Jyotish◆Samvat 2078 is Rakshasa Samvatsara (year of the sixty-year Jovian cycle)◆ ◆Why the Dispute Over Lupta-Samvatsara (the elided Jovian year)?◆ — Acharya Shri Vinay Jha, Tri-skandha Jyotirvid (scholar of the three branches of Jyotisha), Surya-Siddhantic mathematician; Patron, Akhil Bharatiya Vidwat Parishad, Varanasi; Mathematician, Aditya Panchang (traditional almanac) (Kashi), Shri Sarveshwara Jayaditya Panchang (Jaipur), etc., ... of Aditya Panchang
23 October 2026 · 8 min read
JyotishHumble Request - Shri Nimbark Parishad is respectfully informed that by the infinite grace of our revered deities Thakur Shri Govinddevji and Thakur Shri Sarasbihariji, Rajasthan's only panchang (traditional almanac) based on the ancient mathematics of the *Surya Siddhanta*, the *Shri Sarveshwar Jayaditya Panchang*, is published from Jaipur by Shri Nimbark Parishad...
23 October 2026 · 6 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraThe connection between heat and bad behavior has long been assumed theoretically, and is now being supported by science as well. And this is truly not very good news. Most scientists agree: the world is getting warmer every year. This means not only greater difficulty for individuals p
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraRecently, an emerging writer on Facebook, Vijay Singh Thakurai, wrote a book on science titled *Bechain Bandar*. *Bechain Bandar* was warmly received on Facebook, especially within that segment which had remained distant from science. A controversy also erupted over the book hurting dharmic sentiments. Because in a book on science, dhar...
23 October 2026 · 5 min read
Politics & History22 December marks the birth anniversary of the great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who is counted among the world’s greatest mathematicians, and who commands the same stature in the realm of mathematics as Albert Einstein does in science. Many of the sutras (formulae) or theorems penned by him remain unsolved to this day.
23 October 2026 · 6 min read
Dharma & CultureAuthor: Acharya Vasudev Mishra, Veda-vijna (knower of the Veda)
यत्रौषधीः समम्मत राजानः समिताविव ।
विप्रः स उच्यते भिषग् रक्षोहामीवचातनः ॥ ऋग्वेदः १०-९७-६ ॥
(Where herbs gather together like kings in a battle assembly, that learned man is called a physician, a destroyer of rakshas [demons] and dispeller of disease.) – Rigveda 10.97.6
Just as a king shines in battle amidst his soldiers, similarly that learned man who is a master of the eight branches of surgery (shalya-ashta-tantra) and an expert in pulse diagnosis (nadi-vijnana) and various types of medicines
18 October 2026 · 15 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraSome people perpetually claim that Ganesha is merely a figment of the imagination: how could an elephant’s head ever replace that of a human? The moment a head is severed, death is instantaneous; why, then, did Ganesha not die when his head was severed? It is all mere myth. But today, we shall demonstrate: is all of this truly contrary to science? Is it truly
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
Sanskrit & Shastra*Sanatana Sanskriti* (eternal culture) is not time-bound, which is why it is called *Sanatana*. That *shashvata* (eternal) *dharma* (cosmic order and righteous duty) which has come down through tradition across the three periods of time and is beyond time itself, is *Sanatana*. Yet, the intellect of those influenced by modern scientism fails when limited to mere physical yardsticks. Much controversy is generated over the birth era of Shri Ram. But the resolution of this...
18 October 2026 · 8 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraWhen I was in high school in Germany, I had a recurring phantasy. I imagined that some fine day the anchor in the news broadcast announces that science has found proof that God exists. This was at a time when doubts started creeping in whether it was true what I had believed so s
22 October 2019 · 26 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraYes, and it is even natural. One only needs to deeply reflect on what is meant by the Almighty. If somebody grew up as a Christian or Muslim, he needs, however, to get rid of some notions about the Almighty which can never be proven and are in all likelihood not true – for exampl
22 October 2019 · 5 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraDisclaimer : Take this article in a sarcastic note. The hard science which often posits itself superior to the much more humane social science can never come up with the fact that science being an activity of the broader boundary of the society is essentially in the domain of soc
16 September 2019 · 3 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraWhen I tell someone I am a doctor most people automatically assume I would have nothing to do with religion. I have had that thrown at me so many times that its not even funny anymore! The perception that people into science are not into religion and vice versa is quite widesprea
23 February 2019 · 4 min read
