Mahābhārata – Episode 111 - Śakuntalopākhyānam - Part 2
Duṣyanta – “Listening to the story you just narrated confirms that you indeed are a princess from a royal lineage. Please be my wife! Tell me what you desire to...
Duṣyanta – “Listening to the story you just narrated confirms that you indeed are a princess from a royal lineage. Please be my wife! Tell me what you desire to...
Footprints of Scholarly Temerity In the progress from Kālidāsa to Bāṇa-bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit literature saw a decisive shift in terms of mind-set: what emanated as...
ಆ ರಥದ ಸ್ವರೂಪದ ವಿವರಣೆಯನ್ನು ಓದಿದ ಮೇಲೆ ರಥ ಎಂದರೆ ಹೇಗಿರಬಹುದೆಂಬ ಬೃಹತ್ ಕಲ್ಪನೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದೆ ಸುಳಿಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಅರಸ ಕೇಳೈಹತ್ತು ಸಾವಿರ- ತುರಗನಿಕರದ ಲಳಿಯ ದಿವ್ಯಾಂ- ಬರದ ಸಿ...
Kāvyavācana[1] Thanks to such readings and recitations, people from our neighbourhood used to come and gather at our place. Attikunte Sripatiraya, Lingap...
கல்வி மற்றும் நடத்தைக்கான விதிமுறை[1] வேதம் கற்பதன் குறிக்கோள் மந்திரங்களை மனப்பாடம் செய்வது மாத்திரம் அல்ல. பாடத்தின் பொருளையும் மாணவர்கள் அறிந்திருக்க வேண்டு...
There lived a king named Duṣyanta who belonged to the lineage of Puru. He was valorous and was ruling over the earth in a dhārmic manner. There was no varṇa-saṅ...
Cāṭu-kavitva Cāṭu literally means ‘pleasing,’ ‘entertaining,’ and ‘endearing.’[1] Modern dictionaries explain it as pleasing or graceful words of discourse, fl...
Ramanna is my Cikka-tāta (grandfather’s younger brother). Sheikhdar Gundappa’s second son. I had briefly introduced him in my earlier writings. He initially wor...
An Experience at the Vasanta Mahal On the evening of Deepavali in 1923, we, i.e., Sastri and his friends, reached Mysore. As per the directions of Sir Mirza Is...
āśīrnamaskriyā vastunirdeśo vā || (Dandin: Kavyadarsha) is a famous aphorism. However, this was composed long after Maharshi Valmiki’s period. I simply cannot...
சந்தியா[1] என்றால் அந்தி நேரம் என்றாலும் காலை, மாலை என இரு வேளைகளிலும் சந்தியா வந்தனம் செய்யப் படுகின்றது.[2] சூரியனைப் போற்றும் இச்சடங்கை நாம் ‘sandhyopāsana’...