , other Anukramanis survive only in quotations found in the writings of Shadgurashishya. The most important Anukramani of the Rigveda is Katyayana s Sarvanukramani ca. 2nd century BCE , recording the first word, the number of verses, name and family of poets rshi s , names of Rigvedic deities deities and Vedic meter metres for each of the 1,028 hymns of the Rigveda. The Vedarthadipika , written by Shadgurushishya 12th century is a significant commentary of this work. Manfred Mayrhofer Mayrhofer 2003 discusses the personal names contained in the Rigveda Anukramani, counting 543 items. Academic opinion regarding the age and authenticity of the tradition of these names is not unanimous. Mayrhofer suggests that Hermann Oldenberg 1888 was essentially correct in assuming that the editors of the lists of authors ... possessed a correct notion of the families associated with these Mandalas the Rigvedic family books 2&ndash 7 , possibly rooted in tradition. Beyond this, they do not betray as much as the slightest sign of any genuine tradition on the hymn authors. p. 229 Anukramanis of the other Vedas The Arsheya Brahmana is the earliest Anukramani of the Samaveda ref name m1 , belonging to its Kauthuma shakha . The Jaiminiya Arsheya Brahmana is a later Anukramani of the Samaveda belonging to its Jaiminiya shakha. There are three Anukramanis of the Yajurveda belonging to th ...   more details



  1. Music in ancient India

    Refimprove date October 2009 Music in ancient India , encompassing the modern day Indian subcontinent of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, can be reproduced from written works dating to the Middle kingdoms of India Indian classical period , such as the Natya Shastra N tya Shastra , and through surviving examples of liturgical music such as the hymns of the Samaveda . Musical instruments dating to the prehistoric period have been recovered from archaeological excavations. Prehistoric Music Archaeological discoveries Musical instruments, such as the seven holed flute and various types of stringed instruments, have been recovered from Indus Valley Civilization archaeological sites. Surviving music The Samaveda , one of the ancient core Hindu scriptures known as the Vedas , consists of a collection samhita of hymns, portions of hymns and detached verses, all but 75 of which are taken from the Rigveda . They were intended to be sung using melodies called Samagana whose musical forms are indicated. These hymns were sung by Udgatar priests at sacrifices in which the juice of the Soma plant, clarified and mixed with milk and other ingredients, were offered in libation to various deities. This Patha Styles of memorization memorization by Hindu priests of the sacred Vedas included up to eleven musical forms of recitation that could be used on the same text. Echoes in modern Indian music Contemporary South Asian music South Asian and Music of India Indian music has its roots in the Indian History Pre Historic era prehistoric era of Indian and South Asian culture. N tya Shastra Main Natya Shastra The Natya Shastra N tya Shastra is an History of India ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts , embracing Indian theatre , early Indian classical dance and Indian classical music . It was written between 200 BC and 200 AD, during the Middle kingdoms of India classical period of Indian history . This text, which contains 6000 shlokas , is attributed to a muni whose name was Bharat ...   more details



  1. Brahmana

    Samaveda Kauthuma and Ranayaniya shakhas Panchavimsha Brahmana Tandya Mahabrahmana or IAST Pa cavi a ... to the hymns of Samaveda. Devatadhyaya or Daivata Brahmana comprises 3 khandas, having 26, 11 ... kanda s sections . Jaiminiya Arsheya Brahmana is also an index to the hymns of Samaveda, belonging ...   more details



  1. Mukhya Upanishads

    Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 The Muktika canon of 108 Upanishad s is headed by 10 Mukhya Upanishads. These are the ten oldest Upanishads, known to and commented upon by the 9th century scholar Adi Shankara Shankara . Sanskrit IAST mukhya means principal , chief , or eminent . Also known as Dashopanishad s, these ten Mukhya Upanishads probably all predate the Common Era , and they are accepted as ruti scripture ruti by all Hindus. They are listed with their associated Veda Unicode Rigveda V , Samaveda SV , White Yajurveda YV , Black Yajurveda KYV , Atharvaveda AV Ishopanishad IAST a , YV The Inner Ruler Kenopanishad IAST Kena SV Who moves the world? Katha Upanishad IAST Ka ha KYV Death as Teacher Prashnopanishad IAST Pra na , AV The Breath of Life Mundaka Upanishad IAST Mu aka AV Two modes of Knowing IAST M kya AV Consciousness and its phases Taittiriya Upanishad IAST Taittir ya KYV From Food to Joy Aitareya Upanishad IAST Aitareya , IAST V The Microcosm of Man Chandogya IAST Ch ndogya SV Song and Sacrifice IAST B had ra yaka YV Linguistically, the oldest of these IAST B had ra yaka, Ch ndogya belong to the Brahmana period of Vedic Sanskrit , predating Panini scholar Panini . A middle layer IAST Ka ha belongs to the Sutra period of late Vedic Sanskrit, roughly contemporary with Panini, and the youngest are in early Classical Sanskrit , approximately contemporary with the Bhagavad Gita roughly dating to the period from the 4th century BCE to the beginning of the Common Era , or the Mauryan period . See also Samanya Vedanta Upanishads Principal Upanishads book Indian Philosophy Category Upanishads Hinduism stub es Mukhia Upanishad fr Mukhya Upanishads ru uk ...   more details



  1. Veda (disambiguation)

    TOCright Veda or Vedas may refer to Hinduism The Vedas English plural form , part of a set of Hindu texts Rigveda Samaveda Yajurveda Atharvaveda other ruti scripture Brahmana s Aranyaka s Upanishads Kalpa Vedanga Puranas Bhagavad Gita post Vedic Sanskrit texts Upaveda s Ayurveda medicine Indian martial arts Dhanurveda martial arts Gandharvaveda music Hindu temple architecture Sthapatyaveda architecture other Indian texts called Veda Fifth Veda Divya Prabandha Dravida Veda Pranava Veda disambiguation Places and groups Saint Jean de V das , a commune municipality in H rault, France Vedda people , indigenous people of Sri Lanka, also known as the Wanniyala Aetto VEDA, an acronym for Voluntarios en Defensa de los Animales Volunteers in Defense of Animals , a nonprofit organization Organizations Veda Advantage , a credit information bureau operating in the Australia New Zealand region Individual people Veda Hille , a Canadian singer songwriter Veda Beaux Reves , an Irish drag artist Brandon Vedas , a man who died of drug overdose while using Internet Relay Chat Other Veda film Veda film , a 2010 Turkish film Veda bread , a malted bread from Northern Ireland. Vedera , an indie rock band formerly known as Veda List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 technology Veda Veda , a fictional supercomputer in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00 See also Vedic disambiguation disambig es Veda ko ru tr Veda ...   more details



  1. Bansal

    Bansal lang hi is an India n surname . The first use of the name came about during the rule of Emperor Agrasen and his wife Queen Madhavi 3200 B.C . Agrasen established 18 Gotras or clans for each of his 18 sons based on the names of their Guru and divided his empire among them. Collectively these 18 Gotras are called Agrawal , one of the most important trading communities in India . ref name People of India cite book last Singh first Kumar Suresh coauthors B. V. Bhanu title People of India year 2004 publisher Popular Prakashan Mumbai , Anthropological Survey of India Kolkata oclc 58037479 isbn 8179911004 url http books.google.com books?vid ISBN8179911004&id DEAlCTxJowUC&pg PA46&lpg PA46&ots Bvlxact nQ&dq agarwal agroha&sig 3JVJpW3XF2UJXStGcgV tWgHKlE accessdate 2007 04 19 page 46 ref ref name Mittal http books.google.com books?id rrh4tY3v2A4C&pg PA675&dq agrasena&lr &as brr 3&client firefox a History of Ancient India By J.P. Mittal ref Details Bansal is one of the original 18 Gotras established by Agrasen . Agrasen was a Hindu Kshatriya king of Suryavansha Sun dynasty in North India. His capital was Agroha , near Hisar, Haryana Modern Hisar , Haryana . Agroha means land of Agrawals Aggras. Gotra Surname Bansal Original Gotra Vatsya Lord Virbhan Saint Guru Vishist Vatsa Veda Samaveda Branch Kouthmi Kauttham Sutra Gobhil See also Baniya Agarwal Bansal disambiguation References Reflist Category Gotras of Agarwal Category Agrawal Category Indian family names Category Social groups of India ...   more details



  1. Samaga

    Cleanup date April 2007 Samaga is the family title of the descendants of Sosale Venkatanarayan Shrouti. The title was bestowed upon Shrouti by the Sringeri Swamiji in the late 19th century. This recognition was for Shrouti s scholarly excellence in Samaveda. Thus Samaga is a person who is an expert in samaveda. His books were the prescribed textbooks at various Sanskrit colleges. All the descendants of Shrouti then adopted Samaga as the family name. Samaga is also a surname of some of the shivalli brahmins of Udupi . The surname may have derived from brahmin s who follow samaveda or has considerable knowledge of samaveda. Venkatanarayan Shrouti s only son was Samaga Venkataramana Shrouti, who later became an Amildar in the Government of Mysore. He held a BA Hons. degree in English. Venkataramana Shrouti s wife Savitramma was a great proponent of women s emancipation.Though widowed at an early age she brought up her only son and also looked after their ancestral property.It was her wish that women should be well educated.To honor that wish her son instituted a gold medal in the University of Mysore for the women candidate scoring the highest marks in MA Sanskrit .This medal is awarded by the university even till this day. Venkataramaswamy was Venkataramana Shrouti s only son. He had an excellent academic career and was one of the first persons to get a degree in Electronics and Communications engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He had a distinguished career in All India Radio and retired in 1970 as a Senior Engineer.He married Rukmini in 1935 and the couple had four sons. One of Venkataramaswamy s sons is Samaga Venkataramaswamy Lakshmi Narayan aka S V L Narayan.The other sons are Raju Swamy, Samaga V. Ramesh and Samaga V. Shridhar. S V L Narayan holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India FIE . He would probably hold the world record of being the only communication person to file stories live f ...   more details



  1. Angiras (sage)

    for celestial being in Hindu mythology Angiris IndicText Angiras , pronounced as ngir s nominative singular Angir , pronounced as ngir is a rishi or sage who, along with sage Atharvan , is credited to have formulated ruti scripture heard most of the fourth Veda called Atharvaveda . He is also mentioned in the other three Vedas. Sometimes he is reckoned as one of the Seven Great Sages, or saptarishi s of the first Manvantara , with others being, Marichi , Atri , Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya , and Vashishtha ref http www.sacred texts.com tantra maha maha00.htm Inhabitants of the Worlds Mahanirvana Tantra, translated by Arthur Avalon, John Woodroffe Sir John Woodroffe , 1913, Introduction and Preface. The Rishi are seers who know, and by their knowledge are the makers of shastra and see all mantras. The word comes from the root rish Rishati prapnoti sarvvang mantrang jnanena pashyati sangsaraparangva, etc. The seven great Rishi or saptarshi of the first manvantara are Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, and Vashishtha. In other manvantara there are other sapta rshi . In the present manvantara the seven are Kashyapa , Atri, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, Bharadvaja. To the Rishi the Vedas were revealed. Vyasa taught the Rigveda so revealed to Paila, the Yajurveda to Vaishampayana, the Samaveda to Jaimini, Atharvaveda to Samantu, and Itihasa and Purana to Suta. The three chief classes of Rishi are the Brah marshi, born of the mind of Brahma, the Devarshi of lower rank, and Rajarshi or Kings who became Rishis through their knowledge and austerities, such as Janaka, Ritaparna, etc. Thc Shrutarshi are makers of Shastras, as Sushruta. The Kandarshi are of the Karmakanda, such as Jaimini. ref Bharadwaja maharshis was his descendant. . His wife is Sur pa and his sons are Utatya, Samvartana and Brihaspati. He is one of the ten Manasaputras wish born son of Lord Brahma. Other accounts say that he married smrithy, the daughter of Daksha. Ci ...   more details



  1. Maitrayaniya Upanishad

    Hindu scriptures The Maitrayaniya Upanishad lang sa , IAST Maitr ya ya Upani ad or the Maitri Upanishad lang sa , IAST Maitr Upani ad belongs to the Maitri or Maitrayaniya shakha branch of the IAST K a Yajurveda , though some texts assign it to the IAST S maveda . It figures as number 24 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads under the name of the IAST Maitr ya i Upanishad, which is included there as a IAST S m nya Upanishad, associated with the Samaveda . The IAST D pik , a notable commentary on this text was written by IAST R matirtha . Thomas William Rhys Davids Rhys Davis n.d. unpaginated holds that within the manuscripts of this text is the earliest documented Sanskrit literary usage of the term samadhi Sanskrit . It was first found in the Tipitaka in Pali ref T.W.Rhys Davis n.d. . Introduction to the Subha Sutta . Source http www.metta.lk tipitaka 2Sutta Pitaka 1Digha Nikaya Digha1 10 subha e.html accessed Thursday December 24, 2009 ref The Upanishad is post Ashoka n, and shows signs of Buddhist influence. ref A.L. Basham in Paul Williams, ed., Buddhism Buddhist origins and the early history of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia . Taylor & Francis, 2005, page 61. ref ref Florin Giripescu Sutton, Existence and enlightenment in the La k vat ra s tra a study in the ontology and epistemology of the Yog c ra school of Mah y na Buddhism . SUNY Press, 1991, page 58. ref Contents The extant recension of the text consists seven IAST Prap haka s lessons , the last two are known as khila appendices . But originally it consisted the first four IAST Prap haka s only. The text begins as a dialogue between the king IAST B hadratha and the sage IAST k yana which continues till vi.30. Through this dialogue, the sage IAST k yana teaches the king the philosophy of the Brahman as it was taught by the sage Maitri. As a part of his teaching, he narrates an ancient dialogue between a group of sages known as the IAST V lakhilya s and IAST P ...   more details



  1. Hindu music

    music can be found from the oldest of scriptures, part of the Hindu tradition, the Vedas . Samaveda ...   more details




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