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‘Giridhari’ means the holder ( dhara ) of the mountain ( giri ) and ‘Giriraj’ means the king ( raj ) of the mountain ( giri ) names which belong to Sri Krsna who appeared some 5000 years ago within the lands of Vrindavan and famously lifted a mountain with his little finger. ‘Giri’ is … Read more

‘Mother’ is a word which is shared throughout the languages as that from which we take birth and according to numerous dialects it appears in the form of ‘mother’ ‘mutter’ ‘madre’ ‘mor’ ‘mate’ ‘ma’ and many variations which are shared throughout numerous languages. ‘Madre’ is the word we find within the languages of Spanish, Portuguese … Read more

Romania is a world of medieval castles, charming towns and Gothic churches all reposing upon sublime vistas such as the Carpathian mountains, the Black Sea, the forests of Transylvania and the river Danube, and like much of this part of the world its language, its names and its place names are very much related to … Read more

Croatia is one of the more beautiful countries of the world surrounded by the Dalmatian coast and the Adriatic Sea as well as many beautiful islands, lakes, waterfalls and rivers and appropriately we may find that this beautiful country of Croatia gets its name from ‘Sarasvati’ the great goddess of the waters. Croatia possesses many … Read more

Some 3400 years ago there lived a King whose name was Amenhotep lll, the ruler of Egypt and future grandfather of Tutunkhamun, and deep within his heart he desired the hand of the daughter of Tushratta, the powerful King of the region of Mittani. Some six times the great King of Egypt had requested the … Read more

Sanskrit has over 200 words for ‘love’ hence without ever knowing anything about their Ancient culture we can conclude it was a romantic civilisation which pursued higher levels of consciousness in its human relationships as well as its gods and goddesses. Amongst the race known as the Eskimos we find they have some 50 words … Read more

Africa has many beautiful rivers and one of them is the Gambia as it snakes its way for some 700 miles across the Republic of Senegal towards the Atlantic Ocean and all along this river we find what appears to be many Sanskrit place names. Mansa Kunda, Sese Kunda, Baja Kunda, Yamal Kunda, Sara Kunda, … Read more

As a flute pours forth melodious music so the mouth pours forth melodious sounds and as the flute manipulates air within the chambers of its body so air is manipulated throughout the anatomy of the mouth to produce language. A simultaneous trapping and releasing of air is the rhythm which produces the sounds we recognise … Read more