Author name: jharna sasmal

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Upanishad

S Radhakrishnan Upanishads

A reader’s guide to S. Radhakrishnan’s The Principal Upanishads: who he was, what the book contains, how his translation and introduction work, and how to read it alongside other traditions.

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Upanishad

Rudraksha Upanishad

A sourced guide to the Rudraksha Upanishad (Rudrakshajabala Upanishad), a Shaiva text on the rudraksha bead. Covers its dialogue, origin story, names, faces, and tradition-specific practices.

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Upanishad

Rudraksha Jabala Upanishad

A plain-language guide to the Rudraksha Jabala Upanishad, a Shaiva scripture on sacred rudraksha beads. Covers its origin story, the text’s claims, translation variants, and how devotees use it today.

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Upanishad

Rudra Upanishad

A plain-language guide to the Rudra Upanishad, its Shaiva context, its link to the Vedic deity Rudra, and how readers and traditions approach it.

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Upanishad

Rudrahridaya Upanishad

A sourced guide to the Rudrahridaya Upanishad, a medieval Shaiva text on Rudra and Uma as one reality, its structure, Advaita themes, manuscript notes, and how to read it.

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Upanishad

Rudra Hridaya Upanishad

A clear, sourced guide to the Rudra Hridaya Upanishad, a Shaiva text linked to the Krishna Yajurveda. Learn its dialogue form, core teachings on Rudra, Advaita and knowledge, and how scholars and traditions read it.

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Sutra

Samkhya Sutra

A researched guide to the Samkhya Sutra (Samkhya Pravachana Sutra), its traditional attribution to Kapila, its six chapters, core Samkhya doctrines, commentaries, and how scholars and traditions read it.

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Sutra

Samdhinirmocana Sutra

A clear, sourced guide to the Samdhinirmocana Sutra, a Mahayana Buddhist text on interpreting the Buddha’s teachings, its main themes, translations, and how traditions read it.

A seated sage meditates beside a dawn river with an open palm-leaf manuscript on a stone ledge, in a respectful traditional painting style.
Sutra

Samkhya Pravachana Sutra

A plain-language guide to the Samkhya Pravachana Sutra: its traditional attribution, structure, core ideas on purusha and prakriti, and how it differs from later Samkhya texts.

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