Hey everyone, welcome again to yet another episode of The Skeptic Show.
On this episode of The Skeptic Show, I had the pleasure of talking to Bhargav Joshi.
Bhargav is the assistant professor at University of California. He is also the Co-founder and Executive producer at Project Satyaloka. Projects Satyaloka is known for its well-researched presentation of Indic Studies.
In this episode, we talked about Vedas, the nature of Vedic poetry and Evolution of thoughts in the Vedas. We talked about the difference between the description of God in Vedas and the Upanishads. We talked about who the Devas and Asuras were and how the king of gods, Indra lost his Godly Status. At the end, we talked about the point of Writing Mahabharata and Ramayana. We talked about the beauty of the story of Rama.
Filled with amazing information and knowledge in a simplified manner, this episode is a must watch for those who are interested in Indic Culture and Vedas.
So enjoy this podcast and share it with your friends and family.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
02:29 - Vedic Religion 101
07:21 - Nature of Vedic Poetry
11:37 - Evolution of thoughts in the Vedas
18:45 - Different parts of Vedas
21:12 - Difference b/w God in Vedas and Upanishads
29:24 - Shubham feels bad for Dev Indra
31:36 - Did story of Ram exist before Ramayana was composed?
37:33 - Difference b/w History and Epics
39:38 - Veda Vyas of Mahabharata and Vedas are not same
41:16 - Final Editing of Mahabharata and Ramayana
44:27 - Dev Indra lost his status
48:22 - Who were Devas and Asuras?
51:35 - Shift from north-western to Eastern plains
53:12 - Who were the Bharatas
54:56 - Weren't Bharatas a sub tribe of Puru tribe?
56:11 - Point of writing these LONG epics(Ramayana)
01:02:04 - Point of writing a HUGE epic (Mahabharata)
01:03:37 - Four elements of Epics
01:08:18 - Duryodhana was called Suyodhana half the time
01:09:02 - The beauty of story of Ram
01:11:51 - THE END | Please Like, Share and Comment
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