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What are the valid and foolproof methods of determining whether a certain scripture is interpolated or not?
It is believed that certain Hindu Scriptures (specially portions of some of the Puranas) were interpolated on a date much after its original creation.
Such interpolated texts are often used by small ...
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How do we know whether the BORI people are qualified (to do what they do) and what are their methods?
The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute or BORI prepares critical editions of Hindu scriptures.
They also seem to remove portions from ancient manuscripts deeming such portions as interpolations.
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Is prana shakthi a form of Saraswathi according to scriptures?
Today, I heard from a person that the following picture of ma Saraswathi has some deep interpretation according to scriptures.
We can see that goddess has hamsa ...
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Which hell do people who interpolate scriptures go to?
There are many kinds of hell in Hinduism, but I have not seen any specific reference to hell for people who interpolate scriptures or propagate interpolated scriptures for political aims (like Arya ...
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How does one deal with contradiction in scriptures?
There are many scriptures which contain contradictory verses.
If a scripture has contradictions (For eg Manusmriti statement on women which are both good and later on questionable) does that mean it ...
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Is uttarkand an interpolation theory new or some old texts give references to it? [duplicate]
This is what the blog narayanastra says:
objections against the authenticity of these two kANDas are modern. Such objections are fit to be rejected by Vedantins. The Vedantins who commented on the ...
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What are the most solid evidences to prove that the Puranas and Upapuranas have undergone interpolations over time? [duplicate]
What are the most solid evidences to prove that the Puranas and Upapuranas have undergone various accretions, additions, subtractions and interpolations by various individuals over the millennia?
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How to know interpolation in Puranas? [duplicate]
How to know interpolation in Purana
And how to know right translation of slokas
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Is there any historical evidence that Britishers interpolated Hindu scriptures? [duplicate]
For many years, there is a lot of influence of British in India.
East India Company 1612–1757
Company rule in India 1757–1858
British Raj 1858–1947
Partition of India 1947
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