Great Bharata Introduction: Part 1. General Introduction to Maha-bharata

by raghu@eighteyes.com | Jun 1, 2026 | Featured, Uncategorized

From the introduction to Great Bharata: The Invasion Begins, Volume 1 The words Great Bhārata translate the Sanskrit, Mahā-bhārata, the title of an ancient and extraordinary text that claims to tell the immemorial history of South Asia, of the Earth, and indeed of our...

Great Bharata: Introduction Part 2. The Problem of Dating the Text of Maha-bharata

by raghu@eighteyes.com | Jun 4, 2026 | Uncategorized

From the introduction to Great Bharata: The Invasion Begins, Volume 1 Within the Mahā-bhārata itself, we find a clear recognition of the difficulty of transmitting a teaching over an extended time period. Importantly, this admission occurs in the sacred core of the...

Great Bharata Introduction: Part 3. DNA and Agricultural Evidence for Dating Maha-bharata

by raghu@eighteyes.com | Jun 11, 2026 | Uncategorized

From the introduction to Great Bharata: The Invasion Begins, Volume 1 The Indo-European problem Before discussing what archeology, archeoastronomy, comparative linguistics, DNA analysis and other fields can, or cannot, tell us about the historicity, the historical...

Great Bharata Introduction: Part 4. Other forms of dating the Maha-bharata

by raghu@eighteyes.com | Jun 11, 2026 | Uncategorized

From the introduction to Great Bharata: The Invasion Begins, Volume 1 I will give additional attention here to South Asian archeology. After all, one might think that regardless of who built and inhabited the Indus Valley Civilization, the great, ancient culture...

Great Bharata Introduction: Part 5. My approach to the Maha-bharata

by raghu@eighteyes.com | Jun 11, 2026 | Uncategorized

From the introduction to Great Bharata: The Invasion Begins, Volume 1 My approach As my main sources, I have relied on the critical Sanskrit text of the Mahā-bhārata, which provides the most complete record possible of known text variants. I have also regularly...

Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad Gītā: A Beginning Ontology from the Gauḍīya Perspective

by raghu@eighteyes.com | May 20, 2026 | Featured, Uncategorized

Introduction I attempt in this paper to clarify certain essential teachings of the Bhagavad-gītā which are traditionally “zones of puzzlement” among scholars. These areas focus on a single point: the nature and status of God, Kṛṣṇa, according to the Gītā. My strong...