Mahabharata & Modern Scholarship: An Interview With Dr. Vishwa Adluri
Mahabharata is one of the foundational texts of Indian civilization. Along with Ramayana, it has transformed high abstract philosophies of the Upanishads into an aesthetically appealing literary work which has touched the hearts of millions of Indians and has further manifested as performing arts which has been lived and experienced by common people More...
Did the caste system save Hindus from being annihilated?
India is one of those rare civilisations where slavery was never an aspect of the society for thousands of years. Slavery was introduced only after the Islamic and European invasions, when millions of Indians were More...
Mystery in History -Visualization of Miracles of Buddha in Shravasti
A panel with depiction of miracles performed by Buddha in Shravasti, is now in the Lahore museum. Gandhara style of art mostly had big sculptures like Bamyan Buddha of Afghanistan. This panel has over 60 small figures More...
Dharma: An Intellectual History
Dharma is arguably the one word most commonly associated with Indic civilization. Few other Indian words are as readily associated with India as Dharma. Yoga and Karma probably come close to it. But what is Dharma? More...
Gotras and Pravaras
Our ancient land of Bharata is the cradle of Sanatana Dharma. This is the land where humans are born in order to undergo the churning due to karma – to simultaneously enjoy the blessings of punya and exhaust paapa More...
A Study on women characters portrayed in the Rāmāyaṇa
1. Introduction and scope Rāmāyaṇa is one of the first works in the history of Sanskrit literature to have introduced such a wide all-encompassing vision into life through family and societal ideals. With specific More...
The General Framework of Hinduism- II
[contextly_sidebar id=”wAAJrrN9VgO6S7oD2Z25Yq6NEJqs3aSh”] 3. The relevance of Hindu thought for modern society An important issue is whether the Hindu thought, with all its lofty ideals, is relevant More...
Anthropocentricity of Modernity and its Effects on Ecology: Lessons from the Mahabharata
“If anthropocentricity with respect to ecological problems is the problem – envisioning the universe as a dharmic system, in which we are instigated to be unselfish, is the answer”. – Professor Vishwa Adluri “So More...
A Year with the Maha-Puranas
Why did Lord Shiva, at the instigation of Brahma, tease Parvati? Why do we not use the champak flower to worship Lord Shiva? In which purana would you learn about a prayer for Lord Vishnu to protect you in all four More...
AncientVoice: A Digital Portal to Veda-Itihāsa-Purānas
Abstract AncientVoice is an online portal containing 23,000 plus wikified pages on Mahābhārata, Rāmāyana, Ṛgveda, Yajurveda (both Kṛṣna and Sukla recensions), Sāmaveda, Atharvaveda and Vishnu Purāna. More...