u/gaaliconnoisseur

And why can't it be solved through parameterized queries?

No offense to anyone of course.

I wanted to discuss this with someone who's familiar with stuff like IKS, and effects of orientalism on Hinduism, etc.

Did the notion of Advaita as the "default" representation of Hinduism arise from 19th century British Orientalist scholarship?

Orientalist scholars often preferred Advaita because its abstract monism (oneness) resembled Western philosophical Idealism (like that of Kant or Hegel) and seemed more "rational" to the Western mind than the "messy" polytheism and idolatry of popular Hindu practice. Advaita thereby rose in popularity in reformist circles of Bengal, where people like Rammohun Ray, Vivekananda, etc. popularized it. Leading to all this hype over Advaita Vedanta, despite the fact that most Hindus 'lived reality' isn't aware of these esoteric principles.

Do you agree with the analysis? If yes, then how to tackle that popularity of such a large thing is result of a partial foreign influence?

No offense to anyone of course.

I wanted to discuss this with someone who's familiar with stuff like IKS, and effects of orientalism on Hinduism, etc.

Did the notion of Advaita as the "default" representation of Hinduism arise from 19th century British Orientalist scholarship?

Orientalist scholars often preferred Advaita because its abstract monism (oneness) resembled Western philosophical Idealism (like that of Kant or Hegel) and seemed more "rational" to the Western mind than the "messy" polytheism and idolatry of popular Hindu practice. Advaita thereby rose in popularity in reformist circles of Bengal, where people like Rammohun Ray, Vivekananda, etc. popularized it.

Do you agree by this analysis?

If this is true, how to tackle that such a large thing is actually a partial product of foreign interference?

Really interested in a book (preferably by a traditionalist from some sampradaya) who derives Hinduism from first principles (that is, to assume as minimal axioms/doctrines as possible and then derive our worldview from it).

By everything I mean post-Vedic gods as well; our conception of "Gods", so to speak: their validity independent of their historicity, etc.

Is it even possible? Do give your opinions.

I have read about him on a few occasions (some articles here and there, a video of Naseeruddin Shah, a book by Ramachandra Guha on thinkers who made modern India, etc). Was wondering what you guys think about him.

Upon googling I get results like "Iqbal wrote this in Persian because he felt the language was well-suited for the expression of these ideas" but this doesn't make sense to me for the following reasons:-

1. He was already a great Urdu poet, and had an impeccable command over the language.
2. As far as the vocabulary goes, Urdu can take words from Persian, Arabic, Prakrit, arguably even Sanskrit anyways.

Is there anything deeper within the inherent structure of Urdu which makes it inferior from Persian to Iqbal?

In and of itself, this term looks loaded and gives a really orientalist vibe, implying a unified body of Brahmins across all the regions, controlling each and every aspect of the subcontinent; but it's encountered a lot (considering how the Wiki article on Hinduism is filled with the term).

I was interested in its academic history, and how the meaning and connotations behind the term has changed, its academic consensus, etc. Thanks!

Even the obscurest of YouTube videos might find a comment or two. So is the case with Reddit or Goodreads. However I don't find such culture on archive.org. I'd love if people leave reviews of things they read/watch on the upload page. I'd guess that it would also encourage the archivist more(?)

Correct me if I'm wrong; but except N.M. Rashid, I don't know an Urdu poet who extensively wrote in freeverse.

On the other hand though, almost all of modern Hindi poets write in freeverse: Agyeya, Muktibodh, Sarveshwardayal Saxena, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Kunwar Narain, etc. In fact, you pick up any copy of "Pratinidhi Kavitayein" and most of the time it'll be filled with freeverse.

I think as for Urdu, the register has a strong poetic tradition rooted in the treatment of various meters. And they're quite strict about the prosody of it all.

But even with Hindi, the meters like doha, chaupai, sortha are quite rooted in the popular memory with works from Kabir, Tulsi, etc.

What caused these different treatments in both traditions?

I read in a memoir that there aren't any editors in Hindi publications, that's why the writer himself is responsible for any spelling mistakes, formal refinements, etc. This is in stark opposition to English professional publications, in which the editor plays a really damn important role in refining the writer's manuscript.

I was wondering what other differences are there between the two industries; any detailed account is welcome.

Basically the title; all of my posts just show "awaiting moderator approval" here I don't even know why... If any of the moderators are reading this please clarify this.

Going on a tangent here, but it's funny how literally every second post here is spam.

I usually check my uploads to check their views lol and feel good about myself. So I opened and the upload page felt a bit weird. Like the placement of certain thumbnails. I'm sure some 2-3 things have been removed. But I don't remember which.

Is there something which I can do to check which were removed? Thanks

Title.

I recently saw Children of Men, and almost all of the movie can be interpreted with a heavy Christian subtext relating to Christ's birth. For example the >!"battle stops upon hearing a child"!< scene has heavy Nativity references.

Similarly if you've seen Death Note, you may notice the use of heavy Christian symbolism in the introduction (like the apple, creation of Adam, etc.). Same goes with The Sopranos, etc.

In anime, you can see Buddhist imagery too sometimes.

I was wondering which artworks/films I've seen with heavy Hindu imagery/symbolism implied? I can remember RRR (Ramcharan dressed as Sri Rama) but it was really a one-off thing.

So, what's the best use of Hindu symbolism you've ever seen in a film/piece of art?

Edit: By Symbolism I don't mean actual literal embodiment of Gods... I meant symbolism in the subtext.

Consider this sentence.

"Ye tyohaar bachchon ke dwara manaaya jaata hai."

Put it on Hindi to Urdu translator, you get: "Ye tyohaar bachchon ki taraf se manaya jaata hai."

Both are seemingly artificial constructions. You can use "se" but in very limited contexts.

So my question is, are there any native Passive voice Construction in Hindi? If anyone is fluent in Awadhi or Braj or any other dialects, they can tell how it works in their tongues.

Also if any r/Hindi mod is looking at this: my every damn post there says "post awaits moderator approval" and no one does...

Felt that I missed out a lot by virtue of not being able to get with how Raskolnikov's inner monologue worked. Notwithstanding the fact that the prose was so damn messy. I enjoyed it, even annotated my favourite portions; it has its moments but I felt that I missed something really essential.

Everyone hails Dostoevsky as he's a master of psychological insight. Now I don't know if it's got to do something with anendophasia, or something with the fact that I might actually have an awfully low meta-cognition.

Has anyone felt the same? If not, what are your techniques to approach great, psychologically intensive literature?

Felt that I missed out a lot by virtue of not being able to get with how Raskolnikov's inner monologue worked. Notwithstanding the fact that the prose was so damn messy. I enjoyed it, even annotated my favourite portions; it has its moments but I felt that I missed something really essential.

Everyone hails Dostoevsky as he's a master of psychological insight. Now I don't know if it's got to do something with anendophasia, or something with the fact that I might actually have an awfully low meta-cognition.

Has anyone felt the same? If not, what are your techniques to approach great, psychologically intensive literature?