News and views on culture, philosophy and siddhanta of ISKCON Vaishnavas
Historicity of Krishna, Mahabharata-era history, Indology, manuscripts and textual scholarship.
Hare Krishna! This project is based on an upcoming book, which aims to establish the position of Krishna as a historical person, which is meant to work against the notion of Krishna…
When we hear the name “Barbarian”, we understand of an uncultured group of people who are just like savages. But do you know that the Mahabharata has referred to the Barbarians? In…
In Vedic culture and in ancient cultures around the world, east was given the highest importance among all the 4 directions. The sun rises in the east and therefore east had importance…
An interesting account from the Vedic literature on the creation of various armies from the Kamadhenu Note: The content in brackets is my explanation When the sage Vasistha was attacked by king…
The origin of the word - China 21st century China may be very proud of its position as a superpower in the world stage, but the fact of the matter is that…
It was a great joy and a surprise even to myself to find a manuscript with the gloss of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana on the Vedanta-syamantaka, a text whose authorship has been disputed…
