09
Oct
15 unique baby boy names that mean ‘wise’
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G S Sachin
Choosing a name that means “wise” — a short note
In Sanskrit and the Indic traditions, words for “wisdom” range from practical intellig...
09
Oct
10 baby girl names that mean ‘moonlight’
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Introduction
Moonlight is a long-standing image in Indian culture and Hindu devotional literature. The Sanskrit word chandra — “moon” —...
09
Oct
10 Indian baby names that mean ‘king’ or ‘ruler’
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Why names that mean “king” or “ruler” matter
Names that translate as “king” or “ruler” draw on a long Hindu and Indic vocabulary of au...
08
Oct
Sanjaya Declares Victory Lies with Krishna and Arjuna
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Sanjaya’s voice and the gift of vision
Sanjaya is one of the narrators at the heart of the Mahābhārata. Traditionally described as Dhṛt...
08
Oct
Sanjaya Describes His Vision of Krishna and Arjuna
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Setting the scene: Sanjaya as witness and narrator
In the Mahābhārata’s Bhīṣma Parva, the Bhagavad Gītā is framed as a report: the blin...
08
Oct
Arjuna Accepts Krishna’s Words and Takes Up His Bow
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Setting the scene: Kurukṣetra and a crisis of duty
The opening of the Bhagavad Gītā finds Arjuna, the Pandava hero, standing on the ba...
08
Oct
Arjuna Declares His Doubts Are Destroyed
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Where the line comes from
The words "my doubts are destroyed" come at the close of the Bhagavad Gītā's final chapter (Chapter 18, verse...
08
Oct
Krishna Tells Arjuna to Do as He Wishes
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Where the phrase appears
In the closing section of the Bhagavad Gītā (chapter 18), Krishna finishes a long teaching to Arjuna and, aft...
07
Oct
Krishna Encourages Arjuna to Abandon All Duties and Surrender
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Context: a battlefield teaching
The line most often invoked in this discussion appears in the Bhagavad‑Gītā (Chapter 18, verse 66): “sa...
07
Oct
Krishna Declares the Supreme Secret of Surrender
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Where Krishna speaks of the “supreme secret”
In the Bhagavad Gītā, Krishna uses language that many traditions sum up as a declaration ...