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Issue 16 June 2020 Knowledgesamvit Beyond Time Issue 16 June 2020 KnowledgeSAMVIT beyond time Amaruśatakam A hundred poignant verses on love and heartbreak — tender, playful, transcendental. Epidemics in Āyurveda Ancient texts of Āyurveda describe epidemics — their symptoms, cures and preventive measures. On the Meaning Bi-annual of Yoga magazine of Yoga focuses equally India’s culture & knowledge on theoretical traditions philosophy and (for internal circulation only) practical applicability. Inside Editor’s Notes ON THE COVER Unknown. c.1780-1800. This Issue Gaudi Ragini, page from a Ragamala series. Rajasthan, India. https:// www.clevelandart.org/ 5 AMMA’S WORDS: 47 FUNDAMENTALS OF ADVAITA: art/1975.40. COVID-19: Courage in Crisis Darśanamāla Dr. Anand S. 8 THE WONDER THAT IS SANSKRIT: Edith Hamilton wrote, “When the world is storm-driven STAFF Amaruśatakam 50 INVITED CONTRIBUTION: and the bad that happens and the worse that threatens Editor-in-chief Arjun Bharadwaj Silver and the World of Rituals are so urgent as to shut out everything else from view, Br. Prasanth B. Dr. Mugdha Gadgil 14 AYURVEDA — TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the Managing Editor OF HEALTH & HEALING: 56 INVITED CONTRIBUTION: spirit which men have built through the ages.” We are Manjushree Hegde Epidemics in Āyurveda Teyyam: Of Rituals and Myths in the midst of a great crisis now. While we look for Dr. P. Rammanohar Editorial Board Prof. Raghavan Payyanad cures and vaccinations and measures to cope with it, Br. Prasanth B., Manjushree Hegde, Arjun Bharadwaj, Manish Rajan 18 ON THE MEANING OF MAHĀBHĀRATA: it is perhaps profitable to learn of the fortresses that 60 INVITED CONTRIBUTION: Walvekar, Dr. Naveen Bhat Gṛdhra-Jambuka-Samvāda Sahagamana (Sati) in Indian Tradition the Indian civilization has built through the ages; the Manjushree Hegde Dr. Manjusha Gokhale Indian way of life — whether the simple ‘Namaste’, or Editorial Advisor the practice of washing hands, or vegetarian-food, or Br. Sivanandan 23 ANCIENT INDIAN LINGUISTICS: 66 Onake Obavva Sanskrit in the Aṣṭādhyāyī yoga or meditation, or other sustainable ways of living Designer K Smitha Shree Manish Rajan Walvekar — has a lot of offer in times of this unprecedented crisis. Atīndra 68 Of Science and Spirituality SAMVIT was conceived in order to bring to the forefront Printer 25 YOGA — ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY Sai Padmesh the Indian Knowledge Tradition. This impetus seems Amrita Offset Printers, Amritapuri P.O., PERSPECTIVES: ever more relevant today. While the world looks for new Kollam, Kerala, India – 690546. Karmayoga and Kriyāyoga 72 Gurjaḍa Appārao directions, for peace in the midst of chaos, we may find Dr. Sripad H Ghaligi ONLINE Siddartha Malladi that COVID-19 has unexpectedly allowed us to conceive www.amrita.edu/ad/samvit 28 FUNDAMENTALS OF BUDDHIST TANTRA: 74 Śravaṇa Beḷagoḷa of possibilities of other ways of being in the world that Buddhist Tantra through the Western Lens Sai Manish & Shreekar Bharadwaj Araveti have been lost or that we have falsely come to believe SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS Dr. Pranshu Samdarshi are impossible, thanks to the amnesia enforced by the [email protected] 78 The Difficulty of Being Good 32 NATURE-CURE: insistent universalizations of Western modernity. Nirmal Karthikeyan SAMVIT is a magazine of India’s culture and Hydrotherapy knowledge traditions published twice a year Dr. Priyanka Somasundaran In this issue, we have added two new series to the 82 Durga Bhagwat by Amrita Darshanam, International Centre for Spiritual Studies (ICSS), Amrita Vishwa regular series of articles: “Yoga: From Philosophy 36 YOGA — FROM PHILOSOPHY TO PRACTICE: Sourabh Sooraj Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, Clappana to Practice”, and “Fundamentals of Advaita”. It is a On the Meaning of Yoga P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India – 690525. 84 INTERVIEW: privilege to publish three invited contributions from very B. Senthil Kumar Opinions, beliefs and view-points expressed by Prof. Saroja Bhate renowned scholars in this issue: Dr. Mugdha Gadgil, authors in SAMVIT do not necessarily reflect those 40 ŚABDATATTVAM: Manish Rajan Walvekar, Vishnu K, Sachin Prof. Ragahvan Payyanad and Dr. Manjusha Gokhale. of the Centre. Repha Verma & Ritwik Lal We are also greatly honored to publish the interview of No part of SAMVIT may be reproduced in any Dr. Naveen Bhat form without permission. the renowned grammarian, Prof. Saroja Bhate — we are 88 Centre Snap © 2020 Amrita Darshanam – International Centre 42 PROSODY IN SANSKRIT LITERATURE: grateful to her for granting us her valuable time. for Spiritual Studies (ICSS), Amrita Vishwa Prosody in Poetics Vidyapeetham. All rights reserved. Dr. Shreehari V. Gokarnakar We wish our readers health, wellness and safety. 2 SAMVIT ISSUE 16 ISSUE 16 SAMVIT 3 Contributors AMMA’S WORDS COVID-19: Courage in Crisis Arjun Bharadwaj Dr. P. Rammanohar Manjushree Hegde Manish Rajan Walvekar On 23 March 2020, as the world faced the Assistant Professor Research Director Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Amrita Darshanam (ICSS) Amrita School of Ayurveda Amrita Darshanam (ICSS) Amrita Darshanam (ICSS) novel COVID-19 pandemic — the most Bengaluru Amritapuri Coimbatore Bengaluru challenging crisis since the Second World War, one without parallel in the recent past — Amma delivered a message to infuse courage in the hearts of her children. Dr. Sripad H. Ghaligi Dr. Pranshu Samdarshi Dr. Priyanka Somasundaran B. Senthil Kumar Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Amrita Darshanam (ICSS) Amrita Darshanam (ICSS) Amrita Darshanam (ICSS) Amrita Darshanam (ICSS) Coimbatore Bengaluru Coimbatore Coimbatore mma knows that my children are living in regularly practice this meditation once or twice a fear of the Coronavirus. Amma is thinking day for the benefit of the entire world. of all of you, and praying for all of you. This Ais the time for you to exercise extreme caution and Everything exists in the form of waves or vibrations. Dr. Naveen Bhat Dr. Shreehari V Gokarnakar Dr. Anand S. K Smitha Shree alertness; it is the time to respond with courage, self- Last century, the French designed the Concorde Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Student control and unity. Amma knows that my children are — a jet that can fly at supersonic speeds. Its sonic Amrita Darshanam (ICSS) Amrita Darshanam (ICSS) Amrita Darshanam (ICSS) 3rd Year, CSE-C Coimbatore Chennai Amritapuri Bengaluru afraid; but fear is not useful now. What is needed is boom is so powerful that its shockwaves can caution and alertness. Courage is the primary thing. damage buildings. Similarly, the sound of a song With courage, you can overcome anything. So, is transmitted in waves or vibrations. Everything abandon fear and gather courage. The antivirus that exists in the form of waves or vibrations. The type can kill this virus is courage. Courage is our mind’s of vibration generated by anger is different from antivirus. If you befriend Dhairya Lakṣmī (Goddess that generated by a mother showing affection for Sai Padmesh Siddartha Malladi Shreekar Bharadwaj Araveti Sai Manish S of Courage), you will gain the strength to face and her child, which is different from that generated by Student Student Student Student 1st Year, CSE-A 2nd Year, ECE-B 3rd Year, ECE-C 3rd Year, ECE-C overcome anything. Every citizen should exercise love, and different from that generated by lust. With Coimbatore Bengaluru Bengaluru Bengaluru śraddhā [attention and alertness] like a soldier on diligent effort and by the vibration of our prayers, the battle line. My children, pray for the souls of we may be able to resist this virus. Prayer with those who have passed on and for the peace of saṅkalpa [deep intention] has a significant effect. mind of their families. There is a rhythm to everything in creation — Three years ago, Amma felt a disaster was imminent an undeniable relationship between the entire Nirmal Karthikeyan Sourabh Sooraj Vishnu K Sachin Verma Ritwik Lal Student Student Student Student Student in 2020. To alleviate this, Amma conceived the universe and every living creature in it. The universe 1st Year, CSE-A 2nd Year, CSE-B 2nd Year, CSE-A 2nd Year, CSE-B 2nd Year, CSE-B “White Flower Meditation for World Peace & Divine is like a vast interconnected network. Imagine Coimbatore Bengaluru Bengaluru Bengaluru Bengaluru Grace” two years ago. But we cannot completely four people holding the four corners of a net. If avert what is imminent — we will have to experience the net is shaken at one corner, the vibrations are some of its effects. Amma has explained this felt in the other corners. Similarly, whether we are Distinguished meditation technique, and we have been practising aware of it or not, all of our actions — individual or Scholars it for the past two years — thereby benefiting as a group — reverberate throughout the universe. the world. Children, Amma requests everyone to That is why Amma repeatedly says that we are not Dr. Mugdha Gadgil Prof. Raghavan Payyanad Dr. Manjusha Gokhale 4 SAMVIT ISSUE 16 ISSUE 16 SAMVIT 5 individual islands but we are links of a common Amma. Amma calls each person and listens to chain. Therefore, don’t wait for others to change their problems. Usually, every year, Amma sets before you do. You can change the outside by aside about 25 days for this. Following all the changing yourself inside. Imagine a person living government guidelines, Amma comes out for daily on the 10th floor of a building sees the ground floor meditation and prayer. The rest of the time is set on fire and hears a person calling to him for help; aside for listening to the problems of the residents. now if he thinks to himself, “It is the ground floor that is on fire, so it is not my problem, why should I In India, the Central and the Kerala State worry about it?” it would be complete foolishness. Governments have been very alert and proactive The fire on the ground floor will soon rise upwards in addressing the pandemic.
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