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From North to South
The Puranas are full of stories that speak of movements from the North to the South. It is never clear if these movements from North to South are physical, or metaphorical…
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A Change of Language
Language is dynamic. And since words create worlds, the world is dynamic. This dynamism is seen in religion too…
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Dancing for Balram
But the underlying idea is one of seduction — to break the resolve of the hermit…
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In the forest, a sage
There are many words for sage in India: rishi, brahmin, yogi, sadhu, siddha, yati, kavi, sant, muni, shraman, tapasvi, guru, mahant, buddha, arhat, tirthankar, jina. But they really mean very different things…
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Butter or Blood
The similarity between the apparently dissimiliar Bhagavata Krishna and the Mahabharata Krishna…
