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Sean Murthy

#Hindu gods are often depicted with right palm held in a "blessing" pose. That pose is called "warada hasta" or "abhaya hasta", which are #Sanskrit phrases:

- warada वरद, means granting
- abhaya अभय, no fear
- hasta हस्त, hand

So, the pose is either granting wishes or giving assurances.

E.g.:
mastodon.social/@nityakrishna/

Mastodonnitya krishna (@nityakrishna@mastodon.social)Attached: 1 image May 22, 2025: Boon giver (wish granter) Krishna. 🪈 ವರದಕೃಷ್ಣ waradakrishna #Udupi #Krishna #Hindu #India #Kannada #Sanskrit #temple #green #seated #silver #flute #instrument #Thursday
#trivia#art
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Ruben ~ Kedara.eu

Hi all, I've just setup my own #GoToSocial instance, so it's time for an updated #introduction

I'm very much into #yoga and #meditation and everything related to that. I'm trying to learn #Sanskrit because its a beautiful language and also in order to be able to read text like the #BhagavadGita #Upanishads #YogaSutras which greatly inspire me.

I'm from the #Netherlands and work in #science in the field of outdoor #AirQuality I may occasionally share something about that, but this is not a work account (and any opinions are my own).

I love #photography , mostly related to #nature #weather #clouds #trees
I love the #forest, I'm grateful to live at the edge of the beautiful #Veluwe nature area.

I love growing food in my #garden using #organic #permaculture and #RegenerativeAgriculture inspired methods, I'm dreaming of tending my own #FoodForest some day.

Unfortunately I'm operating at half power thanks to #LongCovid since Feb. '22, so most of my hobbies are in "maintenance mode".

I'll post in English, my Dutch account is @kedara_nl
I also have a personal website @ https://kedara.eu where I #blog, tend a #DigitalGarden / #wiki and try to contribute to the #Indieweb #smallweb communities.

I've done my fair share of instance hopping and had hoped to solve that by starting my own Akkoma instance, but found GoToSocial more suitable to my needs in the end. I hope to stay here now indefinitely.

Let me know if you have similar interests and I'll be happy to chat!

Kedara.euWelcome to KedaraKedara is a personal website by Ruben Verweij. My interests include Yoga, Sanskrit, homegrown food & Permaculture, music, photography and all things nature and weather.
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Sean Murthy

The #Sanskrit word "dharma" (धर्म) is very loaded. I use the English word "work" in its place ☝️ to remove any connotation of religion, spiritual, faith, etc. One can also use action, deed, duty, responsibility, prescription, etc.

Regardless, the underlying message remains: Know what you do

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Sean Murthy

I don't have the complete citation, but this #Sanskrit verse from the #Hindu epic #Mahabharata is timelessly relevant to all domains. First the English meaning and then the source text in different scripts.

Meaning:
A little work done with knowledge has great import.
A lot of work done with ignorance has no benefit.

E.g., a small piece of software, like a function, developed with full understanding can be very useful. OTOH, a large piece of software, like an entire service, is of no use if it's developed with no understanding of requirements or engineering principles.

#Devanagari:
अल्पमात्रं कृतो धर्मो भवेत् ज्ञानवतां महान् |
महानपि कृतो धर्मो ह्यज्ञानान्निष्फलो भवेत् ||

#Kannada:
ಅಲ್ಪಮಾತ್ರಂ ಕೃತೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಭವೇತ್ ಜ್ಞಾನವತಾಂ ಮಹಾನ್ |
ಮಹಾನಪಿ ಕೃತೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಹ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನಾನ್ನಿಷ್ಫಲೋ ಭವೇತ್ ||

#English #Transliteration:
alpamAtraM krutO dharmO BawEt jnAnawatAM mahAn |
mahAnapi kRutO dharmO hyajnAnAnniShPalO BawEt ||

#wisdom#knowledge#practice
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Ruben Verweij
Hi all, I've just setup my own #Akkoma instance, so it's time for an updated #introduction
I promise I won't move accounts again and I'll keep @kedara as a backup.

I'm very much into #yoga and #meditation and everything related to that. I'm trying to learn #Sanskrit because its a beautiful language and also in order to be able to read text like the #BhagavadGita #Upanishads #YogaSutras which greatly inspire me.

I'm from the #Netherlands and work in #science in the field of #AirQuality I may occasionally share something about that, but this is not a work account (and any opinions are my own).

I love #photography , mostly related to #nature #weather #clouds #trees
I try to make a trip to the #forest at least every weekend, I'm lucky to live at the edge of the #Veluwe nature area.

I love growing food in my #garden using #organic #permaculture and #RegenerativeAgriculture inspired methods, I'm dreaming of tending my own #FoodForest some day.

Unfortunately I'm operating at half power thanks to #LongCovid since Feb. '22.

I'll mainly post in English with some posts in Dutch as well. Unpinned toots will be deleted after 3 months, I only boost photos with alt text (feel free to let me know if I've forgotten to add it!).

Let me know if you have similar interests and I'll be happy to chat!
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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)

For readers of the #YogaSutrasOfPatanjali: Is there a sound translation that is relatively easy to follow for a modern reader?

I'm looking at the Dvivedi translation from 1890, available for free from Google Books, but it's tough going. #SwamiVivekananda's #RajaYoga is supposed to be good but it's also described as quite a loose translation.

Something that has the #Sanskrit together with the translation and then some commentary would be ideal.

(Boosts for reach much appreciated 🙏🧡)

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𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉

Audio Etymologies of the Day

"Eat" comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éd-, perhaps like this (listen):
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

The same root developed into Armenian ուտել utel:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

Sanskrit अत्ति atti:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

Bosnian jedem, and cognates:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

and Ancient Greek ἔδω edo:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage #ProtoIndoEuropean #Armenian #Sanskrit #Bosnian #Greek

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Sean Murthy

It is better to progress in one's own path than to follow another's. There is learning in failing in own path but anxiety if following another's.
- Sri Krishna, 3-35

#Sanskrit:
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।
स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥

#Kannada script:
ಶ್ರೇಯಾನ್ಸ್ವಧರ್ಮೋ ವಿಗುಣಃ ಪರಧರ್ಮಾತ್ಸ್ವನುಷ್ಠಿತಾತ್ |
ಸ್ವಧರ್ಮೇ ನಿಧನಂ ಶ್ರೇಯಃ ಪರಧರ್ಮೋ ಭಯಾವಹಃ ||

#philosophy#easternPhilosophy#gita
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Sean Murthy

The way outstanding people conduct [themselves], they set standards for the world to follow.
- Sri Krishna, 3-21

#Sanskrit:
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः ।
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥

#Kannada script:
ಯದ್ಯದಾಚರತಿ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠಸ್ತತ್ತದೇವೇತರೋ ಜನಃ |
ಸ ಯತ್ಪ್ರಮಾಣಂ ಕುರುತೇ ಲೋಕಸ್ತದನುವರ್ತತೇ ||

#philosophy#easternPhilosophy#work
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Sean Murthy

He who shirks action does not attain freedom. He who abstains from work does not achieve perfection.
- Sri Krishna, 3-4

#Sanskrit:
न कर्मणामनारंभात् नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोsश्नुते ।
न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समदिगच्छति ॥

#Kannada script:
ನ ಕರ್ಮಣಾಮನಾರಂಭಾತ್ ನೈಷ್ಕರ್ಮ್ಯಂ ಪುರುಷೋsಶ್ನುತೇ |
ನ ಚ ಸಂನ್ಯಸನಾದೇವ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಂ ಸಮದಿಗಚ್ಛತಿ ||

#philosophy#easternPhilosophy#work
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Sean Murthy

That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.
- Sri Krishna, 2-69

PS: I believe this line highlights the difference between the learning (abilities) of the wise and lay people: what the wise consider having learned in "dark ignorance", a lay person considers learning when wide awake during the day.

#Sanskrit: यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुने:
#Kannada script: ಯಸ್ಯಾಂ ಜಾಗ್ರತಿ ಭೂತಾನಿ ಸಾ ನಿಶಾ ಪಶ್ಯತೋ ಮುನೇ:

#philosophy#easternPhilosophy#sensing
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Sean Murthy

When you let your mind follow the call of the senses, they carry away your better judgement like storms drive a boat off its chartered course on the sea.
- Sri Krishna, 2-67

#Sanskrit:
इंद्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोsनुविधीयते ।
तदस्य हरति प्रङ्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाभंसि ॥

#Kannada script:
ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣಾಂ ಹಿ ಚರತಾಂ ಯನ್ಮನೋsನುವಿಧೀಯತೇ |
ತದಸ್ಯ ಹರತಿ ಪ್ರಙ್ಞಾಂ ವಾಯುರ್ನಾವಮಿವಾಭಂಸಿ ||

#philosophy#easternPhilosophy#judgment
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Sean Murthy

Just as a tortoise in danger [instinctively] draws in its limbs, the wise too can draw in their senses at will.
- Sri Krishna, 2-58

#Sanskrit:
यदा संहरते चायं कूर्माsङ्गानीव सर्वशः ।
इंद्रियाणींद्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥

#Kannada script:
ಯದಾ ಸಂಹರತೇ ಚಾಯಂ ಕೂರ್ಮಾsಙ್ಗಾನೀವ ಸರ್ವಶಃ |
ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣೀಂದ್ರಿಯಾರ್ಥೇಭ್ಯಸ್ತಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತಾ ||

#philosophy#easternPhilosophy#awareness
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