by Zabaan | Jul 2, 2015 | Classical languages, Hindi, Sanskrit
The mother-tongue of all Indo-European languages was a root-based language, meaning that all or most of its verbs, nouns and adjectives could be reduced to a meaningful core, an atom of meaning, so to speak, which itself could not be broken down into...
by Zabaan | Jun 26, 2015 | Hindi, Learning and Teaching, Urdu
In the age of the internet and global electronic communication mania it is very easy to find material on pretty much anything in a matter of two or three clicks or swipes. But everyone will probably agree that the quantity of the material and the ease...
by Zabaan | Jun 24, 2015 | Ancient Greek, Classical languages, Sanskrit
In an earlier article entitled Father sky in ancient Greek and Sanskrit the word designating the ancient Indo-European deity presiding over of the heavens has been discussed in connection with the very close correspondences between the declension of the word sky in...
by Zabaan | Jun 22, 2015 | Classical languages, Hindi, Hindu Mythology, Sanskrit
Apart from bringing relief from summer’s toasting dry heat and filling the air with the heavy perfume of jungle – a cushion for the muffled cries of birds – rain is also a force that calls forth from us that most essential of human qualities:...
by Zabaan | Jun 20, 2015 | Yoga
सूर्य नमस्कार (sūrya namaskāra), lit. the performance of a bow, i.e. devotion, to the sun, is a very popular sequence of twelve yoga poses. Its performance is aimed at harnessing the divine energy of the sun in order to make the whole being prosperous and...
