File - ambaa-pArthiva.txt

[Guest guest]

mahAgaNapataye namaH

SrImAtre namaH

 

1) This chandramAna year "pArthiva" (April-9-2005 to March-30-2006) is

dedicated to Sri lalitA sahasranAma. This will be the main focus of

this year.

 

2) Other subjects matters will be allowed, but with a limited scope

based on some of the following guidelines:

 

a) All the existing series will be allowed to continue. By existing

series, we mean those series that were actively posted in the last few

months.

 

b) No new series will be allowed to start. This is to keep the focus

on sahasranAma.

 

c) Members are requested to post only one non-SahasranAma posting per

day. Try your best to keep this posting text centered. That is, it can

ask about a text, its meaning, applicability or a discussion

pertaining to the verses in the text.

 

d) These restrictions exclude ADMIN posts.

 

e) Moderators can request a thread be stopped if it is distracting us

from the main focus.

 

f) Moderators can also make exceptions to these. In general, we will

make sure that all important contributions are posted.

 

4. It is suggested that all of us use a specific version of ITRANS

scheme that will work with Itranslator 2003 or other standard Itrans

tools. This will help us to convert the posts to devanAgari/roman font

if needed. Using a standard scheme will also make the search easier.

 

Vowels:

 

a A i I u U R^i R^I L^i L^I

e ai o au aM aH

 

Consonants:

 

k kh g gh N^

ch Ch j jh ~n

T Th D Dh N

t th d dh n

p ph b bh m

y r l v

S Sh s h L

 

Specials:

 

x for kSh.

..n/.m for anusvAra

..c for ardhachandra

..N for chandrabindu

..a for avagraha

..h for halant

H for visarga

 

Even though ITRANS allows aa/A, ii/I etc. typing lalitA will match

closer the standard English spelling Lalita (under a case insensitive

search). On the other hand, lalitaa will escape the radar, unless one

is careful. See Itranslator 2003 help for detailed map.

 

5) This focussed effort will succeed only if you choose to participate.

Hence, your active participation is requested.

 

6) What is posted should not be a cut & paste from WWW, unless it was

you who wrote it in the first place. But can be from published

books. More than copyright violations, we are concerned about creating

a new internet content.

 

7) Translations can be posted in any language, provided you chose to

add (or refer to another post with) English translation with

it. Clearly mention the language in the beginning of the text. Use

ITRANS if it is an Indian language.

 

8) Posting of the names need not follow the order. It can be any order.

 

9) Entire discussion will be posted on the website. And work will be

under free documentation license of GNU. Please post only if you agree

to that.

 

10) Moderators reserve the right to change these rules based on how

the discussion progresses.

 

List Moderators