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Names
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Many
names which appear while reading scriptures, are given here with
brief description for
ready reference purpose. Some of them have
detailed description
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Dictionary |
Many
Hindi words are explained here to clearly understand the texts
given in scriptures. |
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Locations |
Names of many
places, rivers, and mountains are given here with their references |
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Tidbits |
This is the most interesting part of this Web site. It gives so
many interesting, rare and consolidated facts that people would
have never thought about them in that way. It gives lots of
background information and many
historical facts about India since ancient times. |
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Do You Know |
This section gives
many interesting information written in and about our scriptures. |
Several sources have been
consulted to compose this dictionary. They are :--
(1)
The Aangiras Dictionary of the Hindu Religion and Culture. Sacred
Books, 1999. [Although this book is written scientifically, still
wherever the ancient dates are given, they create doubts in one's mind,
as they do not match our religious Time Division of Yug etc.]
(2) Puraan. Published by
Gita Press, Gorakhpur
Some interesting sites
about Hindoo religion are given below. One may like to visit them often
to increase his knowledge and reference.
Religious
Books
(1)
www.celextel.org
- is a site for 108 Upanishad, Geetaa, Brahm Sootra, Aadi Shankar Stotra
etc.
(2)
www.urday.org
- is a site for many things - 18 Puraan
(3) www.sacred-texts.org - for
MBH translation by KMG
Dictionaries
(3) www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/mw/index.html
- is a site for Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Other Sites
There are some other sites
worth reading Hindoo religious information --
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