Sanskritization: A New Model of Language Development
The Current Indo-European Model: The Migration of the Proto-Indo-Europeans The primary model used today for explaining the close relationships that exist between Indo-European languages is a migration theory. It More...
Understanding Modi’s Sanskrit Epithets-I
Have you noticed that Modi’s speeches are sprinkled with many phrases that are not in Hindi, like “Ahimsa Paramo DharmaH”? Most of these are in “Samskritam”, or “Sanskrit” in Anglicized form. What More...
The Significance of ॐ: A Linguistic and Philosophical Analysis
Appearing before Sanskrit mantras, or as a stand-alone entity, ॐ or OM is perhaps the most important sound, syllable, letter, and symbol in Hinduism. Whether in Hindu rituals, prayers, or Yogic activities, the More...
In the Beginning- I: An analysis of ancient Vedic philosophy
In this paper, I examine briefly the real situation regarding the religio-philosophical frame of belief in Ancient India and particularly in the Vedic period. While undoubtedly the worship of many different, as More...
Denying Yoga Its Roots- Classic Case Of Hinduphobia
“Admiration of a foreign culture or a foreign aesthetic system can connote broad-mindedness and at the same time flatter the aesthetic or political pretensions of the connoisseur. The regard for difference can More...
Sāṅkhya: a brief critique
The classical Sāṅkhya contains several contradictions both in the epistemological and in the ontological sphere, despite the claim of its followers that it is a rational system. It does display reasoning in many More...
Do The Hindus Have 33 Crore Gods?
Quite often we discuss among ourselves, with a slight tone of self-mockery, that we Hindus have thirty-three crore (330 million) gods. We think we have such a surfeit of gods that we do not mind accepting anything More...
The Abrahamic God
An excerpt from Michel Danino’s book “Indian Culture and India’s Future”. [contextly_sidebar id=”Y9JTbHQzbXyt0KD3rkFI62cXKsU8SjvP”] Our first task therefore is to examine the More...
Foundational Texts of Hinduism
[contextly_sidebar id=”0kRA9p0AseV0c8qQz9LfXdoj5KuqVt8f”] The foundational texts of Hinduism have, for centuries, been transmitted by means of an oral tradition – teachers taught this to their disciples, More...
Islamic preacher learns Sanskrit to distort Hinduism
Recently, IndiaFacts came across a video which shows a Muslim scholar reciting verses from the ‘Upanishads’ to a large audience emphasizing how the ‘Upanishads’ speak of a ‘Formless Godhead’. He then More...