Author :- Muktanand Agrawal

 Date of Beginning :- 08 \ 11 \ 2003

 Date of Completion :- 09 \ 11 \ 2003

Description  :- This program is about a famous "saMskRRit" text named "ViShNu- Sahasranaama" which was composed by 
	shrii Veda Vyaas in his great classical work "Mahaabhaarata".At the end of the great war ,BheeShma Pitaamaha 
	answers six questions of YudhiShThira.We find this chant  introduced there . 
	The word "ViShNu- Sahasranaama" means "Thousand Names of Lord ViShNu" that are listed here.
	 This program comprises an introductory information about the first 100 names of this long list.
	  Having entered any of these names given in the Readme.txt file , user will get following informations:-
	  (1). The Number on which that very name occurs in this list of 1000 names ,
	  (2). The Number of the stanza (shloka-saMkhyaa) in which that very name is introduced ,
	  (3). That stanza (shloka) in "saMskRRit" language ,
	  (4). A commentary that gives a brief explanation of that name . This commentary is done 
	    by "Swami Chinmayananda" which is published by "Chinmaya Publication Trust , Madras-3".
	  (5). In the end , there is given the commentary of great philosopher and saint " Adi Shankaracharya" on
	    that name.


About Readme.txt file :- This file contains the first 100 names of Lord ViShNu from 	"ViShNu- Sahasranaama" 
	about whom this program is . 
		To use this program the user should select a name from the list given in this file , 
	about which he wants the information.


How to run this program :- This program should be run in this way :
			(1).Having  the Swi-Prolog  opened ,the user should at first compile the file 
			"vishnu.pl" which is in the file named "muktanand.zip" , if necessary.
			(2).Then he should call the predicate --vaasudeva.
			 and press the "enter" key.
			(3).Then he should select a name from the list given in this Readme.txt file and
			 type it there and press the "enter" key again.
			(4).If he wants to quit , he should type x.	
			(5). The user should use the "ITRANS - ENCODING" for the "Devanagari" script in 
			"Sanskrit" and "Hindi" languages.  



ITRANS :-- ENCODING FOR DEVANAGARI (HINDI / SANSKRIT)
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This section describes the ITRANS encoding , for Devanagari.
This is the basic encoding used for all Indic language scripts .



Vowels (dependent and independent):-
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     a                   aa/A              i                ii/I          u           uu/U

     RRi/R^i         RRI/R^I             LLi/L^i          LLI/L^I

     e                   ai                 o              au            aM         aH



Consonants:-
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      k                   kh                g               gh              ~N

      ch                 Ch                j  	             jh                ~n

      T                  TH               D                Dh               N

      t                    th                 d                dh                 n    

     p                   ph                 b                bh                m    

     y                      r                    l                v/w  

    sh               Sh                   s                 h                    L   

    x/kSh    GY/j~n/dny     shr  



Special / Accents:-
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Anusvara :  .n/M/.m (dot on top of previous consonant / vowel) 

Avagraha : .a('S' like symbol basically to replace a after o)

Visarga :  H (looks like a colon character)

Om :   OM , AUM (Om symbol)

[As shown , many codes have multiple choices ,
 e.g. "RRi / R^i" implies that the user can use either "RRi"or 
 "R^i". ]

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The list of the first 100 names is as follows:--
..........................................................................

1.vishvaM
2.viShNuH
3.vaShaTkaaraH
4.bhuuta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuH
5.bhuuta-kRRit
6.bhuuta-bhRRit
7.bhaavaH
8.bhuutaatmaa
9.bhuuta-bhaavanaH
10.puutaatmaa
11.paramaatmaa
12.muktaanaM paramaa gatiH
13.avyayaH
14.puruShaH
15.saakShii
16.kShetraj~naH
17.akSharaH
18.yogaH
19.yoga-vidaaM netaa
20.pradhaana-puruSheshvaraH
21.naarasiMha-vapuH
22.shriimaan
23.keshavaH
24.puruShottamaH
25.sarvaH
26.sharvaH
27.shivaH
28.sthaaNuH
29.bhootaadiH
30.avyayaH-nidhiH
31.sambhavaH
32.bhaavanaH
33.bhartaa
34.prabhavaH
35.prabhuH
36.iishvaraH
37.svayaMbhuuH
38.shaMbhuH
39.aadityaH
40.puShkaraakShaH
41.mahaasvanaH
42.anaadi-nidhanaH
43.dhaataa
44.vidhaataa
45.dhaatur-uttamaH
46.aprameyaH
47.hRRiShiikeshaH
48.padmanaabhH
49.amaraprabhuH
50.vishvakarmaa
51.manuH
52.tvaShTaa
53.sthaviShthaH
54.sthaviro dhruvaH
55.agraahyaH
56.shaashvataH
57.kRRiShNaH
58.lohitaakShaH
59.pratardanaH
60.prabhuutaH
61.trikakubdhaama
62.pavitraM
63.paraM ma~NgalaM
64.iishaanaH
65.praaNadaH
66.praaNaH
67.jyeShThaH
68.shreShThaH
69.prajaapatiH
70.hiraNyagarbhaH
71.bhuugarbhaH
72.maadhavaH
73.madhusuudanaH
74.iishvaraH
75.vikramii
76.dhanvii
77.medhaavii
78. vikramaH
79.kramaH
80.anuttamaH
81.duraadharShaH
82.kRRitaj~naH
83. kRRitiH
84.aatmavaan
85.sureshaH
86.sharaNaM
87.sharmaH
88.vishvaretaaH
89.prajaabhavaH
90.ahaH
91.saMvatsaraH
92.vyaalaH
93.pratyayaH 
94.sarvadarshanaH
95.ajaH
96.sarveshvaraH
97.siddhaH
98.siddhiH
99.sarvaadiH
100.achyutaH