About me

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I’m a bramha-bhatta ( nAgar ) bramhan  [ in lineage of ushnasa kAvya ( successors of  kavi rishi</ having trayArsheya prvara ( vAshishTha maitrAvarana kaundinya ) with paipplAda ( paipplAyana ) gothra . A long time ago in Gujarat paippalAda shAkhA become extinct so our forefathers adopted shaunaka shAkhA with Acharya gothra ‘vaithayana ‘ ( trayArsheya pravara , svyambhu-aTharvA-daddhNgya Atharvana ) . Currently studying my original shAkhA ( paippalAda shAkhA ) with appropriate prAyachittas . I resides in Ujjain ( avantI ,the holy city of mahAkAleshwara ) , one among seven holy cities. My grandfather is my Acharya who imparted this vedic wisdom to me. My aim of blogging  is to preserve and make people know ,about lesser known and endangered tradition of atharvan veda.  Currently I’m pursuing bachelor’s in engineering ( B.E.) in Mechanical branch from Mahakal institute of technology and management ( MITM ).

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@ College Annual Function

By grace of sri parambhattarikA , sri shivAnandnAth ( avdhUt bAbA shivAnanda ji ) initiated me into devine patha of sri vidya .He is one of few saints belonging to avadhUt sampradAya.( Guru shishya lineage of bhagwAn dattatreya , starting from paramashiva,  dattatreya , to gurumandal then to my gurU )

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@ valgAmukhI temple- adobe of ambA

55 thoughts on “About me”

  1. Very Good web site.
    India, divided by complex scripts needs simple script at national level.
    As per Google Transliteration Gujanagari seems to be simplest nukta and shirorekha free script along with Roman script (resembling old Brahmi script) ?

    Here is Simplified Sanskrit/Devanagari Script. Very few pundits will reveal this truth.

    क ख ग घ च छ ज झ ट ठ ड ढ ण
    ક ખ ગ ઘ ચ છ જ ઝ ટ ઠ ડ ઢ ણ
    त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म य र ल व
    ત થ દ ધ ન પ ફ બ ભ મ ય ર લ વ
    श स ष ह ळ क्ष ज्ञ रू ऋ श्र त्र कृ ऊँ ॐ
    શ સ ષ હ ળ ક્ષ જ્ઞ રૂ ઋ શ્ર ત્ર કૃ ઊઁ ૐ
    क का कि की कु कू कॅ के कै कॉ को कौ कं कः कँ कृ
    ક કા કિ કી કુ કૂ કૅ કે કૈ કૉ કો કૌ કં કઃ કઁ કૃ
    अ आ इ ई उ ऊ अॅ ऍ ए ऐ ऑ ओ औ अं अः
    અ આ ઇ ઈ ઉ ઊ અૅ ઍ એ ઐ ઑ ઓ ઔ અં અઃ
    अं अँ आं आँ इं ईं उं ऊं एं औं ऐं एँ ईं इं ओँ औं
    અં અઁ આં આઁ ઇં ઈં ઉં ઊં એં ઔં ઐં એઁ ઈં ઇં ઓઁ ઔં

    Ka kha ga gha ca cha ja jha ṭa ṭha ḍa ḍha ṇa
    ta tha da dha na pa pha ba bha ma ya ra la va
    śa sa ṣa ha ḷa kṣa jña rū r̥ śra tra kr̥ ūm̐ ‘om
    ka kā ki kī ku kū kĕ kē kai kŏ kō kau kaṁ kaḥ kam̐ kr̥
    a ā i ī u ū a̔ĕ ĕ ē ai ŏ ō au aṁ aḥ
    aṁ am̐ āṁ ām̐ iṁ īṁ uṁ ūṁ ēṁ auṁ aiṁ ēm̐ īṁ iṁ ōm̐ auṁ

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  2. Sir namaskaram I am very impressed with your blog. Can you help me. I am looking for Sama Mantra Brahmana otherwise known as Chandogya Brahmana with Svara markings and/or audio file of the same.

    Keshavachari

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    • Namaste Sir ,

      As for as my knowledge once like that of shatpaTha brAhman and taittirIya brAhman , all 8 brAhmans of sAmaveda were having bhAshika svars but with time they lost svars .I have seen text of chhAndoga brAhman without svaras but heard that ,In south chhAndoga brAhman was again marked with svaras in taittirIya system but I think this was not to be done since sAmaveda have it’s own technique of svara marking using digits like १, २ and letters र, कetc and own style of recitation .( A link to chhAndoga brAhman without svaras is http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/ ) .In north mantras from mantra brahman are generally recited in ekashrutI mode and ‘subodhInI paddhatI’ and ‘chhAndoga parishhishTha ‘ are followed for same Veda rituals . Even sAma sandhyA have major difference in north and south .

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  3. Namaste Sir,

    I have found the mantra “prajanane Bhrahma tishtatu” mantra in the shukla yajurvediya mahanyasam on your bolg. Sir, Could you please let me know where this mantra exists in the vedas.

    Thanks,
    VInay

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    • Namaste sir ,

      Mantras of 6th nyasaM i.e. ‘प्रजनने ब्रम्हा ‘ etc are not found in veda , apparently they are kalpa mantras ( sautra mantra i.e. mantras of ritualistic origin ) having origin in three sources 1) baudhAyana sutra 2) rAvanokta rudra kalp ( lost ) 3) bruhad prarAshara smrutI ( I was unable to find this mantras in parAshara smruti ,may be parAshara smruti and bruhad parAshara smrutis are different and second source is lost )
      . laghunyAsaM
      Mantras ‘अग्निर्मे ‘ are from taittirIya brAhman.

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  4. Namaste Sir,

    Thanks for prompt reply and giving the information about the source of 6th nyasam. I have searched whole yajurveda but was not able to find the mantra, but yes I was able to find the “agnirme” mantram in the kathakam of taittirIya brahmana as you said.

    Thank you very much.

    Om Namah Shivaya

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    • Namaste Sir ,

      As I told you mantras of 6 th nyAsaM are sautra mantras found in boudhyanokta mahAnyAsaM , rAvanokta mahAnyAsaM , bruhad parAsharokta mahAnyAsaM .But mahAnyAsaM from nepAla mandala lack it ( As my studies show nepAla mahAnyAsaM is much authentic and I personally recommend use of it to shukla yajurvedI friends ) .For source of other mantras of mahanyAsaM ( of shukla yajurved ) you should either search them in shukla yajurveda samhitA or in rUdrashtadhyayI ( in contrast with krishna yajurveda’s rUdraM ) .On following link I have uploaded a PDF of rUdrashtadhyayI and audios ( nepAlI + maithila recitation style which is nearest to original recital style of shukla yajurveda ).Audio no. 3 and 4 have namakaM and camakaM rest of audios have other adhyAyas of rUdrI.
      http://wp.me/p4M2ms-kGr

      Hope this will help you.

      Regards
      Animesh Nagar

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  5. Namaste Sir,

    Thanks for the info. But, the link which you have provided is not working. Could you please provide any alternative link. If possible could you please give me the pdf of baudhayana shrauta sutra also(tranliterated pdf if you have one).

    Thanks,
    Vinay

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    • Namaste ,

      I’m sorry for inconvenience , actually while writing link it got damaged .You can go directly to ‘home ‘ option on this blog,my very recent post is this ‘ rUdrAshthadhyAyI ‘( having audios and a pdf of it ) .You can download baudhyAyana sutra from ‘ maharshi’s vedic text collection ‘ .( Sir I mentioned that mantras of 6 nyAsam are sautra mantra सौत्र not srauta mantras श्रौत ).

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  6. Namaste Sir,

    I could not find the “prajanane brahma tishtatu” mantra in baudhayana shrauta sutra. Could you please let me know where exactly it is.

    Thanks,
    Vinay

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  7. Namaste Sir,

    I was able to find the “prajanane” mantra in the Baudhayana grihya sutra. I am very thankful to you for directing me to the source of this mantra.

    Also, you have told that mahAnyAsaM from nepAla mandala lacks this mantra, but I am able to see this mantra in your blog only on “mahAnyAsaM from nepAla mandala”. Only thing is it starts with prajananam me brahma tishtatu instead of “prajanane”.

    However thanks for helping me out.

    Regards,
    Vinay

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    • Namaste sir ,

      According to Orthodox tradition and mimanasA sutra , if mantras have difference in svara ,varna , pada, vAkya, uchhArana, rishI , chhanda than they are not regard as identical , in this case we have ‘prajanam me bramha ‘ in one mantra and ‘ prajnanane ‘ ( here pada, vAkya bheda ) so this mantras can’t be regard as identical mantras . ( If we will start assuming them identical then no shAkhAbheda exists for vedas. )For example shukla yajurveda have मनोजूति as starting and krishnayajurveda have starting मनोज्योति of a
      mantra so we can’t regard the mantra as identical mantra .We can’t say मनोज्योति mantra is their in shuklayajurveda and मनोजूति in krishnayajurveda.krishnayaju lacks mantra with starting मनोजूति and shuklayajurveda lacks mantra with starting मनोज्योति.
      Even in case of Agama we can’t regard ॐ नमः शिवाय and ॐ शिवाय नमः mantras as identical.That’s why I made such statement that nepAla mahAnyAsaM lacks this mantras.

      Regards
      Animesh

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  11. Namaste Sir,

    Could you please let me know in which verse of vajasaneyi samhita in shukla yajurveda, Rudra is identified with Siva.

    Thanks,
    Vinay

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    • NamaskaraM

      In rudrAshtadhyAyI , chapter 5 mantra 2nd (shukla yajurveda vAjasaneya samhitA chapter 16 mantra 2nd ), rudra is identified with shivA ( yA te rUdra shivA tanUr ghorA……. ) directly and also they are apparently unified in first 16 mantras of same chapter .

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  12. Namaste Sir,

    Thanks for the Reply.

    How about VS 3.63 . Does this address Rudra Siva.

    śivó nā́māsi svádʰitis te pitā́ námas te astu mā́ mā him̐sīḥ \
    ní vartayāmy uṣe nnā́dyāya prájánanāya rāyás póṣāya suprajāstvā́ya

    Thanks,
    Vinay

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    • NamaskaraM ,

      No this verse is not addressed to shivA , according to my understanding and bhAshya of mahIdhara and Uvvata on vAjasaneya samhitA this mantra is dedicated to the ‘ razor / blade ( in Sanskrit it is ‘kshura’ ) . Here shivO nAmasi means oh ‘kshura’ your name is good / ( here shiva means good / fortunate ) .This mantra is employed in shaving of yajmAna at different occasions ( AdhanaM / somayAjaM etc ) and also used in chudAkaranaM , upanayanaM etc.

      Regards
      Animesh

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  13. Namaskar,
    I am Shashwata Chowdhury ( Samvedin, Kuthuma Sakhadhyai,Kasyapa Gotra, Apsar Naidhubra Pravara, Our ancestors were from bihar, now we reside in bengal).

    Is there anyway to contact with you, I mean directly? I need a help or rather I need a solution regarding a problem. It is about Paithinasi Dharmasutra.
    Problem statement:
    If a married woman had set fire to or lit her fathers pyre when should she perform the sraddha rite for him? Is it after 10 days or 3 days? Regarding the fact that that man has no son to perform it and the son in law of that guy is also unwilling to do it.
    By the reference of Agni Puran some are saying that it needs be done on the eleventh day prior to the death time. But Paithinasi says otherwise. Since kalpasutra is greater than puranas the citation of Paithinasi Dharmasutra is greater than the source of agni purana. But I am unable to find Paithinasi dharmasutra. Please help me.

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    • Namaste Shashwata,

      Happy to see a sAmavedins ,also got your fb request but there are some issues with my messenger .Plz mail me at darkdevil114@rocketmail.com I will help you . But for sAmavedins gauthama smruthi and kaukila smrtuthis are dharma shastra to be followed paithinasi and angirasa smruthis are for atharvavedins. You know there are lot of difference between smruthis too so one should follow n refer to own shakha’s smruthi then should refer to other dharma shastras.

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    • Mail me at darkdevil114rocketmail.com ( sounds peculiar but my unofficial personal and frequently used mail address will either help you by providing detailed ans or phone number for direct contact )

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  14. Namaste. Very happy to see such an extensive blog on Veda and other shastra. The light of our religion can be brightened only by the flame of tapas. Even if no more Rishis are to be born in this yuga, people need to hear and feel the real power of these mantra from the people who are themselves lit up. All the best for your endeavours in this blog and your upasana.

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  15. I am delighted to see this blog. Hats off to Animesh nAgar. I wish more people can retain their vedic heritage. I have not done this. you remind me to work on this to keep our tradition. namaskar to Animesh.
    abhivAdaye kAshyapa AvatsAra naithrava tryArshEya naithrapa kAshyapa gothrah Apasthambha sUtrah yajusshAkhAdhyAyi Sri Krishna Sharman nAmahAm asmi Bhuh.

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    • Sir Thank you for appreciation. All ambA and gurunATha’s blessings . This is responsible duty of every brAhman to propagate our vedic culture. May ambA bless you dear sir.

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  17. Namaste,
    I was looking at your blog. I was looking for the PaviTra saama suktam. The one that you have posted is not very legible. Please see if you can share it with me.
    Thanks

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  20. I have encountered the below verse in Mahanyasam:

    Paraatparataro Brahma tat Paraatparato Harih
    Tat Paraatparato Ishastanme manah Shiva sankalpamastu

    Does this verse come in the Vedas?

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    • Animesh Ji, Did you happen to see my post:

      I had the doubt whether it was really present in the Vedas. Thank you for your reply Animesh Ji.

      I also came to know that Khila Suktas are present in the Baskala Shakha of RigVeda and not in Sakala Shakha. I was not able to find them in the below link which contains Rig Veda translated into English:

      http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/index.htm

      I want to know what bhaga/shaka does the above link talk about?

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      • The above link is for shakala shakha….RV parishisthas are published independently and some times with old editions of RV samhita. There is no doubt in khila being shruti ( in svAdhyaya of RV they have fixed position to be recited with samhita )

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      • Thank you Sir. Do you know where I ran the commentaries of Sayanacharya and Bhatta Bhaskara in English? Is it available online?

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  22. Namasthe Sir,

    I am purnabhishkit Srividya Upasaka of Guhanandanatha Parampara. I am doing Jaganmata upasana from past 20 years. I am in search of few Stotras of Srividya anga upanga Devata. which is not easily available now a days. Please check for few below and it will be great full if yu can get me the same

    1) Ashwaroodamba Sahasranama, Kavacha, Hryuda and Khadgamala.
    2) Tiraskrani Kavacha, hryuda and Asstotarasatanama
    3) AstaMukha Gandaberunda Avarana krama.

    waiting for ur kind reply.

    Vimarshanandanatha

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  25. mitra, animeSha – Can you please create an index page or post? It is not at all tough. Just create a new post and paste the below content line:

    [archives]

    That’s it. Post title can be anything.

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  26. Animesh ji,
    Fascinating,
    reviving lost memories of 1000’s of years ago. wish my memory would return.
    Keep up the godo work.

    Girish

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