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Lalitā Sahasranāma and Soundarya Laharī

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Lalitā Sahasranāma and Soundarya Laharī Correlated Entries inspired by Sri Bhāskararāya’s Saubhāgya-Bhāskara Commentary w/ additional correlations highlighted.  The following entries map each name of the Lalitā Sahasranāma for which the Saubhāgya-Bhāskara commentary explicitly references a verse of Śaṅkara-Bhagavatpāda’s Soundarya Laharī to that verse. Each entry presents the name with a word-by-word gloss, a prose meaning, the relevant Soundarya Laharī verse in IAST, a translation, and a short correlation paragraph. IAST is used throughout. 15: Aṣṭamīcandravibhrājadaḻikasthalaśobhitā aṣṭamī – of the eighth lunar day | candra – moon | vibhrāja – shining, resplendent | daḻika-sthala – forehead region | śobhitā – adorned, made beautiful She whose forehead is adorned with the radiant brilliance of the crescent moon of the eighth lunar day, shining with delicate and auspicious beauty. Soundarya Laharī – Śloka 46 lalāṭaṃ lāvaṇyadyutivimalamābhāti tava ya- ddvitīyaṃ tanm...
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From Comic to Bhāgavata: Śrī Kṛṣṇa Avatāra Kathā-śravaṇam Lab for SLC children

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  Why this project? This project invites children to experience the Krishna Avatar stories in two complementary ways: through the vivid pictures and dialogues of Amar Chitra Katha: Bhagawat – The Krishna Avatar and through the original Sanskrit narrative of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Canto 10 . We had done this with some kids in our SLC in the past for Śrīmad Rāmayanam. The goal is to help kids and our SLC family, see that the comic is not “just a storybook” but a carefully distilled visual form of the Bhāgavata Purā ṇ a. When they annotate the panels with chapter and śloka numbers, recite the verses, and retell the story in their own words, they start to move naturally between picture, Sanskrit, and meaning.   How the storytelling lab works Each team is given: A block of pages from the ACK bumper issue Bhagawat – The Krishna Avatar . See table below. A corresponding set of chapters from Canto 10 (Tenth Skandha) of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, covering ...
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