Brahmana

Published on 14th April, 2019, in Mid-day. The Brahmana, orally transmitted by priests who came to be known as Brahmins, contain instructions and explanations for the Vedic ritual of yagya. All the four Vedic Samhitas have Brahmanas attached to them. The Brahmana associated with Yajurveda is called Taittiriya Brahmana. Here, we find stories related with Indra, which are not commonly told. They explain how kingship was seen in Vedic times, over 3,000 years ago, very different from how kingship came to be seen in Puranic times, in the past 2,000 years, by which time Indra had lost his exalted status and was seen as an ..

Published on 28th October, 2018, in Mumbai Mirror. There is a forest near Lucknow known as Naimisha Aranya, where it is said a long time ago a storyteller called Sauti narrated to a group of sages, who were led by Shaunaka, sacred Hindu stories that later came to be known as the Puranas. The forest witnessed other storytelling sessions – Narada who expounded bhakti lore, Luv and Kush who narrated the Ramayana to Ram himself, and the famous Mahabharata narration by Lomaharshana, whose name means one who makes your hair stand on end, and his son Ugrashrava, whose name means one with a loud voice. ..