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Yellow colour in Hindi.

Yellow colour called "Peela" in Hindi.According to Indian calender when spring (VSANT) season starts, on the fifth day of month we worship goddess of knowledg(Sarsvati),wear yellow clothes and eat yellow colour food like yellow or saffron rice.

Sep 14, 2013 3:04 PM
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Emi,we have 330 millions gods :).In hindusim we don't worship humans.

September 16, 2013
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Hello,thank you so much for your post.It´s so interesting to know how other people live and think,how they celebrate gods....Best wishes from Uruguay¡

September 14, 2013

Aysenur, basanti also means yellow.In Hindi we have many words for one word. Basanti is associated with season basant or vasant.

May 22, 2014

Extremly sorry to intrupt you...

 

The concept of 33 koti devata:

The Vedas refer to not 33 crore Devatas but 33 types (Koti in Sanskrit) of Devatas. 

"Yasya Trayastrinshad Devaa Ange Sarve Samaahitaa, Skamma Tam Bruhi Katamah Swideva Sah”. ~(Atharva Veda 10-7-13)

 

The number 33 comes from the number of Vedic gods explained by Yajnavalkya in Brhadaranyaka Upanishad 

They are: 8-Vasu, 11-Rudra, and 12-Aaditya, 1-Indra and 1-Prajaapati.

8. Vasus are: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether, Moon, Sun, and Star. They are called Vasus, because they are abode of all that lives, moves or exists. (also mentioned in Mahabharat, 1/66/18)

11. Rudras: The ten Pranas (Praana, Apaana, Vyaana, Samaana, Udaana, Naag, Kurma, Krikal, Devadutta and Dhananjaya) i.e. nervauric forces which live in the human body. The eleventh is the human soul. These are called ‘Rudras’ because when they desert the body, it becomes dead and the relations of the deceased, consequently, begin to weep. Rudra means one who makes a person to weep. { also mentioned in Harivansha 13/51-52})

12. Adityaas ---the twelve months of a year called Adityaas, they cause the lapse of the term of existence of each object or being. { also mentioned in Mahabharat 1/65/15-16})

1. Indra which is also known as the (all-pervading) electricity, as it is productive of great force.

1. Prajaapati , also called the “Yajna” because it benefits mankind by the purification of air, water, rain and vegetables and because it aids the development of various arts, and in it the honor is accorded to the learned and the wise.

The master of these 33 Devatas is the Mahadeva or Ishwar who alone is to be worshipped as per 14th Kanda of Shatpath Brahman.

May 21, 2014

What does 'basanti' mean then? I thought basanti means yellow.

May 21, 2014