Talk:Bhavanari Satyanarayana

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By Sachi Anjunkar


Satyanarayana is a Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Acharya Nagarjuna University as of October 2025[1]. According to his university profile, his research interests include Special Functions, SFuzzy Algebra, and SGraph theory.

He has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India, or the Indian Government as of October 2025.

In his work on The Vedas as the Original Source of the Hindu Indian Ancient and Modern Mathematical Sciences: A Survey Article.[2] Satyanarayana exhibits conceptual erasure of Hindu philosophy under the guise of syncretism. By recasting Vedic rishis as emissaries of “Allah” and publishing this theological reinterpretation in a mathematics journal, the work confuses disciplines and diminishes Hindu intellectual autonomy.

The author writes statements on Hindu religious appropriation or dilution of Hindu culture by stating phrases such as “Allah sent various Rishis, Sages, and Avatars,” rewriting Hindu cosmology to fit an Abrahamic framework. He tries to erase Hindu theological independence by suggesting that Vedic rishis were “sent” by the same monotheistic deity recognized in Islam. Further implicitly positioning Hindu tradition as a subset or derivative of another faith rather than a self-originating worldview is a subtle but classic form of civilizational diminishment.

Satyanarayana also employs false syncretism disguised as inclusivity by presenting Hindu, Islamic, and Sikh figures as part of one theological lineage, which seems “inclusive,” but it flattens fundamental differences in metaphysics and revelation. He denies the diversity and originality of Hindu thought by absorbing it into a single “universal” narrative controlled by Abrahamic terms. Satyanarayana displays epistemical colonization by replacing Hindu frameworks with Abrahamic categories under her persona to appear as a secular or unifying academic.

Satyanarayana publishes a theologically oriented essay in a mathematics journal that blurs disciplinary boundaries. He misguides the readers that Hinduism’s link to science is mystical rather than scholarly, reinforcing stereotypes that Hindu claims of ancient knowledge are pseudo-scientific. He feeds a Hinduphobic trope: that Hindus conflate religion and science irrationally.

Lastly, Satyanarayana's vocabulary substitutes indigenous Sanskrit terms such as Ishvara, Deva, and Avatar with general words like “God,” “Prophet,” or “Allah. He uses these Terms like “Allah,” “God,” and “Prophets” as universal referents for all spiritual figures, erasing Sanskritic terms like Ishvara, Deva, or Avatar. He imposes external linguistic dominance and perpetuates colonial habits of describing Hindu ideas through foreign categories.

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  1. Bhavanari Satyanarayana University Profile accessed July 2023
  2. Satyanarayana, Bhavanari, Poonam Kumar Sharma, and Abul Basar. “The Vedas as the Original Source of the Hindu Indian Ancient and Modern Mathematical Sciences: A Survey Article.” Journal of Mathematical Problems, Equations and Statistics, vol. 3, no. 1, 2022, pp. 6–10. www.mathematicaljournal.com