10 books that taught me more about life + death than I learned in 6 years of medical school:

#1: Dear Life by @doctor_oxford:
@doctor_oxford #2: The diving bell and the butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby:
@doctor_oxford #3: This is going to hurt by @amateuradam:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam #4: When breath becomes air by Paul Kalanithi:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam #5: Being mortal by @Atul_Gawande:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam @Atul_Gawande #6: Do no harm by Henry Marsh:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam @Atul_Gawande #7: Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers by @mary_roach:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam @Atul_Gawande @mary_roach #8: I knew a woman: four women patients and their female caregivers by Cortney Davis:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam @Atul_Gawande @mary_roach #9: The courage to care by @tinysunbird:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam @Atul_Gawande @mary_roach @tinysunbird #10: Bad science by @bengoldacre:
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The Swastik is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon. Swastik has been Sanatan Dharma’s symbol of auspiciousness – mangalya since time immemorial.


The name swastika comes from Sanskrit (Devanagari: स्वस्तिक, pronounced: swastik) &denotes “conducive to wellbeing or auspicious”.
The word Swastik has a definite etymological origin in Sanskrit. It is derived from the roots su – meaning “well or auspicious” & as meaning “being”.


"सु अस्ति येन तत स्वस्तिकं"
Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs

Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;

"🕉स्वस्ति ना इन्द्रो वृधश्रवाहा
स्वस्ति ना पूषा विश्ववेदाहा
स्वस्तिनास्तरक्ष्यो अरिश्तनेमिही
स्वस्तिनो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु"


It translates to," O famed Indra, redeem us. O Pusha, the beholder of all knowledge, redeem us. Redeem us O Garudji, of limitless speed and O Bruhaspati, redeem us".

SWASTIK’s COSMIC ORIGIN

The Swastika represents the living creation in the whole Cosmos.


Hindu astronomers divide the ecliptic circle of cosmos in 27 divisions called
https://t.co/sLeuV1R2eQ this manner a cross forms in 4 directions in the celestial sky. At centre of this cross is Dhruva(Polestar). In a line from Dhruva, the stars known as Saptarishi can be observed.