Talk:Vishnu Sahasranama/Archive 1

message: Perhaps the actual list of all 1000 names would more appropriately live at wikisource.org?
-- Eric 14:43, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  older entries 

message: This is inconsistant.
Should this article be renamed "Vishnusahasranama" (one word), or should all references to it within the article be changed to "Vishnu sahasranama" (two words).
-- Eric 23:56, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name 

message: :An example: Sanskrit/Hindi has three letters representing S, which are represented here as 's' (as in save), 'sh' (as in shave), the third 'sh', as used in the Sanskrit word shatkona (Hexagon), Vishnu, Krishna and others is actually a retroflex phoneme and has no equivalent in English. Retroflex phonemes are those where the tongue is slightly coiled back in the palate and released along with the phoneme's sound. An analogous example is the hard 't' in 'tyre'. Do the same thing with a 'sh' sound to get the correct pronunciation of the 'sh' as used in Vishnu. Also, the 'n' in Vishnu and Krishna is retroflex. In formal transliteration of Sanskrit alphabet to English, this setup is denoted by placing dots above or below the letter 's', which would be too cumbersome to do here.
I don't see what is too cumbersome. The letters can be easily produced:
śṣ
The whole pronounciation discussion do not belong to this page. Sanskrit#consonants page should be referred here and the text above should be moved on the sanskrit page.
--Arjuna 20:34, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronounciation 

message: My personal opinion, of course, but a simple recitation of a prayer in this form is highly non-neutral. The wording is entirely from the point of view of the religion and involves no analysis or critique. It is purely a form of religious advocacy. Could somebody perform some critical analysis on this section? Thank you. — RJH 19:38, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Benefits of chanting Vishnu Sahasranama 

message: I remember having read that the Sahasranama interpretation can be seen in different ways - such as in four parts , the first describing his universal qualities, the second his personal, humanlike qualities etc. A section that gives a brief overview/summary of the sahasranama may be a good addition. I will try to find out more - but may be too much for me - as Smarta tradition, Shankaracharya, Ramajuna etc may summarize the names differently.--Pranathi 21:47, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  New section 

message: Rig Veda V.I.15b.3
is incorrect. This is not the way rigveda is indexed. See http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/ Tintin (talk) 03:35, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: don't be hasty now. There are at least three ways to "index" the Rigveda. dab (ᛏ) 08:52, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rig veda 

message: full texts should be kept at wikisource. I was going to move it there, but it needs to be converted into some proper transliteration first. dab (ᛏ) 08:52, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Vishnu_sahasranama/Full_prayer]] 

message: I deleted all the pronunciation examples because many of them were wrong. There are no retroflex consonants in English, for example (except /r/ in American). Someone seems to think the 't' in tyre is retroflex. Not hard to see why:
Non-native pronunciations of English
:The English alveolar stops /t/ and /d/, are likely to be perceived by many native Indic and Dravidian language speakers as the retroflex consonants /ʈ/ and /ɖ/ respectively. /l/ may also be retroflex. This leads to the "hollow" pronunciation of English by many Asian Indians.
I think if we want to have pronunciation in the article it would be best to use IPA.
There was also a paragraph about north and south Indian 't', some of which was dubious and some of which was hard to understand. If you want to put it back in please rewrite and also fact-check it. Thanks Arvindn 03:15, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: The second half of the page is full of quotes from various scholars and Hindu acharyas. It looks awful. I think it would be better if the quotes were paraphrased for some of the notable ones and the rest removed altogether. GizzaChat © 23:19, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too many quotes 

message: Wow. Is nobody watching this at all?
The article seems to be the usual mediocre quality of our Hinduism articles in general, until you get to General thoughts. Then things really start go go down hill.
After the full list of names copy-pasted, no doubt, from some random webpage, somebody added a "Merits" section, apparently unaware that there was already a "Benefits" section further up. I suggest we cut this just before the "General thoughs" thing, and then try to get the remaining content in some kind of acceptable shape. --dab (𒁳) 14:52, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: [[WP:TNT]]

message: 111) pundareekaakshah: He who dwells in the heart
Literally, pundarika means lotus and aksha means eyes. So the name translates as "Lotus-eyed", which I consider a common interpretation.  Miodrag1963 (talk) 01:59, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pundarikaksha 

message: I think that the quotes are important so I added it back.
Raj2004 (talk) 16:34, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Quotes about Vishnu sahasranama

message: Just about to add a new serious link, I encountered the "No more links" warning and the disastrous status quo, so I have 
# edited the link descriptions, which were very poor or missing.
# temporarily commented, in case someone cares, some Kannada links which really belong to the Kannada page. The Sanskrit is relevant because it is the original text, but we can't start adding here links to all the other contemporary Indian languages. I am making a note to check within two months and delete the commented links if no one has objected, to keep things tidy.
# added one link to an academic site. 
# commented two links which were not working.
Result: The total number of links has decreased, they have fitting descriptions, and they are all working.
Cheerio, 
Desde la Torre (talk) 13:59, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links

message: I am sorry,
408 - praanadah - Giver of life
956 - praanadah - Giver of life
117 - vishwayonih
149 - vishwayonih  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hercules1970 (talk • contribs) 21:18, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  less than 1000 

message: "General thoughts" section mentions about King Nahusha. But I could not see the link between Nahusha's story and "Vishnu sahasranama".
The reference URL is not working either.
I tried some similar looking content but that also have no mention to any connection between the two (http://www.gita-society.com/section3/mahabharata.htm).
Can someone please throw some light on the connection, if any? If no one knows of any such connection, I think we should remove Nahusha's story from this article.
KeerthiSimha (talk) 06:37, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Nahusha and Vishnu sahasranama