Thursday, April 11, 2013

Research

Revisited: A Tale of Love & Adventure


These characters were designed to be used in conjunction with the exhibition 0n Ramayana, exhibiting at the Peranakan Museum. From left to right: Valmiki, Hanuman, Laksmana, Rama, Lava & Kusha, Sita and Ravanna.

http://www.fom.sg/Passage/2010/03ramayana.pdf

Valmiki / Film / Tirtha / Mercy

Almighty and Vedas


वेद वेद्ये परे पुंसि जाते दशरथात्मजे ।
वेदःप्रचेतसादासीद् साक्षाद् रामायणात्मना ॥

veda vedye pare puMsi jaate dasharathaatmaje |
vedaHprachetasaadaasiid saakShaad raamaayaNaatmanaa ||

“When the omni potent omniscient and the Omnipresent Almighty who can be known only through Veda, took birth as a son of Dasharatha, the most precious Veda was rendered as Ramayana by the sage Prachetasa.(Valmiki).”

Satasloki Valmiki Ramayana

Planetary remedies from Valmiki Ramayana

The reciting of various chapters of Valmiki Ramayana is prescribed in many scriptures as a remedy for many things. Uma Samhita prescribes reading once a day some canto to the other from Valmiki Ramayana for each Mahadasa. They are: 

  1. Ravi: Bala kanda, 73rd chapter
  2. Chandra: Sundara kanda, 5th chapter
  3. Kuja: Bala kanda 36th and 37th chapter
  4. Rahu: Yuddha kanda,
  5. 75th chapter Guru: Sundra kanda, 11th chapter
  6. Shani: Bala kanda, 30th chapter
  7. Budha: Sundara kanda, 35th chapter
  8. Ketu: Ayodhya kanda, 50th chapter
  9. Shukra: Sundara kanda, 36th chapter


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