Learning from Vedas - Backup

Important read for understanding about the Western Indic studies http://swarajyamag.com/culture/adhikara-and-the-academy-the-bogus-controversy-over-rajiv-malhotra-and-plagiarism/ http://swarajyamag.com/culture/adhikara-and-the-academy-the-bogus-controversy-over-rajiv-malhotra-and-plagiarism

I have run up against a roadblock in my attempts to learn and study.  I am trying to find a translation and transliteration from the Sanskrit to English of the Vedas (actually for sruti in general and for smirti, too).  The problem with most translations I find is that they don't include transliterations, so I'm not getting very far in my attempts to learn Sanskrit.  The second problem, and to me the worse problem, is that the translations I find seem to lose the meaning -- both the literal meaning, and the intuitive, inspirational meaning -- of the text.  For instance, the other day I read a "translation" of the first hymn of the Rigveda that never even used Agni's name.  Where can I find better translations of the sacred texts?  I have searched Amazon(dot)com, but most of the works offered don't let you have a preview, or only preview what amounts to the table of contents, so it's hard to figure out if a given book is what I'm looking for. Thank you,...

About Buddhism: People talk about Buddhism as if it is a single religion - as usual without doing any study or understanding about Buddhism. Much before Adi Shankaracarya's time itself Buddhism is not a single religion and had many main sects and sub sects. The so called later Buddhism (the so called early Buddhism itself had many other divisions - many are unknown but were mentioned in Buddhist cannons) is divided into 2 major groups - "Hinayana" and "Mahayana" and from them many main-sects and sub-sects. [I] First, the Hinayana schools consists further 2 schools 1). "Sautrantika" (a derived version of this along with the original "Pali Teravaada" and together both combined and from which a derived Buddhist sect is what is practiced in Sri Lanka. With some major changes in ontology in this sect is practiced in Thailand such as with Indra (both Vedic Indra & Puranic Indra and with Svarga and Naraka and also Sri. Rama etc.) and 2). "V...

mathematics of Rudram - http://www.sanskritimagazine.com/hymns-and-stotras/rudra-chamakam-and-mathematics/ http://www.sanskritimagazine.com/hymns-and-stotras/rudra-chamakam-and-mathematics/

ADI SHAKTI LEFT SHIV SO THAT INITIAL EVOLUTIONARY PROBLEMS GET RESOLVED http://awara32.blogspot.com/2015/01/adishakti-left-shiv.html Shiv and AdiShakti are inseparable; they symbolize Supreme God, Shiv with Supreme Power and Goddess, AdiShakti in feminine form, representing growth and nature. AdiShakti left Shiv after the earth was born; why? This is something important and symbolic; does it have any message? Stories of Shiv and AdiShakti represented by Parvati and Sati, and also stories of Sur and Asurs are not merely stories but provide valuable information about initial turbulence and problems on earth, description of those problems and subsequent resolution

Presenting my paper "प्रकरणस्य तात्पर्यावधारकत्वम्" in Sanskrit at the World Sanskrit Conference 2015, Bangkok, Thailand.