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One God (A-Dwaitvaad)
Some people
follow this path that there is only one Eeshwar, or God, or Bhagavaan, or Parameshwar
Two (Dwaitvaad)
Some people believe, there are two: (1) Parameshwar, (2) Soul.
Three Gun
(1) Sat Gun (2) Raj Gun (3) Tam Gun
Three
Kaal
(1) Past (2) Present (3) Future
Three Lok
Swarg Lok (Heaven)
Prithvi Lok (The Earth)
Paataal Lok (Below the Earth)
Three Qualities of Wind
Sheetal (Cool)
Mand (Slow)
Sugandhit (Scented)
Three Taap (Diseases, or Troubles)
Aadhi-Daivik (Given by Devtaa)
Aadhi-Bhautik (Worldly related)
Aadhyaatmic (Spiritual)
Four Types of Beings
(1) Andaj - which are born from eggs (birds, crocodiles, fish etc)
(2) Swedaj - which are born from sweat (worms, flying insects etc)
(3) Jaraayuj - which are born secured in bags (human beings, four-legged animals etc)
(4) Udbhij - Sthaavar creation (trees, creepers, grass etc)
Four-fold Goals of Human Existence
Vedic Astrology is an indispensable tool for achieving, what the Vedas
proclaim as the four-fold goals of human existence :-
Dharm - Life Purpose, duties
Arth - Prosperity, related to wealth
Kaam - Pleasure
Moksh - Spiritual Liberation
Four Things Related to Moon
(1) Chakor bird - Chakor is crazy after the Moon. It continuously looks at it.
(2) Chakavaa bird - Chakavaa and its female Chakavee cannot
see each other while the Moon is out, even if they are sitting next to
each other. They just call each other the whole night.
(3) Kamalinee flower - Kamalinee flower blooms seeing the Moon and
closes in the morning before sunrise.
(4) Lotus flower - Opposite to the Kamalinee flower, the lotus
flower blooms seeing the Sun and closes with sunset. To add to it Bhramar
(Bhanvaraa, or bumble bee) loves lotus flower very much. It sits there to
extract honey, but in love it forgets when evening falls and thus closes
itself inside the lotus flower. When lotus flower blooms in the morning,
the bee is already dead thus loses its life in love of lotus flower.
Four Holy Abodes (Dhaam)
Badareenaath in North, Jagannaath Puree in East, Raameshwaram in South, and Dwaarakaa Puree in West. But their
Yaatraa (visit) is incomplete if Pushkar Jee (in Raajsthaan, near Ajamer) is not visited in the last.
Four Life-long Brahmchaaree
(1) Hanumaan Jee (2) Naarad Jee (3) Bheeshm Pitaamah (4) Sankaadi Muni
Four Places of Kumbh
Every 12 years Kumbh falls in these places with the difference of three years.
(1) Haridwaar, (UP) (2) Allaahaabaad, (UP) (3) Ujjain, (Madhya Pradesh)
(4) Naasik, (Mahaaraashtra)
Four Varn
(1) Braahman - born from Aadi Purush's mouth, and their Dharm is to study
and teach Dharm to other Varn, to do Yagya for themselves and others (2)
Kshatriya - born from the arms of Aadi Purush, and their Dharm is to
protect other Varn (3) Vaishya - born from thighs of Aadi Purush, and
their Dharm is to do trade and business (4) Shoodra - born from the
feet of Aadi Purush, and their Dharm is to serve other Varn.
Four Ved
(1) Rig Ved (2) Yajur Ved (3) Atharv Ved (4) Saam Ved
Five Elements (Panch Mahaa Bhoot)
(1) Vaayu (Air) (2) Prithvi (Earth) (3) Jal (Water)
(4) Aakaash (Space or Ether) (5) Agni (Fire)
Five Satee
There are five Satee Stree (faithful to husband):
(1) Satee Draupadee (Paandav's wife) (2) Satee Mandodaree (Raavan's wife)
(3) Satee Sulakshanaa (Meghnaad's wife) (4) Satee Anasooyaa (Rishi Atri's wife)
(5) Satee Saavitree (Satyavaan's wife)
Five Immortal Purush
(1) Naarad Jee, (2) Ashwatthaamaa (Dronaachaarya's son), (3) Hanumaan Jee,
(4) Vibheeshan, and (5) Kripaachaarya
Others are - Takshak Naag,
Maarkandeya Muni, Kaagbhushundi Jee, Ved Vyaas, Parashuraam, Daitya Raaj
Bali. Among them Kaagbhushundi is very special. Tulsee's Maanas says that
he has lived for over 27 Kalp,
Five Holy Cities
(1) Kaashee (UP), (2) Mathuraa (UP), (3) Ayodhyaa (UP),
(4) Avantikaa, or Ujjain (MP), (5) Puree, Jagannath Puree (Udeesaa)
Five Ever-Maidens (Panch Kanyaa)
(1) Kuntee, (2) Drauupadee, (3) Mandodaree, (4) Taaraa, (5) Ahalyaa
Six Branches of Ved
(1) Shikshaa (Phonetics), (2) Vyaakaran (Grammar),
(3) Chhand (Prosody), (4) Nirukt (Etymology), (5) Jyotish (Astronomy), (6) Kalap (Rituals)
Six Seasons
(1) Cold (Shishir) (2) Spring (Vasant) (3) Summer (Greeshm)
(4) Rainy (Varshaa) (5) Autumn (Fall, or Sharad) (6) Hemant (Winter)
Six Chakra
There are six Chakra in a human body where six lotuses bloom, They are:
Moolaadhaar Chakra - Gudaa Mandal (Anus) Chakra, (yellow color lotus with four petals
Swaadhishthaan Chakra - in the root of the penis, (red color lotus with six petals)
Manipur Chakra - in the root of navel, (blue color lotus with ten petals)
Anaahat Chakra - in heart, (golden color lotus with twelve petals)
Vishuddh Chakra - in neck, (red color lotus with sixteen petals)
Aagyaa Chakra - in the center of eye brows, (white color lotus with two petals)
The seventh lotus, the white color lotus, is in the head of the human
being, which has thousand petals and on that Lord Vishnu, the symbol of man's spiritual knowledge, sits.
Seven Holy Rivers
(1) Gangaa (2) Yamunaa (3) Saraswatee (invisible) (4)
Kaaveree (5) Sindhu (now in Paakistaan), (6) Godaavaree, (7) Narmadaa
Seven Visible Planets
There are seven visible planets - (1) Sun, (2) Moon, (3) Mars, (4) Mercury, (5) Jupiter, (6) Venus, (7) Saturn
Seven Days in a Week
There are seven Days in a week - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Seven Parvat (Mountains)
(1) Mahendra Parvat (in Orissaa)
(2) Malaya Parvat (in Mysore)
(3) Raivatak (Girnaar in Gujraat)
(4) Vindhyaachal (in Central India)
Seven Rishi or Sapt Rishi (Ursa Major or The Great Bear)
Every Manvantar has seven Rishi. They are different in every Manvantar.
Following are the Sapt Rishi in the present Manvantar:
(1) Maharshi Kashyap (2) Maharshi Atri (3) Maharshi Vashishth
(4) Maharshi Vishwaamitra (5) Maharshi Gautam (6) Maharshi Bharadwaaj (7) Maharshi Jamadagni.
These seven Rishi are
represented in the sky as Great Bear pointing to Polar star (Dhruv Taara)
Seven Swar (Notes) in Music
(1) Shadaj, (Sa) (2) Rishabh, (Ray) (3) Gandhaar, (Ga) (4) Madhyam, (Ma)
(5) Pancham, (Pa) (6) Dhaivat, (Dha) (7) Nishaad, (Nee).
Eight Elephants
There are only eight elephants who are born in Devtaa Yoni -
(1) Kumud, (2) Airaavat, (3) Padm, (4) Pushpdant,
(5) Vaaman, (6) Suprateek, (7) Anjan, (8) Saarvbhaum
Nava Grah (Planets)
(1) Soorya (The Sun) (2) Chandra (The Moon) (3) Mangal (Mars) (4) Budh (Mercury)
(5) Guru (Brihaspati, or Jupiter) (6) Shukra Venus) (7) Shani (Saturn) (8) Raahu (9) Ketu
Nav Ratn (Gems)
The nine gems: (1) Heeraa (Diamond), (2) Laal, or Chunnee (Ruby), (3) Topaz, (4) Pannaa (Emerald),
(5) Neelam (Sapphire), (6) Lapis-lazuli, (7) Motee (Pearl), (8) Moongaa (Coral), (9) Turquoise
Navadhaa Bhakti
Nine types of Bhakti have been told by Shree Raam and
Shree Krishn. To read about them click on Navadhaa Bhakti
Nine Idols
The nine idols which Vaishnav people worship are of: (among which the first four are the different
forms of Shree Krishn only) : (1) Vaasudev, (2) Sankarshan, (3) Pradyumn, (4) Aniruddh, (5) Naaraayan,
(6) Hayagreev, (7) Varaah, (8) Nrasinh, and (9) Brahmaa.
Nine Qualities
(1) Sham - Calmness. Hindu scriptures put a great stress on Sham which brings the internal peace. It
brings the reward of happiness and gives the person the ability to face difficulties and unpleasant
events in life to conquer and to think of the meaning of the life.
(2) Dam - Self-control. (See also "Yam")
(3) Tap - Penance
(4) Shauch - Cleanliness, Purification
(5) Kshamaa - Forgiveness
(6) Saraltaa - Simplicity
(7) Gyaan - Knowledge
(8) Vigyaan - Elemental knowledge (see "Five Elements" up)
(9) Aastikataa - Belief in Bhagvaan (God).
Nine Ras
There are several meanings of Ras:-
(1) To feel
(2) Juice, essence, sap, taste
(3) Sentiments in poetry. There are nine Ras in Hindi poetry literature - nine
types of feelings (some say they are eleven). They are like this:-
(i) Shringaar Ras - sexual love, of two types: Sanyog and Viyog, meaning meeting and separation
(ii) Veer Ras - heroic (normally found in war poetry or songs)
(iii) Veebhats Ras - disgust
(iv) Raudra Ras - anger
(v) Haasya Ras - comic and humor
(vi) Bhayaanak Ras - fright
(vii) Karun Ras - pity
(viii) Adbhut Ras - wonder
(ix) Shaant Ras - peace
(x) Vaatsalya Ras - parental love
(xi) Bhakti Ras - devotional (normally found in devotional songs)
Nine Ratn (of Akbar's Court)
There were nine Gems (Nava Ratn) in Emperor Akbar the Great's court. Akbar
ruled India from 1560 to 1605. Their names were:
(1) Birbal
- the very witty Minister and personal advisor of Akbar. He has lots of
his stories on his credit for everybody to laugh at and learning
(2) Taansen - the renowned musician of India. He used to light fire and bring rains through his singing
(3) Raajaa Todarmal - his financial wizard,
(4) Raajaa Maan Singh - mighty general, famous for his chivalry,
(5) Abul Fazal - a great historian
(6) Faizi - brother of Abul Fazal, a great poet
(7) Daswant - a great painter
(8) Abdu us-Samad - a brilliant calligrapher and designer of Imperial coins
(9) Mir Fareh-ullah Shirazi - financier, philosopher, physician and astronomer
Nine Ratn (of Vikramaaditya's Court)
There were nine Gems (Nav Ratn) in Vikramaaditya's court also.
(1) Dhanvantari - enlightened the world upon the subjects of medicines and incantations.
(2) Kshapanak - treated the primary elements.
(3) Amar Sinh - compiled a Sanskrit dictionary and a philosophical treatise.
(4) Shanku - compose comments, and Khatkarpar - a poetical work
(6) Kaalidaas - a very good Sanskrit poet - he wrote Shakuntalaa, Meghdoot, Raghuvansh, Vikram and Urvashee etc
(7) Vetaal Bhatt - a Braahman who is attributed to a Neeti booklet of 16 stanzas - Neeti Pradeep (Lamp of Conduct)
(8) Vararuchi - introduced improvements in grammar, commented upon incantations and wrote a poem in praise
of King Maadhav.
(9) Varaahmihir - an astrologer - he predicted the death of the son of Vikramaaditya, produced works
on astrology and Arithmetic.
Nine Main Incarnations of Vishnu
(1) Matsya Avataar (The Fish Incarnation),
(2) Koorm Avataar (The Tortoise Incarnation),
(3) Varaah Avataar (The Boar Incarnation)
(4) Narasinh Avataar (The Man with Lion Head Incarnation),
(5) Vaaman Avataar (The Dwarf Incarnation,
Vaaman means 52 so this Avataar was only a 52 finger-width tall child),
(6) Parashuraam Avataar (The Raam with Axe Incarnation),
(7) Raam Avataar (The Raam Incarnation in Soorya Vansh)
(8) Krishn Avataar (The Krishn Incarnation in Chandra Vansh)
(9)
Buddha Avataar (The Gautam Buddha Incarnation)
(10) Kalki Avataar - Yet to come, will be at the end of the Kali Yug to bring Sat Yug ---
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