Classical Indic Medicine III: Vrikshayurveda August 2, 2023UncategorizedDharma, Sci/Tech, Society, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi It has been many years since we touched on the topic of Ayurveda. There are a myriad roles and applications for this upaveda. It is so multi-faceted that we often forget that it goes beyond even the health … 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
Literature: Mriga pakshi Shastra March 31, 2022UncategorizedCulture, Jain, Literature, Sci/Tech, SocietyN.R.I.pathi The topic of Zoology is one not much discussed in the context of Traditional Indic Knowledge systems. Though Ayurveda and by extension, Ashvaayurveda is discussed at great length, not much is commonly seen in the sphere of animal taxonomy, or … Read the rest
Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—3 November 22, 2021UncategorizedDharma, Elite, India, Niti, Purva Paksha, Sci/TechShivoham Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—3: What Would Arjuna Do? Background Part—2 identified two divergent western streams of decision making and examined their strengths and limitations that are briefly summarized below: Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—2 Memoryless (prediction-free) decisions based on … Read the rest
Pauthavam — Indic Weights & Measures June 30, 2021UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Ganita, History, Sci/Tech, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi For all the talk of decoloniality, one of the most colonised areas of the modern Indic mind is dimensionality. Specifically, Indic Weights & Measures have long been forgotten by the masses at large, and even most of our “intellectuals-yet-idiot”. While … Read the rest
