The knowledge directory15 branches
01Vedas4 branches

Approach the four Vedas through their textual organization, oral transmission, and interpretative contexts.

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02Vedangas6 branches

A directory of disciplines associated with the study, transmission, and application of Vedic texts.

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03Upanishads3 branches

Explore Upanishadic texts with attention to individual works, translation choices, and different commentarial traditions.

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04Itihasa3 branches

Read the epics with attention to narrative, textual traditions, and the questions their interpreters bring.

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05Puranas3 branches

A place to explore Purana literature by text, theme, and tradition without flattening its diversity.

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06Agama and Nigama3 branches

A tradition-sensitive directory for Agamic literature, terminology, ritual contexts, and source study.

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07Tantra6 branches

Study documented texts and traditions with careful distinctions between historical scholarship, interpretation, and practice.

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08Darshana8 branches

Explore philosophical systems through their own questions, arguments, textual sources, and disagreements.

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09Yoga6 branches

An entry point into distinct yogic approaches, their literature, historical settings, and modes of study.

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10AyurvedaExplore

Study the textual heritage and historical vocabulary of Ayurveda. This library does not offer medical advice.

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11JyotishaExplore

Connect celestial studies to their texts, historical settings, and interpretative schools.

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12SanskritExplore

Tools for approaching the language: pronunciation, grammar, transliteration, and responsible use of translations.

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13CosmologyExplore

Compare accounts of time, worlds, and cosmic order while retaining the context of each source.

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14Tattva and PhilosophyExplore

Investigate philosophical vocabulary in context, beginning with questions rather than a single universal definition.

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15Rituals and PracticesExplore

A contextual study of practice, its sources, communities, and prerequisites; not a substitute for qualified guidance.

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