Ontology
An Amarakosha-based ontology for Bodha nodes, arranged by varga and linked to essays, books, thinkers, schools, and questions.
24 Vargas
559 Links
Work in progress, incomplete page.
Avyaya — Indeclinables
Particles, indeclinables, and the grammatical skeleton of Sanskrit.
4 nodes
Bhūmi — The Earth
Land, soil, geography, and the natural ground of civilization.
13 nodes
Brahma — The Sacred
Brahminic knowledge, ritual, and spiritual practice.
71 nodes
Dhī — Intellect and Cognition
Mind, intellect, perception, aesthetic experience, and knowledge.
87 nodes
Dig — Direction and Space
The eight directions and the spatial ordering of the cosmos.
12 nodes
Kāla — Time
Time, seasons, cosmic cycles, and the ordering of history.
49 nodes
Kṣatriya — The Warrior
War, governance, kingship, and the political order.
35 nodes
Manuṣya — The Human
Human life, society, relations, and the categories of personhood.
101 nodes
Nānārtha — Polysemy
Words with multiple meanings — the semantic richness of Sanskrit.
10 nodes
Naraka — The Infernal
Hell realms, punishment, and the consequences of karma.
10 nodes
Nāṭya — Performance
Drama, dance, music, and the performing arts.
53 nodes
Pātāla — The Underworld
Nāgas, the underworld, and subterranean cosmology.
0 nodes
Pura — The City
Settlements, architecture, urban life, and built space.
25 nodes
Śabdādi — Sound and Language
Speech, sound, grammar, and the philosophy of language.
8 nodes
Śaila — Mountains
Mountains, rocks, and elevated geography.
3 nodes
Saṅkīrṇa — The Mixed
Miscellaneous categories not covered by other vargas.
21 nodes
Siṃhādi — Animals
Animals, birds, and the natural world.
8 nodes
Śūdra — Craft and Service
Artisans, service vocations, and the material arts.
8 nodes
Svarga — The Celestial
The divine and celestial order — gods, heavens, and cosmic hierarchy.
23 nodes
Vaiśya — Commerce and Agriculture
Trade, agriculture, livestock, and the productive order.
2 nodes
Vanauṣadhi — Forest and Medicine
Plants, herbs, forests, and Āyurvedic knowledge.
11 nodes
Vāri — Water
Rivers, oceans, rain, and aquatic life.
2 nodes
Viśeṣyanighna — Adjectives
Qualifiers, attributes, and the adjectival vocabulary of Sanskrit.
2 nodes
Vyoma — The Sky
Sky, atmosphere, celestial bodies, and the heavens above.
1 nodes