Written by London Swaminathan

Post No. 15,742

Date uploaded in London –15 May 2026

Contact – swami_48@yahoo.com

Pictures are taken from various sources for spreading knowledge.

this is a non- commercial blog. Thanks for your great pictures.

tamilandvedas.com, swamiindology.blogspot.com

PDF Dream article is from the  Ludwik Sternbach Felicitation Volume.

Lord Vishnu “sleeping” in Nepal

Recently I read an article about dreams in Milinda panha (Questions of Indo Greek King Menander/Milinda). I have translated it into Tamil and uploaded in these blogs. I am attaching the PDF English version here.  Please see the attachments.

Hindus’ interpretation of dreams varies from Westerners like Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung  (pronunciation Karl Young).

Tamils said that animals too dream in Sangam literature dated 2000 years ago. Sanskrit literature has prophetic dreams. Saivite literature like Periya Puranam has a lot of prophetic dreams. I post here the contents of My Book on Dreams to help research scholars.

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Hindu tradition interprets dreams as significant, often prophetic messages derived from ancient literature like the Vedas and Tamil Sangam texts. These sources indicate that dreams are viewed as divine communication, omens for the future, and, as noted in 2000-year-old Tamil texts, experiences shared by animals.

MY ENGLISH BOOK ON DREAMS

Contents

First Part: Dreams in Hindu Literature

1.Dreams in Kalidasa Kavyas and Sangam Tamil Literature- 1

2.Dreams in Kalidasa Kavyas and Sangam Tamil Literature- Part 2

3.Tamil Hindus Explode Freudian Theory on Dreams

4. Dreams in Tamil Epic Silappadikaram

5.Dreams in Valmiki Ramayana

6. Role of Dreams in Tamil Saivite Literature

7.Ten “Inauspicious Deams”; Dreams in Vedas and Upanishads!

8.Vedic Echo in Sumer and Egyptian Concept of Dreams

9.More ( Dream) Secrets from Vishnu Sahasranama

10.Tamil Discovery! Do Animals Dream?

11.Do our Dreams Have Meaning?

12.Strange Dreams

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Second Part: Animals in Hinduism

1.One More Frog Wedding, Now in Telangana

2.Ants in Hinduism- Part One

3.Ants in Hinduism – Part Two

4.What can Parrots teach You?

5.Tamil View on Biting Dogs and Barking Dogs!

6.You will be born as a Dog Tamil Saint Tirumular Warns!

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Book cover shows a painting of British painter Frederic Leighton. The painting of the sleeping beauty is in the Sydney Art Gallery.

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Foreword

Hindus and western scholars view dreams differently. Hindus believe that dreams come true under certain circumstances. They also find meaning in the dreams. Moreover, they believe that they foretell good or bad things. Vast literature in Hinduism supports these views. Western psycho analysts and psychologists think that they have no meaning, and they can’t predict future events. In their opinion dream is the reflection of suppressed desires or jumbled thoughts. Hindus were first in saying that no one can avoid dreams. So, they included a verse in their daily prayer to stop bad dreams.

Here is a collection of articles that I wrote in my two blogs in the past few years. I also believe that Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud are wrong in their conclusions. I have given reasons for this in my articles.

The second part of the book deals with Animals in Hindu literature. I have already published a few books in Tamil and English with many true animal stories and myths from Tamil and Sanskrit literature. These articles will be useful to researchers and religious believers

I welcome your comments on these topics.

S Swaminathan

(Pen Name- London Swaminathan)

May 2025

swami_48@yahoo.com

swaminathan.santanam@gmail.com

—subham—

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