Svādhyāya: Studying our Holy Books- IX
[contextly_sidebar id=”3mvMXg2vgGXdlYNWmd2H5Tc3Mj79Zl88″] Dharmashāstras Or Smritis The four aims of life are artha (wealth), kāma (desire), dharma (virtue) and moksha (liberation). The literature regarding dharma are the Dharma Shāstras which deal with the laws and regulations governing the social and ethical life of the individual in More...
Sri Dakshinamurty Jnana Prabodhini – 3
[contextly_sidebar id=”HzKTOsAmMQCX1kZ4vGKjuEcFrVW3A7U0″] Lord Dakshinamurty the lord of Kashi (Varanasi) Lord Shiva in Kashi is known as ‘Vishwanatha’ or ‘Vishweswara’ and that linga is a ‘jyotirlinga’. More...
Indology and the Crisis in the Humanities
Together with their first book, The Nay Science: A History of German Indology (2014), Philology and Criticism: A Guide to Mahābhārata Textual Criticism presents a comprehensive indictment of the dominant tendency More...
Interpreting the Dholavira Sign Board of Indus Civilization
Dholavira is a large archaeological site of the ancient Indus valley civilization, situated in the Kutch district of Gujarat in Western India. One of the most interesting and significant discoveries at Dholavira More...
Sri Dakshinamurty Jnana Prabodhini – 2: Iconography of Dakshinamurty
[contextly_sidebar id=”w7Y2qsuXblBRBTEpVbk4tclKW7zkhSQg”] Sri Dakshinamurty is depicted as a young sixteen years old god sitting at the root of a huge banyan tree on a rock or an elevated place, having More...
Sri Dakshinamurty Jnana Prabodhini – 1
1. Who is Dakshinamurty ? There are many etymological derivations of the name ‘Dakshinamurthy’ which derive many great meanings of his name. Let’s begin this article with the meaning stated in Shruti. Upanishad More...
Birth Rituals and Pilgrimage in Hinduism
The Hindu Council of Australia forwarded to me questions that were asked by Eboni, a Year 11 student from a Catholic educational institution for her Study of Religion assessment. She was asked to do ethnographic More...
1018: Mahmud Ghazni’s invasion of Mathura
Exactly one thousand years ago the ancient city of Mathura was attacked by Mahmud, the ruler of Ghazni, who brought death and destruction of apocalyptic proportions to the beautiful birthplace of Lord Krishna. On More...
The Untold Story of India’s Partition
It was by sheer chance that Narendra Singh Sarila came across certain documents which revealed that the partition of India was linked to the great game being played between Britain and the USSR at the time. Without More...
Conflicted on Kama: Neither Prudery nor Promiscuity, but Purushartha
[contextly_sidebar id=”DOTefJqFGminalSKhJrwe1SQ5dOZjYdE”] ‘Vatsayana Vana Vaasini’ She who lives in the forest of Vatsayana. What a profoundly subtle and sensuous way, to compliment a lover. Enchanting. But More...