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PhilosophyAnalysis6 October 202612 min
The Epistemology of Effacement: Why Later Vaidika Commentaries Deliberately Excised Lunar Dynasties
Recent philological comparisons of the *Mahābhāṣya* recensions reveal a systematic removal of lunar dynasty references, suggesting a strategic theological effort to decouple Vedic validity from specific historical lineage. This linguistic surgery points to a sophisticated theory of history where textual authority supersedes genealogical claim.
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