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New Jersey residents pray for snow this season!

By S.K 2011-12-24 Journal No Comments
New Jersey residents pray for snow this season!

After a premature snowstorm in October, 2011 which caused widespread devastation (Read my post: “Every natural event has a meaning and purpose“) almost of the whole of New Jersey state…

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Every natural event has a meaning and purpose

By S.K 2011-11-28 Nature 4 Comments
Every natural event has a meaning and purpose

I discussed about the Autumn Leaves and Fall colors in my previous post. I had also mused that there is a specific reason for the leaves leaving the host trees…

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Deep Dive:
How did a warrior's ballad become a priest's manual? Scholars like Dr. V.S. Sukthankar and Alf Hiltebeitel identify the Bharata layer (the 24,000-verse expansion) as the primary site of a "Sectarian Strike."
1. The Bhrigu Takeover (The Sukthankar Thesis)
In his seminal work On the Meaning of the Mahabharata, Sukthankar argues that a specific clan of Brahmins—the Bhrigus—took the raw Jaya core and turned it into an Upabrahmana (an expansion of the Vedas).
2. The Deification of Krishna:
Scholar Alf Hiltebeitel notes that the deification of Krishna was the centerpiece of this "Sectarian Strike". In the oldest strata, Krishna is a brilliant Vrishni diplomat. In the Bharata layer, he is transformed into a Supreme Being.

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