Akanda Jyoti - Our ever burning lamp is herewith offered to all the Rishis known and identified and those not known. Vedic wisdom has been passed down through many great sages who were free from the bindings of this world. Their minds were connected to the inifine ocean of wisdom within, their light will radiate for all eternity. With eternal gratitude we keep this lamp burning in their honor.
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A look into the basics of Vedic culture and its philosophy.
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Yagya is the science of purification of the atmosphere through the agency of fire given through Vedas, the ancienmost body of knowledge known to humankind.
3. The trees like kakubha, amala, kimshuka, ashoka starts showing new
leaves and bark.
4. The singing of kokila(cuckoo) and alikula(bees) makes the environment
pleasant.
5. The shleshma(kapha) which was collected in shishira ritu gets melted
due to strong sunrays and depletes agni(digestive fire). This causes
many diseases in vasantha ritu.
1. Due to the coldness of the hemanta rutu the kapha gets solidified
in the body. The warmth of vasantha rutu aggravates it and causes many
diseases.
Regimen:-
1. Vamana(emisis), dhoomapana(medicated smoke inhalation),
gandoosha(gargling), navana(nasal drops) should be done using
strong(teekshna) medications.
1. The kapha which was collected in shishira ritu gets liquefied due to
the strong sun rays, suppresses agni(digestive fire) and causes many
diseases. So vamana etc procedures should be followed.
1. Vamana(emisis) etc therapies indicated for kapha should be adopted.
2. Should undergo vyayama(exercise) and udwartana(powder massage).
2. Should follow vyayama(exercise), udwartana(rubbing and cleaning the
body with fragrant unguents), dhooma(medicated smoke inhalation),
kavalagraha(gargling), anjana(collerium).
2.Vyayama(exercise), anjana(collerium), teekshna dhoomapana(inhalation
of medicated smoke using hot or pungent drugs),kavala(gargling) are
indicated in vasanta rutu. In order to expel the kapha collected in
hemanta rutu procedures like shirovirechana(nasal drops),
vamana(emisis), niruha vasti(decoction enema), kavala(gargling) etc are
indicated.
Apart from this niyudha(fighting), adhwa(walking), shila
nirghata(breaking stones) etc types of activities are also
recommended.
3. Should move around/ accompanied by good friends and beautiful women.
3. One should enjoy walking in the gardens and forests.
Enjoy the company of a woman.
3. Utsaadana(cleaning the body with perfumed powders) and snana(bath) ,
moving around in the garden or forests, enjoying with vanita(women) are
indicated.
4. smear chandana and agaru paste after bath.
4. Smear chandana or agaru paste on the body.
5. Should drink asava, arishta, seedhu, maardweeka, maadhava which are
kept in different shaped vessels with pictures of sahakara(mango tree)
and kamala(lotus) on them.
5. Drink dosharahita(non polluted) seedhu(rum) and maadhweeka(liquor
distilled from the madhuka flowers).
Yava, godhooma(wheat), shaarabha(deer), shasha(hare), yneya(black
antelope), lava(type of quail), kapinjala(the tittiri bird) meat are
used in food.
4. Madhwasava, arishta, seedhu(spirit distilled from molasses),
maadhweeka(spirituous liquor distilled from the flowers of the tree
called madhuka), maadhava(fermented products made of honey) are
indicated for internal use.
6. Water boiled with musta, shunthi or kshaudravaari(water mixed with
honey) are used for drinking.
6. Use lukewarm water for washing etc.
5. Sukhoshna jala(luke warm water) is indicated for all types of use.
6. Shashtikanna, yava(barley), madhu(honey) mudga(green gram),
nivara(rice growing wild or without cultivation), kodrava(aspecies of
grains eaten by poor), meat soup of vishkira(cock), laavaa(quail) are
recommended.
Vegetables like patola, nimba, vaartaka or tikta(bitter) tasting
vegetables are indicated. Teekshna(hot), rooksha(dry), katu(pungent),
kshara(alkali), kashaya(astringent) foods are indicated in general. The
foods should be koshna(warm), and adrava(not liquid).
8. Avoid guru, sheeta, snigdha, amla, madhura food and drinks and
divaswapna(day sleep)
7. Avoid guru, amla, snigdha, madhura, food and drinks.