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Arts Jan 02, 2026

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Prasanna-rāghava and Jānakī-pariṇaya

Prasanna-rāghava Jayadeva, the author of Candrāloka, has also penned a play called Prasanna-rāghava. The play in seven acts narrates the story of the Rāmāyaṇa...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Philosophy Dec 28, 2025

The Essential Sanātana-dharma - Dharma

Dharma The world’s progress and sustenance depends on adherence to dharma. It is because of dharma that even a weak person can defeat a stronger person. In a w...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh, Hari Ravikumar

Philosophy Dec 21, 2025

The Essential Sanātana-dharma - Consciousness, Objectives of Human Life

Consciousness There’s an old joke of a student in a philosophy class who asks his teacher, “Professor, how do I know that I exist?” Pat comes the response, “An...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh, Hari Ravikumar

Philosophy Dec 14, 2025

The Essential Sanātana-dharma

Hinduism, the universal way of life, is practised by more than one billion people the world over. Adherents of the Hindu faith comprise a sixth of the global po...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh, Hari Ravikumar

Culture Dec 07, 2025

ದೇವರ್ಷಿ ನಾರದರ ವಿಶ್ವರೂಪ - 2

ನಿಗ್ರಹಾನುಗ್ರಹಸಮರ್ಥರಾಗಿದ್ದ ನಾರದರಿಗೂ ಅನ್ಯರಿಂದ ಶಾಪ ಬಂದಿತ್ತು; ಆಗೀಗ ಅಪಮಾನಗಳೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದವು. ಇವುಗಳ ಸೂಚನೆಯನ್ನು ನಾವು ಮುನ್ನವೇ ಕಂಡೆವಾದರೂ ಅವುಗಳ ಕೆಲವು ವಿವರಗಳನ್ನೀಗ ನೋಡಬಹುದು. ಹಿಂದ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Culture Nov 30, 2025

ದೇವರ್ಷಿ ನಾರದರ ವಿಶ್ವರೂಪ - 1

ನನಗೆ ಬಾಲ್ಯದಿಂದಲೂ ನಾರದಮುನಿಗಳೆಂದರೆ ತುಂಬ ಆದರ, ಕುತೂಹಲ. ಅಕ್ಷರಾಭ್ಯಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಮುನ್ನವೇ ರಾಮಾಯಣ, ಮಹಾಭಾರತಗಳ, ವಿವಿಧ ಪುರಾಣಗಳ ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಳುತ್ತ ಬೆಳೆದ ನನಗೆ ಕಥಾಕೀರ್ತನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ಪೌರಾಣಿ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Arts Nov 21, 2025

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Āścarya-cūḍāmaṇi and Anargha-rāghava

Āścarya-cūḍāmaṇi Śakti-bhadra, who belongs to the Malabar region, is the author of Āścarya-cūḍāmaṇi. The play in seven acts contains the story of the Rāmāyaṇa,...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Nov 16, 2025

DVG through Letters - 3

The letters also contain valuable discussions on grammar, stylistics and poetics. DVG the natural poet has occasionally composed entire letters in verse (K V Pu...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy, Shashi Kiran B N

Arts Nov 14, 2025

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Hanūmannāṭaka (Part 1)

The Hanūmannāṭaka, which is also called the Mahānāṭaka narrates the entire story of the Rāmāyaṇa. The play is famous more for its unique structure and less for...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Nov 10, 2025

DVG through Letters - 2

Let us look at a few instances that illustrate these traits. The self-effacing DVG protested against having a special issue of a literary magazine dedicated to...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy, Shashi Kiran B N

Profiles Nov 02, 2025

DVG through Letters - 1

[The following forms the Editors’ Introduction to DVG through Letters, a volume published by the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, Bengaluru, to mark th...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy, Shashi Kiran B N

Arts Oct 30, 2025

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Kundamālā (Part 3)

From the Uttara-kāṇḍa of Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa, we learn that Rāma had made up his mind to perform the aśvamedha accompanied by the golden image of Sītā. He does n...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj