Their legacy is the retroflex sounds () that is part of the Indian language. The immigrant men came much later.
12 May,2024 06:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
That is Shankara, who adores Uma, and Vishnu, who adores Lakshmi.
05 May,2024 09:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
We can speculate that the horse-headed Vishnu is the original Arya while the hose-headed demon is the later horse-riding Greeks, Scythians, and Parthians who favoured Buddhism and Jainism.
28 April,2024 04:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
He darted in and out of the sea-monster’s mouth. Before the sea-monster could snap her jaws shut, he had escaped far beyond her reach
21 April,2024 04:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
And Hari, who was Vishnu, the shape-shifting householder, identified as bhagavan, the leader who apportions fairly to all in the group (sam-rajya)
14 April,2024 05:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Ram’s best friends were the “monkeys” of these Sala forests. He eventually made peace with the “demons” of the same forests.
07 April,2024 06:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Either because he did not provide the right fuel, or the fuel was damp, or maybe the offering was not combustible
31 March,2024 06:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
They reveal that Buddhism has all kinds of forms, not all pacifist.
24 March,2024 06:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
The more elite Kama-sutra and Ananga-ranga argued that erotic manuals ensured wives stayed faithful to their husbands.
17 March,2024 06:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Or, it may have something to do with the legend of a king who in adverse times was forced to serve as a cook and hide in another king’s kitchen.
10 March,2024 06:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt PattanaikADVERTISEMENT
