Affiliate Disclosure
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Adiveda (“we”, “us”, or “our”) wants you to know exactly how this website makes money. Transparency is part of how we keep your trust.
The short version
Adiveda is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com, Amazon.in and affiliated Amazon sites. As an Amazon Associate, Adiveda earns from qualifying purchases.
We may also participate in other affiliate programs from time to time. When we do, we will identify those programs on this page.
What this means in plain English
Many of the books, products, and resources we recommend on this site include affiliate links. When you click one of these links and then make a purchase on the merchant’s site (typically Amazon), we receive a small commission — at no additional cost to you. The price you pay is exactly the same whether you use our link or go to Amazon directly.
These commissions help cover the cost of running Adiveda — hosting, domain renewal, editorial research, and the time it takes to write, translate, and curate the material on this site. Without them, this site would not exist in the form you see today.
How we choose what to recommend
We only recommend books and products that we believe are genuinely useful to our readers and are aligned with the spirit of the Adiveda mission — classical Jyotisha, Hindu philosophy, devotional literature, and Vedic practice. Our recommendations are based on the editorial judgment of our team. We are not paid to feature specific titles, and a publisher, author, or brand cannot buy placement in our shop, our journal, or our cosmic tales.
If we are ever sent a free review copy of a book, we will say so on the page where the book is featured.
How affiliate links are marked
Every outbound affiliate link on this site:
- Carries the HTML attributes
rel="nofollow sponsored noopener"so search engines and browsers can identify it as a paid commercial link. - Opens in a new browser tab so you do not lose your place on Adiveda.
- Is visually identifiable — most appear as a clearly-labelled “Buy on Amazon” button.
Prices, ratings, and availability
In line with the Amazon Associates Program Operating Agreement, we do not display cached prices, star ratings, or “X reviews” counts on Adiveda. Prices and product availability change moment-to-moment on Amazon and are only accurate at the actual moment of purchase. Please confirm the current price, edition, and availability on Amazon itself before completing your purchase.
If you spot an item on our site that appears to be out of print or unavailable, please email us — we update the catalog frequently but cannot always be first.
Cover images and product information
Cover images and product titles are used in accordance with the Amazon Associates Program Operating Agreement. Where possible, images are loaded directly from Amazon’s content delivery network or supplied via Amazon’s Associates tools. If you are a rights-holder and you believe an image on this site is being used incorrectly, please contact us using the details below and we will respond promptly.
Editorial independence
The presence of an affiliate link never changes our editorial opinion. If a book is recommended on Adiveda, it is because the editor genuinely believes it is worth the reader’s time. If we ever discover that a book we recommended turns out to be poorly translated, contains material errors, or is misrepresented, we will update or remove the recommendation regardless of any commission attached to it.
FTC and consumer protection compliance
We aim to comply with the United States Federal Trade Commission’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, the United Kingdom’s CAP Code, India’s Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, and the Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022 issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India.
If you ever feel that any sponsored relationship on this site has not been disclosed clearly enough, please tell us — we want to do better.
Questions
If you have questions about our affiliate relationships or about this disclosure, please write to us at contact@adiveda.in.
Thank you for supporting Adiveda by using our links.
— The Adiveda Editorial Team