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Literature: Harsacharita

July 1, 2023UncategorizedElite, High Culture, History, Literature, PoetryN.R.I.pathi

An historical romance in Aakhyaayika form, the Harsacharita was written by Banabhatta, the court Poet of Harshvardhana from Sthanesvara (also called Svathanesvara and Thanesar). It is biopic poem on the rise of the famed Emperor of North India, as … Read the rest

Personalities: Dignaga

April 1, 2023UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Buddha, Dharma, Personalities, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi

After a long hiatus, ICP returns with an article on a key historical and philosophical figure. Often times, the theoretical intersects with the biographical. One such figure with an emblazoned imprimatur on Indic Logic was a studious Buddhist stalwart. Indeed, … Read the rest

Indic Decision-Making Under Uncertainty—4

December 29, 2022UncategorizedDharma, Elite, India, Niti, Purva Paksha, Sci/TechShivoham

Ritamic Decision Policy

“Scientists can predict the path of two billiard balls with precision, and the average behavior of two million gas particles. But what about the messy middle ground, where twenty or thirty components interact with one … Read the rest

Announcement: WAVES 2022 Video Conference

December 22, 2022UncategorizedAnnouncements, Dance, Discussion, High Culture, ICPAdmin

WAVES 2022 is here! WAVES stands for World Association for Vedic Studies. It hosts an annual international conference of scholars on Vedic studies. This year’s panel features a familiar face.

Galaxy of Scholars @ WAVES 2022 Meet! pic.twitter.com/gHPaSy5IY5

— VEDIC

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On Lokayata

October 14, 2022UncategorizedDharma, History, Sanatana, Society, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi

Long time readers would remember our article on Charvaka and how Modern Hindus are in fact just that, despite their professing of Vedic orthodoxy. Ritualistic expression is not only conflated for spirituality, it has become the means through which Chaarvaakas … Read the rest