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Jan 13, 2020 • 4 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
1. With the newly constituted 9-Judges Bench of the Supreme Court taking up deliberation on #Sabarimala issue again, resharing my book '#Menstruation Across Cultures'-amazon.in/Sabarimala-Con… Image
2. The book was written over a period of 3 years from 2016-18 to address larger concerns that were raised regarding Hindu perceptions of #Menstruation in the context of #Sabarimala practice.
3. The study took me deep into not only the #menstruation practice of #Hinduism, but also of Buddhism, Jainism, & Sikhism; Abrahamic religions like Judaism, Christianity, & Islam, and ancient but long-extinct civilizations like Greece, Rome, Egypt, & Mesopotamians. #Sabarimala
4. '#Menstruation Across Cultures' contains a Foreword by @SVOjha and the Last Word by @madhukishwar plus an endorsement from @authoramish.

A one-stop-book for all your questions regarding Menstruation and Culture- amazon.in/Sabarimala-Con… #women

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Sep 21
1. People often ask me, how are Smritis relevant today. Who reads them, why are they needed. The current apacharam that has happened in Tirupati with Laddus being made with cow-fat is a good example where the utility of the Dharmashastras can be illustrated. #TirupatiPrasadam
2. Millions of devout Hindus have consumed these laddus made of cow-fat and are rightly worried about Papam incurred by such an action.

This is not the first time that Hindus have been placed in such dharma-sankata.
3. In one of his videos, Puri Shankaracharya narrates an incident where where Bengali Brahmins had been forced to eat beef and were in great misery. Link to the video-
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Sep 3
1. The two fold goal of Veda is teaching about Dharma and Brahman. And when it says Dharma, it is primarily concerned with ritual practice of Yajna.
2. Physical performance of Yajna, therefore is at the very heart of Veda. And hence, the Mimamsakas have held that Adi-Yajnika as the primary framework for Vedic interpretation. Sayanacharya also adopted this for this very reason.
3. This does not mean there are no Adhyatmika interpretations of Yajna and other teachings of Veda. However, the Adhyatmika understanding is itself anchored in and sustained by Adi-Yajnika level.
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May 16
1. Pursuit of Artha causes one to acquire wealth, resources, and prosperity.

Pursuit of Kama causes one to acquire pleasure derived from enjoyment of worldly objects.
2. Pursuit of Moksha causes one to acquire Knowledge of reality leading to freedom from all limitations, suffering, and cluthches of Samsara.

What does pursuit of Dharma lead to? What does an individual acquire by pursuing Dharma?

One word answer: Punya.
3. Punya means 'Karmic merit'. It is a special for it is what determines your future-your journey post death & your future lives. More the Punya, better the future, happier the future. The opposite Papa-Karmic demerit leads to opposite result of Punya, namely sorrow & suffering.
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Jan 1
1. In Manusmriti chapter 9, there is discussion about what the texts call Mahapatakas- great crimes that brings upon great Paapam (karmic demerit) to the performer and causes injury to society. These include murder, stealing, adultery, etc.
2. In this context Manu says that the perpetrators if they refuse to perform expiation, they must be banished after confiscating all their property. 

In this context, the text adds following verses:
3. King shall not appropriate property of man guilty of heinous crime; if, through greed he takes it, he becomes tainted with that guilt—9.243
He shall deposit such property in water & offer it to Varuṇa or bestow it on a Brāhmaṇa endowed with Vedic learning and character—9.244
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Nov 14, 2023
1. Here is a thought:

Equality & Egalitarianism in all dimensions of socio-cultural life as ultimate ideal to strive for is particularly an idea of modernity that has its origins in the West. You don't find such ideas in ancient civilizations, especially in Hindu civilization .
2. This egalitarianism is different from Vedantic notion of oneness/nonduality which is a recognition of oneness (& not equality) of every jivatma as the ultimate reality all the while also accepting diversity and differences at worldly (Vyavahara) level.
3. In the Vedantic vision of Brahman, there is no effort to erase diversity here at Vyavahara level, only working through them.
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Oct 10, 2023
My previous thread of #Manusmriti generated some interesting questions/observations. Here I list some with my response to it. 1/n
Q1. Authentic version of Manusmriti is not available. What is available is interpolated by British.
A. This is not true. There is a native tradition of 1200 of commentarial tradition with as many as 9 commentaries on Manusmriti.+ 2/n
+ Manusmriti is also widely quoted by different Dharmashastra authors and important Acharyas (such as Kumarila Bhatta,Shankaracharya etc.) through out last 1500+ years. Quotations and parallels with Manusmriti are found in Mahabharata as well. We even have a Critical Edition+ 3/n
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