Shreevatsa R

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Shreevatsa R

Shreevatsa R

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Shreevatsa R
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@gautshen For future reference/comparison, just leaving a link here to a (human-written) post about Awadhi grammar (based on a book by Rupert Snell and Neha Tiwari called "Reading the Rāmcaritmānas: A Companion to the Awadhi Ramayana of Tulsidas"): anuvada.substack.com/p/awadhi-gramm…
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Shreevatsa R
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Something incredible that I recently accomplished “using AI”: getting a bank to stop sending me email meant for a customer of theirs. (I don't know how much the chatbot's letter helped, as they ignored it all, but still… it's done.) Feeling both proud and a little bit petty :P
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Shreevatsa R
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“…I have avoided nothing so anxiously as this particular mode of being ridiculous; and it is likely enough that my dread of seeming to march with the times has led me here and there to err on the side of caution…” (—AEH): I know the “dread of seeming to march with the times” :)
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@lilastories clearly a life all to one side of this axis is poor. It's up to everyone to work out a healthy ratio (between 30–70 and 70–30 say) that works for them, of the two ends of the spectrum (timeless/fashionable, inward/outward, rooted/going-with-the-flow, solipsistic/herdlike).
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@lilastories those subject to popular fashions, such as apparently norms of discourse and even morality, and those that are more timeless. I recognize that my interests veer more towards the latter (mathematics, Sanskrit literature, etc) (from being bad at the former?) but regardless,
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Shreevatsa R
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@hsraghav FWW, and just to contribute a contrary view :), I found it quite underwhelming (first was better). IMO wish-fulfillment fantasy does not make for satisfying plot, nor do I find much excitement (as some seem to) in seeing in a movie what I already know from real life.
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@hsraghav The Gītā is addressed by Kṛṣna (Nārāyaṇa) to Arjuna (Nara), but large parts of the message are relevant to all of us. Many of the stupid statements I see are from people thinking it exclusively one or the other, or lacking common-sense judgment on what is applicable where.
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Raghavendra HS
Raghavendra HS@hsraghav·
Yes, it is deeply philosophical. However, it is also about an actual physical battle. धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्त्रियस्य न विद्यते। 2.31 There is no greater good for a kṣatriya than a war for Dharma. All āchāryas are uniform in upholding this for the kṣatriya.
Ramya/Divya Spandana@divyaspandana

My biggest issue with how films interpret the Bhagavad Gita is how they reduce something deeply philosophical into a justification for external conflict/propaganda. When Krishna speaks of a battlefield, it isn’t just a physical war. The battlefield is the mind. “उद्धरेदात्मनाऽत्मानं… आत्मैव रिपुरात्मनः” (6.5) The self alone is the friend of the self, and the self alone is the enemy of the self. The “enemy” is not another person/group of people/, race, class, or caste. It is the restless mind, ignorance, ego, desire, attachment, negative thoughts. “यतो यतो निश्चरति मनः…” (6.26) Wherever the mind wanders, bring it back to the Self. And dharma is not about fighting others. Dharma is about aligning with your true nature-going beyond thought, beyond identity, into awareness. Not a war against others but a journey within. You want to make a film, make a film don’t use religious texts out of context to suit your narrative and propagate hate. For those interested please read Bhagvad Gita by Parthasarathy Swamiji- Mind (manas) = emotions, impulses, likes/dislikes Intellect (buddhi) =discrimination, decision-making Arjuna = the mind (confused, emotional) Krishna = the intellect (clarity, wisdom) The “battle” is Intellect trying to guide and discipline the mind

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Raghavendra HS
Raghavendra HS@hsraghav·
From Google Guru - "The mystery of Life is not solved so much as it is dissolved. Life exists solely to lead the soul back to the realization that it never left its home in the Absolute."
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Shreevatsa R
Shreevatsa R@svat·
@gautshen Somehow “mantharā nirmamantha” feels so much Bhoja's style IMO, even though it's something any poet could write. Bhoja had read Valmiki very closely, and I suspect in this case he was inspired by Valmiki's “रमणीयं प्रसन्नाम्बु सन्मनुष्यमनो यथा” along with Mantharā's name.
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Gautham R Shenoy
Gautham R Shenoy@gautshen·
yāmēvāhurniśicarakulōnmūlanē mūlahētuṁ yasyāścittaṁ prakṛtikuṭilaṁ gātramitraṁ babhūva | ambhōjinyāḥ śiśirasarasaḥ kāsarīvācchamambhaḥ kaikēyyāḥ sā hṛdayamadayaṁ mantharā nirmamantha || Bhojarāja's brilliance!
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Śrīdatta
Śrīdatta@sridatta_a·
It’s not a new made up. It’s kind of samasa as described in Sanskrit grammar दिग्-अन्तराल-लक्षण-बहुव्रीहि दक्षिणपूर्वा (दिक्) पूर्वोत्तरा उत्तरपश्चिमा etc
TeaChaiLa टीचायला ಟೀಚಾಯ್‌ಲಾ ٹیچائےلا ટીચાઇલા@TeaChaiLa

Marathi still uses traditional words for sub directions. Ishaanya, Nairutya, Aagneya, Vaayavya. Hindi sadly has given up. Eg. North East in India in Marathi is called Ishaanya Bhaarat. In Hindi, they have changed it to Poorvottar Bhaarat. Poorvottar is a made up word.

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Shreevatsa R
Shreevatsa R@svat·
Saki: “Cyprian was a boy [with] the wondering look of a dreamer, the eyes of one who sees things that are not visible to ordinary mortals, and invests the commonplace things of this world with qualities unsuspected by plainer folk — the eyes of a poet or a house agent.”
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@lilastories This fact—that growth is possible with some effort & instruction—is why (besides personal reasons) I think it'd be nice if there were some tolerance of this immaturity. E.g just searched for [autistic guide to small talk] and the results seemed appreciated by those who read them.
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Shreevatsa R
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@lilastories (The author had much success with violent prisoners etc: people who are not in touch with their emotions) Apparently Satya Nadella asked all his executives to read it. Which makes sense, taking as axiomatic that a large fraction of any (math dept or) tech company is such people.
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Lila Krishna
Lila Krishna@lilastories·
This took me a while to get. But there's no pretense. Issue for those with this type of thought process is they are 1) incapable of holding complex, contradicting ideas in their mind, so everything is black and white. 2) are unable to be empathetic in a way that doesn't have to do with their idea of self 3) have conditional self-esteem, so they don't think others deserve connection and empathy for just existing. 4) don't find a joy in connecting with people unless it's self-soothing to them. It's immature, possibly a result of not being around someone who can display and guide them around complex human relationships.
Libriscent@libriscent

People say “read the room.” Autistic people often just question why the room is pretending.

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