tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40093098150204960132024-03-06T19:34:24.228-08:00The Sanskrit PhilatelistSaṃskṛtam (Sanskrit) known as “Divine Speech” and “Language of the Gods” in Indian tradition is the source of later languages of India. Precision is its beauty. “Philately” (Fr: Philatélie) is the study of postage stamps. The legacy that Sanskrit has left to us is India's legacy. Displayed here are Stamps, Covers, Post Cards & Postmarks which have a bearing on Sanskrit. Translators and Promoters of Institutions are included. However, holders of a degree in Skt and quoters are excluded.Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-72084179215630513302016-03-06T10:05:00.001-08:002016-03-11T03:54:49.704-08:00Bombay, Calcutta, Madras Universities Centenary, 1957 - Stamps, First Day Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Indian Posts and Telegraphs issued 3 stamps on 31.12.1957 in the denomination of 10 naye paise each to celebrate the Centenary of founding these great institutions in the country. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">E<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ach</span></span> stamp <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">conveys a</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">message <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i</span></span>n <span style="color: #cc0000;">Sanskrit</span>. "<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">तमसो <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">मा </span>ज्योतिर्गमय</span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">" </span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(</span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tamaso mā jyotir gamaya</span></span></i>") as quoted in other blog articles is from <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bṛhadāraṇyaka</span>-Upani</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ṣ</span></span></span></span></span>ad. "<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">विद्यैव धनमक्षयम्</span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span> </span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(</span></span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vidyaiva dhanam-akṣayam</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Education is imp<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eris<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hable wealth)" is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a common adag<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-73440061577526400022016-03-02T02:03:00.004-08:002016-03-02T05:12:28.893-08:00Vishvakarma Convention, Lucknow - 1989<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Viśvakarma is the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">architect</span> of everything. </span></div>
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-58640280818551885562016-03-01T05:32:00.004-08:002016-03-06T10:52:12.529-08:00Ardh Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, 1995 Special Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-24370014306298876482016-02-28T02:40:00.002-08:002016-02-28T07:09:57.389-08:00Giuseppe Tucci, 1985 - Special Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitegdlkRRdeuz6IHKB7xRpJ54mmtyfKnN7mgJBdb21-Lm9-GBpgYrr3_uf4Xn8NZu6szx1-YmAZ0rf72ktzE_EybXbXpj7fAhe6mLOdMIgUESoplGX_82AMlabkBRe5wXB0mE1tS0-jiI/s1600/tucci.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitegdlkRRdeuz6IHKB7xRpJ54mmtyfKnN7mgJBdb21-Lm9-GBpgYrr3_uf4Xn8NZu6szx1-YmAZ0rf72ktzE_EybXbXpj7fAhe6mLOdMIgUESoplGX_82AMlabkBRe5wXB0mE1tS0-jiI/s400/tucci.jpg" width="400" /></a>Giuseppe Tucci (5 June 1894 – 5 April 1984) was an Italian scholar of oriental cultures, specialising in Tibet and history of Buddhism. During its zenith, Tucci was a supporter of Italian Fascism, and he used idealized portrayals of Asian traditions to support Italian ideological campaigns. Tucci was fluent in several European languages, <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Sanskrit</span>, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit, Chinese and Tibetan and he taught at the University of Rome La Sapienza until his death. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(<i>Courtesy</i>: Wp)</span></span></span></div>
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-13350735679364812222016-02-27T08:34:00.001-08:002016-02-27T08:59:54.071-08:00Motiram Bhatta, Stamp, First Day Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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the first <i>śloka</i> was "<i>mā niṣāda</i> ..... ". Probably he was considered as the first poet of Nepal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vacāṃsi kulavrddhānāṃ guroḥ pitrośca sarvadā<br />vedavat paripālayante yena tena vijīyate</span></span></i></span></span></span></span><br />
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-45872353313947235722016-02-22T10:15:00.001-08:002016-02-27T07:19:05.850-08:00Special Cancellation, 1979 - Reply Post Card <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-89006695817750796852016-02-08T09:07:00.004-08:002016-02-27T07:22:17.314-08:00Mahapandita Dadhi Ram Marasini, Nepal, 1998 - Stamp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-15952527450537001622016-02-08T08:48:00.001-08:002016-02-27T07:20:02.381-08:00Women in Sanskrit Literature, 2014 - Special Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">India Post issued a special cover on 15.09.2014 commemorating the Karnataka Sanskrit University. The cover bears the theme "Women in <span style="color: #660000;">Sanskrit</span> Literature". It portrays the famous painting of Raja Ravi Varma. (<i>Further information about this release is to be gathered</i>)</span></span></div>
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-3932923382727650522016-02-08T07:50:00.000-08:002016-02-09T07:57:59.616-08:00Krishna Kanta Handique, 1973 - Stamp, First Day Cover, Brochure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On 07.10.1983 the India Post issued a stamp, an FDC and a brochure to commemorate Krishna Kanta Handique (1898-1982), the renowned <span style="color: #660000;">Sanskrit</span> scholar and Indologist from Assam.</span></span></div>
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<i>śraddhāvān labhate jñānaṁ tatparaḥ saṁyatēndriyaḥ</i><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">Śraddhāvān</span></i>, the man who has faith; <i><span style="color: blue;">labhate</span></i>, attains; <i><span style="color: blue;">jñānaṃ</span></i>, Knowledge. Even when one has faith, he may be indolent. Therefore the Lord says, <i>tatparaḥ</i>, who is diligent, steadfast in the service of the teacher, etc., which are the means of attaining Knowledge. Even when one has faith and is diligent, one may not have control over the organs. Hence the Lord says, <i>saṃyata-indriyaḥ</i>, who has control over the organs - he whose organs (<i>indriyāṇi</i>) have been withdrawn (<i>saṃyata</i>) from objects. He who is such, who is full of faith, diligent, and has control over the organs, does surely attain Knowledge. However, prostrations etc., which are external, are not invariably fruitful, for there is scope for dissimulation of faith etc. But this is not so in the case of one possessing faith etc. Hence they are the unfailing means of acquiring Knowledge. What, again, will result from gaining Knowledge? This is being answered: <i>Labdhvā</i>, achieving; <i>jñānaṃ</i>, Knowledge; <i>adhigacchati</i>, one attains; <i>acireṇa</i>, soon indeed; paraṃ, supreme; śāntiṃ, Peace, supreme detachment called Liberation. That Liberation soon follows from full Knowledge is a fact well ascertained from all the scriptures and reasoning. One should not entertain any doubt in this matter. For doubt is the most vicious thing. Why? .....<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-small; text-align: right;">-- </span><i style="color: purple; font-size: small; text-align: right;">Eng. Tr.</i><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-small; text-align: right;"> of Śrī Śaṇkarācārya's Sanskrit Commentary by Svāmī Gambhīrānanda </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Panditaraj Somnath Sigdel </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st">(<wbr></wbr>1884-1972) </span>was the first Principal of the Valmiki Sanskrit College, Kathmandu. He was </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st">educated at <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Varanasi</span> and he passed his Kavyatirtha from Calcutta. He</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was</span> a Sanskrit Grammarian and also well-known for his Sanskrit works.<span style="color: blue;">*</span></span></span><br />
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-88762564058395978112016-02-03T04:03:00.000-08:002016-02-18T23:18:02.127-08:00Osmania University, 1969 - First Day Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-4355991513407704242016-01-31T08:05:00.000-08:002016-02-02T21:35:43.817-08:00Dr Radhakrishnan, 1966 - Stamp, First Day Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bharat Ratna, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) was the second President of India. A great philosopher of international repute, he has authored the following books which are translations of the Prasthānatraya, namely, the Bhagavadgīta, <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Upaniṣads</span> and the Brahmasūtras. No <span style="color: #660000;">Sanskrit</span> work of his own is reported.</span></div>
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-36414296563097634702016-01-20T09:56:00.000-08:002016-02-01T09:33:16.729-08:00Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, 1978 - Stamp, First Day Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the birth centenary of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari a stamp in the denomination of 25P was released for the second time. FDC and brochures were also issued.</span></div>
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-84974423409552419002016-01-20T08:45:00.000-08:002016-02-04T04:44:58.772-08:00Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, 1973 - Stamp, First Day Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972), was the last Governor General of India. An accomplished writer in English and Tamil, Rajaji, as he was affectionately called, has written more than 30 books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He would often say that -- "My books on the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata are my greatest service to my people."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"There is no exaggeration in it. Their simple style is very attractive. By translating the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata into simple and beautiful English, Rajaji has made it possible for the people of the western countries to read and enjoy these great epics of India. The Mahābhārata written in English by Rajaji is a textbook for Oriental Studies in five American Universities and more than three hundred thousand copies of it have already been sold. Two hundred thousand copies of the Rāmāyaṇa have been sold." (<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Karnatik</span></i>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: -webkit-center;">बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते </span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">।</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: -webkit-center;">तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व </span><span style="line-height: 20.8px; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: blue;">योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्</span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: -webkit-center;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 20.8px;">॥</span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">buddhi-yukto jahātīha ubhe sukrta-duṣkṛte</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">*</span>One who is endowed with the <i>samatva-buddhi</i>, sameness of mind, gives up both <i>puṇya</i> and <i>pāpa</i> here, in this world. Therefore commit yourself to <i>karma-yoga</i>. <span style="color: blue;">Karma-yoga is</span> <span style="color: blue;">discretion in action</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Śrī Vallabhācārya belonged to a Telugu Brāhmaṇa family of Andhra Pradesh. His ancestors, Yajñanārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa and Gaṇapati Bhaṭṭa were Vedic scholars and Śrautins (performers of Somayāgas) of high repute. They had a prophetic vision that the Lord himself would take an avatāra (incarnation) in his family. Lakṣmaṇa Bhaṭṭa had completed performance of 100 Somayāgas and as a result, Vallabhācārya was born as the second son of Lakṣmaṇa Bhaṭṭa and Yallammagāru. He underwent Vedic and śāstraic studies according to the family traditions and became a full-fledged scholar and later founded the the Puṣtimārga (Bhāgavata Sampradāya) which is known as Śuddhādvaita-darśana.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">....... I was born to Śrīmatī Pārvati Ammāḷ and P. S. Veṇgu Iyer, as their third son, on Thursday the 8th September, 1887...... My father </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Śrī</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P. S. Veṇgu Iyer</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> of Pattamaḍai, was descended from </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Śrī Appaya Dīkṣitar</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Having attained to the worlds of the pure doing and having dwelt there for immemorial years, he who fell from Yoga is reborn in a pure and blessed house. Or he may be born in a family of wise Yogins; but such a birth as that is most difficult to obtain in this world.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sri Aurobindo, though brought up in British culture, was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, <i>yogi</i> and poet. His subject of study was different but the <span style="color: #660000;">Sanskrit</span> language made a deep impression on him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">In this chapter, Vibhūtiyoga (the Yoga of Manifesttion), Bhagavān says that He is Bhṛgu amongst the great Ṛṣis. Lord Visṇu holds the mark of his foot on his chest because of the Ṛṣi's glory, wisdom and extreme devotion. Those who have descended from his clan are called the "Bhārgavas."</span></span></div>
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Ramanathan PShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513671931024647881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009309815020496013.post-40688997101937347562016-01-19T05:04:00.001-08:002016-01-19T05:36:38.076-08:00S. P. J. Sadhana School, Mumbai, 1998 - Special Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Silver Jubilee of the S. P.J. Sadhana School for the Developmentally Handicapped, Mumbai was held on 19.06.1998. The emblem of the School which carries a Sanskrit phrase "Ūrdhvamūlaḥ" which is adapted from the verse of the Bhagavad-gītā (15.1). The logo of the school also depicts an inverted tree which confirms the imagery presented in the <i>śloka</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "robotoregular";"><span style="line-height: 22.8571px;"><span style="color: blue;">ऊर्ध्वमूल</span>मधः शाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् ।</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "robotoregular";"><span style="line-height: 22.8571px;">छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् ॥</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "times";">ūrdhva-mūlam</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "times";"> adhaḥ-śākham </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "times";">aśvatthaṁ prāhur avyayam</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #373737; font-family: "times";">chandāṁsi yasya parṇāni </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "times";">yas taṃ veda sa veda-vit</span></i><br />
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