Literature

  The practice of Marriage   Long story short now Pandu kills a sage and his wife when they are in private and gets cursed that if Pandu touches his wife’s he will die Pandu gets married to Kunti and Madri but he can’t get a child because of the curse One day he calls Kunti and says go meet another man and get a child to which she says she is not willing to do so because she is married to him Pandu explains different ways to get a son 1st - the son begotten by one's own self upon his wedded wife; 2nd - the son begotten upon one's wife by an accomplished person from motives of kindness 3rd - the son begotten upon one's wife by a person for pecuniary consideration(for money) 4th - the son begotten upon the wife after the husband's death 5th - the maiden-born son, that is if the lady had a son before the marriage 6th - the son born of an unchaste wife 7th - the son given 8th - the son bought for a consideration(money) 9th - 10th - the son received with a pregnant bride...

    Ashoka Edict - Part 2 Continuing on Ashokas edicts  Is it Damma Lipi? My argument is Damma lipi is the religious text/instructions that were getting written on the edicts and not the name of the script used to write. Reason 1 This word lipi/dipi can be found outside India too example in the  Achaemenid inscriptions,  this word  m u s t   b e c o n n e c t e d   w i t h   t h e   A n c i e n t  P e r s i an   n i - p i s h (to write)  In the inscription(found at  Behistan)  of Darius the third ruler of the Achaemenid Persian Empire -    " [tu] v a m  k a h y a  a p a r am  i mam di p i m va i n a h y  t y am ada n t n i y a p i [ s h a ] m " which means  " O  t h ou  wh o  s h a l t  s ee  th i s  i ns c ri p t i on  i n  t h e  f u t u r e  wh i c h  I  h a v e  wr i t t e n " the word dipi/lipi here means...

  The word "Brahman" in Ashoka Girnar Edict I am going to be as detailed as possible to avoid any confusion   There are 14 major rock edicts occupying the north east part of the rock in two columns separated by a line. In these edicts we can find different ways in which Brahmana is written  1. Bamhana 2. Bramhana 3. Bambhan 4. Hoti-Bamhana etc I have tried to show this from multiple sources/ways. Source 1 From the book " Inscriptions of Asoka " Book from the   Archaeological Survey of India Central Archaeological Library, New Delhi Book Number: 42413 Book Title: Inscriptions of Asoka Book Author: Sircar, D.C. Book Language: English Number of Pages: 88 Publisher: ; 1956 Subject: Inscriptions, India; Ancient history, India; India, History; Asoka, Inscriptions, India Source URL:   http://asi.nic.in/asi_books/42413.pdf [ref 2] page 40 please see the highlighted text it says   Brahmana this is the 4th Rock Edict of Girnar ~~~~~~~ Source 2 Inscrip...