Kapil

“If there is one thing the Vedas are not, it is books: they are oral compositions in a language that was used for ordinary communication; and were handed down by word of mouth like that language itself.”
― Frits Staal, Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insight

“हे चंडमुंडभंडासुरखंडिनी, जगदंबे, उद्दंडदंडमहिषासुरमर्दिनी दुर्गे, शुंभनिशुंभनिर्दालिनी कालिके, महाराष्ट्रधर्मरक्षिके-तुळजाभवानी एकवीरे ये! सुदिन सुवेळ मी शिवराजाच्या जन्माचं आख्यान मांडलय, आई, तू ऐकायला ये!”
― Babasaheb Purandare, Raja Shivchattrapati Purvarde

“The 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-2017), which is a slightly older document, puts the mean number of years of schooling in India at 5.12 years, which is not very far off from the Human Development Report figure. This is well below other emerging-market countries, like China, at 8.17 years, and Brazil, at 7.54 years. In fact, it is also well below the average of all developing countries, which is at 7.09 years.”
― Vivek Kaul, India’s Big Government: The Intrusive State & How It's Hurting Us

“The oral tradition speaks loud and clear, but for visual representations we must wait for the Buddhist era, after the Vedic period.”
― Frits Staal, Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insight