Journeys into Vedic Thought
Long-form, researched essays on the deities, language, ritual and history of the Rig Veda. All free to read.
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The House the Rigveda Never Describes
A night charm in Mandala 7 shuts a household's eyes 'as we shut this house' and then says nothing about the house. Across 10,500 verses the Rigveda names beds, doors and dogs but almost never a wall, a roof or a brick. What that silence is actually evidence of.
Metallurgy in the Mantras: Gold, Bronze, and the Material World of the Rigvedic Poets
The Rigveda names metals, describes chariots, catalogues ornaments, and treats gold as the substance closest to the divine. Reading the metallurgical vocabulary alongside the archaeology of the late Bronze Age Punjab recovers the material world the poets actually inhabited: a world of copper-alloy tools, gold exchange, spoked-wheel vehicles, and no iron.