Sanskrit

Indians question whether it’s possible to separate Sanskrit from its Hindu upper-caste origins.

The swastika is a symbol used by of one of the most hated men on Earth, a symbol that represents the slaughter of millions of people and one of the most destructive wars on Earth. But Adolf Hitler was not the first to use this symbol. In fact, it was used as a powerful symbol thousands of years before him, across many cultures and continents.

A theory of atoms was formulated 2,500 years before English physicist John Dalton developed modern atomic thoery. Indian sage and philosopher Acharya Kanad was inspired upon seeing fallen grains of rice.

The udumbara flower is said in Buddhist legend to bloom only once every 3,000 years, the last time being before the birth of Buddha. Spotted again across the world in the past 20 years or so, some say the udumbara could herald the coming of a great sage or enlightened being.

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