Author name: jharna sasmal

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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.

Sage Kapila meditating under a banyan tree beside a river at dawn, with an open palm-leaf manuscript on a wooden stand, in a traditional Indian painting style.
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.

An ancient monastic library scene with a palm-leaf manuscript open on a lectern beside a small stupa, lit by lamplight at dusk.
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.

Seated bodhisattva in meditation on a mountain peak at dawn, with a soft moon-lamp glow above the head and an open manuscript on a stone base, illustrating the Samadhiraja Sutra's themes of samadhi and the Moon Lamp title.
Sutra

Samadhiraja Sutra

Learn what the Samadhiraja Sutra teaches, its Sanskrit and Tibetan names, its disputed dating, its role in Madhyamaka and Tibetan traditions, and how it relates to Indian religious literature.

Young rice seedling growing from moist soil in soft morning light, with distant hills, illustrating the rice seedling image used in the Salistamba Sutra's teaching on dependent origination.
Sutra

Salistamba Sutra

What the Salistamba Sutra teaches, how its rice seedling image explains dependent origination, its Mahayana features, and how scholars date and transmit the text.

Illustration of a goddess seated on a lotus in a quiet forest hermitage at dawn, with an open palm-leaf manuscript before her.
Upanishad

Shakta Upanishads

A guide to the Shakta Upanishads, the goddess-centered texts linked to Shakta traditions, covering their place in Upanishad literature, major titles, themes, and how to study them responsibly.

Illustration of a seated teacher instructing two students under a tree in an ancient forest hermitage, with an open palm-leaf manuscript in the foreground.
Upanishad

Sept Upanishads

A clear introduction to the Upanishads: what they are, how they relate to the Vedas, the main texts, core ideas such as atman and brahman, and how traditions read them differently.

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