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mAnasa-taraMgiNI
Personal blog · manasataramgini.wordpress.commathsciencehistory
mAnasa-taraMgiNI is a personal blog at manasataramgini.wordpress.com about math, science and history. Since 2019, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The blog covers Hindu epics such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana, focusing on their original textual versions and figures like Indra. The one comment is about a Show HN epic explorer, not about the blog's posts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Mirror of old mAnasollAsa: jIva, dharma, vij~nAna, itihAsa, krIDA
What Hacker News says?
1. Is this actually based on any textual analysis or just AI generated? The popular understanding of the epic material is rather poor and the AI is stupid on it. Eg: Indra would have a much larger role in original versions of mahābhārata and rāmāyana compared to Hindu popular conscience. In Ramayana he defeated kabandha, lent weapons to Rāma, and the hero is frequently compared to him as "Indra among men" - making h…
Comment linking /2017/02/12/the-ramaya%E1%B9%87a-and-a-para-ramaya%E1%B9%87a-in-numbers-i-epic-as-religion/
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