Saraswati (Sanskrit: सरस्वती, IAST: Sarasvatī) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom, and learning.[2] She is a part of the trinity (Tridevi) of Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati. All the three forms help the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva to create, maintain, and regenerate the Universe, respectively.[3] The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a goddess is in the Rigveda. She has remained significant as a goddess from the Vedic Read more about Saraswati[…]
Lakshmi (/ˈlʌkʃmi/; Sanskrit:लक्ष्मी, IAST:lakṣhmī) is the Goddess who leads to one’s goal (lakshya in Sanskrit), hence Her name Lakshmi. For mankind, 8 types of goals are necessary – Spiritual enlightenment, food, knowledge, resources, progeny, abundance, patience and success, hence there are 8 or Ashta Lakshmis – Aadi Lakshmi, Dhaanya Lakshmi, Vidya Lakshmi, Dhana Lakshmi, Santaana Lakshmi, Gaja Lakshmi, Dhairya Lakshmi and Vijaya Read more about Lakshmi[…]
Parvati (Sanskrit: पार्वती, IAST: Pārvatī), Uma (Sanskrit: उमा, IAST: Umā) or Gauri (Sanskrit: गौरी, IAST: Gaurī) is the Hindu goddess of fertility, love, beauty, marriage, children, and devotion; as well as of divine strength and power.[5][6][7] Known by many other names, she is the gentle and nurturing aspect of the Supreme Hindu goddess Adi Parashakti (Shivashakti) and one of the central deities of the Goddess-oriented Shakti sect called Shaktism. She is the Mother goddessin Hinduism,[1][8] and has many attributes Read more about Pārvatī[…]
A snow of scatterseed settles in a fleecy blanket,A late frost is anticipated. The thunder rolls and rumbles. Growling and cracking as it gets closer. The swallows pile off en masseWill whittles his pipe. Gareth and Ben thin the vegetable seedlings Sheep bleet and baa. The air quivers in anticipation But still the dandelion seeds float Read more about Thunder[…]
Shuntaro Tanikawa Poet https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000j12m BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief – Wordsworth. 2020 marks 250 years since the birth of William Wordsworth, one of England’s most celebrated poets. Wordsworth and his friend and colleague Samuel Taylor Coleridge were pioneers of English Romanticism and they produced works including The Excursion, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Read more about William Wordsworth and Shuntaro Tanikawa[…]
Native British Wild Flower Calendar https://www.wildflowershop.co.uk/Calendar/calendar.htm https://www.plantlife.org.uk/download_file/force/1244/311 https://community.eatweeds.co.uk/spring?coupon=FIS12
Lunar ladies Moon Musings. The last Taurus new moon asked you to begin to find a stability and security in life that comes from deep within you and truly feel into your emotions and Read more about Scorpio Full Moon Lunascope[…]
Last night on a journey with a little rabbit, the full moon gave me a gift. It was a brooch of a dragon with a pearl In western mythology the dragon is represented as a winged fire breathing monster, not to be trusted. Western dragons are usually portrayed as hoarders of great riches and knowledge. Read more about Full Moon – Dragon pearl[…]
Circadian Rhythms: A Very Short Introduction by Russell Foster and Leon Kreitzman “We have been aware of circadian rhythms for thousands of years without realizing what they were, how they worked, or how crucial they are for our health and well-being. In the 4th century bc, Androsthenes, one of Alexander the Great’s sea captains, described the daily Read more about Rhythms of Life[…]
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