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Work With This
Same doors as Respond — pick the one that matches what you came to do
In plain words
No account needed. Each door opens Respond on that intent (or the roadmap). Most of the work is inference; I need people who can challenge it, test it, source it, or collaborate.
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The doors
- Challenge a claimSomething here looks wrong, overstated, or unsupported.→ Respond · Challenge a claim
- Bring a case to testA counter-case or lived example that tests an open inquiry.→ Respond · Bring a case to test
- Suggest a sourceA text, edition, or citation that should be in the record.→ Respond · Suggest a source
- Flag an errorA factual mistake, broken link, or typo that needs fixing.→ Respond · Flag an error
- Propose collaborationScholar, practitioner, engineer, or other help to offer.→ Respond · Propose collaboration
- Follow alongSee what’s done, what’s early, and what’s deliberately deferred.→ Roadmap
Challenge a claim
Use Respond (header or bottom-right). Choose "Challenge a claim" and name the page or claim. Prefer concrete over vibe: what's wrong, why, and what would fix it.
Bring a case to test
Open inquiries need counter-cases and lived examples — not a chapter detour. Use Respond → "Bring a case to test" and say which claim the case should pressure.
Suggest a source
Prefer: named text, edition, chapter/verse, and a resolving link. Or a clear argument that a layer is compilation-only. Tags that apply: [attested]A named text, edition, and verse — linked. If it isn't linked, it isn't attested. [compiled-source]Appears in a devotional compilation (e.g. Sanskrit Documents) — real and useful, not a critical edition. [gap]I looked and could not find it. What I searched and where is named..
Context for the queue: observation 3.8. When answering, use Respond and name the question number.
Propose collaboration
Scholar, practitioner, engineer, or other help to offer — use Respond → Propose collaboration, or write a person directly below.
Open philology queue
Open question #1
Where is the Dakṣiṇa Kālī bīja (Krīm) primarily attested?
I searched the Kālikā Purāṇa (B.N. Shastri English, full OCR) — not there. I can only find it in compiled / teaching sources. Acceptance: named text + edition + chapter/verse + resolving link to a critical or scholarly edition.
Answer via Respond →Open question #2
Where is the Dakṣiṇa Kālī mūla mantra primarily attested?
Same search of the Kālikā Purāṇa — no clean pin. Acceptance: named text + edition + verse + link.
Answer via Respond →Open question #3
Where is a Dakṣiṇa Kālī gāyatrī / standalone dhyāna primarily attested?
Dhyāna material appears inside a compiled kavaca (Śyāmārahasya lead). That is not enough. Acceptance: critical or scholarly edition pin.
Answer via Respond →Open question #4
Is there a Dakṣiṇa Kālī aṣṭakam with a checkable edition?
Compilations exist; I have not verified manuscript / edition lineage. Acceptance: edition + text + link.
Answer via Respond →Open question #5
Where is a Dakṣiṇa Kālī śatanāma primarily attested?
No checked critical pin yet. Acceptance: named text + edition + verse + link.
Answer via Respond →Open question #6
Where is the Dakṣiṇa Kālī pūjā vidhi primarily attested?
Kālikā Purāṇa has Kalikula ritual material, but not a clean Dakṣiṇa module pin in the edition I searched. Acceptance: named procedure text + edition + locus.
Answer via Respond →Open question #7
Can the three compiled pins (stotra, sahasranāma, kavaca) be upgraded to critical editions?
They currently live on Sanskrit Documents with compilation / colophon leads (including Śyāmārahasya / Rudrayāmala for the kavaca). Acceptance: scholarly edition citations that supersede the compilation links — or a reasoned demotion.
Answer via Respond →Open question #8
Is the uniform deity-stack a classical tantric structure, or a later devotional-compilation pattern?
If the latter, my central observation is substantially weaker, and the “engineering discipline across millennia” reading needs revising. I’d rather know. Acceptance: argument with sources — either direction.
Answer via Respond →
Respond intents: Challenge a claim · Bring a case to test · Suggest a source · Flag an error · Propose collaboration.