One of the one hundred appellations of Viṣṇu (Vishnu). The term aṇu (anu) suggests molecule or molecular nature of a thing. Upaniṣadas (Upanishada), while describing the nature of brahma, has countless times referred to Him as aṇuparimāṇa (anuparimana) or ‘molecular in size’ and even ‘smaller than a molecule’ — aṇoraṇīyān mahatomahīyān.  Muṇḍakopaniṣada (Mundakopanishada) observes that […]

Aśvattha (Aswattha) is one of the trees that have been considered as ‘divine trees’. In Vibhūtiyoga (Vibhutiyoga) of Bhagavadgītā (Bhagavadgita), while describing his manifestation as the Supreme God, Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Sri Krishna) has identified all things greatest in this world, as manifestation of His own Self. In this context he says, I am Aśvattha among […]