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| | MANTRA ON NET: Saraswati- Text & Images |
 | | The religion of the Vedic Aryans was primarily a portable religion. | | | Saraswati is also often said to have her origin in and to reside in the mouths or on the tongues of the god Brahma (Brahma has four or five heads) That is, when Brahma undertakes the creation of the world through creative speech, the goddess Saraswati is born in his mouths. | | | Saraswati is also said to have had her origin from the god Vishnu. |
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http://www.mantraonnet.com/saraswati2.html
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| | Indian History (2) |
| | Vedic wisdom is encapsulated in myriad hymns, and 27 women-seers emerge from them. | | | Vedic literature praises the birth of a scholarly daughter in these words: "A girl also should be brought up and educated with great effort and care" (Mahanirvana Tantra); and "All forms of knowledge are aspects of Thee; and all women throughout the world are Thy forms" (Devi Mahatmya). | | | The Iranians not only called their God Ahura (Vedic Asura) and their demons Daevas (Vedic Devas), but they also called themselves Dahas and Dahyus (Vedic Dasas, and Dasyus). |
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http://www.geocities.com/swapan1976in/IndianHistory_2.html
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| | Encyclopedia: Vedic Saraswati River |
| | Sarasvati was the biggest and most important of the seven holy rivers of the Rig Veda.In the Rig Veda the Sarasvati River is mentionned fifty times (e.g. | | | In Sanskrit 'saras' means a lake or water body, and 'vati', means a female associated with it. | | | Sometimes it also means the heavenly 'river' - i.e. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Vedic-Saraswati-River
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| | Saraswati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Tibetan Buddhist diety Yeshey Tsogyel is sometimes considered a manifestation of Saraswati. | | | On special days in the Hindu calendar special pujas are arranged for, and she is present in representation in many educational centers. | | | Tara, absorbed from Vedic culture into the Buddhist pantheon and came to China via the Chinese translations of the |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati
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| | Recent Research on the Sarasvati River |
| | The river, the Minister explained, was mentioned along with other rivers, and if these rivers had existed, it was not correct to assume that the Sarasvati had not existed. | | | Vast and awesome, the Saraswati's holy waters are supposed to have flowed from the Himalayas into the sea, nourishing the land along the way. | | | For most of the country, the name Saraswati is better known for its divine namesake - the goddess Saraswati, Hindu goddess of Learning. |
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http://www.stephen-knapp.com/recent_research_on_the_sarasvati_river.htm
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| | Vedic Sarasvati: Evolutionary History of a Lost River of Northwestern India, 1999, eds |
| | Vedic Sarasvati is seen to have attained its greatest development between 4000-2000 BC. | | | Bharadwaj argues that the Sarasvati refers to the river rising in Sirmur and joining Ghaggar, also called Hakra and identifies Kalibangan as Vinasana, the place of its disappearance. | | | The memoir also includes a number of ancient texts and classical writings to the Sarasvati River which convincingly establish a chronology of events related to the history of Bharat during the past ten thousand years from a perspective of earth sciences. |
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http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/VedicSarasvati1.html
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| | The Rg-Veda in Afghanistan? A review of Rajesh Kochhar: The Vedic People |
| | Thus, in the famous River Hymn (RV 10:75), the rivers are enumerated from east to west, with the Saraswati coming after the Ganga and Yamuna and before the eastern tributaries of the Indus: here, like in the whole post-Rg-Vedic Sanskrit literature, the term "Saraswati" unmistakably refers to the Ghaggar/Hakra. | | | The identification of the Vedic Saraswati is a matter of great consequence for Indian history: "From the late-Harappan evidence it is clear that the Ghaggar could have been a mighty river only before 1700 BC. | | | The Persian word Hindu for "Indian" confirms that, contrary to Kochhar's claim, Hindu/Sindhu was their name for the Indus river and not merely a generic term for "river". |
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http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/reviews/kochhar.html
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| | Saraswati is seen in places of learning, where the thirst for knowledge overrides other desires. | | | While the river may have disappeared Saraswati continues as a Goddess who inspires and kindles the sparks of wisdom. | | | Their sages and poets meditated along the banks of the Saraswati, and their muse became a goddess. |
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http://timepiece.shubhkaamna.com/saraswati.htm
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| | "Letter: on Revising the History of Vedic Civilization" by Rithvik. S. Vinekar |
| | The historicity of Vedic religion and its scriptures was once dismissed, in part because it praised very highly the supposedly mythical Saraswati River. | | | Satellite and geological evidence show, however, that although the Saraswati changed its course many times over several thousand years before disappearing, long ago it was as described in the Vedas. | | | Manasarowar is linked with Manu, the first man according to Vedic tradition. |
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http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/asia/mis-jj00.htm
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| | Saraswati - The ancient holy river of Haryana - Kunal - Ghaggar - Vedic - India |
| | Rig Veda hymns also describe life and times of the people residing in the Saraswati river valley. | | | Rig Veda, the most ancient of the four Vedas, describes Saraswati as a mighty river with many individually recognized tributaries. | | | It is believed that subsequently some tectonic movements may have forced the Sutluj and Yamuna to change course and hence Saraswati dried up in a period spread over a few hundred years possibly between 2000 and 1500 BC. |
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http://www.haryana-online.com/saraswati.htm
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| | SARASWATI CIVILIZATION |
| | This was the origin of the idea that the Rig Vedic people originally came from Central Asia. | | | Thus we should focus first on reading the teachings of our scriptures and involve in debates surrounding the Saraswati river later. | | | There are many arguments and counter-arguments on this question, which we need not go into here. |
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http://www.science-one.com/new-3699353-4262.html
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| | The Saraswati - Where lies the mystery |
| | A part of the river Saraswati till now exists as Ghaggar in Haryana, the rest of it has disappeared in the fringes of the Marusthali or the Thar Desert. | | | The hymns in praise of the Saraswati are probably some of the oldest, composed more than 8000 years ago. | | | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai has made a breakthrough in its research for the existence and probable location of the mythical Saraswati river. |
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http://www.gsbkerala.com/saraswati.htm
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| | Sarasvati River |
| | Saraswati was a mighty river with three sources in the Himalayas. | | | People moved to east to the Ganga-Yamuna plains, west (giving rise to the Mittani and Kassites, who worshiped Vedic Gods), northwest and south to Godavari plains. | | | It also seems that it must be the drainage of the Panjab, that once flowed into Gulf of Khambat. |
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http://www.kambojsociety.4t.com/saraswati.html
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| | AIS - Sarasvati-Sindhu |
| | The interfluve between the Saraswati and the Drishadvati used to be known as Brahmavarta and was sacred... | | | Many vedic people were herdsmen, pastoralists: jAto-yad-agne bhuvanA vyakhyah paSun na gopA: agni looks upon the people of the world as a herdsman watches his cattle. | | | Bakliwal et al (1988) have explained that these well sprung-up paleochannels are traces of the mighty Saraswati river which once ruled the desert. |
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http://www.sindhulogy.nstemp.org/Sarasvati-Sindhu.htm
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| | BBC NEWS World South Asia Fossil hints at India's mythical river |
| | They said the discovery also lent credence to popular belief that a mighty river, named in the ancient Hindu Vedic texts as Saraswati, flowed through the region thousands of years ago. | | | Many Hindus flock to the holy site of the Saraswati | | | Naked holy men or 'Sadhus' at the site of the Saraswati |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2534775.stm
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| | Resources: Vedas |
| | One of the most important Vedic revival movements in the field of the Hindu religion. | | | Courses and consultations in Ayurveda, Yoga, Vedic Astrology and Vedic Knowledge. | | | Complete Sanskrit text of Rig Veda on internet. |
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http://www.vedanet.com/resources_vedas.htm
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| | outlookindia.com wired |
| | Scientists have discovered fossil remains of an elephant in the most unlikely place - the Thar desert - lending credence to the theory that mighty Vedic Saraswati river flowed here thousands of years ago. | | | However, the later neotectonic disturbances changed the geography and turned the land into desert, he said. | | | Pataudi not on the run: Saif Ali Khan |
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http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=101486
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| | Save Adi Ganga - the Heritage River |
| | Metro Rail authorities seem to follow the same path of bartering the future for a myopic solution of some present problems. | | | People still revere it as the original river. | | | The present course of Hugli river was then a part of now defunct Saraswati river (not the vedic one). |
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http://www.geocities.com/geesen/vasun.htm
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| | The Vedic Age |
| | The primary sources of knowledge about the Vedic Age are the Vedas themselves -- especially the Rig Veda (aka Rg Veda). | | | Gold was smelted from the ore, which seems to have originated from the beds of the rivers Saraswati (a large river during this period, now dried up), and Sindhu (now the Indus). | | | Kalyanaraman ( mdsaaa48@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in), "It was a cooperating society among the yajnikas and others, both endeavoring to generate wealth." Gold (Hiranya in Sanskrit) was very valuable in this period. |
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http://www.msu.edu/user/pendsepr/vedic_age
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| | The Rediff On The NeT Special: Indian history revisited |
| | Most people in India today have been led to believe that the Vedic Aryans were the first invaders of the country. | | | "If previous scholars were wrong about the origin of the Indus people, they also missed the boat when it came to explaining their downfall, which they attributed to an invasion by Indo-Aryan speaking Vedic tribes from the northwest." This theory has now been ruled out by the lack of archaeological evidence. | | | Assumptions that blondism, blue-grey eyes and light skin pigmentation are physical hallmarks of either ancient Aryans or of members of brahmin and other social groups in modern south Asia, find their origins in the improper marriage of excerpts from Vedic texts with nineteenth century Germanic nationalistic writings." |
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http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/nov/14aryan.htm
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| | RSB Net - Home of Rajapur Saraswath Brahmins |
| | Though Saraswati River is invisible today, there are mentions of this sacred river in Rigveda, Mahabharta and other books. | | | It is mentioned that Saraswati flows from Himalayas to Western Sea (now Arabian Sea). | | | Early Vedic history refers to sage Saraswath, Saraswati River and goddess Saraswati. |
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http://www.rsbnet.com/history/briefhistory.html
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