Hindu Scriptures Part 6/6: Mahabharata & Bhagavad Geeta
Amonsgt the four main Itihasas, is the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata is the history of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. It gives a description of the great war, the Battle of Kurukshetra,...
Hindu Scriptures Part 5: The Itihasas
In Part Five we will focus on the Itihasa category of Hindu Scriptures.
There are four books under this heading: The Valmiki-Ramayana (and now Tulsidasa Ramayana or Sri Ramacharitamanas), the Yogavasishtha, The Mahabharata and the...
Hindu Scriptures Part 4
The Puranas
In part four we will examine the Puraanas.
Puranas have five characteristics (Pancha-Lakshana) viz., history, cosmology (with various symbolical illustrations of philosophical principles), secondary creation, genealogy of kings and of Manvantaras. All the Puranas belong...
Hindu Philosophy—Part 14
The Visishtadvaita System—The Story of Its Evolution
The Visishtadvaita system is an ancient one. It was originally expounded...
