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Well written article. I was surprised by the lengths the author went to avoiding the use of the word Hindu. Those "Indic" deities are Hindu gods. The "undeniabl
by rituraj_tiwari 2y ago
Well written article. I was surprised by the lengths the author went to avoiding the use of the word Hindu. Those "Indic" deities are Hindu gods. The "undeniably Buddhist" reference to universal happiness is also likely the Hindu Upanishad chant of "सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः".
Anyone have insights on what would motivate an otherwise well informed author to do that?
- Bayart 2y agoIndic doesn't make assumptions about religious boundaries and is not ideologically loaded while maintaining the association to the context of India.
- rituraj_tiwari 2y agoThat would make sense for items of ambiguous religious affiliation. For things that are unambiguously Hindu, though?