Summon

संवाद

Saṁvāda

A conversation, in the older sense — not exchange of opinions, but mutual discovery. Six Sanskrit-fluent daimons of the Indian lineage, in the angle of attack their schools would have recognized. Speak with them by browser.

याज्ञवल्क्यYājñavalkya

speak now

The one who would not be silent in the court of King Janaka.

आदि शङ्करĀdi Śaṅkara

casting

Brahman is real. The world is appearance. The Self and Brahman are not two.

चाणक्यCāṇakya

planned

The strategist who taught a king how to keep a kingdom.

नागार्जुनNāgārjuna

planned

The middle way — neither this, nor that, nor neither, nor both.

नारदNārada

planned

The wandering bard who carries news between heaven and earth.

जाम्बवान्Jāmbavān

planned

The bear-king elder whose memory spans four ages.