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- Two simple stotra-s, sectarian competition, and the Varāha episode from the archaic Skandapurāṇa
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Agni as the divine commander in the Veda and the Purāṇa
With the Sākamedha-parvan with the oblations to Agni Anīkavat having just passed, we present a brief note on Agni as the general of the deva army. Agni is presented as the commander of the deva-s in the brāhmaṇa literature. For … Continue reading
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Tagged agni, Aryan, atharva veda, atharvaveda, brahmana, gods, harivaMsha, Hindu, Hindu ritual, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, kaumAra ritual, purAna, purANas, Rigveda, ritual, soma ritual, Veda, vedic, Yajurveda
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Some notes on the Brahmayajña brāhmaṇa and Uttama-paṭala of the Atharvaṇ tradition
PDF version The Brahmayajña brāhmaṇa (1.1.29 of the Gopatha-brāhmaṇa) of the Atharvaveda provides a glimpse of the Vedic saṃhitā canon as known to the brāhmaṇa authors of the AV tradition. The Brahmayajña might be done as part of the basic … Continue reading
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Tagged atharva veda, atharvaveda, brahmana, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Rigveda, Samaveda, Sanskrit, Veda, vedAnta, vedic, Yajurveda
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Kaiṭabha, poison and death: meanderings through tradition
For better reading try PDF version The medical Suśruta-saṃhitā, kalpasthāna, chapter 3 contains an unusual mythologem about the origin of poison. It clearly belongs to the Prājāpatya tradition and presents some unusual features. It presented in full below: prajām imām … Continue reading
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Tagged atharvaveda, brahmA, brahmana, death, Hindu, poison, religion, Rigveda, Samaveda, Veda, vedic, Yajurveda
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The doctor and the speech at the right-wing think-tank
It was a late Friday afternoon and Vidrum had returned home early from the hospital. He spent some time in his garden making a ball from the paste of rain-tree pods, a messy but immensely meditative activity, which his friend … Continue reading
Posted in art, Heathen thought, Life, Politics
Tagged Abrahamism, ancient Hindu thought, Anti-Hindu, Anti-India, Army of Islam, arthashAstra, brahmana, Story
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The cairn beyond the crag
It was the an early Indian summer morning. The type that makes one rise rapidly from bed rather than remain tucked in like the mornings in the cold northern lands. Vidrum had arisen from his bed and briskly jogged up … Continue reading
The tale of the two classes of vaNij-s
It is with some trepidation that we discuss the vaNij-s for, belonging to the head of the puruSha, we are removed from the arts and the ways of theirs. But this is more a discussion on how their history played … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Hindu, Austronesians, brahmana, cannibals, Central Asia, economy, Fiji, Hindu diaspora, HIndu merchants, India, kShatriya, Scott Levi, vaiShya, vaNij
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On a paramAra warrior queen and some Saracenic structures in lATa
S and other members of aurvasheyI’s family have rich body of legend concerning their tAntrika paraMpara. We have discussed some of this with the intention of mapping it on the historical background which might have points of interest. We have … Continue reading
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Tagged Baijnath, bhairava, brahmana, diksha, Garhwal, kAlI, karNavati, Karttikeyapura, mountain strongholds, natha yogin, shaha, Uttarakhand
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