Research Papers

Ādhibhautika, Ādhidaivika and Ādhyātmika Insights from the Puranas and the Itihasas

The paper researches threefold aspects- Ādhibhautika, Ādhidaivika and Ādhyātmika, of the vast corpus.

April 12, 2021 Abhisek Kumar Panda

Lessons on Life Skills from the Life of Damayanti

This paper focuses on the life skills perspective on the difficult experiences of Damayanti, and how she used her knowledge and wisdom, to come out of the challenges faced in her life.

April 9, 2021 Dr. Vijendra Kumar SK

Social Welfare in Ancient India: A Jurisprudential Perspective

The evolution of the discourse of “rights” is a very modern, Western phenomenon in the Indian context. The idea of social welfare has been entrenched in the Indic civilization since ancient times in the concept of duty as opposed to rights.

March 26, 2021 Yashowardhan Tiwari

Vedānga: The Limbs Of Vedic knowledge

Different Vedic knowledge branches had their own way of recitation, sets of syllables etc. and these texts are called prātiśākhy , which contains Śikṣā, vyākaraṇa (Devanāgarī: व्याकरण) and sometimes chanda (Devanāgarī: छन्द) rules for that specific branch of knowledge.

February 23, 2021 Manoj Garg

Rethinking Femininity and Transgression in Andal’s Bhakti

The femininity-streedharma framework helps in resolving contradictions that emerge from the egalitarian theory of Bhakti.

January 7, 2021 Sushumna Kannan

Panini’s Grammar and Computer Science

In this paper we discuss formal aspects of certain rules of Panini’s grammar- Astadhyayi (A), which is traditionally studied together with the dhatupatha, which is a list of verbal roots arranged into sublists, and the ganapatha, which is a list of various classes of morphs, one class being the dhatupatha.

December 23, 2020 Saroja Bhate Subhash Kak