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July 2, 2015

The multiplication of meanings: Sanskrit prefix 101

    The mother-tongue of all Indo-European languages was a root-based language,...

June 26, 2015

Hindi Urdu Flagship

    In the age of the internet and global electronic communication mania...

June 24, 2015

Father in Greek and Sanskrit: looking is not tasting

In an earlier article entitled Father sky in ancient Greek and Sanskrit the...

June 22, 2015

Indra: the universal fertiliser

  Apart from bringing relief from summer’s toasting dry heat and filling...

June 20, 2015

Surya namaskar

  सूर्य नमस्कार (sūrya namaskāra), lit. the performance of a bow, i.e....

June 19, 2015

The mental yoke

This is the first in a series of articles intended for all...

June 18, 2015

Vowel gradation 101

Just as colours exist in many-stepped gradations produced by the different capacities...

June 17, 2015

Kennings: renaming the world

This article is intended as a follow-up to yesterday’s article entitled Sanskrit words...

June 16, 2015

Sanskrit words for animals: haikus of first impressions

    Sanskrit has many words for animals and trees that do nothing else...