vedagya

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Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation Professor of Sanskrit, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Location Cambridge, MA, United States
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Introduction In this blog I will comment on current writings in the fields specified under "Interests." -- However, I will neglect and will not respond at all to nationalistic/chauvinistic Hindutva attacks, past or present.
Interests Sanskrit, Veda, Vedic Studies, Veda transmission, Indology, Historical Comparative Mythology, Old Indian history, Nepalese Studies, Indo-Iranian religion and ritual, Linguistics, Genetics Archaeology.

Like to contact traditional Veda reciters (or their friends, relatives) from Assam, Manipur, western Himalayas, Central India, northern Sri Lanka, also Kacch (Cutch), Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, etc. -- Especially members of the Bashkala, Paippalada, Katha, Maitrayaniya, Charaka, Varaha-Manava, Vadhula, Agniveshya, Vaikhanasa Shakas.