Access to Ritual & Knowledge in Hinduism: The case of veda and āgama
One of the most prevalent misconceptions extant in modern discourse is that the brāhmaṇa-s monopolized “religious resources” at the expense of others. Now, broadly speaking, we can identify two types of the More...
Traditional Hindu vs. Western perspectives
When one studies any topic in the world, there exist two distinct entities – the one who is studying (Study-er) and the studied (Object of study) The topic being studied may be a language or a branch of pure science/technology, More...
Book Review: Harappa Script & Language by S. Kalyanaraman (2016)
Harappa Script & Language: Data mining of Corpora, tantra yukti & knowledge discovery of a civilization by S. Kalyanaraman (2016). The book can be purchased from Amazon. Introduction In a speech organized More...
Best of 2016: IndiaFacts’ articles that made a difference
2016 has been exciting and a very fulfilling year at IndiaFacts. We have published a large number of well-researched semi-academic articles focusing on a number of key areas in Indology, Hinduism, Cross-civilizational More...
Reflections on Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair 2016
The Hindu Spiritual and service fair organized annually across the country in several cities offers a kaleidoscope view of various Hindu organizations and their activities. The HSSF fair comes to Bangalore usually More...
Understanding Modi’s Sanskrit Epithets – Part III
[contextly_sidebar id=”YPYgy8PlwsdfTBekRhBBfSTHnQKCPCRx”] With a desire to unlock the meanings of Sanskrit phrases often quoted by India’s Prime Minister Narendara Modi, in Part I of this article More...
बौद्ध और वैदिक परंपरा का पारस्परिक संबंध
प्रस्तावना तथा भूमिका : भारतवर्ष एक ऐसी भूमि रही है जिसने सदियों से कई महान विचारों More...
हिन्दुधर्मः १ – धर्मश्च रिलिजन् इति च
धर्मः इति शब्दस्य अनेके अर्थाः सन्ति । भारतदेशे प्राचीनकालतः विविधार्थेषु एषः More...
Gita Jayanti Special: All you need to know about Bhagavad Gita
Gita Jayanti or the anniversary of the day on which the Bhagavad Gita was revealed is celebrated as the Gita Jayanti festival. This day is the 11th day of the waxing moon of the Mārgashīrṣha month of the Hindu More...
Insights From the Mahabharata- IV: Jarasandha, Kalayavana, Vishwakarma, and Krishna!
[contextly_sidebar id=”siEcPvG9jtVi1SutaHNKNyYcXdjXv2M9″] This one comes from the Harivamsha. There are three mini-tales here. Two of them have to do with people, while the third has to do with a city. More...