{"id":6437,"date":"2017-08-23T22:42:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T22:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=6437"},"modified":"2017-08-23T22:47:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T22:47:50","slug":"the-total-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/the-total-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Total Solar Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The solar eclipse as seen from some parts of California on Aug. 21, 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nOn Monday, August 21 2017, scores of people across North America momentarily held their breath as they put on viewing goggles to witness the total solar eclipse \u0938\u0902\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0939\u0923\u00a0(sampoorna surya grahan<\/i>). Those who were not lucky enough to live near the path of the total solar eclipse, traveled from near and far to witness the solar flare that took shape of a diamond ring when the moon \u091a\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\/\u091a\u093e\u0901\u0926\u00a0(chandra\u00a0<\/i>\/\u00a0chaand<\/i>) fully covered the sun \u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f\/\u0938\u0942\u0930\u091c\u00a0 (soorya\u00a0<\/i>\/ sooraj) for a few minutes. Such a phenomenon was last seen in North America in 1979!<\/p>\n

In India, many beliefs \u0927\u093e\u0930\u0923\u093e (dhaarna<\/i>) and practices exist in connection with a solar eclipse. According to Hindu mythology \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u092a\u094c\u0930\u093e\u0923\u093f\u0915 \u0915\u0925\u093e (Hindu pauranik katha<\/i>), a solar eclipse is considered inauspicious \u0905\u0936\u0941\u092d (ashubh<\/i>)\u00a0since it briefly takes away the greatest life-force–The Sun. This brief disappearance of the sun is considered to be a harbinger of evil \u0905\u092e\u0902\u0917\u0932 (amangal<\/i>).<\/div>\n

Food is neither cooked nor eaten during a solar eclipse.. Food that was cooked before the eclipse, and stored during the eclipse is not eaten either. I remember the call of beggars \u092d\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0930\u0940 \/\u092d\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0941\u0915 (bhikhaari\u00a0<\/i>\/ bhikshuk) asking for the food that would be discarded post-eclipse. They would come out in droves and shout “Sute grahan, dya dhan<\/i>,” (“The eclipse has passed. Please give us your wealth\/food.) in Marathi, the language spoken in Maharashtra.<\/div>\n
At the school where I work, many students of Indian origin remained absent since tradition and beliefs also prohibit one from going out during an eclipse.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0sampoorna soorya grahan<\/i><\/td>\ntotal solar eclipse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f \/ \u0938\u0942\u0930\u091c
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\u00a0soorya \/ sooraj<\/em><\/td>\nsun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0939\u0923
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grahan<\/em><\/td>\neclipse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u0938\u0902\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923
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sampoorna<\/em><\/td>\ntotal\/complete<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u091a\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \/ \u091a\u093e\u0901\u0926
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chandra \/ chaand<\/em><\/td>\nmoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\u0927\u093e\u0930\u0923\u093e
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
dhaarna<\/i><\/td>\nbelief<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Hindu pauranik katha<\/i><\/td>\nHindu mythology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u0905\u0936\u0941\u092d
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\u00a0ashubh<\/em><\/td>\ninauspicious<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u0905\u092e\u0902\u0917\u0932
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\u00a0amangal<\/em><\/td>\nevil\/inauspicious<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u092d\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0930\u0940 \/\u092d\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0941\u0915
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\u00a0bhikhaari\u00a0<\/em>\/\u00a0bhikshuk<\/em><\/td>\nbeggar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u0938\u093f\u0924\u093e\u0930\u093e<\/div>\n
\u0938\u093f\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0947<\/div>\n

<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td>\n
sitara
\nsitaray<\/em><\/td>\n		star
\nstars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0939
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\u00a0graha<\/em><\/td>\nplanet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u0938\u094c\u0930 \u092e\u0902\u0921\u0932
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
saur mandal<\/em><\/td>\nsolar system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u0905\u092e\u093e\u0935\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\u00a0amavasya<\/em><\/td>\nnew moon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923\u093f\u092e\u093e
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
poornima<\/em><\/td>\nfull moon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924
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sooryaast<\/em><\/td>\nsunset<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0926\u092f
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td>\n
sooryoday<\/em><\/td>\nsunrise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

On Monday, August 21 2017, scores of people across North America momentarily held their breath as they put on viewing goggles to witness the total solar eclipse \u0938\u0902\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0939\u0923\u00a0(sampoorna surya grahan). Those who were not lucky enough to live near the path of the total solar eclipse, traveled from near and far to witness the…<\/p>\n

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