M A Alwar
Tradition of debate (kathā) and its art & science (vāda-vidhi) in Indian philosophy
The study of vāda-vidhi will be most useful in trans-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research work because today research in any one discipline is hardly sufficient. Be ... Read More
Sarvaṁ khalvidaṁ brahma
The Vedic passage ‘sarvaṁ khalvidaṁ brahma’ is found in the third chapter and 14th section of this Upaniṣad. As mentioned in several other Upaniṣads, the ... Read More
Śrī Rāmānuja’s Vedāntic Harmony: Samanvaya as a Paradigm for Social Harmony
During his time there were several schools of Vedānta, with each school interpreting the Vedic texts in its own way and spreading a sort of ... Read More
Cultural History of Medicinal Plants in India
Indian thinkers of yore envisaged that humans, animals and plants should play a complementary and supplementary role to each other leading to mutual harmony of ... Read More
Contribution of Indian Philosophers to Mnemonics
Great Acharyas belonging to the tradition of Indian philosophers had remarkable memory and they could reproduce texts orally without referring to them again, after they ... Read More