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We examine the impact of the current colonial-racist discourse around Hindu Dharma on Indians across the world and prove that this discourse causes psychological effects similar to those caused by racism: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a detachment from our cultural heritage.

Aşţanāyikā

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By Jit Majumdar


  1. the eight heroines
  2. the group of eight goddesses, who are the companions of the great Mother Goddess and the personification of Her aspects. Two different lists are found, one according to the Purāņas and the other according to the Tantras, namely:

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