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Pañcamukha Śiva
The pancākṣara of Bhagavān Śiva is a mahāmantra composed of five letters: Na-Ma-Śi-Vā-Ya. These five letters denote the five actions or pañca-kṛtyam of the Bhagvān Śiva: Sṛṣṭi (creation), Sthiti (preservation), Saṃhāra (destruction), Tirodhāna (veiling), Anugraha (blessing). These five aspects are captured beautifully in Pañcamukha Śiva, the five-fold faces of Bhagavān Śiva.
Bṛhat
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The Timeless Elegance of Ancient Indian Hairstyles - a Journey through the Ages
Through the strands of time, the article unravels the secrets of these ancient Indian coiffures, discovering a captivating world where hair was not just an accessory but a medium for artistic expression and cultural significance.
Anurag Shukla
11 min read
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Sanskṛta vs. FATE Languages
The battle between Sanskṛta and FATE languages (Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, English) for the domination of the Śiva tattva of our languages is the battle which will decide the cultural fate of Bhāratavarśa. The victory of Sanskṛta in this battle will be a linguistic equivalent of decolonizing India.
Pankaj Saxena
18 min read
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Cultural Transfer as Diffusion of Complexity
Not all societies in this world manage to become a civilization: the ingredients which make a society evolve from barbaric to civilised have been subject to interest of anthropologists and complexity theorists alike. However, what we know empirically is that the cultural complexity varies across civilizations, even regions within civilizations.
Kriteesh Parashar
12 min read
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The Navakalēvara Ceremony at Puri: Ritual Embodiment of Jagannātha
This piece describes the fascinating ritual of Navakalēvara that happens periodically — with special attention paid to the involvement and crucial importance of all jātis and tribes in the ritual — which speaks to the syncretism and inter-dependence of castes at the shrine.
Sai Priya Chodavarapu
23 min read
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