Indica Today- Shastraas & Indic Knowledge

  Introduction In this series, Yogic terminologies will be taken up and their – Etymological analysis, Lexical descriptions and Textual occurrences in Yogic literature and their commentaries, as available, will be presented. And finally observations will be made on the references. Three texts – Yogasūtra , Haṭha-yoga-pradīpikā and Bhagavad-gītā are consulted for textual occurrences portion. Śabda-yoga is intended to help students, teachers, and professionals of Yoga to develop a sound grammatical, contextual, and thereby an authentic and immersive understanding of Yoga terminologies. List of Words From among the above five words for this unit 9, this part discusses the fourth word Vitarka. Etymology वि + तर्क + घञ् = वितर्कः vi + tarka + ghañ = vitarkaḥ विvi is the prefix that may mean both विशेष&विरुद्ध- viśeṣa viruddha – special and also opposite (in the context of the word Vitarka) Tarka is the root that means भाषा bhāṣā – to speak, to talk घञ्Ghañ is the suffix that means ...

  Introduction Parenting is the art and science of making the next generation. How much a society invests in it determines its course of continuity, prosperity and stability. An aspirational and futuristic society is bound to invest in this process irrespective of the tenets on which it is formed. On the contrary, the fundamental principles that hold it together will have an implication on the process of parenting. Given that the topic is of utmost importance from a societal and civilizational standpoint, this paper intents to present a worldview which makes parenting a liberating experience. In this attempt, parenting as viewed in Hindu Dharma is contrasted with the modern psychological principles for its scope and reliability. The need for such an exercise arises because the inadequacy of the existing structures has become all the more evident in the current pandemic when the status quo is challenged at multiple levels. Bharat, the only living ancient civilization, with Hindu Dha...