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Namaste,

 

Today is "skanda-shhashhThii", 6th day of the waxing moon-phase

in the month of maargashiirshha.

 

Parama-Pujya Sw. Chandrashekharendra Sarasvati [1895-1994]

quotes from Valmiki's Ramayana, Kausalya's advice to Rama as he was

about leave for the 14 years of exile: [Hindu Dharma:1st ed., 1995,

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan; Ch 1, 'Dharma Alone Protects', p.4]:

 

yaM paalayasi dharma.n tvam dhR^ityaa cha niyamena cha .

sa vai raaghava-shaarduula dharmaH tvaam abhirakshatu ..

 

"Raghava, it is dharma alone that will protect you, and this dharma

is what you yourself protect with courage and steadfastness."

 

 

The Monier-Williams Dictionary gives these meanings:

 

Entry dharma

 

Meaning

1 m. (rarely n. g. %{ardharcA7di} ; the older form of the RV. is %

{dha4rman} q.v.) that which is established or firm, steadfast decree,

statute, ordinance, law ;

usage, practice, customary observance or prescribed conduct, duty ;

right, justice (often as a synonym of punishment) ;

virtue, morality, religion, religious merit, good works

 

(%{dha4rmeNa} or %{-mAt} ind. according to right or rule, rightly,

justly, according to the nature of anything ; cf. below ;

 

%{mesthita} mfn. holding to the law, doing one's duty) AV. &c. &c.;

Law or Justice personified (as Indra S3Br. &c. ; as Yama MBh.;

as born from the right breast of Yama and father of S3ama, Ka1ma and

Harsha ib. ;

as Vishn2u Hariv. ;

as Praja1-pati and son-in-law of Daksha Hariv. Mn. &c. ;

as one of the attendants of the Sun L. ; as a Bull Mn. viii , 16 ;

as a Dove Katha1s. vii , 89 , &c.) ;

 

the law or doctrine of Buddhism (as distinguished from the %{saJgha}

or monastic order MWB. 70) ;

the ethical precepts of Buddhism (or the principal %{dharma} called %

{sUsra} , as distinguished from the %{abhi-dharma} or , further

dharma and from the %{vinaya} or `" discipline , these three

constituting the canon of Southern BñBuddhism MWB. 61) ;

 

the law of Northern BñBuddhism (in 9 canonical scriptures , viz.

Prajn5a1-pa1ramita1 , Gan2d2a-vyu1ha , Das3a-bhu1mi7s3vara ,

Samadhira1ja , Lan3ka7vata1ra , Saddharma-pun2d2arika , Tathagata-

guhyaka , Lalita-vistara , Suvarn2a-prabha1sa ,ib. 69) ;

 

nature , character , peculiar condition or essential quality ,

property , mark , peculiarity (= %{sva-bhAva} L. ; cf. %{daza-dh--

gata} S3Br. &c. &c. ;

 

%{upamAno7pameyayor@dh-} , the tertium comparationis Pa1n2. 2-1 , 55

Sch.) ; a partic. ceremony MBh. xiv , 2623 ; sacrifice L. ; the ninth

mansion Var. ; an Upanishad L. ; associating with the virtuous L. ;

religious abstraction , devotion L. ; = %{upamA} L. (cf. above) ;

 

a bow Dharmas3. ; a Soma-drinker L. ;

 

N. of the 15th Arhat of the present Ava-sarpin2i1 L. ;

of a son of Anu and father of Ghr2ita Hariv. ;

of a sñson of Ga1ndha1ra and fñfather of Dhr2ita Pur. ;

of a sñson of Haihaya and fñfather of Netra BhP. ;

of a sñson of Pr2ithu-s3ravas and of Us3anas ib. ;

of a sñson of Su-vrata VP. (cf. %{dharma-sUtra}) ;

of a sñson of Di1rgha-tapas , Va1yup. ;

of a king of Kas3mi1ra , Ra1j. iv , 678 ;

of another man ib. vii , 85 ;

of a lexicographer &c. (also %{-paNDita} , %{-bhaTTa} and %{-

zAstrin}) Cat. [Cf. Lat. {firmus} , Lith. {derme4}.]

 

 

Regards,

 

s.

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

For those who would like to know more about Skanda [Kartikeya]:

 

Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji's book "Lord Shanmukha and His

Worship".

Gurudev graphically portrays in this book the advent of Lord

Shanmukha or Karthikeya, the purpose of His incarnation and its

significance, highlighting the various aspects of the Six-faced Lord,

with their esoteric significance and spiritual import. This book can

be downloaded from:

 

http://www.SivanandaDlshq.org/download/download.htm#shanmukha

 

Regards,

 

s.

 

advaitin , "sunder hattangadi" <sunderh@h...> wrote:

> Namaste,

>

> Today is "skanda-shhashhThii", 6th day of the waxing moon-

phase in the month of maargashiirshha.

[Guest guest]

Is this really the month of Margashirsha ? The Makara Darshanam festival at

Sabarimala concludes at the end of Margashirsha Masa. So I was under the

impression that Margashirsha starts around Dec 14th.

 

Anand

 

 

---- you wrote:

> Namaste,

>

> Today is "skanda-shhashhThii", 6th day of the waxing moon-phase

> in the month of maargashiirshha.

nature of anything ; cf. below ;

>

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

I guess I should have mentioned the calendar source! It is on

Kalanirnay calendar. Regional calendars in India often vary, and 3

sites I visited gave 3 different dates! So I guess the regional

traditions prevail for different festivals.

 

Datta Jayanti is on Margashirsha full Moon day [Dec. 11] and the

New Moon Day is on Dec. 25, so this is Margashirsha according to

Kalnirnay!

 

Regards,

 

s.

 

advaitin , anand_natarajan@i... wrote:

>

> Is this really the month of Margashirsha ? The Makara Darshanam

festival at Sabarimala concludes at the end of Margashirsha Masa. So

I was under the impression that Margashirsha starts around Dec 14th.

>

> Anand

>

>

> ---- you wrote:

> > Namaste,

> >

> > Today is "skanda-shhashhThii", 6th day of the waxing moon-

phase

> > in the month of maargashiirshha.

> nature of anything ; cf. below ;

> >

>

>

>

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