Q1 A fundamental question answered as if from modern science!;
Bṛhat samhita- chapter 35 (6th century CE) describes formation of rainbow.
This was later proposed by Sir Issac Newton nearly after 11 centuries. The
verse is as follows. सूर्यस्य विवधवर्णाः पवनेन विघट्टिताः कराः साभ्रे । वियति
धनुः संस्थानाः ये दृश्यन्ते तदिन्द्रधनुः ।। Meaning: The multi colored rays
of the Sun, being dispersed in a cloudy sky, are seen in the form of a bow,
which is called the rainbow. Even in Vedas 7 colors of light is represented
by 7 horses of God Sun which was shown much later. In fact, the same
scripture describes formation of thunderbolt as well.ATHARVA VEDHA HYMN LIII
53 A hymn to KāLa or Time: 1Prolific, thousand-eyed, and undecaying, a
horse with seven reins Time bears us onward. Sages inspired with holy
knowledge mount him: his chariot wheels are all the worlds of creatures. 2This
Time hath seven rolling wheels and seven naves immorality is the
chariot's axle. This Time brings hitherward all worlds about us: as
primal Deity
is he entreated. He carries from us all these worlds of creatures. They
call him Kāla in the loftiest heaven. 6Kāla created land; the Sun in Kāla
hath his light and heat. In Kāla rest all things that be: in Kāla doth
the eye discern. 7In Kāla mind, in Kāla breath, in Kāla name are fixt and
joined. These living creatures, one and all, rejoice when Kāla hath
approached. From Kāla self-made Kasyapa, from Kāla Holy Fire was born.
Kaala or the Time is *Aswa*, a horse which flows continuously with
seven rays and thousands of axes. Time does not get tired any time because
it has tremendous force or energy. The wise people think on the Time again
and again and try to ride over it. The wheels of the Time are the worlds
(Bhuvanani) and the Galaxies (Viswa). Aswa is a special noun which has two
components *A + Swa*. It means the Time has no (A) tomorrow (Swa). This means
the Time has no future. The statement of the sage is really true because
the time is continuous and therefore it has neither yesterday nor tomorrow.
Time has no past and no future. The Time as far as the Earth is concerned,
flows according to the Sun; and the Sun has seven rays namely *VIBGYOR*.
Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red are the seven coloured
rays of the Sun. The sage says that the Kaala or the Sun has seven rays. Kaala
has thousands of axes. An axis is a line around which a wheel rotates. Time
has not a single axis, but has thousands of axes. Time rotates on the Earth
around one axis, while on the other planets the time revolves around other
axes. Therefore the time on the Earth is different from the time on other
planets, which are situated in our Solar system. The time is different on
various planets, therefore the days and nights are of the different
durations. This fact is proved by the modern science. This shows that the
Time revolves around different axes. There are minimum ten planets in our
solar system, which means the time rotates around ten axes in one solar
system. There are innumerable solar systems in the Universe. Each of them
rotates around a particular axis. Therefore obviously there are innumerable
axes for the time to revolve around. The word ‘*Sahasra Aksha*’ shows the
multiplicity of the axes. The Time never gets tired of those rotations.
Time does not stop moving any time. This fact shows that it must have a
tremendous energy. This tremendous force is depicted by a single word ‘*Bhoori
Reta*’. The wise think continuously about the time and try to ride over the
time; but never get any success. The wheels of the Time are the worlds and
the Galaxies. Bhuvana means a world consisting of a planet and a Sun. Viswa
means Galaxy, in which innumerable solar systems rotate. There are many
galaxies. Therefore the sage says ‘*Viswah*’, a pleural. Modern science
knows that there are many galaxies so also the sage Bhrugu knew this fact.
The worlds and the galaxies continuously rotate because of the Time, the
Kaala. *Time (Kaala) rotates all of them.*
Q2 Bacteria is not only a bad one but exists good one too; it is not how
many hours; its always in the air and on all specie; mutations multiply;
old exits and the new enters; bacteria is nature and darwin pitched his
theory more or less on that knowhow.
Q3 ???
Q4 Nandi is not a mount of Shiva; that is prevalent in south from
saiva siddhantham; Nandi in sanskrit is happiness; Nandi is got as the
diamond studded baby as a boon from Shiva by Tapas; he worshipped Lord
shiva and became the ganeswara among 8 of Lord Shiva. He is in the group of
Ganapathi. Nandi had a wide knowledge and can take forms; Nandi helped for
the marriage of Shiva parvathi.
Q5 There are many siranjeevis why only Rama and Parasurama?; Hindi belt
always write in their treatise Parasurama and Rama only.
Q7 Considerable excitement has been triggered through email and social
media across India due to a recent “observation” reported by one Dr James
Hartzell in the journal *Scientific American*. This neuroscientist has
coined the term “The Sanskrit effect.” He writes that memorising Vedic
mantras increases the size of brain regions associated with cognitive
function such as memory (both short-term and long-term). He writes in his
report that Indian tradition holds that rigorously memorising and reciting
mantras enhances memory and thinking. In order to test this idea, Hartzell
(and his colleagues from the University of Trento in Italy) teamed up with
Dr Tanmay Nath and Dr Nandini Chatterjee Singh of the National Brain
Research Centre (NBRC) at Manesar in Haryana. They chose to study 42
volunteers — 21 professionally qualified Sanskrit Pandits (aged around 22)
who have been trained full-time daily for 7 years (total of over 10,000
hrs) in their childhood reciting the Shukla Yajurveda. These Pandits were
recruited from Vedic Pandit schools in Delhi. As control, they chose 21
age-matched males, students from a nearby college.The brains of all the 42
participants were examined using the method called structural magnetic
resonance, with the magnetic resonance imaging instrument at NBRC. This
method allows the study of the size and shape of individual parts of the
brain. The so-called grey matter (GM) of the brain is a region full of
neuronal cells, and contains areas involved in muscle control, sensory
perception, memory, emotions, speech and decision making. And connected to
it is white matter (WM) — bundles of nerve cells that carry signals to GM.
The hippocampus is a small organ located within the central region of the
brain, and it registers and regulates emotions associated with memory
(particularly long-term memory) and has front and back sections. The back
part appears associated with better memory and supports recollection of
memory. And the cortex, which is the outermost layer surrounding the brain
(essentially a cover or envelope), with its tightly packed nerve cells, is
responsible for higher thought processes such as decision making. { (Interested
readers can access this paper free at <http:/
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.029>). Indeed, a similar
experiment, again using Vedic Pandits (this time in Houston, TX, USA), was
done earlier by Dr Giridhar Kalamangalam and T. M. Ellmore (accessible free
in *Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,* 2014 Oct 20;8:833. doi:
10.3389/fnhum.2014.00833. eCollection 2014)}.These studies also raise the
possibility that we may exert or exercise our brains by doing “memory
training,” even during later life when we are old, and need not have been
Pandits, Gregorian monks or London cabbies. Indeed, the paper by A. Engwig
and colleagues talks about how systemic mental exercise may induce
short-term structural change in the ageing brain (in the journal
*Neuroimage* in 2010; short summary accessible at doi:
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.041). THAT MEANS THE WAVE PATTERN OF SOUND
CAN NOT ONLY ENHANCE THE SHRUTHI ABILITY (IN THE WHOLE WORLD ONLY SHRUTI
SUSTAINED LITERATURES ARE OURS) BUT ALSO SUSTAIN THE MEMORY; sanskrit
sound is the ideal mark which is apt for machine language also.
Q10 Sitakaṇṭā (सितकण्टा) is known but not heard in any text of south;
quite interesting to know shiva vishnu fight; parvathy plaved her 3 fingers
to stop the poison descending down and 3 lines in all aged throats of human
as story. Sita kanta is an herbal plant and used in many ayurvedic
medicine
On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 19:53, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *CULTURAL QA 04-2021-22*
>
> *Being a compilation there may be errors*
>
> *Q1 Is the Sun rotating?*
>
> A1 Pramodya Thilakarathna February 6 B.Sc (Hons) in IT from Sri
> Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Expected 2023)
>
> *Yes, the Sun does spin, or rotate. Because it is a gas, it does not
> rotate like a solid.*
>
> *It is, as all stars are, a hot ball of gas made up mostly of Hydrogen*.
>
> The Sun is so hot that most of the gas is actually plasma, the fourth
> state of matter.
>
> The first state is a solid and it is the coldest state of matter. This
> rotation was first detected by observing the motion of sunspots.The Sun
> actually spins faster at its equator than at its poles.
>
> *The Sun rotates once every 24 days at its equator, but only once every 35
> near its poles.*
>
> The movements of the sunspots indicate that the sun rotates once every 27
> days (Average is about 27 days).
>
> The Sun's rotation axis is tilted by about 7.25 degrees from the axis of
> the Earth's orbit so we see more of the Sun's northpole in September of
> each year and more of its south pole in March.
>
> *The planets in our solar system orbit around the sun, and the sun orbits
> around the center of the Milky Way galaxy.*
>
> We take about 225-250 million years to revolve once around the galaxy’s
> center.
>
> *This length of time is called a “Galactic Year” or “Cosmic Year”.*Sun in
> orbit around Galactic Centre(Source: File:Sun in orbit around Galactic
> Centre.gif )
>
> *Q2 How long can harmful bacteria live on dry surfaces?*
>
> Mridong Jyoti Pujari, Bsc zoology Crescent Academy Jorhat (2014) Answered
> 6h ago
>
> Salmonella Bacteria
>
> Salmonella is a type of foodborne pathogenic bacteria. However, it can
> survive even outside of food and hosts for a while. *On a dry surface,
> most salmonella strains will remain infectious for up to four hours.*
>
> *Q3 Why do US freight trains use their horn so frequently? It
> can’t be just rail road crossings? Wouldn’T one or two “honks” be enough?*
>
> A3 Peter Walker, Mechanical Fitter at Uranium Mine Answered 9m
> agoThe drivers follow *policy*. They Use the horn how and when it's
> required. If they don't they look for another job.
>
> *Q4 Since when Nandi is accompanying Lord Shiva and what is the
> origin of Nandi Bull?*
>
> A4 Shashwat Gupta Sun A follower of Hinduism Jai JagadAmbā Bhumījā
>
> *In the Māhābhārata, This question was asked by Goddess Umā to Lord Shiva.
> He Told the reason :*
>
> Māhābhārata, Dāna Dharma parva, section 87 chapter 1809(128)
>
> Uma asked, “There are many other excellent and handsome mounts. *O god!
> Why have you accepted a bull as your mount?*
>
> Maheshvara replied, “In ancient times, Brahma created a cow named Surabhi
> that yielded milk. Once she was created, she had many offspring and all of
> them yielded milk that was like amrita.
>
> From the mouth of one of the calves, some froth fell on my body. At this,
> I scorched the cows and they came to assume many different complexions.
>
> *I was then pacified by the preceptor of the worlds, who knows about the
> meaning of good policy. He gave me a bull for my standard and also as my
> mount.” *
>
> *Q5 If Parshuram and Ram are incarnations of Vishnu, then how were
> they present at the same time?*
>
> A5 Shashwat Gupta arch 29Read the Valmiki Ramayan and
> RamcharitmanasJai SiyaRam!
>
> *Lord Parashuram Is a Jeevatma empowered by a fraction of the Lord's
> energy, which was destroyed by Lord Ram using the infallible vaisnavastra,
> while Sri Ram is the Lord himself.*
>
> Sri adhyatma Ramayana, Prologue :
>
> “In ancient times, the son of Jamdagni, Parashuram, stayed with Shiva to
> practice archery with the avowed aim of slaying (the demon) Sahastrarjun .
> At the time he had overheard Parvati studying ‘Ram Gita’, had listened to
> it with due concentration and diligence, brought it to his heart, and
> became another manifestation of Lord Narayan-Vishnu in all his potent
> powers by repeatedly practicing it.”
>
> He saw Maa Paravati Reciting the Sri Ram geeta, and did the same, because
> of which He Was empowered by the Lord's energy.
>
> Moreover, Lord Vishnu is Omnipresent Almighty, He can be found at Multiple
> places at a single point of time, It's a primary Quality of Supreme Brahm.
>
> *Q6 Do trains have snow plows?*
>
> A6 Gary McAdam, Amateur rail historian and frequent rail
> traveller Answered 11m ago
>
> Depends on which part of the world they operate in *- those that are used
> in countries where snow & ice are commonplace will have locos fitted with
> them* (much of the northern US & Canada, mainland Europe and the
> mountainous bits of China & Japan), along with specialist motorised
> ploughs. But not in countries with warmer climates closer to the equator.
>
> *Q7 Why do Hindu Brahmins chant in Sanskrit instead of regional
> languages which people understand? Do Sanskrit chants have magic?*
>
> A7 Devala ReesSatHindu practitioner and scholar of Pagan
> religions
>
> Hindu Brahmins, and other Hindus, can’t just chant whatever they want.
> Chants are carefully composed, set to certain meters, etc. Hindus, Brahmin
> and otherwise, chant the chants that they were taught. *Most of those
> chants were composed in Sanskrit. *The purpose isn’t, and has never been,
> for listeners to understand. The whole idea is that yes, Sanskrit chants
> “have magic” because Sanskrit is the language of the Devas; the chants
> invoke Devas for specific subtle spiritual purposes. *The vast majority
> of the Brahmins themselves don’t really understand the language either;
> they’re just trained in how to use it, and taught the meaning and purpose
> of the specific chants.*
>
> *Hindus also have thousands of spiritual, devotional, and philosophical
> compositions in regional languages, but these never replace Sanskrit
> chants. They have different purposes.*
>
> Q8 What are the different chutneys prepared in South Indian food?
>
> A8 Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam March 31Advisor and Tutor at
> Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam (2021–present)
>
> Coconut Chutney - Most famous chutney. Almost always served in all
> restaurants
>
> Onion Chutney - Red Colour and a bit Spicy. Usually served with Idlies or
> Pongal.
>
> Kothamalli (Corriander) chutney - Green Color chutney served with Idlies
> Pongal, Dosa etc.
>
> A Typical South Indian restaurant will serve Sambar + All 3 Chutneys
>
> Other Chutneys usually served at Home include :-
>
> Tomato Chutney, Tomato Onion Chutney, Mint (Pudina Chutney)
>
> You also have Togeyal which is a chutney mixed and eaten with Rice or as
> an accompaniment to Rasam or Kaara Kulambu
>
> Coconut Togeyal or Thuvial, Dal Thuvial or Paruppu Thuvial are some
> examples.
>
> *Q9 How did Lord Shiva get the name Sheetikanth?*
>
> A9 Sunitha ParapatlaJuly 9, 2020
>
> *God Shiva is referred with multiple names and one being Shithi_kannttaya,
> means one who has bruise marks on his throat ( kannttamu).*
>
> One mantra from Shiva's Ashtotram (108 mantras) says “ Om
> Shithi_kannttaya Namaha “.
>
> One day I asked my grandmother, “ Granny, how did God Shiva get bruises on
> His throat. I remember you told about God Shiva consuming poison, so His
> throat became blue in colour, *so did that poison cause bruises on His
> throat “?*
>
> Granny :: no child, the poison ( halahal) caused blue colour on his throat
> and thus Mahadev is called as Neelakannt, the blue throat God. *But this
> story of bruises on Shiva's throat is a different story child.* Now
> listen to the story..
>
> *In Satya yuga, many snakes were being killed by* Eagles. So one day,
> Vasuki, the King of snakes approached Lord Brahma and told the pain the
> snakes are undergoing and told Him to do something, or else the snakes will
> become extinct.
>
> *Then Lord Brahma says “ Hey Vasuki, I can understand your pain and agony,
> my suggestion is, please go to mount Kailash and meet God Shiva, He*
> would resolve your problem as He is the Pashupatinath, God and protector to
> all animals. “
>
> Vasuki thanked Lord Brahma and went to mount Kailash to meet God Shiva.
>
> *When Vasuki entered into mount Kailash, he was surprised to see Shiv
> Ganas ( the attendents and* devotees of Shiva), Nandi the bull and mount
> of God Shiva, Tiger and Lion( mount of Goddess Parvathi) and many animals
> residing with unity at Kailash. He was very happy and he was sure that, God
> Shiva would help him.
>
> *Vasuki saw God Shiva seated on tiger's skin, wearing an Elephant's hide
> on His body, sacred ash of the cremation grounds smeared all over His body,
> Many* Rudraksha necklaces around His neck and His blue throat, it too was
> beautiful on His camphor colored body.
>
> Seeing Shiva, Vasuki the snake was spellbound. Shiva was deep in
> meditation, His eyes half closed and half opened, even though He was in
> deep meditation, but Shiva had a pleasant smile on His face.
>
> *Vasuki just stood in front of Shiva, just admiring Him and didnot disturb
> Shiva*
>
> After sometime Shiva opened His eyes. Then Vasuki went near to Shiva and
> bent down to touch His feet and said “ Hey Mahadev, *Im Vasuki, please
> help me and all my species, since we are getting extinct because of Eagles
> killing us “*
>
> Shiva says “ Vasuki my child, don't worry. You and all the snakes are
> safe, I give my word*, I will protect the snake species from Eagles.” *
>
> Vasuki says “ Hey Mahadev, one small thing I want to tell, you know that
> Eagle is mount of Shri Vishnu, and Shri Vishnu is your beloved. “
>
> Shiva says “ I know that Vasuki, you don't worry, I stand on my word, you
> stay here in Kailash”.
>
> Saying this Shiva goes into deep meditation.
>
> *After few days, God Shiva summons Garuda, the Eagle and mount of Shri
> Vishnu to discuss about the Snakes issue.*
>
> Garuda arrives at Kailash and Shiva says “ Hey Garuda, I request you and
> all other Eagles not to kill Snakes “.
>
> Garuda says “Sorry Mahadev, snakes are our enemies since ages and we would
> kill them and make them extinct”.
>
> Mahadev gets angry on Garuda's words and again warns him saying “I have
> already given word to Vasuki that I would protect all the snakes, saying
> this God Shiva took Vasuki and put the cobra snake around His neck, thus
> the cobra became Abharana or ornament of Shiva”.
>
> Garuda says “ Hey Mahadev, I stand on my word, I'm not going to leave any
> snake alive”.
>
> Hearing this sentence, God Shiva became very angry, He stood up and lifted
> to release His trishul and kill Garuda.
>
> Shri Vishnu, was seeing all this through His divya_dhristi ( spiritual
> eyes), He woke up from His Yog Nidra ( meditation) and immediately
> arrived on mount Kailash.
>
> Seeing Shiva is about to attack Garuda, His mount, Shri Vishnu became
> very angry and says “ Hey Mahadev, being attacking my devotee Garuda, you
> have to fight with me “!
>
> Thus God Shiva and Shri Vishnu had a fierce battle, and since both are
> different forms of Para_brahman, there was no result of the war and the
> battle was continuing for years.
>
> *After sometime, Shri Vishnu angrily goes near God Shiva and held His
> throat part very tightly with His hand and Vishnu’s immense strength caused
> bruise marks on Shiva's kannth ( throat)* and Shiva angrily pushes away
> Shri Vishnu and releases His Trishul.
>
> The trishul goes and pierces hard into Shri Vishnu's *heart causing a
> small mark on His beautiful chest,* the place where Goddess Lakshmi
> resides. Of course nothing happens to Shri Vishnu, as He is parabrahman.
>
> *After this incident, both Shri Vishnu and God Shiva come back to normalcy
> ( out of maya or illusion).*
>
> Then Lord Brahma and all Gods arrive to Kailash and will be shocked to see
> a battle between Shri Vishnu and Shiva, as they are beloved to each other.
>
> Then they realise that, this divine play indicates that Shiva and Shri
> Vishnu go to any extent to protect their devotees and to prove that both
> are equal and no one is less or higher in any aspect.
>
> Then God Shiva says “ Hey Shri Vishnu, this bruise marks on my throat will
> ever remain, reminding me ever that you are my beloved “.
>
> Then Shri Vishnu says “ Hey Mahadev, the mark on my chest caused by your
> trishul will remain, and will be from now on called Srivatsa.” Srivatsa
> means "beloved of Sri", the goddess Lakshmi. It is a mark on the chest of
> Vishnu where his consort Lakshmi resides. And It is one of the names of
> Shri Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranamam ( 1000 names).
>
> So this is the story of why God Shiva is called Shithi_kannttaya.
>
> *Q10 Do insects feel fear in the same way we do?*
>
> A10 Ken Saladin Sat Former professor of histology (microscopic
> anatomy)
>
> Not likely. We know what brain structures are associated with the human
> sense of fear, and they do not exist in insects. *An alarm reaction or
> aversive behavior in an insect isn’t necessarily evidence of anything we
> could usefully label as fear*. There are kits to build toy that will back
> away from table edges; we wouldn’t call the robot’s behavior “fear.”
>
> There is no more reason to call an insect’s avoidance behaviors fear
> either; they’re simply little biological stimulus-response robots.
>
> *All the above QA are based on Quora digest on 21-04 - 2021. Quora answers
> need not be 100% correct answers *
>
> *Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 21-4- 2021*
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