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Shukla on Wikipedia

Posted by mindedit on October 11, 2007

While I was waiting to go in to a meeting I thought, because I am so very busy, that I’d do a vanity search on good old Wikipedia.     

This is what I found

Well I never knew any of that.  Dunno what to make of it all.  White, as well as the lighter phases of the moon opposing krishna the darker phases.

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2 Responses to “Shukla on Wikipedia”

  1. xntricpundits said

    October 11, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    Shukla means “white” in Sanskrit.One of the oldest oriental language.
    So the full moon is shuklapaksha-the white phase of moon.
    Opposite of shukla is krishna.Krishna is used to describe the color black.So krishnapaksha(paksha=phase)conveys the opposite.

    KRISHNA-Krishnais a deity worshipped across many traditions of Hinduism. He is usually depicted as a young cowherd boy playing a flute or a youthful prince giving philosophical direction (as in the Bhagavad Gita-The sacred scripture).

    The term Krishna in Sanskrit has the literal meaning of “black” or “dark”, and is used as a name to describe someone with dark skin.

    Regards,

  2. mindedit said

    October 11, 2007 at 7:36 pm

    Nice one Xntricpundits. Thanks for that.

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