Auspicious Acronym

7/6/08

I saw a slokam that helps us to remember the names of 18 puraanaas. It was interesting to read and I remembered how we used to make small words and phrases to remember the name and groups of chemicals, structures and reaction mechanisms when we were students. Here is the acronym for 18 puraanaas:

 

MAdwayam BHAdwayam chaiva BRAthrayam VA chathushtayam

 

NA LIM PA AGNI puraaanaani  KOO SKA m GAARUDAM eva cha

 

 

This means there are two (dwayam) puraanaas starting with letter MA- mathsya puraanam and Maarkandeaya puraanam

 

Another two starting with BHA-  Bhavishya puraanam and Bhaagavatha puraanam

 

Three starting with BRA - Brahma puraanam, Brahmaanda puraanam, Brahmavaivartha puraanam

 

Four starting with VA- Vaaraaha puraanam, Vaamana puraanam, Vaayu puraanam and Vishnu Puraanam

 

One puraanam of each starting with NA, LIM, PA, AGNI- Naaradeeya puraanam, Limgapuraanam, Padma puraanam and Agni puraanam.

 

KOO and SKA stands for Koorma puraanam and Skanda puraanam.

 

GAAARUDAM is for Garuda puraanam.

 

So,

 

madwayam bhadwayam chaiva brathrayam va chathushtayam

nalimpagni puraanaani kooskam gaarudameva cha

മദ്വയം ഭദ്വയം ചൈവ ബ്രത്രയം വ ചതുഷ്ടയം 

നാലിംപഗ്നി പുരാണാനി കൂസ്കാം ഗാരുഡമേവ 

 

can be chanted as a sloka. There is a risk that we may  forget the acronym. Remember the old man who made knots in his clothes to remind him of the items to be bought from the market, but forgot the items represented by each knot, while he stood before the vendor?

 

I will conclude this with some other interesting acronyms that come to my mind:

 

To be smart is to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, with a Timeframe.

 

Together Everyone Achieves More is what is a TEAM

 

NATO is No Action, Talks Only

 

and finally two more: LOVE: Let us say Om for the Virtual ( in Maya world)) and Eternal nourishment of our soul and let us do Namaskaaram to the GOD, who is the Generator, Operator and Destroyer of this Universe.