[What are the causes of incomprehension among the masses, frankly, even among the ‘so-called’ technically educated and experienced individuals, when it comes to new revolutionary research (such as by the likes of Albert Einstein, Nilesh Oak, or Alfred Wegener)? What do psychoanalytical studies conclude? What are the explanations from the Nyayadarshana school for the same…
[Tell me the types of Chhala described by Nyayadarshana? What has Navya-Nyaya added to our understanding of ‘Chaala’?] This is a rich topic. Based on the sources gathered, I can now give you a thorough account drawing on both classical Nyāya and the Navya-Nyāya tradition. Chala (छल) in Nyāyadarśana What is Chala? Chala refers to…
[Sushruta composed the Sushruta Samhita; however, the Samhita has seen additions over time. Who are the other individuals who appear to have contributed to Sushruta Samhita?] The Sushruta Samhita is widely recognized by scholars as a text built up over many centuries through multiple contributors. Here is an overview of the key individuals who appear…
[Sanskrit ‘Vaad’ is translated as ‘debate’. This has created confusion for many by treating the ‘Oxford Union debate’ in the same league as the ‘Vaada’ of Nayyadarshana. Would you please state the similarities and distinct differences between these two?] This is a genuinely important distinction that gets lost in translation. Let me lay it out…
[I encourage the likes of JR, SP, ASNB, SM, and many others who follow multiple researchers in the same space as my work and send stuff to me, to write their own blogs. In the meantime, at their requests, I post their dialogues with AI interlocutors they share with me, here on my blog. Read…
[Be it the dating of the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Sushruta, or the origin of Sanskrit, be it the origin of ‘Arya’ and ‘Rigveda’ or ‘Human race’, when the theories are proposed based on unscientific and illogical foundations and are propagated via the fallacies of ‘academic consensus’ or ‘academic might’ and ‘authority fallacies’. It is never in…
[This is the work of Sanket Panse in collaboration with AI interlocutor. – Nilesh Oak] [Are ancient Greeks related to Indians? Any genetic migration study gives me an unbiased, uninfluenced answer?] This is a fascinating question that sits at the intersection of genetics, archaeology, and linguistics. Let me search for the latest findings. Sanket, here’s…
[Many unscientific, illogical, and naive Mahabharata-dating researchers and their blind followers cannot even perform simple arithmetic on the total Mahabharata evidence presented by Nilesh Oak. I am asking for your help in doing the arithmetic, as an independent voice about the total evidence presented by Nilesh Oak Please note down and count the evidence presented…
[What are the basic and minimum requirements of a scientific and logical theory/claim?] Requirements of a Scientific & Logical Theory/Claim A valid scientific or logical theory must meet several core criteria: 1. Falsifiability (Karl Popper’s criterion) The most fundamental requirement. A claim must be stated in a way that it could, in principle, be proven…
[Nilesh’s comment: Most folks write to me and simply ask me to do more. However, there are exceptions. ASNB is one such. When he reached out to me with many photos of trolling comments from various platforms and asked me to respond to them, I expressed my inability to do so due to ongoing projects.…
[Let’s explore Saturn and Jupiter in the Mahabharata text to understand why the positions of Jupiter and Saturn during the year of the Mahabharata war must be constrained within a range of a few Nakshatras. I will suggest the evidence and then ask you questions, and let you decide the range of Nakshtras within which…
[Let’s explore one reference from Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata and demonstrate how the likes of Vedveer Arya, Narahari Achar, and Ashok Bhatnagar, three Mahabharata dating researchers with 3 claims (3162 BCE, 3067 BCE, and 1793 BCE, respectively), have made a royal mess of Mahabharata evidence. This would be a good demonstration of their inability…
[Thanks to Akshay Sant for finding an alternate reading of ‘Asambhave Tularke’ references of MN] [A text, very likely a commentary on the Mahabharata by the name ‘Mahabharata Nirnayamrit (MN), lists interesting descriptions of ‘chaturmasa’. Please translate them.] Here is a translation of the Sanskrit text visible in the image: “Mahabharata also [states]: One should…
[How old is Avesta and Zaratushtra? Explore all possible claims.] This is a rich and genuinely complex question — one of the most fiercely debated in ancient religious history. Let me walk through all the major claims for both the Avesta and Zarathustra (Zoroaster). 🔥 The Age of Zarathustra (Zoroaster) Hardly anything is known about…
[In the context of scientific dating work of Nilesh Oak for the Mahabharata (5561 BCE) and Ramayana (12209 BCE) or even otherwise, a persistent question is asked, “What was happening in the rest of the world in such ancient times when events of Ramayana and Mahabharata were occurring in greater India?” While what can be…
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