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On the occasion of Shankara and Ramanuja Jayanthis, a few articles and threads by me on their bhASyas

1. Contrasting the views of Shankara and Ramanuja on a few key verses in Bhagavad Gita

indiafacts.org/interpreting-t…
2. This piece includes a short discussion of the views of Shankara and Ramanuja on two statements from Vedanta Sutras

indiafacts.org/the-agnostic-g…
3. Here's a piece discussing the commentary of Shankara on a few names in Vishnu Sahasranama, and contrasting the same with that of Parasara Bhattar (Ramanuja's protege)

indiafacts.org/sri-visnusahas…
4. On the defence of Animal Sacrifice by both Shankara and Ramanuja in the context of Vedic yajna

5. Contrasting the commentaries of Shankara and Vedanta Desika on Isha Upanishad

6. Some thoughts on Ramanuja's Vedartha Sangraha

7. On Madhusudana Saraswati's commentary of the Gita, and how it differs from those of Shankara and Ramanuja

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Population density of any region is a direct function of the antiquity of civilization of that region

If a region has been home to continuous agrarian culture for many millennia, it will likely be very dense

Which is why Bihar is very dense. So is England

But not US or Canada
In India the "super dense" regions are Bihar, West Bengal, UP, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, Kerala

Kerala is a bit of an exception here.

But the other regions mentioned were likely "cleared" for agriculture more thoroughly and also earlier than other parts of India
With Kerala this model sort of fails.

It is a hilly state. So I can't quite fathom what accounts for the very high density. Despite so much of the land being unavailable for agriculture
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Śrīkānta Kṛṣṇamācārya
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Debating on which book to splurge money on -

Gita Press's Mahabharata with verses and Hindi translation

or

Bibek Debroy's 10 volume set (in English, but without verses)
My hindi proficiency is middling, and am a very slow reader

With respect to Debroy : Feels odd to read a translation without the verses by the side
Having the verses by the side gives you a chance to improve one's Sanskrit to some extent, and enrich one's vocabulary

You miss out on that in a Debroy-like translation
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As India has had a fragmented polity for millennia until the last couple of centuries, the names of provinces in India have cultural connotations

E.g. Tamil Nad, Odisha, Gurjara-Rashtra

In China, province names are purely geographic

Let's take a look at China's political map
The key to understanding Chinese province names is to be familiar with a few words

Bei - North
Nan - South
Xi - West
Dong - East
Shan - Mountain
Jiang - Territory
Xin - New
Guang - Large territory
Jing - Capital city

Qualifier : Some of these words may have multiple meanings
Now let's start with the major provinces of China -

He-Bei : North of Yellow river (Hwang He)
He-nan : South of Yellow river

Hu-Bei : North of the Hu Lake
Hu-Nan : South of the Lake

Bei-Jing : Northern Capital
Nan-Jing : Southern Capital (this is a city not a province)
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