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Adi Shankaracharya

September 17, 2022

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The Shaven Head of Adi Shankara

Published on 16th September, 2022, in The Hindu. Vedic Rishis are imagined with long hair, …

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November 25, 2018

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Who is a Hindu? The importance of Ubhaya Bharati

The scholar taught Adi Shankaracharya that one cannot gain real wisdom without understanding the household, the body and the woman…

Applied Mythology Hinduism Indian Mythology Puranic Society Vedic
May 13, 2018

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Who is a Hindu? The fog around Shankara

There are two ways of looking at Adi Shankaracharya through the historical lens and the hagiographical lens…

Buddhism Devi Hinduism Indian Mythology Islam Jainism Shaiva Shiva Vaishnava Vishnu
March 18, 2018

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Who is a Hindu? Life, death and afterlife

Rebirth and liberation are the twin fates that await the Hindu dead, but there are temporary sojourns to heaven and hell as well…

Applied Mythology Buddhism China Hinduism Indian Mythology Jainism Puranic Society
September 21, 2016

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How Adi Shankaracharya united a fragmented land

Is our current understanding of Shankara contaminated by the ambitions of his not-so-intellectual followers who relish the idea of domination?…

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