tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420872586066122308.post3991461732568853227..comments2022-03-24T02:31:24.418-07:00Comments on Mythical Musings: Completion of the term of exileSudhirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728727792844289460noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420872586066122308.post-15437910605755005662015-10-09T03:37:34.890-07:002015-10-09T03:37:34.890-07:00A conjecture on why did Yudhishtira wait for three...A conjecture on why did Yudhishtira wait for three days after the Virata war to announce the Pandavas' true identities - maybe he wanted to be careful that one year was up by all accepted (during those times) calendars such as solar, lunar, ... For instance, I am from an orthodox Tamil Brahmana family where it is customary to follow the cāndramāna almanac for some observances and sauramāna for others. Of course, the discrepancy today between these two is typically around 12-15 days but do we know exactly what almanacs were in vogue then?kavuNiyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667934302017044545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420872586066122308.post-33020343912839924722014-10-14T07:56:32.361-07:002014-10-14T07:56:32.361-07:00Oui. It's a complicated arithmatic built into ...Oui. It's a complicated arithmatic built into the epic. I had read somewhere--maybe in Devdutt's "Jaya", where he had attempted a solution. Maybe I had managed to understand that way. Definitely that's a riddle and whether it was deliberately left by Vyasa or developed by the momentum of the plot, it can't be said. Nice reading Sudhir. You're such a talent, and must be reader's favourite.The Unadornedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18010721483561440174noreply@blogger.com