Indra and Namuci
The well-known story of Indra and Namuci has been told and retold since Vedic time up until the present day.
Read More Indra and NamuciIndian Literature and Philosophy
The well-known story of Indra and Namuci has been told and retold since Vedic time up until the present day.
Read More Indra and NamuciSnakes or serpents appear prominently in many ancient literatures around the world. In ancient Egypt, Ouroboros is the snake that eats its own tail, perhaps representing the renewal of order out of disorder.
Read More Nala, Rtuparna and their knowledge-exchangeThe Mughal period in India was a fascinating and intriguing period from the perspective of development and dissemination of Sanskrit literature.
Read More Faizi, Akbar and Sanskrit literatureCultural exchange and interaction between African or African-origin people and Indian people has a long and important history
Read More India, Africa and African AmericansThe sun has been worshipped as a deity in many of the major religious traditions in history, dating at least from the ancient Egyptian religion which worshipped the sun god 𒊑𒀀 (a.k.a. Re or Ra).
Read More On worshipping the sun as godIn our attempt to understand our universe and our place within it, thinkers of all periods and regions have deployed models borrowed from technological frameworks.
Read More Some technological worldviewsDharma, religion and morality in the Mahabharata
Read More Ethics and Action in Indian LiteratureThe Sāma Veda and its place in the Indian musical tradition
Read More Emotions and Indian musicA verse and a painting on Rama’s love for Sita
Read More Emotions in Indian Art and Poetry… as a source of spontaneity in the Ramayana and some works of Kālidāsa
Read More Emotions in Indian literature