Vijaya : (1) in Kālidāsa’s Kumarasambhavam, a friend of Goddess Pārvati. (2) Some scholar(s) believe that the 6th century fresco in Ajanta caves of a king with horses & elephants aboard his ships crossing over to Lanka, may be of the king Vijaya who conquered Lanka & gave it the Buddhist name Sinhala.
... means or other, were in possession of the right date of Buddha's death; and as there was a prophecy of Buddha that Vijaya should land in Ceylon on the same day on which Buddha entered Nirvāna, we are further asked to believe that the Ceylonese historians placed the founder of the Vijaya dynasty of Ceylon in the year 543 B.C., in accordance with their sacred chronology. We ate not told, however, through... three names to Ceylon: "Sīhala", "Lanka" and "Tambapannī". In connection with Vijaya, the traditional founder of the Aryan colony in Ceylon on the day of Buddha's death, the Mahāvamsa mentions the origin of the appellation "Sīhala" for the island. Aiyangar 1 sums up its story: "From Simhavahu or Simhala, the father of Vijaya, the island received the name Simhala-dvīpa, the Arabic Sirendib, the Portuguese... as the Chinese chronology is extremely weak." Rhoads Murphy 1 has subsequently expressed the same cautious attitude: "The written history of Ceylon begins with an account of the landing of Vijaya, an Aryan-speaking prince, and his seven hundred followers somewhere on the north-west coast at about 543 B.C.... although both the date (which is artificially fixed) and the story are of later origin ...
... had a taste for cultural diversity. Raja-raja Chola, encouraged Sri Mara Vijayottungavarman, the ruler of Sri Vijaya (Sumatra) to build a Buddhist vihara at Naga-pattinam. The monastery was called Chudamani vihara after the father of the ruler of Sri Vijaya. Wrote N. Sastri, "Sri Vijaya was the powerful maritime state which ruled the Malayan peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and the neighbouring islands... He was one of the great kings of eastern Deccan, and ruled from Tanjore. Commerce with Sri Vijaya was very active. During the reign of Rajaraja, the ruler of Sri Vijaya built a Buddhist vihara at Nagapattinam. It was popularly known as the 'Chinese temple.' At the request of his contemporary king of Sri Vijaya, Kulottunga I granted some privileges to the vihara and regularized its boundaries. On ...
... letter for you. Just wait, I'm getting it." I quickly went through the letter. My youngest sister had written: "On the last Vijaya Dashami your brother-in-law unexpectedly left his body." I was quite stunned to note that it was on that very Vijaya Dashami day that I had mistakenly pronounced my youngest brother-in-law's name and offered water. The fact that I had mistakenly utteied ...
... Jaya and Vijaya, the celestial gatekeepers of lord Vishnu in Vaikunth, who were cursed by the rishi Sanaka that they would be ex-led from the Lord's presence. Later when the rishi was mollified he commuted the period of exile to either seven human births as friends of the Divine or three human births as His Page 207 Asuric enemy, to be destroyed by Him. Jaya and Vijaya, in order ...
... Verma, T. P., 587 Verethragna, 445 Vigakha (Skanda), 243 Videvdai (see also Vendidad) , 256 Vidisa, 189, 191 Vidhabhusana, M. S. C, 451 Vigraha dynasty, 491 Vijaya, 361, 362, 421 Vijaya Sātakarni, 474 Vijayasena, 557 VikramaEra/VikramaSamvat, 19, Page 641 51,54,453,496-7.514,595,601 Vikramāditya, 18,51,53 ...
... was also the editor of an English magazine Bala Bharati, another Tamil magazine Chakravartini, and a Tamil daily, Vijaya. In India Bharati poured out his flaming heart in poems of fire. His prose targeted the Moderates, Page 195 Front page of Vijaya , the Tamil daily edited by Bharati and poured scorn on the Indians who did not join the freedom struggle. In ...
... hand, there are similar elements in Buddhist painting, as, for example, the portraits of the queens of King Kashyapa at Sigiriya, the historic representation of a Persian embassy or the landing of Vijaya in Ceylon. And we may fairly assume that all along Indian painting both Buddhist and Hindu covered much the same kind of ground as the later Rajput work in a more ample fashion and with a more antique ...
... Notes on the Way 29 September 1971 Durga Puja: Victory Day (Vijaya Dashami) It was clear, very clear today, a strong Pressure to say: Victory, it is Harmony; Victory, it is the Divine; and for the body, Victory is good health. Each and every ailment, each and every illness is a falsehood. It came this morning. And it was so clear . It was convincing ...
... 1961 My Savitri work with the Mother 19 October 1961 On the 19th—Vijaya Dashmi day—she gave this Message: You must make grow in you the peace that is born of the certitude of Victory. ...
... Durga Puja 1957 MAHASHTAMI To express our gratitude to Sri Aurobindo we can do nothing better than to be a living demonstration of his teaching. 30 September 1957 Durga Puja 1957 VIJAYA DASHAMI: VICTORY DAY For those who use their physical eyes alone, the victory will be apparent only when it is total, that is to say, physical. 2 October 1957 Comments on Puja Days ...
... 57 The Mother [ST] Utsuka (Curious) Son of Bijon's daughter The Mother [ST] Uttamā (The ultimate, the last, the best) Kishori's youngest daughter 28.5.60-61 The Mother 19-1-33 Vijaya “Conquest” Sri Aurobindo Yatanti (Persevering) Tony 6.5.60 The Mother ...
... are the most important. On the tenth day, Durga with her trident kills a demon, a rakshasa — a killing which is symbolical for the victory of the Mother over the hostile forces. On 2 October 1957, vijaya dashami , the ‘day of Victory,’ the Mother gave the following message: ‘For those, who use nothing but their physical eyes, the victory will be apparent only when it is total, that is to say, physical ...
... the yoke he came to unloose; He too must bear the pang that he would heal; Exempt and unafflicted by earth's fate How shall he cure the ills he never felt? || 108.43 || The next was for Vijaya Dashami: Misery shall pass abolished from the earth; The world shall be freed from the anger of the Beast, From the cruelty of the Titan and his pain. || 122.43 || There shall be peace and ...
... for the elite and the artists and scholars. Young Abhay imbibed from the unique place a taste for art and refinement and love for Nature. In 1932, when Prithwi Singh lost his wife on the day of "Vijaya Dashami", his life-plan underwent a complete change. While on a pilgrimage to South Indian temples he chanced to visit Pondicherry. After having darshan of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother he decided to ...
... Mother’s Agenda 1971 September 29, 1971 ( Last day of the Durga festivals, Vijaya dashami, marking the Victory of the Universal Mother over an Asura. ) Do you want a [blessing] packet? You had Sujata give me one yesterday. Another one! If you like! It's not the same! It was clear, very clear today ...
... ornaments. (9) Also let hundreds of men line the main road in order to see that it remains unobstructed." Hearing the foregoing command of Śatrughna, (all the eight ministers, viz.,) Dhrsti Jayanta, Vijaya, Siddhārtha as also Arthasadhaka, Aśoka and Mantrapla and Sumantra too thereupon issued forth (on the back of elephants), full of joy (to receive Śrī Rāma and others), followed by thousands of elephants ...
... Sri Rama (vi) Sita is exiled Canto XLIII (Uttarakanda) W ise and witty narrators used to sit around the king reciting various kinds of stories. (1) Vijaya, Madhumatta, Kāśyapa, Mangala, Kula, Surāji, Kāliya, Bhadra, Dantavaktra and Sumāgadha used to narrate with great delight various kinds of humorous stories to the high-souled Rāma. (2-3) After ...
... valari stick and that they used valari in the Poligar wars against the British. They contested in and won many competitions of martial arts and distinguished themselves. The Raja of Ramnad, Muthu Vijaya Raghunatha_Sethupathy issued the title of 'Pandiyas' to honour the brothers. The Raja of Sivaganga principal state (near Ramnad), Muthu Vaduganadhar came to know of their brave deeds and ...
... and was seen off by Sukumar Mitra and Saurin Bose (Mrinalini's cousin). He carried with him a letter of introduction to Mandayam Srinivasachariar, a sterling Nationalist, who was bringing out India, Vijaya, Karmayogi and Bala Bharata with the help of his brother Tirumalachariar and other Nationalists like Subramania Bharati. Since Bharati's flight from Madras to Pondicherry, that obscure French town ...
... Chetty's house (Abhay Singh's coll.) 185 Sri Aurobindo with five disciples (Abhay Singh's coll.) 188 Ettayapuram palace 193 Subramania Bharati and his wife 196 Front page of Vijaya, a Tamil daily edited by Bharati 209 Dancing Ganesha, a painting by Frederic Joos 243 V. V. S. Aiyar 322 The seven chakras of Tantra, drawing by Maryse Prat ...
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