Butea Monosperma, is also known with common names like Palash, Dhak, Palah, Flame of the Forest, Bastard Teak, Parrot Tree is a species of Butea native to tropical and sub-tropical…
Instructional Technology in Sanskrit
Remmia Radhakrishnan Sukapurath & William Carmichael Strayer University, United States Abstract- India is the second largest mobile phone user with over 900 million users in the world. Since India is…
The War Against Hinduism – By Stephen Knapp
Over the years we have all heard about the many attempts that have been made in India to convert various sections of society from Hinduism to either Christianity or Islam.…
Indian Discoveries And Inventions – Part IV
SINE, COSINE, RADIUS AND ARC Anyonya kotihathayorabhimatha gunayosthrijeejavayaa hathayo: yogaviyogow syaathaamabhimathagunachaapa yogavivaragunow The sum of the products of Sin A and Cos B and when angles are exchanged, Sin B…
Computational Model to Generate Case Inflected Forms of Masculine Nouns for Word Search in Sanskrit E-Text
Kasmir Raja S.V. Dean-Research, SRM University, Chennai, India Rajitha Department of Computer Science, Meenakshi College for Women, Chennai, India Research Scholar, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal, India Meenakshi Lakshmanan Head,…
“JYOTISAR” – Birth Place of Bhagwat Geeta
The holy lands acts as a focal point for the pilgrimage of the different religions of the world. Pilgrimage has been an integral part of one’s life. Pilgrimage integrates pilgrims…
Cover Story : International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organisation. ISKCON was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who is…
Is Hinduism on the path of Extinction ?
Hinduism was a major religion of South East Asia in the first millennium. But now when it has been swept off from Indonesia , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Bangladesh and…
Indian Discoveries and Inventions – Part III
POLYGONAL Thribdhyankaagninabha schandraisthri bhaanaa shtayugaashtabhi: vedaagni baanakhaaschaicha khakhaabhraa bhrarasai: kramaath baaneshu nakha baanai schadvidvi nandeshu saagarai: kuraamadasavedaischa vruthhavyaase samaahathe khakhakhaabhraarka sambhakthe labhyanthe kramasobhujaa: vrutthaantha sthraya poorvaanaam navaasraantham pruthak pruthak…
How Might Yoga Work? An Overview of Potential Underlying Mechanisms
Marcy C. McCall Sc. Kellogg College, University of Oxford, UK Introduction Popular and academic interest in yoga for treatment of health conditions are increasing at an alarming rate while over…