11/05/2003
Rama-Kandra
Rama-Kandra
In Reloaded, "Rama-Kandra is led out of the Le Vrai restaurant by one of the Merovingian's thugs just as Neo arrives."
Shiva Blog - Rama Kandra
Rama Kandra (read: Rama Chandra) who is a rogue program within the Matrix. His "wife" will bear their child, the first "free" program in the Matrix. Apparently, the child (a little Indian girl) will be the Machine equivalent to Neo, that is, an entity that is free of control....
MatrixWiki - Ramakandra
"Symbolism:
Matrimony, polygamy, programs may have a soul. Ramakandra has chosen a wife, and had the first program child born "free" in the Matrix.
Lord Ramacandra took a vow to accept only one wife and have no connection with any other women. He was a saintly king, and everything in His life was good, untinged by qualities like anger. He taught good behavior for everyone,
especially for the householders, in terms of varnasrama-dharma. Thus He taught the general public by His personal activities." More...
MatrixFans - Rama-Kandra
"Lord Rama is the seventh incarnation of Vishnu. Born during the second age of the world called TRETA YUGA, he is the immortal hero of the great religious epic of India, the Ramayana. This epic seems to have been written sometime between the fifth and the first century B.C. though broad-lines of Rama's noble life were known to the residents of this land much earlier. Rama occupies a very considerable place in the religious life of India and in the religious history of the world. He is the embodiment of righteousness and is believed to be the incarnation of the solar aspect of Vishnu.
masculine.. Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "pleasing" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu. It was also borne by the hero of the 'Ramayana', a Hindu epic, which tells of the abduction of his wife Sita by the demon king Ravana, and his efforts to recapture her.
Kandra:
In Sanskrit, the well-known names of the moon are Kandra, Soma, Indu, and Vidhu..."
Sati
Rama-Kandra's child, the first free program in the matrix.
Sati
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In Hinduism, Sati, also called as Dakshayani is one of the daughters of Prasuti and Daksha. She loved Shiva, but her father, Daksha, forbade her marriage to Shiva. She did so anyway, and Daksha got revenge by not inviting Shiva to a festival during his absence. Sati killed herself by self-immolation on a fire. After Shiva returned and found Sati's body, he killed and decapitated Daksha, later replacing his head with a goat's.
Sati was reborn as Parvati (Paarvati, the daughter of the mountain or Parvata), and reappears as Shiva's consort.
Another woman with the title of Sati is Savitri. Savitri was the wife of Satyavan, who begged Yama (the God of Death), to restore her husband to life. Her dogged persistence caused Yama to grant her one wish, on the condition that the wish should not be to restore Satyavan's life. Then Savitri asked to have children from Satyavan, after which Yama had no choice but to restore his life.
By extension from the mythic Sati, the term is also used for the death, voluntary or involuntary, of widows on the funeral pyres of their husbands in India. The term is also extended to refer to the widow herself. For this usage, the term is often written using the old English spelling of suttee. Though supposed to be voluntary, it is believed to have been often enforced by various social pressures exerted on the widow.
Although the practice may have occurred in ancient times, the extent of it then is not certain. It has generally been restricted to certain castes and communities. Some accounts indicate that it may have been introduced from central Asia by Scythians, from whom Rajputs of Rajasthan are believed to be descended. Sati is known to have been practised in many different regions of India from medieval times, though the prevalence varied. Many rulers made efforts to ban or limit it, including the Mughal emperors. The practice was moderately common in Rajasthan and in parts of the Gangetic plain till the early 19th century, and a few hundred deaths were recorded each year then. At this time it was rather uncommon or even unknown in other parts of India.
It was banned in the Bengal Presidency in 1829, other East India Company lands shortly after, and in the last princely state to permit it, Jaipur in 1846. Instances however continue to occur occasionally to the present day. Various measures against it now include efforts to stop the 'glorification' of the dead women. This glorification often includes the erection of shrines to the dead, encouragement of pilgrimages to the site of the pyre, and an income to nearby villagers.
See also Jauhar.
In Egyptian mythology, Sati is an alternate spelling for Satis,which see for more details."
Sati - The burning of the widow
"Sati is described as a Hindu custom in India in which the widow was burnt to ashes on her dead husband's pyre. Basically the custom of Sati was believed to be a voluntary Hindu act in which the woman voluntary decides to end her life with her husband after his death. But there were many incidences in which the women were forced to commit Sati, sometimes even dragged against her wish to the lighted pyre." More...
Anapana Sati
"Anapana sati, the meditation on in-and-out breathing, is the first subject of meditation expounded by the Buddha in the Maha-satipatthana Sutta, the Great Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness. The Buddha laid special stress on this meditation, for it is the gateway to enlightenment and Nibbana adopted by all the Buddhas of the past as the very basis for their attainment of Buddhahood. When the Blessed One sat at the foot of the Bodhi Tree and resolved not to rise until he had reached enlightenment, he took up anapana sati as his subject of meditation. On the basis of this, he attained the four jhanas, recollected his previous lives, fathomed the nature of samsara, aroused the succession of great insight knowledges, and at dawn, while 100,000 world systems trembled, he attained the limitless wisdom of a Fully Enlightened Buddha." More...
Kamala
Rama-Kandra's wife.
The Trainman
The creator and controller of a link that is used to smuggle programs in and out of the matrix. The link is called the train station and the Trainman works for The Merovingian. Mobil Ave. is the train station stop and mobil is an anagram for limbo.
Rama-Kandra
In Reloaded, "Rama-Kandra is led out of the Le Vrai restaurant by one of the Merovingian's thugs just as Neo arrives."
Shiva Blog - Rama Kandra
Rama Kandra (read: Rama Chandra) who is a rogue program within the Matrix. His "wife" will bear their child, the first "free" program in the Matrix. Apparently, the child (a little Indian girl) will be the Machine equivalent to Neo, that is, an entity that is free of control....
MatrixWiki - Ramakandra
"Symbolism:
Matrimony, polygamy, programs may have a soul. Ramakandra has chosen a wife, and had the first program child born "free" in the Matrix.
Lord Ramacandra took a vow to accept only one wife and have no connection with any other women. He was a saintly king, and everything in His life was good, untinged by qualities like anger. He taught good behavior for everyone,
especially for the householders, in terms of varnasrama-dharma. Thus He taught the general public by His personal activities." More...
MatrixFans - Rama-Kandra
"Lord Rama is the seventh incarnation of Vishnu. Born during the second age of the world called TRETA YUGA, he is the immortal hero of the great religious epic of India, the Ramayana. This epic seems to have been written sometime between the fifth and the first century B.C. though broad-lines of Rama's noble life were known to the residents of this land much earlier. Rama occupies a very considerable place in the religious life of India and in the religious history of the world. He is the embodiment of righteousness and is believed to be the incarnation of the solar aspect of Vishnu.
masculine.. Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "pleasing" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu. It was also borne by the hero of the 'Ramayana', a Hindu epic, which tells of the abduction of his wife Sita by the demon king Ravana, and his efforts to recapture her.
Kandra:
In Sanskrit, the well-known names of the moon are Kandra, Soma, Indu, and Vidhu..."
Sati
Rama-Kandra's child, the first free program in the matrix.
Sati
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In Hinduism, Sati, also called as Dakshayani is one of the daughters of Prasuti and Daksha. She loved Shiva, but her father, Daksha, forbade her marriage to Shiva. She did so anyway, and Daksha got revenge by not inviting Shiva to a festival during his absence. Sati killed herself by self-immolation on a fire. After Shiva returned and found Sati's body, he killed and decapitated Daksha, later replacing his head with a goat's.
Sati was reborn as Parvati (Paarvati, the daughter of the mountain or Parvata), and reappears as Shiva's consort.
Another woman with the title of Sati is Savitri. Savitri was the wife of Satyavan, who begged Yama (the God of Death), to restore her husband to life. Her dogged persistence caused Yama to grant her one wish, on the condition that the wish should not be to restore Satyavan's life. Then Savitri asked to have children from Satyavan, after which Yama had no choice but to restore his life.
By extension from the mythic Sati, the term is also used for the death, voluntary or involuntary, of widows on the funeral pyres of their husbands in India. The term is also extended to refer to the widow herself. For this usage, the term is often written using the old English spelling of suttee. Though supposed to be voluntary, it is believed to have been often enforced by various social pressures exerted on the widow.
Although the practice may have occurred in ancient times, the extent of it then is not certain. It has generally been restricted to certain castes and communities. Some accounts indicate that it may have been introduced from central Asia by Scythians, from whom Rajputs of Rajasthan are believed to be descended. Sati is known to have been practised in many different regions of India from medieval times, though the prevalence varied. Many rulers made efforts to ban or limit it, including the Mughal emperors. The practice was moderately common in Rajasthan and in parts of the Gangetic plain till the early 19th century, and a few hundred deaths were recorded each year then. At this time it was rather uncommon or even unknown in other parts of India.
It was banned in the Bengal Presidency in 1829, other East India Company lands shortly after, and in the last princely state to permit it, Jaipur in 1846. Instances however continue to occur occasionally to the present day. Various measures against it now include efforts to stop the 'glorification' of the dead women. This glorification often includes the erection of shrines to the dead, encouragement of pilgrimages to the site of the pyre, and an income to nearby villagers.
See also Jauhar.
In Egyptian mythology, Sati is an alternate spelling for Satis,which see for more details."
Sati - The burning of the widow
"Sati is described as a Hindu custom in India in which the widow was burnt to ashes on her dead husband's pyre. Basically the custom of Sati was believed to be a voluntary Hindu act in which the woman voluntary decides to end her life with her husband after his death. But there were many incidences in which the women were forced to commit Sati, sometimes even dragged against her wish to the lighted pyre." More...
Anapana Sati
"Anapana sati, the meditation on in-and-out breathing, is the first subject of meditation expounded by the Buddha in the Maha-satipatthana Sutta, the Great Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness. The Buddha laid special stress on this meditation, for it is the gateway to enlightenment and Nibbana adopted by all the Buddhas of the past as the very basis for their attainment of Buddhahood. When the Blessed One sat at the foot of the Bodhi Tree and resolved not to rise until he had reached enlightenment, he took up anapana sati as his subject of meditation. On the basis of this, he attained the four jhanas, recollected his previous lives, fathomed the nature of samsara, aroused the succession of great insight knowledges, and at dawn, while 100,000 world systems trembled, he attained the limitless wisdom of a Fully Enlightened Buddha." More...
Kamala
Rama-Kandra's wife.
The Trainman
The creator and controller of a link that is used to smuggle programs in and out of the matrix. The link is called the train station and the Trainman works for The Merovingian. Mobil Ave. is the train station stop and mobil is an anagram for limbo.
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