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Tag Archives: Iranian
The rise of yajña and Kauśika exceptionalism
The extant Vedic ritual is bifurcated into two domains the gṛhya (the household rites and rites of passage) and the śrauta (large-scale/grand rituals). First, in operational terms, they are distinguished by the use of a single fire (the aupāsana) in … Continue reading
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Tagged atharva veda, atharvaveda, bhrgu, Hindu, Hindu knowledge, Hindu ritual, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iran, Iranian, Rigveda, ritual, Samaveda, soma, soma ritual, Veda, Yajurveda
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RV 10.5
The Ṛgveda is replete with obscure sūkta-s but RV 10.5 might easily take a place in the top tier of those. One might even ask why even attempt to write a commentary on this. We admit we could be plainly … Continue reading
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Tagged Aryan, atharva veda, atharvaveda, evolution of religions, gods, Greek, Greek thought, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, mantra, mantra-sAdhana, mantra-shAstra, religion, Rigveda, Veda, vedAnta, vedic
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The roots of Vaiṣṇavam: a view from the numerology of Vedic texts
While glorified with a 1000 names in the famous stotra of the early Sātvata tradition of the Mahābharata, in the texts of an even earlier period the god primarily went under that name Viṣṇu. Indeed, even the litany of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Hindu, Hindu ritual, Hindus, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, religion, vaiShNava, viShNu
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Matters of religion-3
Lootika seeing Somakhya contemplating something remarked: “That great clash of men is upon us, where, as the śruti says, our flag will be mingled with that of the enemy in close combat.” Somakhya: “It’s almost as if your mind is … Continue reading
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Tagged atharva veda, atharvaveda, Hindu, Hindu ritual, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, religion, Rigveda, ritual, Story, Veda, vedic, Yajurveda
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A note on āmreḍita-s in the Ṛgveda and issues of word distribution
sa darśataśrīr atithir gṛhe-gṛhe vane-vane śiśriye takvavīr iva । janaṃ-janaṃ janyo nāti manyate viśa ā kṣeti viśyo viśaṃ-viśam ॥ RV 10.91.2 by Aruṇa Vaitahavya He, with visible auspiciousness, a guest in house after house, in forest after forest lurking like … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, Hindu, Hindu ritual, Hindus, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, linguistics, mantra, religion, Rigveda, ritual, Veda, vedic
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The amazonian banana republic: the strī-rājya in Hindu tradition
The śaiva tradition shows a dichotomy with respect to the role of the sex in ritual and purity. The earlier antimārga or pāśupata tradition focused on abstinence and the so-called “upward flow” or ūrdhvaretas. This indeed the underlying idea behind … Continue reading
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Tagged amazons, gorakSha, Greek, Greek thought, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, kadalirAjya, matsyendra, natha yogin, strIrAjya
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Of lives of men; of times of men-I
Sharvamanyu and Vidrum arrived at the campus where Somakhya and Lootika were in their final days of college. Sharvamanyu had already been working for several months while Vidrum had just completed the last but one of his major exams for … Continue reading
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Tagged Abrahamism, Aryan, Egypt, Hindu, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, religion, Story, war
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Der singende Knochen: śūlapuruṣāṇāṃ śūletyādi
That afternoon Vidrum was returning with a bunch of other friends whom he had taken through a tough course of climbing at a hilly locale. As they neared a certain road, he, Sharvamanyu, Somakhya and Lootika bade good bye to … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Hindu thought, folklore, folktales, Germanic, Germans, Gonzenbach, Greek, Grimm, Hindu, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, motifs, Odin, rudra, Story, Yezidi
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A note on the pantheon of the Indian Saura tradition
The Indian Saura-mata (or the Hindu sect of the Sun) is an amalgam of two distinct layers [Footnote 1]: 1) The endogenous layer of solar deities going back to the Veda and 2) the neo-morphic layer of Iranic origin which … Continue reading
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Tagged Aditya, agni, ancient Hindu thought, atharvaveda, indra, Iranian, Rigveda, Sanskrit, solar worship, vaiShNava, varuNa, Veda
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Indo-European miscellany: The Karṇa class of motifs
As we have said many times before most Hindus, despite being the last holders of the Indo-European tradition, have done little in recent times to use their unique position to develop further understanding of their ancestral system. In large part … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Hindu thought, Celtic, Greek, Hindu, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Irish legend
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iShmin and the raudra devatA-s
[disclaimer: I tend to use Indicized spellings in most cases, which do not necessarily capture the Iranian pronunciation exactly. For my own Iranian studies I use the text of the avesta printed in an extended devanAgarI script which tends to … Continue reading
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Tagged aeshma, comparative mythology, deities, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Iranian, iShmin, marut-s, rudra, spear, trident
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ghR^itaM and khristós: Did the Greeks lose ghee?
vayaM nAma pra bravAmA ghR^itasyAsmin yaj~ne dhArayAmA namobhiH | upa brahmA shR^iNavach ChasyamAnaM chatuH shR^i~Ngo .avamId gaura etat || RV 4.58.2 Let us proclaim the name of ghee and hold it up with homage at this ritual. Let the brahman … Continue reading
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Tagged avesta, butter, cattle, cheese, ghee, Greek, Indus Valley, Iranian, milk, Sanskrit
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