Abstract This paper reinterprets the Samudra Manthan (“Churning of the Ocean”) episode from the Purāṇas as a poetic record of early Indian maritime exploration and resource discovery. Instead of a…
Abstract This paper reinterprets the Samudra Manthan (“Churning of the Ocean”) episode from the Purāṇas as a poetic record of early Indian maritime exploration and resource discovery. Instead of a…