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Language & Sanskrit

The science of language — Sanskrit grammar, linguistics, philosophy of language, Bhartrhari's sphota theory, the Amarakosha as knowledge structure, and Sanskrit as civilizational medium.

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language philosophybhartrhariamarakoshasanskrit pedagogygrammar referencemorphology

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Decolonization - A Personal Footprint and Some Ramp Ways

Decolonization as daily practice - a personal account of what it actually looks like to replace a colonial operating system of the mind - starting with the words you use, the foods you eat, the festivals you observe.

language and sanskritcivilizational consciousnesssvayambodha

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Decolonizing Language

How colonialism froze the evolution of North Indian vernaculars by installing FATE languages (Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, English) as prestige languages - and what it would take to let them grow again.

language and sanskrithistory and civilizational recoverysvayambodha

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How to Build a Civilization

civilizational consciousnesslanguage and sanskritcivilizational consciousness

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Sanskṛta vs. FATE Languages

The battle between Saṃskṛta and FATE languages (Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, English) for the cognitive and expressive inheritance of India - why language is not culture-agnostic, but the primary site of civilizational contestation.

language and sanskritarts and aestheticsshatrubodha