{"id":584,"date":"2013-05-01T18:52:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T22:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tarunmendiratta.com\/hawan.net\/?p=584"},"modified":"2017-01-31T17:08:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T22:08:28","slug":"rig-veda-may-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/?p=584","title":{"rendered":"Rig Veda (May 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62357\" class=\"yiv9742803557MsoNormal\">As part of understanding core Hindu Scriptures, currently, we are covering different Vedas (one Veda each month). Continuing on that theme, t<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62363\">his month&#8217;s topic is <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62362\">Rig Veda<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62341\" class=\"yiv9742803557MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9742803557MsoNormal\">Kids have the following assignment for this month:<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62355\" class=\"yiv9742803557MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\">1.<span class=\"yiv9742803557yui_3_7_2_33_1369745218490_113\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62364\">Describe the nature of knowledge captured in the<\/span>\u00a0Rig Veda<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62356\" class=\"yiv9742803557MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\">2.<span class=\"yiv9742803557yui_3_7_2_33_1369745218490_114\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Explain the meaning of at least one mantra from the\u00a0Rig Veda<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62353\" class=\"yiv9742803557MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9742803557MsoNormal\">While kids are expected to research \u00a0(under parents guidance), here are few points about Rig Veda<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62352\" class=\"yiv9742803557MsoNormal\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62350\" class=\"yiv9742803557MsoNormal\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62349\">\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62348\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62347\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62346\">Oldest Veda &#8211; comprises of more than ten thousand mantras (verses)<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62366\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62365\">Mantras are filled with knowledge and inspiring thoughts<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Literal meaning of RigVeda is knowledge in the form of beautiful statements<\/li>\n<li>Full of spiritual and psychological wisdom<\/li>\n<li>Aims to dispel darkness (that is, lack of knowledge) by imparting pure knowledge<\/li>\n<li>knowledge of existence, bliss, and immortality, e.g., acquire wealth, long life, protection, and finally immortality (the ultimate goal).<\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62368\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62367\">Contains more than 40 hymns on various aspects of daily life describing the Ashram system (four stages of life)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Wisdom is revealed to both women and men sages. Special attention is given to women equality. For example, sukta 85 of tenth mandala states that daughter-in-law be treated like queen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62369\"><\/div>\n<div>Hopefully, kids don&#8217;t face problem in locating mantras; but, if they do, please have them prepare the meaning of the first mantra of Rig Veda:<\/div>\n<div>Om agni meede purohitam yajyasya devamritvijam. Hotaaram ratna-dhaata-mam.<\/div>\n<div>O Agni dev (God)! Before commencing this task, I bow to you the enlightened one, who is the divine creator, the leader, and bearer of this entire universe.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62370\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62371\">Regards,<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62372\" class=\"yiv9742803557MsoNormal\">Harsh Mendiratta<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1451445494555_62373\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of understanding core Hindu Scriptures, currently, we are covering different Vedas (one Veda each month). Continuing on that theme, this month&#8217;s topic is Rig Veda.\u00a0 Kids have the following assignment for this month: 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Describe the nature of knowledge captured in the\u00a0Rig Veda 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Explain the meaning of at least one mantra from the\u00a0Rig Veda While kids are expected to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5","category-monthly-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}