रण्टु

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

RAṆṬU   The Malayālam word for ‘two’. 1. Ayanas two. A. Uttarāyaṇa, from July-August to December-January (Dhanu). B. Dakṣiṇāyana, from January-February (Makaram) to June-July (Mithunam). For the Devas Uttarāyaṇa is day and Dakṣiṇāyana night. Religiousminded Hindus believe that Uttarāyaṇa is an auspicious period for death. 2. Arthadūṣaṇas 2. (Misuse of wealth)
(i) Spending money for bad purposes and not spending money for good purposes.
(ii) Stealing money or wealth and not giving money to poor deserving people. 3. Alaṅkāras 2. (Figures of speech). Arthālaṅkāra and Śabdālaṅkāra. 4. Auṣadhas 2. (Medicines). Curatives like medicated oils and ghees, honey etc. and purgatives like vasti (enema), recanam (purgation) and vamanam (vomiting). 5. Aids for health 2. Cleanliness and sexual continence. 6. Gurus 2. (Preceptors). Actual preceptor or preceptor in effect and casual preceptor). 7. Kaṭudvayam. Pippalī (long pepper) and Marica (Pepper) 8. Kalahakāraṇam 2. (Causes for quarrel). Gold and woman (Kanaka and Kāminī). 9. Kāyadvayam (Two bodies). Mind and body. 10. Kāraṇadvayam (Two causes). Upādānam (ultimate cause) and Nimittam (immediate cause). 11. Kṣāradvayam (Two salts). Alkaline salt (Saltpetre), Sodium Carbonate. 12. Capaladvayam (Fickle ones 2). Women and fools. 13. Jñānadvayam (Knowledges. 2). Superficial knowledge and deep knowledge. (Mandajñāna and Dṛḍhajñāna). 14. Dharmadvayam (Duties 2). Action and renunciation. (Pravṛtti and Nivṛtti). 15. Niśādvayam. Turmeric and Amonum Xanthorrhizon 16. Niṣṭhādvayam. Sādhya (knowledge) and Sādhana (action). 17. Pakṣadvayam. Kṛṣṇapakṣa (dark fortnight) and Śuklapakṣa moon-lit fortnight. 18. Padyakāvyadvayam (Poetry 2). Lyric and Mahākāvyam (epic). 19. Pāpadvayam (Sins 2). Original sin and acquired. (Janmapāpa and Karmapāpa). 20. Mokṣakāraṇadvayam. Causes for salvation, 2). Yoga and death in war. 21. Yogadvayam. Karma (action) and Jñāna (knowledge). 22. Rāgadvayam (colour). Pūrṇam (unmixed) and Janyam (mixed). 23. Rogadvayam (Diseases 2). (a) Physical and mental (Kāyika and Mānasika). (b) Congenital and acquired. (Sahaja and Āgantuka). 24. Vīryadvayam. Heat and cold. 25. Śṛṅgāradvayam. Love or the erotic sentiment 2). Love in union and that in separation. [ambhoga and Vipralambha]. 26. Śrutidharmadvayam (Musical cadence 2). High pitch and low pitch (Ucca and nīca). 27. Samādhānakāraṇadvayam (Two causes for peace). Patience or forbearance and generosity. (Kṣamā and dānaśīla).