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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.

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  • Brahmānda
    ...ver expanding state resulting from the Big Bang. In Tantric philosophy and symbolism, this phenomena is represented by the mystical geometric [[symbols]] known
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  • Apasmāra-puruṣa
    ...s is an enigma. So when it is conceded that they are often symbolical, the symbolism itself is understood from competent sources.
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  • Ādhāraśilā
    According to one of the interpretations of temple symbolism, the temple represents the body of the [[yogi]] (the spiritual aspirant pra
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  • Vishnu Vidyas
    ...mple of how the [[Mantra Sastra]] of [[Veda]] is explained through Puranic symbolism. In [[Vedanta]], Hanuman-Rama is said to be the jiva-Para symbolism.
    16 KB (2,495 words) - 02:45, 8 April 2023
  • Nama Mantras
    ...the subsequent lives of Nara and Narayana rishis, and also represent this symbolism.
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  • Sri Datta Sharanashtakam
    ...dent (trisula)<ref>[http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/datta/DattaLarg.html Symbolism of Lord Dattatreya]</ref>.
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  • Saiva Vidyas
    The concept of time as a destroyer of everything is visible in this symbolism. [[Time and space]] are two important aspects of eternal, from which the tr
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  • Devatā
    A devatā killing an [[asura]] is an astronomical symbolism too. If a character A is said to kill a character B, it means that the star
    11 KB (1,780 words) - 08:26, 7 April 2023
  • Women
    ...n principle of creation, pervasion is the female principle (the Siva-Sakti symbolism). They are inseparable like seed and the tree, word and its meaning, energy
    16 KB (2,730 words) - 16:09, 31 May 2023
  • Asura
    ===Symbolism=== ...nswer has inconsistencies.<ref name=edelmann14/> Edelmann states that this symbolism embedded in the Upanishads is a reminder that one must struggle with presen
    59 KB (9,414 words) - 03:51, 22 January 2024
  • Yoga Sastra
    ...ra]], symbolizes yoga nidra with awakened Kundalini. [[Saiva]] has similar symbolism; the lord is in yoga nidra in Kailasa, the snow mountain with silver colore
    22 KB (3,510 words) - 03:28, 8 April 2023
  • Sakta Vidyas
    ...these vidyas is given below. We can consider an example for the nature of symbolism, in the description of [[Kali]] that follows. Devi is actually worshiped as
    21 KB (3,415 words) - 21:31, 7 April 2023
  • Akshara Mana Malai(Tamil)
    ...in of longing and all the bliss of fulfillment are mirrored in its glowing symbolism. The perfection of Knowledge is combined with the ecstasy of devotion. And
    26 KB (4,087 words) - 00:52, 7 April 2023
  • Sankhya darsana
    ...e explained through the story of [[Rāma]] and Sīta. The Vedāntic jiva-Para symbolism is explained through Hanumān-Rāma association. Sundara kānda, the story
    41 KB (6,717 words) - 22:22, 12 June 2023
  • Historical Racial Diversity of Hindus
    One can see the symbolism used in allegories. Utsavaiti Gatha: “Who is the religious man and who th
    38 KB (5,867 words) - 12:36, 7 April 2023
  • Varanasi
    ...t in modern Hindi literature, characterized by romanticism, mysticism, and symbolism. Prasad is especially known for his prose writings, though ''Kamayani'', an
    36 KB (5,670 words) - 02:06, 8 April 2023
  • Metaphors from Puranas explained
    [[image:Elephant symbolism.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Symbolic animal headdresses and masks from cultures (s [[Category: Symbolism]]
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  • Sri Vidya
    ...above.</ref> Agni Sikhā.<ref>It means having fire for Her hair.</ref> The symbolism of Lalita Herself assuming the form of the power of divine will reinforces
    56 KB (9,597 words) - 00:11, 13 June 2023
  • Shakthi Mahimna Stotram
    ...s. The first part deals with Kundalini, meditation techniques, meaning and symbolism of several aspects of Shakthi [[worship]] and the second part is [[a]] very
    41 KB (6,444 words) - 21:28, 16 June 2023
  • History of Ancient Geography
    ...multiple scriptures, mainly Buddhist and Bonpa. Even today one can see the symbolism of Shambhala in placenames of Kashmir, such as of Sumbal and Sambal. Manjus
    51 KB (8,069 words) - 13:21, 12 June 2023
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