तुलासंस्थे सहस्रांशौ प्रदोषे भूतदर्शयोः ।
उल्काहस्ता नराः कुर्युः पितॄणां मार्गदर्शनम् ॥
- स्कन्दपुराणम्, २.४.९.६५
When the thousand-rayed Sun is in Tula Rashi, during the evening of Bhuta-darshi (Naraka Chaturdashi and Amavasya), people should hold firebrands (Ulkas) in their hands and illuminate the path for their ancestors (Pitris).
तिपिटकं / अट्ठकथा इत्येताभ्याम्
अधुनापि क्रीड्यमानाः क्रीडाविशेषाः
अक्षरिका - अक्खरिका वुच्चति आकासे वा पिट्ठियं वा अक्खरजाननकीळा। - Guessing letters traced in the air or on someone’s back
चिङ्गुलिकं - चिङ्गुलिकं वुच्चति तालपण्णादीहि कतं वातप्पहारेन परिब्भमनचक्कं। - A pinwheel of palm leaves that spins in the wind
घटिका - ��टिका वुच्चति दीघदण्डकेन रस्सदण्डकं पहरणकीळनं। - Striking a short stick with a long one (tip-cat, gilli-ḍaṇḍā) - दण्डः इत्यपि शब्दकल्पद्रुमे।
सन्तिकं - सन्तिकन्ति सन्तिककीळनं। एकज्झं ठपिता सारियो वा सक्खरायो वा अचालेन्ता नखेनेव अपनेन्ति च उपनेन्ति च, सचे तत्थ काचि चलति, पराजयो होति, एवरूपाय कीळायेतं अधिवचनं। - Spillikins: pieces or pebbles heaped together; remove and replace them with a fingernail; if any other piece moves, you lose
परिहारपथं - परिहारपथन्ति भूमियं नानापथमण्डलं कत्वा तत्थ तत���थ परिहरितब्बं, पथं परिहरन्तानं कीळनं। - Paths and circles drawn on the ground; players must avoid stepping on them (hopscotch-like)
यथावज्जं - यथावज्जं नाम काणकुणिखुज्जादीनं यं यं वज्जं, तं ��ं पयोजेत्वा दस्सनकीळा। - Mimicking the deformities of the one-eyed, the crooked-armed, the hunchbacked, etc.
एतेषां संस्कृतच्छायापदानि विचार्याणि।
Ten years ago - A school in RA Puram sought indemnity from parents that they would not be responsible if their daughter became pregnant after the school tour. My friend whose daughter was studying in that school 1. Cancelled the tour 2. Changed the school next year
A tribal-dominated region lived peacefully under a democratically elected former monarch who kept the ruling national party on edge.
The government’s response? Storm his palace, open fire on the monarch and tribals, and push the region into decades of Naxalism.
Now, nearly 8 decades after Independence, normalcy is finally returning. But what of the generations lost and years wasted?
Such is the bitter irony of democracy.
There's no credible evidence for large scale dietary cannibalism among Nagas.
It seems to have been employed primarily as psychological warfare (e.g. some Naga tribesmen at Khonoma were said to have eaten the flesh of a British officer in 1879).
Do you understand Sanskrit? Interested in Mathematics?
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