A Lion Among Kavis & Tarkikas: Philosophic & Literary Oeuvre of Vedanta Desika
On the occasion of the 750th birth anniversary of the great acharya Vedanta Desika, we had the opportunity to glimpse key incidents in his illustrious life spanning a hundred and one years. In this article, we try to skim the surface of his vast oeuvre of a hundred plus works across genres and themes including Kavya, Natya, Tarka, Vedanta, Nyaya, Mimamsa, More...
The Indo-European languages and the relevance of Sanskrit
Introduction Sanskrit along with major European and Iranian languages belongs to a language family known as Indo-European. They all shared a common ancestor thousands of years ago. This reconstructed language is More...
Proclaiming the Path of Surrender: 750 Years of Vedanta Desika
On this Shravana nakshatra of the month Bhadrapada, we celebrate the 750th birth anniversary of Sri Vedanta Desika, one of the foremost acharyas in the Srivaishnava Sampradaya and one of the greatest luminaries More...
Rethinking Femininity and Transgression in Andal
I. Introduction It is now well-known that the Bhakti ‘movement’ of medieval India was initially theorized by the 19th century colonial missionaries and historians as being akin to the Protestant movement in More...
The Vedas and the Principal Upanishads – III
[contextly_sidebar id=”YxnmR9yH1b5qkYykVqP4I6ML39v6sbAG”] Relevance of the Shrutis for modern society What relevance do these ancient scriptures of the Hindus hold for the present society? I examine More...
India’s Unique Place in the World of Numbers and Numerals – IV
[contextly_sidebar id=”doFEsXOh3YnMTB2IfFGDiQZ9QEsS7pL0″] This is the fourth and final part of this series by Shrikant Talageri on India’s unique place in the world of numbers and numerals and More...
Spirals and Curves in the Paleographical Evolution of Kannada Alphabets
Abstract An inquiry as to why the alphabets of the script of Kannada language of Karnataka state, South India, are so full of curves and spirals motivated me to know more about the science behind spiral patterns More...
Astronomical Association Of Natarāja’s Dance With Apasmara And Agastya
This paper deals with understanding human’s first interaction with time and its relationship with Cosmic Consciousness or Awareness. Significance of stellar readings by early humans, who got connect between the More...
India’s Unique Place in the World of Numbers and Numerals – III
[contextly_sidebar id=”f47F5VaX02LvkDNulBfAS0blZcxuAdqF”] [This is the third part of an exciting new series by Shrikant Talageri on India’s unique place in the world of numbers and numerals and More...
The Wrong Notion that Sri Aurobindo Rejected Hinduism
This essay has been written with specific reference to The Clasp of Civilisations (2015) by Richard Hartz, published by Nalanda International, and Nationalism, Religion, and Beyond (2005), a compilation of Sri Aurobindo’s More...