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Personalities: Bhai Gurdas

June 26, 2020UncategorizedDharma, History, India, Literature, Personalities, Poetry, SikhN.R.I.pathi

Some figures like the Sikh Gurus hold centre-stage, others fade into the background while playing a central role. The next article in our Continuing Series on Sikh Personalities is one who is not often given his due, but deserves fame … Read the rest

Personalities: Guru Arjan Dev

June 15, 2020UncategorizedDharma, History, India, Personalities, SikhN.R.I.pathi

Background

The Fifth Guru of the Sikhs was in many ways an inflection point. If Guru Naanak was the first Sant, and Guru Hargobind was the first of the Sant-Sipaahis, then it was Guru Arjan Dev ji who authorised the … Read the rest

Gorochana & Vatsanabha

April 27, 2020UncategorizedBharatavarsha, History, India, Sci/Tech, Traditions, WorldShivoham

Introduction

Part-1 traced the western history of the antidote-poison pair of Bezoar & Wolfsbane, recognizing the duo as a marker of knowledge transmission from India to Europe.

This transfer initially occurred through Arab/Persian sources and later by direct appropriation. … Read the rest

Bezoar & Wolfsbane

April 13, 2020UncategorizedBharatavarsha, History, India, Sci/Tech, Traditions, WorldShivoham

Lumos

“What is the difference, Potter, between monkshood and wolfsbane?”

… For your information, Potter, asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the Draught of Living Death. A bezoar is a stone taken from

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Personalities: Dharmakeerthi

March 16, 2020UncategorizedBuddha, Dharma, India, Literature, Personalities, PoetryN.R.I.pathi

Continuing our Series on Indic Personalities is our next article which features both a Buddhist philosopher and a logician extraordinaire. His impact is undeniable, and the ripples of his legacy extend far outside of India, even to this day. Our … Read the rest