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How to Tell a Miracle Story: The Amazing Deeds of Young Krishna
In the classical Sanskrit epic poem Harivaṃśa, Vaishampayana tells a “miracle story” concerning the young god Krishna, incarnate form of the Hindu...
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Charvaka (Cārvāka)
The Charvaka (Cārvāka)-s are the last known materialists in India. They appeared in or around the eighth century CE and, for some unknown reason,...
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Scholar Networks and the Manuscript Economy in Nyāya-śāstra in Early Colonial Bengal
This essay engages with two large themes in order to address the social and intellectual practices of nyāya scholars in early colonial Bengal. First,...
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Philosophy from the Bottom Up: Eknāth’s Vernacular Advaita
The sixteenth-century Marathi poet-saint Eknāth is better known for his devotional songs ( abhaṅg ) and allegorical drama-poems ( bhārūḍ ) than his...
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Influence of Navya-Nyāya Concepts and Language in Vyākaraṇa
The schools of Nyāya and Vyākaraṇa are mighty Śāstras among the traditional Indian knowledge systems. Both the Śāstras have a long and strong...
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Expansion, Compilation, Abbreviation: Some Thoughts on the Construction of Buddhist Texts
Studies of the form and textual history of various Buddhist texts show that they tend to undergo three types of developmental processes. First, some...
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Making It Nice: Kāvya in the Second Century
Around the second century of our era, kāvya steps out from the shadows. What was kāvya at this early moment? What ties together the kāvya produced...
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Ceṭṭiyār Vedānta: Fashioning Hindu Selves in Colonial South India
This article seeks to pluralize current scholarly perceptions of what constitutes Advaita Vedānta in colonial India. It suggests, in particular, that...
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Early Buddhist Texts: Their Composition and Transmission
This article discusses the composition and transmission of early Buddhist texts with specific reference to sutras. After briefly summarizing the main...
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Influence of Navya-Nyāya Concepts and Language in Vyākaraṇa
The schools of Nyāya and Vyākaraṇa are mighty Śāstras among the traditional Indian knowledge systems. Both the Śāstras have a long and strong...
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After the Unsilence of the Birds: Remembering Aśvaghoṣa’s Sundarī
Once encountered in Beautiful Nanda, Aśvaghoṣa’s Sundarī is unforgettable. It is easy, then, to forget that we are given to see and hear her only in...
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Rejecting Monism: Dvaita Vedānta’s Engagement with the Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Madhvācārya’s Bhāgavatatātparyanirṇaya is the oldest Bhāgavata commentary available to us, most probably predating the Advaitic commentary of...
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