Tuesday, August 5, 2008
our precious companion
we found out after we'd named him that sayan means precious companion. such a perfect reflection of him.
Monday, August 4, 2008
SAYANA
a family friend recently pointed out that Sayana was an important commentator on the Vedas:
Sayana (from Wikipedia)
Sāyaṇa, (with honorific Sāyaṇācārya ; died 1387) was an important commentator on the Vedas. He flourished under King Bukka I and his successor Harihara II, in the Vijayanagar Empire of South India. He was the son of Māyaṇa, and the pupil of Vishnu Sarvajna and of Samkarananda. More than a hundred works are attributed to him, among which are commentaries on nearly all parts of the Veda; some were carried out by his pupils, and some were written in conjunction with his brother Mādhava
Sayana's major work is his Vedartha Prakasha (literally, "the meaning of the Vedas made manifest"), or commentary on the Vedas. His commentary on the Rigveda was edited by Max Müller, 1849-1875. The core portion of the commentary was likely written by Sayana himself, but it also includes contributions of his brother Mādhava, and additions by his students and later authors who wrote under Sayana's name. "Sayana" (or also Sāyaṇamādhava) by convention refers to the collective authorship of the commentary as a whole without separating such layers. He has also written many lesser manuals called Sudhanidhis treating Prayaschitta (expiation), Yajnatantra (ritual), Purushartha (aims of human endeavour), Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine), Sangit Sara (The essence of music), Prayaschitra, Alankara, Sarvadarshanasangraha (philosophy) and Dhatuvrddhi (grammar).
Sayana (from Wikipedia)
Sāyaṇa, (with honorific Sāyaṇācārya ; died 1387) was an important commentator on the Vedas. He flourished under King Bukka I and his successor Harihara II, in the Vijayanagar Empire of South India. He was the son of Māyaṇa, and the pupil of Vishnu Sarvajna and of Samkarananda. More than a hundred works are attributed to him, among which are commentaries on nearly all parts of the Veda; some were carried out by his pupils, and some were written in conjunction with his brother Mādhava
Sayana's major work is his Vedartha Prakasha (literally, "the meaning of the Vedas made manifest"), or commentary on the Vedas. His commentary on the Rigveda was edited by Max Müller, 1849-1875. The core portion of the commentary was likely written by Sayana himself, but it also includes contributions of his brother Mādhava, and additions by his students and later authors who wrote under Sayana's name. "Sayana" (or also Sāyaṇamādhava) by convention refers to the collective authorship of the commentary as a whole without separating such layers. He has also written many lesser manuals called Sudhanidhis treating Prayaschitta (expiation), Yajnatantra (ritual), Purushartha (aims of human endeavour), Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine), Sangit Sara (The essence of music), Prayaschitra, Alankara, Sarvadarshanasangraha (philosophy) and Dhatuvrddhi (grammar).
big weekend
sayan had his first real outings this weekend. we went to des moines on saturday, 4 hours in the car and furniture shopping all day and he did really well! he was pretty good on the drive and then spent most of the day in a sling with daddy or with papa walter in the car. yesterday we took him to the reservoir for a picnic with some friends. we set him up on a blanket under the trees and he seemed to enjoy his time there. we're still not planning to take him into crowded environments but are slowly easing into him into life out and about.
my favorite thing...
...is at night when we are lying in bed, if he is squawking and fidgeting and not settling to sleep, as soon as i put my cheek or forehead on his forehead and angle him very close he immediately squeezes his eyes shut and starts making sleep cooing noises and breathing really fast and then ultimately drifts off to sleep. it is the sweetest experience. as soon as i touch my head to his, he tries so hard to go to sleep!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
first bottle
Sayan had his first (well second if you count his trial hospital) bottle today. i went to get my haircut and we had read that 5 weeks was a good time to "introduce" the bottle. much later and they might not take to it. so jai fed him and said he was pretty confused for the first few minutes but then adjusted. though he kind of lost interest before eating too much. and then got very excited to return to his normal dinner offering. we'll probably give him one a week or so to keep him familiar with it for when we really need to feed him that way. any thoughts in that regard are welcome!we took some cute video of bath time today but it's too big to upload so i need to figure out how to edit it down before posting...
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