http://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=sahai 1999-11-13T09:13:14Z http://everything2.com:80/user/sahai/writeups/courtshipsahaihttp://everything2.com:80/user/sahai1999-11-13T09:13:14Z1999-11-13T09:13:14Z <p>The social processes leading to <a href="/title/engagement">engagement</a> and <a href="/title/marriage">marriage</a>.</p> <p>As a <a href="/title/society">social</a> and cultural construct, built upon some pretty hefty <a href="/title/biology">biological</a> substrate, it is subject to a great deal of misunderstanding and confusion.</p> http://everything2.com:80/user/sahai/writeups/eye+of+thunderasahaihttp://everything2.com:80/user/sahai1999-11-13T08:52:07Z1999-11-13T08:52:07Z <p>The source of the power of the <a href="/title/sword+of+omens">sword of omens</a>, it can grant the possessor of the sword "sight beyond sight" enabling him to see things far away. It will also tingle and glow when the possessor is in danger. Beyond its powers, the eye is also the heart of all <a href="/title/thundercats">thundercats</a> life and if it is destroyed, they all will die.</p> http://everything2.com:80/user/sahai/writeups/sword+of+omenssahaihttp://everything2.com:80/user/sahai1999-11-13T08:52:06Z1999-11-13T08:52:06Z <p>The magical sword carried by <a href="/title/Lion-O">Lion-O</a>, it has embedded in it the <a href="/title/eye+of+thundera">eye of thundera</a>. Among the (phallic) sword's many powers, it can ... ahem ... grow in size when excited, shoot out energy beams, and give out a signal, similar to the <a href="/title/bat-signal">bat-signal</a>, which&summons all the <a href="/title/thundercats">thundercats</a> to <a href="/title/Lion-O">Lion-O</a>'s aid.</p> http://everything2.com:80/user/sahai/writeups/Aranyakassahaihttp://everything2.com:80/user/sahai1999-11-13T08:52:01Z1999-11-13T08:52:01Z <p>These are the manuals of the <a href="/title/Vedas">Vedas</a> for "forest-dwellers", people who have retired from the active world for a more contemplative life. Basically, they tell how the Vedic rituals can be modified for such living.</p> http://everything2.com:80/user/sahai/writeups/Brahmanassahaihttp://everything2.com:80/user/sahai1999-11-13T08:52:00Z1999-11-13T08:52:00Z <p>The technical instruction manuals that are a part of the <a href="/title/Vedas">Vedas</a>. These detail the stories and ritual involved with Vedic life, especially the <a href="/title/Homa">fire sacrifice</a>. Go into mind-boggling details.</p> http://everything2.com:80/user/sahai/writeups/mantrasahaihttp://everything2.com:80/user/sahai1999-11-13T08:52:00Z1999-11-13T08:52:00Z <p>The verse portions of the <a href="/title/Vedas">Vedas</a>, believed by some to have magical effects if properly pronounced. Most are hymns addressed to various nature <a href="/title/gods">gods</a> like <a href="/title/Indra">Indra</a>, <a href="/title/Varuna">Varuna</a>, <a href="/title/Agni">Agni</a>, <a href="/title/Soma">Soma</a>, the twin <a href="/title/Ashvins">Ashvins</a>, etc...</p> <p>The poetry can be quite profound and it reveals a fundamentally inquisitive spirit that refuses to be satisfied by rigid dogma and questions everything, including the existance/omniscience of the eternal.</p>