Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In Sanskrit, the word for human is manava. It comes from manasa, the ability to ...

Sanskrit means ‘perfectly made’. It is a language of extraordinary precision. Sanskrit is one of the oldest recorded ...

On November 26, 2025, India’s 77th Constitution Day, students of history must recall how majoritarian outfits like the RSS ...

About 1,500 years ago, there is no doubt that Brahmin settlements were firmly established across South India. But can we say the same for 2,000 years ago? The evidence is thin. We must be careful not ...

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Every year, on the 19th of February, millions of people across India come together to celebrate the life and legacy of one of the most revered warriors and rulers in history—Chhatrapati Shivaji ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Oriental scholars all over the world have always favored the 86 Volumes old Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, ...

Cow sacrality is a significant religious article in India that has violent political possibilities, and academics of all hues must tread cautiously Can there be “public science of cow sacrality”?

When we talk about the Veda, we have to differentiate between Vedic poetry, Vedic prose, and Vedic philosophy. Vedic poetry is the oldest part of the Veda, which is over 3,000 years old. Vedic prose ...

On July 28th, 2021, the great publisher and writer Roberto Calasso rose into the world of forms. Here, I pay tribute to his wide-ranging oeuvre and highlight his contributions to psychology. Much of ...