Felix

Not here for long

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

https://t.co/p4VVKNYtUa

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

శ్రావణ మాసాన కృష్ణపక్షములో గ్రహములు మంగళములైన అనుపమలగ్నములో
శుభతారక రోహిణి దీపించే నడిరేయిలో
అష్టమినాడుదయించిన పూర్ణచంద్రుడా!

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

I am asking this out of ignorance. Is this more like the phenomenon of the Oracle of Delphi and suchlike, rather than the person himself/herself *becoming* (however temporarily) the deity?

[Reddy @Mitrarshi]

The concept of 'Devatha Punatam' a deity entering an ordinary human body is commonly seen in Dravidian culture

The idea of gods taking human forms, avatars, and being compared with humans seems more characteristic of Dravidian traditions which later influenced Puranas/Ithihas

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

@a_screenshotter ...love that it is named after śravaṇa, which is considered the birth star of Lord Viṣṇu.

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

Is it true that the śravaṇa nakṣatra falls roughly on the dvādaśī of the śuklapakṣa of the śrāvaṇamāsa and not on the pūrṇimā? I always thought the māsa itself was named śrāvaṇa because its pūrṇimā had śravaṇa nakṣatra on it.

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

@a_screenshotter Wikipedia says the moon is "near" śravaṇa on the pūrṇimā, whatever "near" means. I wonder if you could call the month dhāniṣṭha or śātabhiṣa also if the only criterion is that the pūrṇimā moon is "near" a certain nakṣatra. Just saying, not complaining since I personally...

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

https://t.co/SKTO8OmbO4

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

ఇంతింతై, వటుఁడింతయై మఱియుఁ దా నింతై నభోవీథిపై
నంతై తోయదమండలాగ్రమున కల్లంతై ప్రభారాశిపై
నంతై చంద్రుని కంతయై ధ్రువునిపై నంతై మహర్వాటిపై
నంతై సత్యపదోన్నతుం డగుచు బ్రహ్మాండాంత సంవర్ధియై.

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

రవిబింబం బుపమింపఁ బాత్రమగు ఛత్రంబై శిరోరత్నమై
శ్రవణాలంకృతియై గళాభరణమై సౌవర్ణకేయూరమై
ఛవిమత్కంకణమై కటిస్థలి నుదంచద్ఘంటయై నూపుర
ప్రవరంబై పదపీఠమై వటుఁడు దా బ్రహ్మాండమున్ నిండుచోన్.

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

@Saatvata In Telugu, we say మూడవ కంటికి తెలియకుండా mūḍava kaṇṭiki teliyakuṇḍā, 'without the third eye knowing', to talk about secret activities. I don't know why third eye - perhaps secrets were originally considered to be limited to one individual (who has two eyes).

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

But then, the translation from that Roman-script Telugu text to English tends to have an accuracy level typical of Grok's Telugu-English translation. It seems to be translating quite fine but just flagging the source language erroneously as Estonian.

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

Telugu tweets written in the Roman script tend to be considered Estonian by Grok.

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

@stelo_verda Is this right, @cobbaltt ?

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

@stelo_verda I think ರಾಮನಾ ಬಂದನು? is more like आया हुआ आदमी राम है क्या?

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

(3)

morals; who contains all divinities. Salutation. Salutation.

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

(1)

తనదు వరసత్వమును వారసత్వముగనిడి
తనువిచ్చు తండ్రికిదే తొలి వందనం. తండ్రికిదే తొలి వందనం.

First salutation to the father who grants his blessed essence as inheritance and bestows body. To the father, the first salutation.

https://t.co/TI1ieOge7M

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

(2)

మమతానురాగాల కల్పతరువై
మంచిచెడు నేర్పించు మొదటి గురువై
ముక్కోటి వేల్పులను ఒక్క రూపుగ జూపు మాతృపదపద్మములకిదే వందనం. వందనం. వందనం.

Salutation to the lotus feet of the mother who is the boundless source of love and affection; who is the first preceptor for

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

It took me a bit to realize jānakī-kānta in jānakī-kānta-smaraṇam probably refers to Rāma, as in, "kānta of jānakī" via Sanskrit compounding, as opposed to Jānakī herself, as in "a kānta (Telugu variant of Sanskrit kāntā, 'beloved woman') named jānakī".

https://t.co/Te8KibNdH9

[Felix @tempaccnt_twt]

@Saatvata The hill that the Vijayawada Kanakadurga temple is located on is called Indrakiladri. There is a legend abt Arjuna having battle with the hunter (Shiva) in that area too. The city is also considered to have been named after Arjuna aka Vijaya (although that is a folk etymology).