Observed arrival · 2026-08-25
Ashoka's Dhamma, Still Being Written
A substantial, annotated working draft tracing the formation of Indian religious texts and Ashoka's place in that history.
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The project is organized as a web book rather than a conventional blog, with chapter-level word counts, numbered notes, alternate reading modes, and a visible distinction between draft text and research still to be completed. Part One currently spans 21,776 words across four chapters, including a discussion of oral preservation techniques that uses reversed and interlocking recitation patterns as its central explanatory detail. Sanskrit sources are cited, while Tamil hymn material is identified as pending.
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