Narayanastra – Defending Vaishnavism as the supreme Vedic position

Dear readers, As you all know, this blog was initially started almost 7 years ago with the sole purpose of refuting “cyber scripture exp...

In the brAhmaNAs, the pravargya ceremony is described. And in the context of that rite, it is also mentioned that some devata got beheaded...

Several readers have queried us regarding a particular article written on the Bhagavata Purana, called “Bhagavata Purana Samiksha” - https...

We have published a new article on certain important sections of the Mahabharata. Hope this is interesting and clarificatory for our reade...

It is well-known that Thirugnana Sambandhar was a great Shiva bhakta, an accomplished tamil poet and the Thevaram contains his devotional ...

There are many leelAs of sriman nArAyaNa which highlight several different kalyAna gunams and contain important tattvArthams. These incl...

For a while, we talked about publishing an article series on the Ishvara Gita contained in the Kurma Purana (See previous posts: [ 1 ][ 2 ...

We are pleased to bring out the next long article we are publishing in our site. If you would like to skip this journal entry and rather r...

The final prelude is the Jabala Upanishad, which is another Upanishad that focuses mainly on Jivātma-Upāsaṇa. The purpose of these five pr...

Having seen jnāna-yoga that is the means to meditate on the self, the meditation of the Atharvasiras in which the Pāśupata-Vrata is enjo...

So far, we have seen Jnāna Yoga, the means to attain the experience of the self as well as the Upasana of Rudra-Shariraka-Paramatma in ...

In a previous journal post , we published a short article on the Jnana Yoga and stated that it forms an important prelude to an upcoming a...

We will soon be publishing a translation of the Ishvara Gita from the Kurma Purana on this blog. As it is a complicated text, we thought...

This journal entry is about the latest article titled “ Sridhara, Anugita, and Miscellaneous Topics: Part II ”. Part I of this two-part ...

Our latest article discusses the issue of Hari-Hara aikya vAda and shows how Sridhara Swamin has upheld Vishnu's Supremacy without com...

Introduction In the Sauptika Parva, Ashwattama performs a tAmasic penance to Rudra to gain the power to kill the pAndavas. Rudra appea...

Dear all, We have been reading the actual shlokas from shiva purANa, linga purANa, etc that describe the tAmasic incidents like lingOd...

Dear all, While digging up material for my study of the Ishvara gIta in the kUrma purANa, I came upon this. In the Santi parva of theMa...

Dear readers, From now on, this is where you will find latest updates about new articles/pages, small articles, interesting information a...