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Sayana on Golden Embryo - Rohana Seneviratne

One of the pivotal questions or the cruxes in the vedic philosophy is of cosmology or in other words, of the onset of the universe (the world at least). The present paper casts a critical light on the problem involving the enigmatic hymn in the Rgveda called Hiranyagarbha (lit: Golden Embryo) heavily focusing on Sayana's commentary thereon and tallying his explication with later scholars' where...
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Russian Formalists' Aesthetic Criteria - Rohana Seneviratne

This paper presents a brief account of how Russian formalism approached aesthetics. The rules which were later recognized as essentials to judge a piece of literature are central in that approach. The Original paper is published in Sinhala.
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Of Buddha's Omniscience - Rohana Seneviratne

Omniscience is widely discussed in eastern and western theological contexts alike as one of the obligatory qualities of gods or religious founders. Given the prevalence of this notion, it is clear that it has arisen from the doctrine of perfection as gods and religious founders are supposed to be perfect and thereby to necessarily deserve omniscience. Humans are thus relatively imperfect in ter...
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Phonetic Laws in Sanskrit - Rohana Seneviratne

The phonetic laws governing Sanskrit language have drawn many scholars' attention who are grappling with issues on Indo-European philology. This paper examines some of such rules in length giving a plenty of examples from major PIE languages as well as from Vedic and Classical Sanskrit. The Original paper is in Sinhala, the official language in Sri Lanka and also a modern Indo-Aryan language.
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Varuna in the Rgveda - Rohana Seneviratne

The involvement of God(s) with human thought is vital when it comes to ethics as a branch of philosophy. Indian philosophy of which the Vedas play a significant role does contribute to the expansion of our understanding of the significant bond between god(s) and morality. Here is briefly examined how the god Varuṇa elaborately described and philosophized in the Ṛgveda, the most extensive text o...
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