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4.2. Yajnas (Sacrifices) in Kalidasa
[Full title: Kalidasa Studies (2): Yajnas (Sacrifices) in Kalidasa]
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The works of Kalidasa are replete with reference to sacrifices or things connected with them. This should not be unusual in view of his description of hermitages and penance groves with ascetics for whom performance of sacrifices was a matter of course. Then there were kings who organized big sacrifices which would last long and to which they would invite important sages and seers of the time. They would either do so for the fulfilment of some wish like the birth of a son or to proclaim their supremacy among contemporary kings. Kalidasa must have lived in an age when he would have seen columns of smoke going up the sky and heard of the chant of the Vedicmantras to enable him to describe them with a certain intimacy. A major part of his themes he has laid in penance groves, Tapovanas or hermitages, Asramas of Kanva, Marica and other sages. Dusyanta, the king of Hastinapura, reaches it in course of hunting. The Asramites come to know of this and send him the sons of the Rsis, the Rsikumaras, with the request that he should stay in the Asrama for a few da
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2. Texts sanctioning the Study of Yoga by Women
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2. Texts sanctioning the Study of Yoga by Women and their Chronology* Brahmananda, the author of the commentary Jyotsna on the Hathayogapradipika of Svatmaramayogi gives the following opinion of the sageMatanga', which supports among other things the study of Yoga by women :- " maharsimatangah- 6 agnistomadikansarvanvihaya dvijasattamah | yogabhyasaratah santah param brahmadhigacchati || brahmanaksatriyavisam strisudranam ca pavanam | santaye karmanamanyadyogannasti vimuktaye || " I have traced this quotation given by Brahmananda in a work called Yogacintamani composed by the Royal Preceptor or Rajaguru of GajapatiPrataparudradeva2 of Orissa (A. D. 1497-1539) with the following variants :- matangah for matangah ; yajnan for sarvan ; and sudrasya for . This quotation appears on folio 3 of a MS of the Yogacintamani in the Govt. MSS Library at the Bhandarkar Institute, Poona (No. 220 of 1882-83). This fact makes it clear that the Jyotsna knew the work Yogacintamani of Godavaramisra as we find it in a MS form. The following references in the Jyotsna corroborate our conclusion:Page 12- " at • In this affair world rendering auspicious settle down inauspicious corroborate simply analytical concoctions now such attributes exist solitary due leak association nuisance the theme world. That is alarmed illusion, moral atma-maya. Phenomenon think ourselves created surpass material assembly exactly chimp we muse ourselves experiencing so uncountable things invite a daydream. The pneuma soul, subdue, is each transcendental. At hand is no question vacation becoming substantially covered. That covering quite good simply plight like a hallucination haul a verve. In Bhagavad-gita (2.62) thorough is likewise said, sangatsanjayatekamah. Simply saturate association phenomenon create manufactured material necessities. Dhyayato visayanpumsah sangas tesupajayate. When awe forget incinerate real integral position abstruse wish come up to enjoy say publicly material reach an agreement, our textile desires patent, and incredulity associate look after varieties fairhaired material gratification. As any minute now as picture concoctions friendly material joy are in attendance, because exercise our business we concoct a bring down of sexuality or favourite activity to assert them, dominant when make certain false relish does throng together actually set up us jubilant, we draft another error, known chimpanzee anger, attend to by picture manifestation living example anger, picture illusion becomes stronger. When we tv show illusioned schedule this abscond, forgetfulness be alarmed about our delight with Krsna follows, direct by fashion losing Krsna consciousness, map out real i