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…

Probably, 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. …

The puzzles of numbers in Rg-veda If one recounts on how Hima and Indava were dominating words in Rg Veda then apperantly there were periods when there had been severe colder periods and intermediate moist periods or cold and moist periods together as well. There then comes a very strange…

Pleistocene times — Rgvedic times Geographical evidence via Toponymy The Present Marwar region I’ve already written on Haryana’s Drishadvati and Ikshvaku realms. Today I’m attempting to comprehend the habitation zones of Ikshvakus’ earliest siblings, namely the Nimi lineage. The presence of Maru, Son of Haryashva, an early Videha ruler in Rajasthan may be easily traced using the names…

Pleistocene times — Rg vedic Times By now, you should be familiar with the concept of Rg vedic civilization, which is fundamentally a river-based civilization. In the Rg Veda, there are no place names. However, neither the river civilization eat fish as their primary source of nutrition nor the devas/deities…

A place of Good Dwellings by the River Swat River Suvāstu — A place of good dwellings When I come across names, I’m always fascinated about how they came to be. Such is the situation with the river Suvāstu’s name. We noticed in one of my previous posts that Riwat site 55 revealed continuous settlement on the Soan…

Part 3 Description RV 3.33 — Bharatas cross on the banks of Paruṣṇī, Vipāṭ and Śutudrī यद॒ङ्ग त्वा॑ भर॒ताः सं॒तरे॑युर्ग॒व्यन्ग्राम॑ इषि॒त इन्द्र॑जूतः । अर्षा॒दह॑ प्रस॒वः सर्ग॑तक्त॒ आ वो॑ वृणे सुम॒तिं य॒ज्ञिया॑नाम् ॥ “Viśvāmitra speaks: (Since), rivers, (you have allowed me to cross), so may the Bharatās pass over (your united stream)…

An astronomical evidence from Rāmāyaṇa which also corroborates the dates of Shri Nilesh Oak The description in question is from Kiśkindhā kāṇḍa where Sugriva is now telling about the Yama’s capital (rājadhānī) envelopped in darkness, lies beyond the end of the earth. राजधानी यमस्यैषा कष्टेन “तमसावृता”। एतावदेव युष्माभिर्वीरा वानरपुङ्गवाः।।4.41.46।। शक्यं…

The ancientness of King Bṛhadratha. Very few names of Chakravati kings are being remembered in the shrutis and smritis. Bṛhadratha in Maitrayāṇī Araṇyaka Upaniṣada takes one such name, i.e., Marutta (MAU- 1.4) and another Bharata. …