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Dear Mahavir, I think the Adinath of Jain refers to Siva, rather than Rishabh. Siva has many characteristics of a typical Jain tirthankar, including being...
<http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2008/01/21/stories/2008012150370500.htm> On the Roman Trail The terracotta head found during the excavation at Kodumanal The...
Dear Members, does anyone know of a particular Rigveda hymn (or a number of particular RV hymns) that have traditionally been associated with the bringing on...
does anyone have a clue to a myth about shiva gifting a sanjivani gem to the nagas to restore them to life? Jaimini refers to this in his Ashvamedhaparva when...
Hello: I wam writing to tell you about my website http://www.kaladarshana.com. This is a non-commercial, research-oriented site based on my studies and travels...
LINKS: http://www.dkprintworld.com/TitleDetails.asp?id=474 The present volume mainly consists of original research papers. It is not a collection or...
The original pragmatics of several hymns might be the object of dispute. For 5,83 I think there is a consensus. It is in the opinion for example of Delbrueck...
Sorry ... For 5,83 I think there is a consensus. It is ***a rain charm*** in the opinion for example of Delbrueck (Altindische Tempuslehre, p.42) and Gonda...
Dear all, Can any one throw light on the economic interpretations of the word Aryan? Sociologically, the root Ar simply means man (as in Arthur), with ...
Dear all, The Department of Humanities at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, is seeking a full-time lecturer for its international PhD Programme in...
I want to know if someone can assist me with the etymology and meaning of the word Arav? Thanks. Smarth ... Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with...
Daniel, thanks for your time and effort in responding to my message. Yes I have to agree 5.83 has to be a rainmaking hymn. Although I have never looked into it...
Dear Bruce, Jay Jinendra I enjoyed reading your mailing. Fascinating, this business of rain making through the invocation of various gods. What I caught my eye...
MANISH MODI
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... You may already be aware of a supremely relevant book on the topic, Who is a Hindu, by Koenraad Elst, one of I think three books that are expanded versions...
... The American Folklife Center Announces its 2008 Research Awards. This year, The American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress plans to give one or...
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Dear INDOLOGY colleagues, (please forgive any duplication, as I am sending the same note to colleagues through several other South Asia related mailing lists) ...
... I suppose that this is a vexed question that ought to have exercised my intellect a bit, since I am actually, legally, a convert to Hinduism. And I have ...
Dear Manish, thanks for the feedback. I like your succinct definition and believe it to be correct. I think my definition became long and complicated because I...
Phillip, I know a few years ago or even further back I read a definition about what qualified someone to be called a Hindu, but I was not certain who wrote it...
Dear Bruce, Jay Jinendra Thank you for your kind words! I do not see why a Western born person would be excluded from this definition! There are so many...
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Dear list members, Can anyone give me some information on a 4 verse poem called mahaalak.smii aartikyam by daajijyotir Can anyone date this for me and has...
The definition of the word "Hindu" as it is generally used today, probably emerged in 19-20th century. The definition, as Koenraad Elst explains in his...
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<He who accepts the Vedas and other Shruti and Smrti Granthas as authoritative texts is a Hindu.> This is a highly questionable criterion for being a Hindu. I...
... It bears saying again, I think, that qualification or disqualification, in this case, depends very much on whom one is talking to, or living with. "Hindu"...
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