Apr 8Migration of the name Ibha-Elephant into other continentsThe AIT or OIT linguistic bluff- A note to self Ibha, a noun for Elephant, is an ancient word present in the oldest extant works like Rg veda, Brahmanas and Upanishads. We find that this name for elephant remains silent in Ramayana but reappears in Mahabharata. There are people in…Elephants3 min readElephants3 min read
Mar 2Identifying Vatsara i.e. Year beginning with Vasanta and VasusVerb root √vas gives the final clue to erroneous understanding of the year beginning While examining the relationship between numerous words and their causative verb roots, onomastic investigations are crucial. Several Nakshatras and their deities haunted me for a very long time, and I never understood why they were referred…Vasanta2 min readVasanta2 min read
Jan 9On identifying Rg-Vedic River MarudvṛdhāMaruts related to this River gave away the name of City — Marot Description On the first thought you would stumble upon the name Māruti nandana-as another name of Hanumān. Māruti comes from Rg-Vedic name Marut which means Vayu — wind/storm. Rudras and Maruts are associated with Vayu. Interestingly, there is…Marot5 min readMarot5 min read
Dec 8, 2022Critical analysis of Armour-Varma in Rg-Veda, and Kaṇṭaka-kāra in the Taittirīya BrāhmaṇaSewing of huge armours and hides Lexicon gives a huge imagery of hides and their tanning processes. Hides were just not tanned but eventually stitching the cut pieces also came in as a technique to survive in the late pleistocene times. There are evidence to needles used by different Homo-species…Rigveda6 min readRigveda6 min read
Jul 23, 2022Mt. Mahendra and its Astronomical Association in BṛhatsaṃhitāThe closest memory of Mt.Mahendra with constellation Uttaraphālguni, Hasta and Citrā Its been long to have read Bṛhatsaṃhitā. Initially Iused to post the screenshots on predictive analysis done by Varah Mihir. The description about Mt. Mahendra comes in Ramayana In a presentation at the IHAR-IGNCA conference, I demonstrated how the vernal equinoxes had coincided with the visibility of…Mountains2 min readMountains2 min read
Jul 9, 2022The memory of “60,000 and 11,000 number of years” in RāmāyaṇaA memory of an unremebered “Daśaratha” from post Toba volcanic eruption time — 72000 BCE After writing an essay about Hanuman’s memory of Swati nakshatra (read it here), I pondered whether humans could recall such a painstaking recollection of a distant event that occurred when some nakshatra was in a…Ramayana5 min readRamayana5 min read
Jul 1, 2022Aikṣvākus Kuvalayāśva — Dhundhumāra, a king from Rg-vedic timesHis connection to Southern Rajasthan Description The gazetteer notes that there was a subjugation of Southern Rajasthan by Kuvalayāśva — One of the Aikṣvāka King The Anarta Kingdom is usually known as northern Gujarat and southern Rajasthan region. …Dhundhar Rajputs5 min readDhundhar Rajputs5 min read
Jun 15, 2022On understanding of “Chaitravana” in RāmāyaṇaToponyms in Rāmāyaṇa The Vanas-forest names in Rāmāyaṇa Citraratha, Citrakūṭa, Caitravana, Aśokavana etc Description The context is to understand the word Chaitravana in Rāmāyaṇa There have been articles floating that Chaitra was happening in Vasanta during Rāmāyaṇa times and thus the times were happening during either todays time or around 24000 BCE. The context is taken from Kiṣkindhā kāṇḍa to allude to which was elaborated by…Ramayana5 min readRamayana5 min read
Jun 8, 2022What did Ascetics wear throughout the Ramayana period?I would say “Chiira-mahaatmya” — A vivid imagery from Ayodhya kanda, 37th & 38th sarga Rama puts on bark — Vasistha blames Kaikeyi — says Sita was not ordained to wear bark तथा मम सतां श्रेष्ठ किं ध्वजिन्या जगत्पते। सर्वाण्येवानुजानामि चीराण्येवाऽनयन्तु मे।।2.37.4।। O best among the virtuous O lord of the world, I do not have any use for this army. I am giving away everything (to…Birch5 min readBirch5 min read
Jun 2, 2022Why large mammals like elephants, tigers still exist in India — A clue from RamayanaProbably, you’ve read one of my blogs about lions and tigers, their presence and absence in the Vedas, and their subsequent noticeable presence in the Ramayana. Read blog “The Majestic Lions in Ṛg-veda, and Curious Case of Absence of Tigers in Ṛg-veda; What do these suggests…” — here. …Elephants4 min readElephants4 min read
