Across the lands of Scotland we find many place names which begin with “Ard” a Celtic prefix whose meaning has been described as high, elevated and lofty and one which is seen within names such as Ardbroath, Ardgay, Ardeer, Ardchattan, Ardwell, Ardmaddy and many more. The original meaning of ‘Ard’ may be seen within the … Read more
Across the lands of Scotland we find numerous place names such as Aberdeen, Abermore and Aberdour, all of which possess the prefix ‘Aber’ whose meaning is that which pours into ( ber ) the waters ( abh ) as in the confluence, the estuary and the mouth of the river. Aber is formed ‘Abh’ a … Read more
Across the Celtic lands of Scotland we find the place names such as Strathspey, Strathclyde and Strathmore, all of which possess the prefix ‘strath’ meaning that which is ‘broad’ and that which is ‘wide’ as in a ‘broad valley’ a ‘wide valley’ and in particular a ‘broad river valley’. Strath is formed from the letter … Read more
‘Babhru’ is a word from Sanskrit meaning ‘brown’ it also means ‘mongoose’ due to its brown fur and it also means ‘brown cow’. Babhru can be seen in the Indo/euro ‘Bhebhros’ meaning ‘beaver’ the Lithuanian ‘Bebrus’ meaning ‘beaver’ the Old Church Slavonic ‘Bebr’ meaning ‘beaver’ and the Russian ‘Bobr’ meaning ‘beaver’ so named due to … Read more
Within the halo of this universe resides ‘Svetadvipa’ an island which is surrounded by an ocean of milk and which is the abode of ‘Visnu’ its name meaning the island ( dvipa ) within the milky white ( sveta ) ocean’. ‘Svet’ and ‘svit’ are ancient Sanskrit words which can be found in texts such … Read more
The ancients of South America worshipped the ‘Sun’ and for the Incas, Mayans and Aztecs, their very land was a monument to the Sun and one such example is ‘Tiwanaku’ one of the largest archeological sites of South America and said by some to be at least 12,000 years old. The ancient city of Tiwanaku … Read more
‘Dhatus’ whose meaning is ‘component parts’ are the fundamental building blocks of the Ancient Sanskrit language. Imagine a lego set with over 2000 building blocks enabling one to construct a ‘house’ or a ‘boat’ or a ‘plane’ its a similar thing in Sanskrit. If we open up our Sanskrit lego box we find there are … Read more
‘Champa’ once resided upon the banks of the river Ganga within the Indian state of Bihar and its known today as ‘Bhagalpur’ but some 5000 years ago it was ‘Champa’ the capital of ‘Anga’ the kingdom of the great warrior Karna and part of the powerful state of Maghadha. As well as playing a prominent … Read more
The ancient region of ‘Shrutakal’ resides upon the banks of the river Ganges located halfway between Delhi and Haridwar, its history is glorious as this is the place where the great king Pariksit fasted until death and this is the place where a great spiritual personality narrated the Bhagavatam. ‘Srimad Bhagavatam’ means the beautiful ( … Read more
The ancient soothsayer had seen the message written in the stars and as he saw the great Emperor Julius Caesar coming towards him he warned ‘beware the ides of march’. Alas what is written is written and on the 15th of March Julius Caesar became the sacrificial lamb offered by the senate of Rome. According … Read more
