Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children is now freely available.
Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children Book Cover.webp

In this book, we analyze the psycho-social consequences faced by Indian American children after exposure to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. We demonstrate that there is an intimate connection—an almost exact correspondence—between James Mill’s colonial-racist discourse (Mill was the head of the British East India Company) and the current school textbook discourse. This racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces the same psychological impacts on Indian American children that racism typically causes: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon akin to racelessness, where children dissociate from the traditions and culture of their ancestors.


This book is the result of four years of rigorous research and academic peer-review, reflecting our ongoing commitment at Hindupedia to challenge the representation of Hindu Dharma within academia.

Mātṛkāyantra

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

A mantra is a mystic formula which is generally used for upāsanā[1] and japa.[2] There are several ways of making a mantra efficacious before using it. The first of it is called ‘janana’ or extrication of the letters of the mantra from a specially drawn ‘yantra’ or mystical figure. This is the Mātṛkāyantra’.

It may be drawn either by the filaments of certain flowers or candana[3] or bhasma.[4] The base is a plate of either gold or silver or copper. The yantra consists of eight petals surrounded by a square with gates.

In the center there is a small circle and radial passages spread from it to the petals. All the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet are incorporated in it in a particular order. The actual method of deriving the required mantra from this yantra should be personally learnt from the guru.


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Upāsanā means worship and meditation.
  2. ↑ Japa means repetition.
  3. ↑ It means sandal.
  4. ↑ It is a holy ash used in the worship of Śiva.
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

Contributors to this article

Deval Sancheti

Explore Other Articles

Retrieved from "https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Mātṛkāyantra&oldid=135114"