Collection of Spiritual and Devotional Literature in Indian Languages
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About Us Vaidika Vignanam includes not just vedas, but everything that is derived from Vedas as well. If Vedas are like trees, then scriptures like Ramayanam, Bhagawad Gita, Slokas, Stotrams, Mantras, and Devotional Keertanas are like fruits and flowers from these trees. They are as important and respectable as Vedas themselves. The goal of this Web site is to capture all of that information in a single place.On this site, you will find the spiritual and devotional literature in various Indian languages. The purpose of this site is to serve everyone with the vast amount of Indian literature that is available, which is sometimes hard to find, especially on the Internet. Please comment if there are any typos in any of the stotrams. Although utmost care has been taken care to avoid typos and any mistakes, if you notice any errors, please point that out by emailing contact@vignanam.org. Finally, you are most welcome to contribute to the site. Your name will be recognized as the contributor of the content and if you are interested in adding content to the site, please visit https://vignanam.org/contribute.html or email to contact@vignanam.org. Most of the content on this site is based on Sanskrit or Samskritam. You can read translations to understand their content, but the best way would to be learn the language so that you can derive your own meaning. Samskrita Bharati (India and USA) is an excellent resource for learning the Sanskrit language. The Sanskrit Dictionary is also a valuable resource to find meaning of specific words. The beauty of the literature is realized if you can understand the individual words directly without the usage of any translation. Most of the translations miss the beauty of the literature, which is the poetry and the experiments with the words the author often performs. Most of the popular Sanskrit literature is in the form of poetry in the form of Slokas, Stotrams, or Vedic Scriptures which adhere to a specific meter in chanting them, rather than prose which is a mere text explaining thoughts. The same meaning can often be expressed in a hundred different ways if written in prose, but when using poetry according to a Chandas (meter), one needs to be careful about the selection of the words. In ancient Indian literature written by enlightned Rishis, these Slokas or Stotrams often come naturally and the beauty of the Scripture is fully understood only when one goes back to the source by reading the Sanskrit Slokas and Stotrams and understanding them. There is so much power in these words that one is believed to attain Punyam (virtue) just by chanting these Slokas or Stotrams without understanding the meaning, but the benefit of chanting them by understanding every word of it is immensely powerful. Vaidika Vignanam was founded in 2006 as an online collection of spiritual and devotional literature in Indian languages. It started as a blog and then later evolved into a full website in 2010 as https://vignanam.org. It was created primarily as a website to catalog the Stotrams for myself. Over time, it has emerged as a popular resource to find the lyrics to popular Stotrams like Hanuman Chalisa, Lingashtakam, Aditya Hrudayam, etc. in Indian languages. Over the past years, I have added several Stotrams to the site with help from other contributors. Our goal is to make it a resource for accessing all of our scriptures in one place. My name is Srinivas Vadrevu. By profession, I am a Computer Scientist and a Software Engineer. I am also a spiritual seeker, and like many of you, I've been searching for the meaning of life for several years. Although I haven't exactly found that yet, I have learned that the rich Indian culture I was born into offers me several ways to get closer to my answer and provides me the joy of living my life fully and happily. The primary tools that I use for this are Vedam, Samskritam, and Samskriti. Together, these essential tools have guided me and helped me to navigate this complex thing, known as life, and helped me face difficult situations. I am grateful to have multiple key contributors and influencers over the years who motivated and helped shape the work and provided valuable suggestions and critical feedback, including my family members, friends, and well-wishers. My humble Pranams and respects to my Poojya guruvulu Brahmasri Marepalli Naga Venkata Sastri garu. My sincere gratitude and respect to many of my Samskritam teachers and students at Samskrita Bharati over the past several years, who have guided me in my study of Samskritam. I am also grateful to my fellow Vedam and Samskritam students, who have helped me to see the right perspectives of life. Sincerely, Srinivas Vadrevu |
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