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History and Historicity in Veda – Itihāsa – Purāṇas
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History and Historicity in Veda – Itihāsa – Purāṇas

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi- February 11, 2023

Image courtesy of: Itisaras.org Editor’s note: We Hindus are constantly told that we have nothing like historical consciousness, that we do not have any detailed ... Read More

Book Review: Natural Realism and Contact Theory of Perception by Chittaranjan Naik
Archives, Indology

Book Review: Natural Realism and Contact Theory of Perception by Chittaranjan Naik

Amith Vikram- December 28, 2019

The philosophical skepticism of the west, over the years have inevitably overlapped into the scientific methodology, as demonstrated in this book, owing to the lack ... Read More

Kaṇāda, Great Physicist and Sage of Antiquity
Archives, Indology

Kaṇāda, Great Physicist and Sage of Antiquity

Subhash Kak- February 1, 2019

Kaṇāda, son of Ulūka, I am going to argue, is the greatest physicist of antiquity. He anticipated the laws of motion, and he attempted something ... Read More

A Very Brief History of Indian Science
Archives, Indology

A Very Brief History of Indian Science

Subhash Kak- January 29, 2019

Indian civilization's scientific advancements include the earliest astronomy, geometry, number theory, the Indian numeral system, the idea of physical laws and invariance, the earliest formal ... Read More

ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಹಯಗ್ರೀವದೇವರ ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ
Archives, Kannada

ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಹಯಗ್ರೀವದೇವರ ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ

M A Alwar- March 17, 2018

ಹಯಗ್ರೀವನೆಂದರೆ ಕುದುರೆಯ ಮುಖವುಳ್ಳ, ಮಾನವ ಶರೀರವುಳ್ಳ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸ್ತುತ್ಯವಾದ, ಪೂಜ್ಯವಾದ ಮೂರ್ತಿವಿಶೇಷ. ನಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನಾರ್ಷ-ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಯಗ್ರೀವಾವತಾರದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಹಯಗ್ರೀವಾವತಾರವು ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸುವ ತತ್ತ್ವದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಗಳಿವೆ. Read More