by Dirk Johnson | Apr 16, 2019 | Commonplace Book, Quotation, Scholarship
Etymologically, the term “Mantrayana” may be explained as follows. In Sanskrit, “mantra” is a conflation of the elements “manas,” which means “mind,” and “traya,” which means “to protect.” In...
by Dirk Johnson | Jan 17, 2019 | Scholarship
By Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri In the last annual address a regret has been expressed that no startling discoveries have been made in philology and kindred subjects in recent years. Startling or not startling, I am going to announce tonight a very interesting...