Koradeeyam: Knowledge Dissemination

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I am starting this blog to discuss various issues related to the Indian tradition that is, various topics across Nastikadarsanas, Arthasastra, Ayurveda, Tantram, Alankara Sastra and fourteen विद्यास्थानानि, namely

		Vedaśākhā	Saṃhitā / Brāhmaṇa			Āraṇyaka	Upaniṣad
VEDAS	Ṛgveda	Śākala-	Aitareya-			Aitareya-	Aitareya-
		Sāṇkhāyana-	Kauṣītakī-			Kauṣītakī-	Kauṣītakī-
	Kṛṣṇayajurveda	Taittirīya-	Taittirīya-			Taittirīya-	Taittirīya-, Śvetāśvatara-, Mahānārayaṇa-
		Kaṭha-	Kāṭhaka-			Kāṭhaka-	Kaṭha-
		Kapiṣṭhala-Kaṭha	Kapiṣṭhala-Kaṭha-
		Maitrāyaṇīya-	Maitrāyaṇī-			Maitrāyaṇī-	Maitrāyaṇī-
	Śuklayajurveda	Kāṇva-	Śatapatha-			Bṛhadāraṇyaka-	Bṛhadāraṇyaka-, Īśā(vāsya)-
		Mādhyandina-	Śatapatha-			Bṛhadāraṇyaka-	Bṛhadāraṇyaka-, Īśā(vāsya)-
	Sāmaveda	Rāṇāyanīya	Pañcaviṃśa-, Ārṣeya-, Vaṃśa-, Talavakāra-, Daivata-, Jaiminīyopaniṣad-, Ṣaḍviṃśa-, Mantra-, Chāndogya-, Sāmavidhāna-, Saṃhitopaniṣad-				Kena-
		Jaiminīya
		Kauthuma					Chāndogya-
	Atharvaveda	Śaunaka	Gopathabrāhmaṇa				Muṇḍaka-, Māṇḍūkya-, Praśna-
		Pippalāda
VEDĀṄGAS	Śikṣā	Pāṇinīyaśikṣā, Yājñavalkyaśikṣa, Nāradaśikṣā, Maṇḍukīśikṣā (Śikṣāsaṅgraha has thirty four Śikṣas)
	Vyākaraṇa	Aṣṭādhyāyī + Vārtikas + Mahābhāṣya	Prakrīyā		Kāśikā + commentaries; Siddhāntakaumudī + commentaries etc.
			Ārthika		Vākyapadīya, Śabdakaustubha, Bhūṣaṇa, Mañjūṣā etc.
	Chandas	Chandassūtras of Piṅgala, Ṛkprātiśākhya, Sarvānukramaṇī of Kātyāyana, Chandaḥpraveśikā, Śrutabodha etc.
	Nirukta	Niruktam of Yāska with Vṛtti of Durgācārya
	Jyotiṣa	Siddhāntaskandha	Sūryasiddhānta, Āryabhaṭī, Siddhāntaśiromaṇi etc.
		Muhūrtaskandha	Muhūrtamārtāṇḍa, Muhūrtacintāmaṇi
		Jātakaskandha	Bṛhajjātaka of Varāhamihira, Pūrvaparāśarī
	Kalpa	Śrautasūtras	Āśvalāyana-, Śāṅkhāyana- (Ṛgveda); Āpastamba-, Bodhāyana-, Vaikhānasa-, Bhāradvāja-, Vādhūla- (Kṛṣṇayajurveda); Kātyāyana- (Śuklayajurveda);Jaiminīya-, Drāhyāyana- (Sāmaveda); Vaitānaśrautasūtra, Kauśikagṛhyasūtra (Atharvaveda)
		Gṛhyasūtras
		Dharmasūtras	Vasiṣṭha- (Ṛk.);Āpastamba-, Bodhāyana- (Kṛṣṇyajus.); Viṣṇu-(Śuklayajus.);Gautama- (Sāma.)
		Śulbasūtras	Āpastamba-, Bodhāyana-, Mānava- (Kṛṣṇyajurveda), Kātyāyana- (Sāmaveda)
UPĀṄGAS	Mīmāṃsā	Purvamīmāṃsā / Mīmāṃsā	Mīmāṃsāsūtras of Jaimini			Śābarabhāṣya	Kumārila - Ślokavāṛtika, Tantravārtika, Ṭupṭīka; Prabhākara - Bṛhatī
		Uttaramīmāṃsā / Vedānta	Brahmasūtras of Bādarāyaṇa	Śārirakabhāṣya of Śaṅkarācārya; Śrībhāṣya of Rāmānujācārya; Ānandatīrthacatussūtrabhāṣya			Bhāmatī of Vācaspatimiśra – Kalpataru – Parimalā; Pañcapādikā – Vivaraṇa; Ratnaprabhā;
	Nyāya	Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika	Nyāyasūtras of Gautama; Vaiśeṣikasūtras of Kaṇāda			Nyāyabhāṣya of Vātsyāyana; Praśastapādabhāṣya	Nyāyavārtika, Nyāyakalikā, Nyāya-vāṛtikatātparyaṭīkā, Nyāyakusumāñjalī etc.;Tarkasaṅgraha etc.
		Sāṅkhya-Yoga	Sāṅkyasūtras of Kapila; Īśvarakṛṣṇa'sSāṅkhyakārikas; Yogasūtras of Patañjali			Sāṅkhyasūtrabhāṣya of Vijñānabhikṣu; Māṭharavṛtti on Sāṇkhyakārikas; Vyāsabhāṣya on Yogasūtras; Bhoja'sVṛtti on Yogasūtras; Tattvavaiśāradī (ṭīkā on Vyāsabhāṣya) of Vācaspatimiśra etc.
	Purāṇa	18 Mahāpurāṇas	Brahma, Padma, Viṣṇu, Vāyu, Bhāgavata, Nāradīya, Mārkaṇḍeya, Agni, Bhaviṣya, Brahmavaivarta, Liṇga, Varāha, Skanda, Vāmana, Kūrma, Matsya, Garuḍa, and Brahmāṇḍa.
		18 Upapurāṇas	Sanatkumāra, Narasiṃha, Bṛhannāradīya, Śiva, Durvāsa, Kāpila, Mānava, Auśanasa, Vāruṇa, Kālikā, Māheśvara, Sāmba, Śaura, Parāśara, Devibhagavata, Āditya, Vāsiṣṭha and Viṣṇudharmottara
		Itihāsa	Śrīmadrāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata
	Dharmaśāstra	Smṛtis	Manu, Atri, Viṣṇu, Hārīta, Yājñavalkya, Uśanā, Aṅgiras, Yama, Āpastamba, Saṃvarta, Kātyāyana, Bṛhaspati, Parāśara, Vyāsa, Śaṅkha-Likhita, Dakṣa, Gautama, Śātātapa, Vaśiṣṭha
		Nibandhas	Smṛticandrikā, Vīramitrodaya, Vivādaratnākara, Dāyabhāga, Nirṇayasindhu, Dharmasindhu

I have written hundreds of posts on the Google group Bharatiya Vidvat Parishad over the last few years. Of late, many are requesting for information / clarification in private. The knowledge in these discussions would be disseminated here.

A word about the title of the blog. Recently, I had discussed one particular sloka (16.8) from Bhagavadgita and ended up writing a commentary on it. This commentary was named Koradeeyam following the age-old tradition of naming a commentary after its author. In effect, most of the posts would be of a similar nature, and hence the name.