User talk:Visarga

Hi everyone! Please post here your comments[edit]

If you are interested in Kashmir Śaivism please drop me a line. If you too are working in the same domain, I think we'll do better by knowing each other and communicating! Also, wherever you can give me advice or point out mistakes, please don't hesitate.Visarga (talk)

Bold usage[edit]

Hello. Before you go too much further on The 36 tattvas. we don't use bold font like that. Most of where you are using bold should be italics. It's in the Manual of Style somewhere, though I couldn't point you directly to it. IPSOS (talk) 14:06, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding citations[edit]

Namaste. I was pleased to see that you have shown interest in Trika and Kashmir Shaivism. Your attention to WP:CITE is appreciated. I have a concern over your addition of material by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami as a WP:RS. That particular teacher has come up before on other others, and use of him as a WP:RS has been rejected on some articles due to the fact that his works themselves generally lack any sort of reliable sourcing, and he has been associated with certain WP:FRINGE notions. I request that you being replacing any citation to him with something that would be more reliable. Also, when you give references, can you please include page numbers? Mentioning a book without giving a page number makes it difficult to verify the citations. I hope you will take these suggestions in a postive light, as it is always good to have more editors around. Buddhipriya 00:52, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kaula[edit]

That's great. Some minor formatting points you'll want to consider.

We don't use bold text like that. Typically only the first instance of the title subject is bolded. THe other places where you've used bold should be italics.
In headings, only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized
Punctuation goes before the ref tag, and there should be no space before the ref tag either, whether or not it is preceded by punctuation.

As for the content, it looks great! Looks like you've done pretty much what I intended to do slowly in place in the article as I had time... Kudos! IPSOS (talk) 12:52, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kaula comment[edit]

Added comments on talk page. I have updated the rating to B due to exhaustive nature of content. At times, it becomes too abstract for non-experts like me, unaware of detailed terms of Saivism. IMO, the Shaktism article tries to explain terms in simpler words. Please go through it. The abstractness of the article with no WP:OBVIOUS meaning at places, can be an obstacle in further elevation to GA and FA(some day) in rating of the aricle.--Redtigerxyz 07:14, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I studied Sanskrit at school and coll levels. We had books prescribed by the university. So really dont know what books or sites etc. (you can get in Romania) can you refer to , to learn Sanskrit.---- Redtigerxyz (talk) 16:56, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Abhinavagupta[edit]

I would prefer the conversation be on the talk itself. Regarding the img at Abhinavagupta, just change the tag to {{fair use}}, instead of {{PD}}. I will give more suggestions on Abhinavagupta. Also you are most welcome to expand Matrikas and Shaktism and you need no one's permission. If there are any issues about your edits, they would be reverted (worst case) or discussed on the talk.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 13:00, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also since you are interested in Shaivism, you might help in forming a referenced section titled "Worship and festivals" in Shiva like FA Ganesha. I am currently working on it too. I wish to write about worship of Shiva: Lingam worship, Maha shivratri and temples as whole - Jyotirlinga in particular and texts imp in Shiva worship. Also a short para about the cult of Shiva, Shaivism. Please suggest more things that should be written about in the Shiva article, to make complete in all aspect. --Redtigerxyz (talk) 13:08, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Abhinavagupta.jpg : include {{fair use rationale}} --Redtigerxyz (talk) 06:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I was recently contacted by an editor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Kashmiri) who contested my changes. My contention being that the word krama was being incorrectly hyperlinked by wikipedia if the same can not be attributed to a human error. Surely the Cambodian garment has no correlation with the krama school? I doubled checked the citation to read through Theodor Aufrectus Catalogus Catalogarum and Lillian Silburn le systéme krama. Abhinav gaurav1980 (talk) 10:05, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edits[edit]

Thanks for your recent note about my edit to your Abhinavagupta page. My apology for not informing you as I am still relatively new to wikipedia and am not really that familiar with all of the rules and formatting procedures. Your page is very informative, and though my time is limited I will add any suggestions here in the future. George(talk) 09:09 17 Feb '08. (UTC)

kaula[edit]

Thanks for contacting me, and sorry you had not approved the edits before. The article will be further improved by use of scholarly sources, especially historical and with "all India" approach. A while ago I received the following - you might contact Vritti. Please leave any detailed comments on the Kaula talk page. Thanks. Redheylin (talk) 21:54, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I just noticed your nice work on the Kaula article. Thanks for steering it away from the Kashmir Shaivism perspective, which is actually a different thing and different word. Good work. -Vritti (talk) 03:34, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Atheism[edit]

On the website Digg the most hateful comments toward religion get the highest amount of diggs. The actual quotes don't seem to blast religious people all that much, just corrupt organized religion (which in no way I argue that it isn't)

But people of any faith are just being trashed completely and made to look like back water hicks. Anyways thank you for taking the time to properly give context to the quotes and smashing the ones that are outright hateful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.85.50.11 (talk) 16:21, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi[edit]

Your edits on Kashmir Shaivism are quite admirable. I see that you are also interested in consciousness studies. I would be interested in a personal correspondence with you in relation to mantrashAstra and hallucinogenics. How can I contact you? Akshay.peshwe (talk) 12:02, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi visarga. Very pleased by your edits in here. I am also interested in having some acquaintance with you over some emails. Could you please let me know how I can contact you personally or otherwise just contact me at [email protected]?

Trident Yantra Parama Shiva[edit]

Dear Visarga,

Thank you for all your hard work on KS. The world needs more KS. I would like to know where you obtained the yantra of Parama Shiva? What is the source of the drawing? A scripture? In other words, how can it be authenticated as coming from the tradition? Also, could you please be kind enough to post an explanation of the yantra, it's origin, and what the different parts signify?

Thanks!

Andres — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.188.76.34 (talk) 14:41, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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A kitten for you![edit]

For all of your hard work on the 36 Tattwas article

TheRingess (talk) 07:34, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bibliography[edit]

Hi Visarga. I came across your page via Kashmir Shaivism, and noticed your bibliography. Great! Have a look at mine, if you like. Greetings, Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 11:51, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of The 36 tattvas[edit]

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More thanks[edit]

Thanks for your articles on Kashmir Shaivism in Wikipedia !

They are an island of truth amidst the "maya" of the Internet, and are appreciated by those who have received the grace of Shiva.162.205.217.211 (talk) 04:45, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kashmir Shaivism[edit]

Could you take a look at this "clean-up"? Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:42, 17 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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