Meditations on sacred “word” in Hindu theology

Shashank Rao
Nov 7 · 4 min read

The concept of sacred word in theology is well-known within the Abrahamic tradition, where the centrality of sacred text is near universal. Divine revelation is carried out through the spoken word, and is recorded as the written word. For the Abrahamic faiths, a highly developed textual and literate culture is key to the practice of faith.

However, this is not always the case in other religious traditions. For example, the various Dharmic traditions of the subcontinent have varying relations with text as a source of religious knowledge, ranging from…

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Shashank Rao

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Amateur Hindu theologian, polyglot-in-progress and aspiring advocate in education policy, among other things.

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