Plato and the Upanishads – 3
[contextly_sidebar id=”EqVbcEHFtqHfQz1vQR3Y6N3gecKK9Wd4″] In the Introduction and in the previous part, the author had discussed several parallels between Upanishadic teachings and those of Plato. In More...
Plato and the Upanishads – 2
[contextly_sidebar id=”ZfLxuYdUPZtbyTtnAcjpl8GuS0wE7OtJ”] Much has been written about Platonic and upanishadic idealism or monism. I indicated some points in the Introduction above and shall discuss More...
Plato and the Upanishads – 1
Introduction In this essay are examined some similarities and differences between Plato’s Dialogues and the (early) Upanishads. In giving Greek words I follow the usual transliteration except that I use u for More...
Best of 2017: Articles you don’t want to miss
2017 has been another exciting year and IndiaFacts published some very important articles that has helped carry forward the grand Indic civilizational narrative by countering distortions and furthering debates on More...
Semantics of Nothingness: Bhartrhari’s Philosophy of Negation – II
[contextly_sidebar id=”7ytl9qhAGsoHfl9n92mCIg2tyVdlQY6t”] Compounds with Negative Particles and the Metaphysics of Negation An oft-cited verse identifies six different meanings of the negative particle: The More...
Semantics of Nothingness: Bhartrhari’s Philosophy of Negation – I
Introduction1 Bhartrhari (fl. 450 CE) is one of the foremost philosophers of classical India. While there are many narratives relating the story of his life, that he was a king-turned-hermit, the author of three More...
The Infinity Mantra -2
[contextly_sidebar id=”oEIbPkEUh6hJ8y2fKuX4PH2fSa6l3Zp2″] In the previous essay (1), we saw that the Upanishadic mantra (पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते) More...
The Infinity Mantra – I
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते- declares the second line of one of the Shanti Mantra(1). This Shanti Mantra is associated with the Svetasvatara More...
Yaska’s Nirukta and his reflections on language
“The person, who is able to recite the Vedas, but does not understand its meaning is like a post (sthaanu), or a mere load-bearer (bhaarahaara); but he who understands the meaning will attain all good here and More...