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| What is a 'Kupamanduka' described in the ancient Sanskrit texts? |
A frog stuck in the well, is discussed in Sanskrit texts as a critique of isolation, which becomes central in the time of globalization tendency not to cooperate and integrate with the globalized world. A horse running through the track for winning is used as an example of first-world nations in the globalized world A cow gives milk to everyone, used as an example for multinationals in the context of globalization. A cat which never falls on the ground is an example of the strength of the third world countries in a globalized economy. |
| A frog stuck in the well, is discussed in Sanskrit texts as a critique of isolation, which becomes central in the time of globalization tendency not to cooperate and integrate with the globalized world. |
| We can find a warning against isolationism in a parable about a well-frog- the ‘kupamanduka’- that persistently recurs in several old Sanskrit texts…The kupamanduka is a frog that lives its whole life within a well, knows nothing else, and is suspicious of everything outside it. It talks to no one, and argues with no one on anything. It merely harbours the deepest suspicion of the outside world. The scientific, cultural and economic history of the world would have been very limited indeed had we lived like well-frog |
