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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Into the AshAChidra
The chakra of the yuga had turned, Life by five saMvatsara-s had onward moved, Does AyuvR^iddhi also mean yama has closer approached. The past seems partly forgotten and partly telescoped, Impelled by the mind’s diktat we had ahead foraged, In … Continue reading
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The mystery of marsupials
Since I was introduced to marsupials by mAtA-shrI when I was a year or so old I was mystified by them because I never got to see them. After all, most of the forms in the book were from faraway … Continue reading
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Watching the kaNTaka-s and AkrAnta-s
The pleonastic writings on geopolitics on these pages can be avoided because all has been said before; but when our people continue tracing their recursive patterns in historical space we are forced to follow them. The evangelistic English orientalist Monier-Williams … Continue reading
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Bajirao-I, 1737, tulughama and the like
The collections of unedited and unpublished bakhars from the Shaniwar fort give an account of that brief period when the brAhmaNa general Bajirao-I raised the Maharattas to their pinnacle. It was a momentous event in the history of the Hindus … Continue reading
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King harihara-II praised as a portion of skanda
The nallur plate of the vijayanagaran king harihara-II praises him as a portion of skanda i.e. skandAmsha. The part of the inscription that can be made out reads thus: dharmeNa rakShati kShoNIM vIra-shrI-bhukka-bhUpatI | nirAta~NkAbhayAt-tasmin nitya-bhogotsavAH prajAH || gaurI-sahacharAt-tasmAt prAdurAsIn … Continue reading
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The mahAsAvitrI and the mahAnArAyana upaniShad of the atharvan-s.
The mahAnAryAnopaniShad is a text of considerable importance because it provides the shruti pramANa for several basic rituals of dvija-s like the saMdhyopAsana, trisuparNa ritual, shivopAsana using the pa~nchabrahma mantra-s, shaucha rites, kamorkArShIt ityAdi japa, prANAgnihotra, pariseShaNa, the daily vaishvadeva … Continue reading
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An origin mythology in the brahmavaivarta purANa
brahmavaivarta purANa 1.8.1-9: brahmA vishvaM vinirmAya sAvitryAM varayoShiti | chakAra vIryAdhAnaM cha kAmukyAM kAmuko yathA ||1|| sA divyaM shatavarShaM cha dhR^itvA garbhaM sudussaham | suprasUtA cha suShuve chaturvedAn manoharAn ||2|| vividhA~n shAstra-saMghAMsh-cha tarka-vyAkaraNAdikAn | ShaT-triMshat saMkhyakA divyA rAginIH sumanoharAH ||3|| … Continue reading
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revatI-chakra
revatI chakra We finally completed the note on the aShTA~Nga saMgraha and the kaumAra shAsana, which marks the completion of one section of the multilayered technical study of the evolution of a much neglected stream of the dharma with which … Continue reading
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kaumAra material in the aShTA~NgasaMgraha: a rambling discussion
The provenance of the aShTA~NgasaMgraha Before we go on to a survey of the kaumAra material incorporated into the aShTA~Nga saMgraha (AS) we shall consider some issues related to the provenance of this text. The aShTA~Nga saMgraha is a text … Continue reading
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Some discursion on skanda tantra-s and bAlagraha-s
Over the years we have been collecting several observations on the kaumAra sect, its texts and evolution on this site. While all this would be worth synthesizing, that would need much greater effort. We identify 3 basic phases in the … Continue reading
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parashavaH
This was inspired by two sights from long ago. In 1987 we visited the then rarely open State Archaeological Museum in the city of our birth which housed an enormous collection of Indian arms assembled by a mlechCha official. Then … Continue reading
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The origin of the uncinate process of diapsid ribs
In the long past days, in the dawn of my zoological studies, which were to set the course of my future pursuits in life, I became intrigued by the uncinate process. It was cited as a synapomorphy of the birds … Continue reading
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A practical guide to Vedic svara-s in recitation
Due to multiple requests we decided to entirely redo and update our previous note on the subject. The whole thing was re-encoded using Unicode which hopefully allows cross-platform usability. The text is provided as a pdf. Yes, I am aware … Continue reading
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