Mayiliragu
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Sandhya Vandanam as Per Shaiva Tantra
Friday, 28 March 2025
History Taking for Fracture Case
This article is catered for medical students during the orthopaedics posting. The rationale is to understand the mechanism of fracture and to note relevant points in history to arrive at a proximate diagnosis prior to imaging modalities.
Details of Patient
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Name ( Always address the patient with due respect. Use 'sir', 'mdm', 'gentleman' etc. They are not your servants to be addressed with name directly. )
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Age: It is important to ask for age as it tallies with the mechanism of fracture. An old patient at their 7th decade of life would be having primary osteoporosis. A female patient beyond her 5th decade of life is probably post-menopausal. These are risk factors for pathological fractures. So you would anticipate a low-energy trauma from their history.
*Osteoporosis is the reduction of volume and density of the bones which otherwise have a normal histology. It has primary and secondary causes*
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Occupation
Name ( Always address the patient with due respect. Use 'sir', 'mdm', 'gentleman' etc. They are not your servants to be addressed with name directly. )
Age: It is important to ask for age as it tallies with the mechanism of fracture. An old patient at their 7th decade of life would be having primary osteoporosis. A female patient beyond her 5th decade of life is probably post-menopausal. These are risk factors for pathological fractures. So you would anticipate a low-energy trauma from their history.
Occupation
Saturday, 22 March 2025
Applying Vibhuti as Per Shaiva Tantra
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
5 Kala in Shaiva Tantra
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This article is an expansion from the writeup on Tattvas in Shaivism. You will not understand this article without reading the mentioned article.
All the tattva-s in Shaivism come from the five kalā-s, which represent different states of consciousness and planes of existence.
Monday, 28 October 2024
Scriptural References for Deepavali
Dīpāvali (दीपावली) comes from the roots:
1. Dīpa (दीप) – From the root dīp (दीप्), which means "to shine" or "to illuminate."
2. Āvali (आवली) – meaning "a row" or "a series".
Sunday, 13 October 2024
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
The 36 Tattvas of Shaivism
तत्त्वं यद्वस्तुरूपं स्यात्स्वधर्म प्रकटात्मकम्। तत्त्वं वस्तुपदं व्यक्तं स्फुटमाम्नायदर्शनात्॥ 3
tattvaṃ yadvasturūpaṃ syātsvadharma prakaṭātmakam। tattvaṃ vastupadaṃ vyaktaṃ sphuṭamāmnāyadarśanāt॥ 3
Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Mystical Kedah and My Nomadic Rituals
Monday, 1 July 2024
Nyasam: The Science of Performing Prana Pratishtha on Self
यत् देवं अर्चयेत् त्वात् तद् देवं आत्म भावन
yat devaṃ arcayet tvāt tad devaṃ ātma bhāvana
Meaning: Whichever deity one worships, he must transform into the deity