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In this book, we analyze the psycho-social consequences that Indian American children face after they are exposed to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. We show that there is an intimate connection―an almost exact correspondence―between James Mill’s ( a prominent politician in Britain and head of the British East India Company) colonial-racist discourse and the current school-textbook discourse. Consequently, this archaic and racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces in the Indian American children the same psychological impact as racism is known to produce: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon similar to racelessness where the children dissociate from the tradition and culture of their ancestors

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Triśula

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Triśula literally means ‘trident’.

Triśula

Triśula is also called triśikhā[1] and triśīrṣaka[2] it is the trident[3] normally shown in the hand of Śiva and some aspects of the Devī.[4]

Viśvakarma, the divine architect, is said to have fashioned it out of a portion of the tejas of the Sun (solar disc). The Sudarśanacakra[5] of Viṣṇu, the Śakti (spear) of Subrahmaṇya and the Puṣpakavimāna[6] of Kubera were also prepared by him from the same solar disc.[7]


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Triśikhā means triple flame.
  2. ↑ Triśīrṣaka means three-headed.
  3. ↑ Trident is a weapon.
  4. ↑ Devī is the Divine Mother.
  5. ↑ Sudarśanacakra means discus.
  6. ↑ Puṣpakavimāna means divine flying machine.
  7. ↑ Visnupurāṇa 3.2.10, 11
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti

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