Many thanks, Vaj. I also really like the definition below of "weak," 
etc., as I have just now been playing with the possibilities that 
the 3 Vishnu-Vishnu subgunas (Conception, pre-natal sleep, pre-natal 
dream) introduce Gravity; the 3 Vishnu-Brahma subgunas (pre-natal 
waking, birth, and sleep) introduce the Strong force; the 3 Vishnu-
Shiva subgunas (dreaming, waking, T.C.-I) introduce the Weak force 
(hence purva phalguni); and the 3 Brahma-Vishnu subgunas (T.C.-II, 
C.C., and G.C.) introduce the Electromagnetic force. 

The 3 Brahma-Brahma subgunas (U.C., B.C, ripened B.C.) introduce 
and "destroy" or embrace the True Self, pivoting around B.C. as the 
end of spacetime; then the 3 Brahma-Shiva subgunas reiterate the 
Brahma-Vishnus, embracing the E-M force; the 3 Shiva-Vishnu subgunas 
embrace the Weak force; the 3 Shiva-Brahma subgunas embrace the 
Strong force; and the 3 Shiva-Shiva subgunas embrace the 
Gravitational force :-)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> phalgu means "reddish". It's probably referring to the reddish  
> powder, a earthly receptor for this stellar force-- "ginger" 
which  
> has a reddish powder made from it's root. Purva phalguni is also 
the  
> deity Aryaman which is the god of the setting sun, and thus  
> "reddish". Uttara Phalguni is "the blind sun" (Bhaga).
> 
> 
> phalgu
> mf(%{U84} , or %{vI})n. reddish , red TS. ; small , minute , 
feeble ,  
> weak , pithless , unsubstantial , insignificant , worthless ,  
> unprofitable , useless VS. &c. &c. ; f. Ficus Oppositifolia L. ; 
a  
> red powder usually of the root of wild ginger (coloured with 
sappan  
> wood and thrown over one another by the Hindu1s at the Holi1  
> festival ; cf. %{phalgU7tsava}) W. ; the spring season L. ; (scil. 
% 
> {vAc}) a falsehood lie L. ; N. of a river flowing Past Gaya1 MBh.  
> Hariv. ; du. (in astrol.) N. of a Nakshatra.
> 
> 
> phAlguna
> mf(%{I4})n. relating to the Nakshatra Phalguni1 S3Br. S3rS. ; 
born  
> under the NÒNakshatra PhÒPhalguni1 Pa1n2. 4-3 , 34 (v.l.) ; m. 
(with  
> or scil. %{mAsa}) the month during which the full moon stands in 
the  
> NÒNakshatra PhÒPhalguni1 (February-March) Mn. MBh. ; N. of Arjuna 
(= % 
> {phalguna}) MBh. Hariv. ; Terminalia Arjuna (= %{nadI-ja}) L. ; (% 
> {I}) f. see below ; n. a species of grass used as a substitute 
for  
> the Soma plant (and also called %{arjunAnI}) S3Br. TBr. A1s3vS3r.  
> [718,2] ; N. of a place of pilgrimage BhP.
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 22, 2005, at 8:55 AM, Rory Goff wrote:
> 
> > The traditional translation of
> > Phalguni as "red one" does not make a lot of sense to me. I am 
tempted
> > to see "Phal-" as "fruit" and "-Guni" as "guna, action"
>






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