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Re: tilak - dot on forehead
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: tilak - dot on forehead
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From: Valhalla - actually Virginia <shalan@gemini.int>
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Date: 20 Jul 1995 20:15:20 GMT
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From news@intelsat.int Thu Jul 20 16: 00:52 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Object Worldwide Inc
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References: <3u4e2l$7im@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
susarla@owlnet.rice.edu (Hari Krishna Susarla) wrote:
:In article <3tuj8r$7dp@babbage.ece.uc.edu:,
: Steven A Smith <ssmith@galileo.csun.edu: wrote:
subject of tilak came up. We were wondering
::what the meaning of it was and what it's origin iss? The
uusual sources
:The Vaisnava tilak is two parallel, vertical lines in the middle of the
:forehead with a leaf-shaped part below the lines. This has two meanings that I
:know of:
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:1) The parallel lines represent Brahma and Shiva, with Vishnu belonging in
:the middle.
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:2) (the one I like) The parallel lines, which meet at the bottom, represent
:the lotus foot of Krishna (or Vishnu), and the leaf-shaped part is a tulasi
:leaf which represents the devotee, who is always situated at the Lord's lotus
:feet.
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:Haribol,
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:-- HKS
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What steven A. smith is probably asking is about is the bindi...
that women wear on the forehead. You explained about nAamam.
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