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Nirukt Sanskrit
   His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
   on the importance of regular practice of
   the Transcendental Meditation technique:
Nirukt is one of the structuring dynamics of Rk Veda. It highlights the quality
of SELF-REFERRAL DIRECTION involved in structuring Rk Veda.
With reference to consciousness, Nirukt comprises the specific sets of laws of
Nature that are engaged in promoting the quality of Chhandas--the object of
  The Transcendental Meditation Programme is the most
direct way for the fulfillment of the supreme philosophy of
life, where the individual gains what he wants, where the
individual lives life in enlightenment, and where the
individual breathes life in cosmic reality.

-Introduction to Maharishi Vedic University, p. 262

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observation, which hides the dynamism of Devata in the witnessing quality
of Rishi--within the Samhita level of consciousness, providing a structure to the
eternally silent, self-referral, self-sufficient, fully awake state of
consciousness, which is intimately personal to everyone.
(complete table of qualities)
 
  In the physiology, Nirukta is represented by 
the pituitary gland, the neurohypophysis, 
and the sympathetic and parasympathetic 
systems. These are activated by the limbic 
system and the hypothalamic releasing 
factors. 

They expand the response and bring it back 
towards the organs and organ systems of the 
physiology through a feedback loop that 
maintains homeostatic balance. 


-His Majesty Prof. Tony Nader-Ram in 
Human Physiology: Expression of  
Veda and the Vedic Literature, pp. 91-93 
Nirukt Physiology
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Nighantu
-a list of words

Nirukta
-a commentary on the meaning of words in the Nighantu

 

 

 

 

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