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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.

Mysore Oriental Research Institute

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Foundation[edit]

The Mahārāja[1] of the erstwhile Mysore State was a staunch admirer and follower of religious values of life. He was the founder of this Oriental Institute in A. D. 1891. It was then known as ‘Oriental Library’. Its centenary was celebrated in December 1990.

Growth[edit]

When the University of Mysore was established in A. D. 1916, the Institute was placed under its jurisdiction. A committee of very eminent scholars started managing its library and the associated activities. The year A. D. 1909 has been cherished in its annals since Dr. R. Shama Sastri[2] discovered, edited and published the hitherto unknown treatise, the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya[3] for the first time.

Starting with the publication of the Āpastambasutra[4] in A. D. 1893, and the Ādipurāna[5] of the great poet Pampa[6] the institution has so far brought out a very large number of books both in Sanskrit and in Kannada. By A. D. 1979, 127 Sanskrit books had been published. Three descriptive catalogs have so far been prepared of the manuscripts in its possession.

Achievements[edit]

  • The Institute is concentrating mainly on the collection of valuable manuscripts of treatises in Sanskrit and Kannada, preserving them and publishing some of them in due course.
  • At present the Institute has 66,000 manuscripts, with arrangements for microfilming them.
  • It has 25,000 printed books also in various Indian languages in it's library.
  • It provides a good scope for research work also in the field of Oriental studies.


See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Mahārāja means king.
  2. ↑ Śyāmāśāstri lived in A. D. 1868-1944.
  3. ↑ He lived in 400 B. C.
  4. ↑ It is with the commentary of Sudarśanācārya.
  5. ↑ It is in Kannada.
  6. ↑ He lived in A. D. 941.
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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Himanshu Bhatt, Deval Sancheti

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