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The article is great but should have covered some of the other universities across the subcontinent: Nalanda, Vikramshila, Takshila etc were the ancient world's

The article is great but should have covered some of the other universities across the subcontinent: Nalanda, Vikramshila, Takshila etc were the ancient world's equivalent of Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, Harvard.

dvfjsdhgfv 2y ago
> Vikramshila I saw this spelling somewhere before - why do some people use it instead of the more official Vikramashila (Vikramaśilā)?
- akprasad 2y ago
  In Hindi and some other Indian languages, it is common to drop the last short “a” of a Sanskrit word, hence Ram for Rama, Vikram for Vikrama, etc.
- deleted 2y ago
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- ppterodactyl 2y ago
  Hindi pronunciation of Sanskrit words makes it so (what's called schwa deletion).
- sachkris 2y ago
  Also, Taxila/Takshila here in Sanskrit is तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).
- ummonk 2y ago
  Because North Indians drop the trailing schwa (including in parts of compound woods). Annoyingly enough, a lot of them will insist you’re pronouncing it “wrong” if you don’t drop the schwa in your own pronunciation.
  - tdeck 2y ago
    This explains why I had an Indian colleague whose name ended in an "a" that he didn't pronounce. I always wondered why romanize it with a silent letter.
pankajdoharey 2y ago
Over 100 Buddhist universities have been found across India Pakistan Bangladesh Afghanistan etc .. How many do you think they should cover? Also several Mahaviharas exist which are now serving as X-ishwara temples, where votive stupas are being worshipped as Shivas ling (phallus). The whole of India was a major buddhist educational hub. Nalanda was the most famous because several chinese travellers have studied in it, which makes it very important. As there notes is our source to determine Indias Buddhist past.
- cscurmudgeon 2y ago
  Any evidence of the linga claim.
  - pankajdoharey 2y ago
    As you may know the story Shivas Phallus was cut by Indra, and now Hindus Worship the fallen penis of their deity from puranas being cut by another deity of the vedas. What kind of person would write such stories and then go ahead and worship the fallen penis of its god? No respect for its own deity? Because its not their deity. Brahman exist purely for the donations to temples. If people stop giving donations Brahman will occupy something else for donations. Buddhist caves with votive stupa: https://www.bandhavgarh-national-park.com/blog/buddhist-caves-bandhavgarh/ https://www.bandhavgarh-national-park.com/blog/buddhist-cave... Nigallakonda https://www.alamy.com/view-of-ruin-of-ancient-group-of-stupas-at-lingala-konda-buddhist-cave-sankaram-anakapalle-andhra-pradesh-india-image554419495.html https://www.alamy.com/view-of-ruin-of-ancient-group-of-stupa... Votive stupas with faces of make and female bodhisattvas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingam#/media/File:4_Buddha_and_Shiva_Linga_Vajrayana_Buddhism.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingam#/media/File:4_Buddha_an... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/1_Buddha_and_Shiva_Linga_Nepal_Vajrayana_Buddhism.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/1_Buddha... Why Buddhas face on this claimed shivalinga: https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1972.11.2.S https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1972.11.2.S https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhalinga#/media/File:Five_Head_Shivalinga_at_Budhanilkantha.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhalinga#/media/File:Five_He... https://www.civilsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/macintosh-hdusersshikharsachandesktopmaps4lin.png https://www.civilsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/macin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhalinga#/media/File:Five_Head_Shivalinga_at_Budhanilkantha.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhalinga#/media/File:Five_He... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/025_Shiva_Linga_with_Face_%2832881354053%29.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/025_Shiv... Claimed as shivalinga, can you explain why the buddhas hand mudra: https://static.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Nepal-1.jpg https://static.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Nepal-1.... Who are these characters 2 males and one female? https://i.pinimg.com/736x/08/00/fc/0800fc34453462c46a78dc99f2bd36ea.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/08/00/fc/0800fc34453462c46a78dc99f... Is this shivas face on his own phallus? https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38242 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38242 Broken votive stupa at the same Kapilvastu buddhist site : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Shiva_Linga_Kudan_Buddha_Kapilvastu_Taulihawa_Lumbini_Zone_Nepal._Rajesh_Dhungana.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Shiva_Li... Large Stupas , Dhamek Stupa https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Dhamekh_Stupa%2C_where_the_Buddha_gave_the_first_sermon_on_the_Four_Noble_Truths_and_the_Eightfold_Path_to_his_five_disciples%2C_Sarnath.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Dhamekh_... Stupas on teh Sanchi Hill: https://asearchformore.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/stupas-on-the-hill-sanchi/ https://asearchformore.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/stupas-on-th... Other votive stupas: https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AM4892/full/1400,/0/default.jpg https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AM4892/full/1400... https://www.vajiramias.com/current-affairs/what-is-a-votive-stupa/63c4fd6694ef2105bfc4772a/ https://www.vajiramias.com/current-affairs/what-is-a-votive-... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/votive-stupas-in-bhaja-caves-gm1150087309-311217242 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/votive-stupas-in-bhaja-cav... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenyadri#/media/File:Lenyadri_Ganesha.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenyadri#/media/File:Lenyadri_... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/votive-stupas-in-bhaja-caves-gm1150087309-311217242 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/votive-stupas-in-bhaja-cav... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ypB5i7VGArQ/oar2.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ypB5i7VGArQ/oar2.jpg https://youtu.be/ypB5i7VGArQ https://youtu.be/ypB5i7VGArQ https://www.alamy.com/votive-stupa-with-four-buddhas-culture-india-bihar-dimensions-h-8-12-in-216-cm-w-6-14-in-159-cm-d-6-14-in-159-cm-date-10th-11th-century-small-stupas-such-as-this-example-were-placed-near-massive-stupas-containing-the-ashes-of-the-buddha-by-this-time-the-connection-between-the-historic-buddha-shakyamuni-who-revealed-the-buddhist-teachings-on-earth-and-the-buddha-vairochana-who-resides-in-heaven-was-known-from-texts-and-accepted-in-religious-practice-the-dome-of-the-stupa-simultaneously-represents-shakyamunis-relics-and-vairochanas-celestial-presence-the-fo-image213197080.html https://www.alamy.com/votive-stupa-with-four-buddhas-culture... Votive stupas inside Ranpur Buddhist caves are being claimed as shivas phallus: https://youtu.be/3vzGBxjG9E8 https://youtu.be/3vzGBxjG9E8 Forced occupation of the cave by claiming a wall to be Ganesha: https://youtu.be/ypB5i7VGArQ https://youtu.be/ypB5i7VGArQ Bhadrakali Temple Itkhori stupa worshipped as shivalinga: https://youtu.be/O22bc_UIxt0 https://youtu.be/O22bc_UIxt0 Tara devi converted to Hindu godess: https://youtu.be/6-FHiEA--x4 https://youtu.be/6-FHiEA--x4 The list goes on and on because brahman Dharma (Hinduism) had no sculpture art, it is banned in it. India is full of buddhist art with votive stupas having multiple faces of either Buddha or Bodhisattvas. Brahminism doesnt have sculpture infact it is banned in many texts, nor do they have any description of their gods. Shiva doesnt even exist in Vedas. The character Rudra being claimed as Shiva in Vedas is the god of Thunder storms in vedas. Most of all if it is such an important god why cut write a story of its penis cut by another lowly god of the vedas? The sculpture speaks for itself.

dvfjsdhgfv 2y ago

> Vikramshila I saw this spelling somewhere before - why do some people use it instead of the more official Vikramashila (Vikramaśilā)?

akprasad 2y ago
In Hindi and some other Indian languages, it is common to drop the last short “a” of a Sanskrit word, hence Ram for Rama, Vikram for Vikrama, etc.
deleted 2y ago
[deleted]
ppterodactyl 2y ago
Hindi pronunciation of Sanskrit words makes it so (what's called schwa deletion).
sachkris 2y ago
Also, Taxila/Takshila here in Sanskrit is तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).
ummonk 2y ago
Because North Indians drop the trailing schwa (including in parts of compound woods). Annoyingly enough, a lot of them will insist you’re pronouncing it “wrong” if you don’t drop the schwa in your own pronunciation.
- tdeck 2y ago
  This explains why I had an Indian colleague whose name ended in an "a" that he didn't pronounce. I always wondered why romanize it with a silent letter.

pankajdoharey 2y ago

Over 100 Buddhist universities have been found across India Pakistan Bangladesh Afghanistan etc .. How many do you think they should cover? Also several Mahaviharas exist which are now serving as X-ishwara temples, where votive stupas are being worshipped as Shivas ling (phallus). The whole of India was a major buddhist educational hub. Nalanda was the most famous because several chinese travellers have studied in it, which makes it very important. As there notes is our source to determine Indias Buddhist past.

cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Any evidence of the linga claim.
- pankajdoharey 2y ago
  As you may know the story Shivas Phallus was cut by Indra, and now Hindus Worship the fallen penis of their deity from puranas being cut by another deity of the vedas. What kind of person would write such stories and then go ahead and worship the fallen penis of its god? No respect for its own deity? Because its not their deity. Brahman exist purely for the donations to temples. If people stop giving donations Brahman will occupy something else for donations. Buddhist caves with votive stupa: https://www.bandhavgarh-national-park.com/blog/buddhist-caves-bandhavgarh/ https://www.bandhavgarh-national-park.com/blog/buddhist-cave... Nigallakonda https://www.alamy.com/view-of-ruin-of-ancient-group-of-stupas-at-lingala-konda-buddhist-cave-sankaram-anakapalle-andhra-pradesh-india-image554419495.html https://www.alamy.com/view-of-ruin-of-ancient-group-of-stupa... Votive stupas with faces of make and female bodhisattvas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingam#/media/File:4_Buddha_and_Shiva_Linga_Vajrayana_Buddhism.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingam#/media/File:4_Buddha_an... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/1_Buddha_and_Shiva_Linga_Nepal_Vajrayana_Buddhism.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/1_Buddha... Why Buddhas face on this claimed shivalinga: https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1972.11.2.S https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1972.11.2.S https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhalinga#/media/File:Five_Head_Shivalinga_at_Budhanilkantha.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhalinga#/media/File:Five_He... https://www.civilsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/macintosh-hdusersshikharsachandesktopmaps4lin.png https://www.civilsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/macin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhalinga#/media/File:Five_Head_Shivalinga_at_Budhanilkantha.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhalinga#/media/File:Five_He... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/025_Shiva_Linga_with_Face_%2832881354053%29.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/025_Shiv... Claimed as shivalinga, can you explain why the buddhas hand mudra: https://static.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Nepal-1.jpg https://static.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Nepal-1.... Who are these characters 2 males and one female? https://i.pinimg.com/736x/08/00/fc/0800fc34453462c46a78dc99f2bd36ea.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/08/00/fc/0800fc34453462c46a78dc99f... Is this shivas face on his own phallus? https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38242 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38242 Broken votive stupa at the same Kapilvastu buddhist site : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Shiva_Linga_Kudan_Buddha_Kapilvastu_Taulihawa_Lumbini_Zone_Nepal._Rajesh_Dhungana.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Shiva_Li... Large Stupas , Dhamek Stupa https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Dhamekh_Stupa%2C_where_the_Buddha_gave_the_first_sermon_on_the_Four_Noble_Truths_and_the_Eightfold_Path_to_his_five_disciples%2C_Sarnath.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Dhamekh_... Stupas on teh Sanchi Hill: https://asearchformore.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/stupas-on-the-hill-sanchi/ https://asearchformore.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/stupas-on-th... Other votive stupas: https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AM4892/full/1400,/0/default.jpg https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AM4892/full/1400... https://www.vajiramias.com/current-affairs/what-is-a-votive-stupa/63c4fd6694ef2105bfc4772a/ https://www.vajiramias.com/current-affairs/what-is-a-votive-... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/votive-stupas-in-bhaja-caves-gm1150087309-311217242 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/votive-stupas-in-bhaja-cav... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenyadri#/media/File:Lenyadri_Ganesha.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenyadri#/media/File:Lenyadri_... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/votive-stupas-in-bhaja-caves-gm1150087309-311217242 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/votive-stupas-in-bhaja-cav... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ypB5i7VGArQ/oar2.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ypB5i7VGArQ/oar2.jpg https://youtu.be/ypB5i7VGArQ https://youtu.be/ypB5i7VGArQ https://www.alamy.com/votive-stupa-with-four-buddhas-culture-india-bihar-dimensions-h-8-12-in-216-cm-w-6-14-in-159-cm-d-6-14-in-159-cm-date-10th-11th-century-small-stupas-such-as-this-example-were-placed-near-massive-stupas-containing-the-ashes-of-the-buddha-by-this-time-the-connection-between-the-historic-buddha-shakyamuni-who-revealed-the-buddhist-teachings-on-earth-and-the-buddha-vairochana-who-resides-in-heaven-was-known-from-texts-and-accepted-in-religious-practice-the-dome-of-the-stupa-simultaneously-represents-shakyamunis-relics-and-vairochanas-celestial-presence-the-fo-image213197080.html https://www.alamy.com/votive-stupa-with-four-buddhas-culture... Votive stupas inside Ranpur Buddhist caves are being claimed as shivas phallus: https://youtu.be/3vzGBxjG9E8 https://youtu.be/3vzGBxjG9E8 Forced occupation of the cave by claiming a wall to be Ganesha: https://youtu.be/ypB5i7VGArQ https://youtu.be/ypB5i7VGArQ Bhadrakali Temple Itkhori stupa worshipped as shivalinga: https://youtu.be/O22bc_UIxt0 https://youtu.be/O22bc_UIxt0 Tara devi converted to Hindu godess: https://youtu.be/6-FHiEA--x4 https://youtu.be/6-FHiEA--x4 The list goes on and on because brahman Dharma (Hinduism) had no sculpture art, it is banned in it. India is full of buddhist art with votive stupas having multiple faces of either Buddha or Bodhisattvas. Brahminism doesnt have sculpture infact it is banned in many texts, nor do they have any description of their gods. Shiva doesnt even exist in Vedas. The character Rudra being claimed as Shiva in Vedas is the god of Thunder storms in vedas. Most of all if it is such an important god why cut write a story of its penis cut by another lowly god of the vedas? The sculpture speaks for itself.