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Janmashtmi The word Krushna is made up of 2 elements: Krush and Ana. Krush refers to authority with which one can control. Ana refers to the bliss and joy with which one can lead. And thus, Krushna is someone who can do both.

Janma = birth and ashtmi = eighth. Eighth day of dark fortnight of the Shravan month is celebrated as the birth of Lord Krushna, one of the most popular, most revered, most loved and most celebrated gods of Hindu culture.

Lord Krushna, born on the eighth day, was the eight avatar (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu and was the eighth child born to Vasudev (father) and Devki (mother). Vasudev and Devki were imprisoned by Devki’s brother, Kansa (king of Mathura) because of a prophecy that Devki’s eighth child would kill Kansa.

To save him from Kansa’s wrath, Vasudev escaped from jail that very night and dropped off baby Krushna at Vrundavan at Nanda and Yashoda’s place.

Thus, Lord Krushna, born to Devki and Vasudev in Mathura, was raised by Yashoda and Nanda at Vrundavan. Such were the events that took place before Krushna was even a day old!

Celebrating

People keep fast until midnight, decorate temples, prepare Jhankis and chant various cultural songs to signify Krushna’s birth. Along with religious pujas and rituals, people keep Ras Leela programs and Dahi-handi Utsav as well to make this festival more colorful and delightful. Janmashtmi is mostly celebrated quite literally by reenacting the birth of Lord Krushna at midnight. Devotees stay up till midnight and celebrate the birth of the little baby Krushna.

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Tap for the Three prayers on Lord Krusha -

📷 Achyutashtakam 📷 (It blesses people with soothing energy and spiritual connection ) https://www.sameedh.com/desire/hindu-prayer/achyutashtakam

📷 Madhurashtakam 📷 (Everything is beautiful about Lord Krishna. There is also a video by Shankar Mahadevan) https://www.sameedh.com/desire/hindu-prayer/madhurashtakam

📷 Krushnashtakam 📷 (A beautiful prayer for Lord Krishna by Adi Shankaracharya.) https://www.sameedh.com/desire/hindu-prayer/krushnashtakam

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શૂન્યનો આર્યભટ્ટ પહેલા ઉપયોગ

આપણે હમેંશા સાંભળતા આવ્યા છીએ કે શૂન્ય ની શોધ મહાન ભારતીય ગણિતજ્ઞ આર્યભટ્ટે કરી.

જો આ સાચુ હોય તો, રામયણ(ત્રેતા યુગ)માં રાવણનાં 10 માથા અને મહાભારત(દ્વાપર યુગ)માં 100 કૌરવની ગણતરી ક્યાંથી આવી?

ગણતરીનો ઉલ્લેખ પ્રાચીન બેબોલિયન, માયા, રોમન, મેસોપોટામિયા અને ભારતની સિંધુ ઘાટીની સંસ્કૃતિમાં પણ અલગ અલગ રીતે મળે છે. આ સંસ્કૃતિઓ ઈ.પૂર્વે 1000 થી 5000 વર્ષ પહેલા અસ્તિત્વમાં હતી.

આમ પણ આર્યભટ્ટે શૂન્યની વ્યાખ્યા કરી હતી, પરંતુ તેનું કોઈ ચિન્હ બનાવ્યુ ન હતું. શૂન્યનું વર્તમાન ચિન્હ "0" નો સૌથી જુનો દસ્તાવેજ આર્યભટ્ટના સમયથી લગભગ 450 વર્ષ બાદ ફારસી અલ-ખ્બારિજ્મી પુસ્તકમાં મળે છે.

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