Author: Sanjay Rath

Creation of the Universe has been a popular theme with philosophies and so also with Vedic Astrology. Parāśara1 teaches that the entire manifested2 Universe is but one-eighth portion of the body of Nārāyaṇa3. The size of the unmanifested Nārāyaṇa is…

Overview Devaguru Bṛhaspati Center announces the program titled “Mantra Śāstra Program”, (MSP Year-1) to be taught both online through webinars and through contact classes in the Himalayas (if felt necessary) over a period of one year to attain a thorough…

Jyotiṣa is a vedāñga, a limb of the sacred Veda. It is impossible to know the Veda without the help of its limbs of which jyotiṣa is that part which is logical and bridges the material and spiritual worlds. One…

There are quite a few mantra courses available and most of them belong to specific lineages, religions or churches aiming to propagate the prayers and mantra associated with their specific religious institution. There is nothing wrong with what they do,…

The ‘Mind’ Semi-Vowels, Sibilants The minds of creatures are developed to different extent and accordingly, they can be classified as capable of thinking in planar directions » eight plane directions for all beings indicated by eight alphabets य (ya) to…

The ‘Body’ Consonants The body is said to be made of five elements, the pañca bhūta. These five elements are composed of five minute particles of creation called pañca-tanmātrā. The first to be created was ākāśa bhūta, which is symbolised…

Vowels called svara (स्वर) in Sanskrit, have the power to manifest all sound. In Sanskrit, the consonants cannot manifest on their own and require the help of a vowel to manifest. Sanskrit has sixteen vowels, together called ṣoḍaśa svara. The…

Sanskrit is highly respected as our sacred, divine, mother language. It is the mother of all languages in the world. It is important to spend a little time to learn at least the basics of pronunciation so that you can…

Western experts in Sanskrit feel that this is a better table presenting the Sanskrit Alphabet for understanding the sounds. But those of us who have learnt in the east realise that there is a definite reason for the manner in…

At the yajña (vedic sacrifice) of Maharaja Bali, the sages could not concur on who should receive the first offering as each wanted their own Dharma devatā (spiritual path giver) to be chosen. The vaiṣṇava (followers of Viṣṇu) wanted the…