No Mr. Saif, ‘Concept of India’ is not a Gift from British
A few years ago, the self-professed history buff Saif Ali Khan named his son from his second wife Kareena Kapoor Khan as Taimur. In the Indian context, Taimur reminds one promptly of the cruel Central Asian ruler who More...
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Bhagavad Gita – The Name of the Scripture The title of this beloved Hindu scripture literally means “The Divine Song” or the “The Song of the Lord”. This holy book of Hindus presents an eternally relevant More...
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[contextly_sidebar id=”C7AUaYd2kP2MDY9QePCR6fkddWVJFqYD”] Region-Wise Distribution of Hindu Sages, Saints, Scriptures, Languages and Holy Places # REGION SAINTS, MUNIS, RISHIS, ACHARYAS SCRIPTURES LANGUAGES More...
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Languages of Hindu Scriptures: Other Languages In addition to Sanskrit and Tamil, many other Indian as well as non-Indian languages were used for composing Hindu scriptures. For e.g., we have a version of the Brahmāṇda More...
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[contextly_sidebar id=”pS1i53O4fkB0nT2nXiYl2Q01imG7yWrv”] Sanskrit: “More Perfect than Greek, More Copius than Latin” Sanskrit was the major language used for liturgy, science, philosophy and literature More...
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[contextly_sidebar id=”3mvMXg2vgGXdlYNWmd2H5Tc3Mj79Zl88″] Dharmashāstras Or Smritis The four aims of life are artha (wealth), kāma (desire), dharma (virtue) and moksha (liberation). The literature More...
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[contextly_sidebar id=”zXpV18x7QihUfGgmUpn27zUkZA9ytDRG”] Purāṇas These texts are extensive compendiums of the history and sacred traditions of Bhāratvarṣa (the earlier name of the Indian subcontinent). More...
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[contextly_sidebar id=”qw8hihwKWpdI3xbuql8KVYrxAoFpnAEB”] Vedāngas These are six branches of learning whose knowledge is considered a pre-requisite to learning the Vedas. They are: Kalpa (ritual), Vyākaraṇa More...
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[contextly_sidebar id=”GemKTtabP9EtK6woZE71zqW9fJZOQJ4u”] The Vedas or Shruti Importance of the Vedas As explained above, the Vedas are considered the supreme scriptures, or the gold-standard by most More...
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[contextly_sidebar id=”9pmnN2hM6gCfApixOYOKRg8Nqd3UiTz9″] Hindu Scriptures and the Proverbial Hindu Tolerance: Interfaith Perspectives Hindu Dharma is not a ‘One Book, One Prophet, One God’ religion. More...