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K V Ramaswami Iyer (Part 2)

Felicity of Language Ramaswami Iyer learnt Kannada within three or four months of moving to Mulbagal. A few Kannada words were already familiar to him bec...

The Great Symbolism of our Independence Day: Part 2

ರಾಮಕಥಾವಿಸ್ತರ: ಒಂದು ಮರುನೋಟ

My Ātma-guru: N Narasimha Murthy (Part 6)

Fruits of Scholarship After a few weeks, that discourse was published in the magazine [Karnataka] . A person who was close to Murthy read that work and said: “...

Kathāmukhalambaka - 7 - The birth of Udayana

गौरीनवपरिष्वङ्गे विभोः स्वेदाम्बु पातु वः | नेत्राग्निभीत्या कामेन वारुणास्त्रमिवाहितं || May the sweat beads adorning Shiva, brought about by his embra...

Caturvidhābhinaya in the Kumārasambhava - Part 9 - The Environment Freezes

The next verse in the third sarga of the Kumārasambhavam is yet another instance where the poet takes the opportunity to personify nature and superimpose elemen...

Jīvana-dharma-yoga: Introduction

[On the occasion of D V Gundappa’s forty-fifth death anniversary, Prekshaa is delighted to publish the first episode of a new series – a modern English translat...

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The Great Symbolism of our Independence Day: Part 1

K V Ramaswami Iyer (Part 1)

I have already written about my Sanskrit teacher, Kashi Raghavendracharya elsewhere.[1] I shall now move on to reminiscences of my English teacher. It appears...

Kathāpīṭhalambaka - 6 - The Bṛhatkathā is Narrated

The next day, early in the morning, King Śātavāhana left the place. Deciding not to consume any food, he performed rigorous tapas to appease Kumāra-svamī.[1] [2...

Caturvidhābhinaya in the Kumārasambhava - Part 8 - The Animated Environment

बालेन्दुवक्राण्यविकाशभावाद्बभुः पलाशान्यतिलोहितानि । सद्यो वसन्तेन समागतानां नखक्षतानीव वनस्थलीनाम् ॥ 3.29 The poet continues to paint the āhārya with a...