Listen to the entire talk if you must, but definitely listen to the Q&A that begins at 1:00 hr. And especially listen to the part – 1 hr through 1 hr 8 min. [You may do well to ignore few errors (reg. composition of Mahabharata) + confusion of why lunar month of Maragshirsha is important…
कार्य्य व्यासङ्गात् कथाविच्छेदो विक्षेप: (Nyaya Darshana 5:2:20) Some time ago one individual tried to assign his own idiotic speculations, first to Veda-Vyasa, when that failed, to me! When I showed how it was all in his mind, he ran away! — Today, someone who had objected to my claim of Ramayana dating, showed his inability…
A reader of my blog brought this video of Shri Bibek Debory to my attention and he wanted to know my thoughts, specifically about, claims of Shri Bibek Debroy about the dating of Mahabharata. — Here is my response: Shri Bibek Debory who had the pleasure of blocking me and another Intellectual Kshatriya this afternoon…
Nyaya Sutra 5:1:4साध्यदृष्टान्तयोर्धर्म्यविकल्पादुभयसाध्यत्वाच्चोत्कर्षापकर्षवर्ण्यावर्णविकल्पसाध्यसमा: साध्य सम If one opposes an argument by alleging a reciprocity of the subject and the example, the opposition will be called ‘balancing the reciprocity’ An illustration (1) AV observation is a decisive observation in placing upper and lower bounds on the year of Mahabharata war. (2) Because it is an objectively…
Nyaya Sutra 5:1:4साध्यदृष्टान्तयोर्धर्म्यविकल्पादुभयसाध्यत्वाच्चोत्कर्षापकर्षवर्ण्यावर्णविकल्पसाध्यसमा: विकल्प सम If one opposes an argument by attributing alternative characters to the subject and the example, the opposition will be called विकल्प सम (balancing the alternative). An illustration (1) AV observation is useful (2) Because it is an objectively testable observation (3) Like ‘Jupiter afflicting nakshatra Rohini & Mercury exhibiting ‘Tiryak’…
Nyaya Sutra 5:1:4साध्यदृष्टान्तयोर्धर्म्यविकल्पादुभयसाध्यत्वाच्चोत्कर्षापकर्षवर्ण्यावर्णविकल्पसाध्यसमा: अवर्ण्य सम If one opposes an argument by alleging that the character of the subject is as questionable as that of the example, the opposition will be called अवर्ण्य सम (balancing the unquestionable’). An illustration: (1) AV observation is useful (2) Because it is an objectively testable observation (3) Like ‘Saturn and…
Nyaya Sutra 5:1:37 प्रयत्नकार्य्यानेकत्वात्कार्य्यसम: (If one opposes an argument by showing the diversity of the effects of effort, the opposition will be called ‘कार्य्य सम – balancing the effect’. An illustration (1) AV observation is useful (in determining the chornology, specifically upper and lower bounds on the year of the Mahabharata war) (2) because: Efforts…
Nyaya Sutra 5:1:27 निर्दिष्टकारणाभावेSप्युपलम्भादुपलब्धिसम: (If an opposition is offered on the ground that we perceive the character of the subject even without the intervention of the reason, the opposition will be called ‘ उपलब्धि सम (balancing the perception)’. उपलब्धि सम An illustration (1) AV observation is useful (2) because it is an objectively testable observation (3)…
Nyaya Sutra 5:1:25 उभयकारणोपपत्तेरुपपत्तिसम: (If an opposition is offered by showing that both the demonstrations are justified by reasons, the oppositions will be called “उपपत्ति सम (balancing the demonstration). उपपत्ति सम An illustration (1) AV observation is useful (2) because it is an objectively testable observation (3) like ‘Venus doing Parikrama near nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada’…
Nyaya Sutra 5:1:18 त्रैकाल्यासिद्धेर्हेतोरहेतुसम: [‘Balancing the non-reason’ is an opposition which is based on the reason being shown to be impossible at all times (and under all circumstances)] अहेतुसम An illustration (1) AV observation is useful (2) because it is an objectively testable observation (3) Like ‘morphodynamic changes to River Sarasvati through geography and time’.…
Another well known and decorated, Indic researcher (considered pro-India) has this to say about my research of 30+ years based on astronomy evidence (300+) from the Mahabharata text: (1) He has a deep disagreement with the manner in which I (NO) handles the evidence. (But never bothers to explain what that exactly means, never cites…
Nyaya Sutra 5:1:4 साध्यदृष्टान्तयोर्धर्म्यविकल्पादुभयसाध्यत्वाच्चोत्कर्षापकर्षवर्ण्यावर्णविकल्पसाध्यसमा: वर्ण्य सम If one opposes an argument by maintaing that the character of the example is as questionable as that of the subject, the opposition will be called वर्ण्य सम (balancing the ‘describable’/’questionable’). An illustration: (1) AV observation is useful (2) Because it is an objectively testable observation (3) Like ‘Saturn…
