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Mahābhārata – Episode 109 – The Ascent to Svarga

As Yudhiṣṭhira went ahead, he first saw Duryodhana. He was sitting amidst the Devatās, glimmering with the wealth of courage, seated on a throne that was resple...

Footprints of Scholarly Temerity in Sanskrit Literature - 1

Introduction Sanskrit is one of the most sophisticated languages in the world. A rubric of aesthetics that is universal in scope governs its poetry. Sanskrit h...

ಕರ್ಣಾಟ ಭಾರತ ಕಥಾಮಂಜರಿ – ಮರುಓದು, ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ, ಕೆಲವು ಪಾತ್ರಗಳ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ (ಭಾಗ 11)

ಕುಸುಮ ಕೋಮಲೆಯೆನಿಸಿದ್ದ ದ್ರೌಪದಿ, ಸೋದರರ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಅಮಿತ ಪ್ರೇಮವುಳ್ಳ, ಭೀಮ ಹಿಂದೆ ತಮಗಾದ ಒಂದೊಂದು ಅನ್ಯಾಯವನ್ನೂ, ಅಪಮಾನವನ್ನೂ ನೆನೆಯುತ್ತ ಭೀಭತ್ಸ ಎನಿಸುವಂತಹ ಕೃತ್ಯಕ್ಕೆಳಸಿ, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂತೃ...

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 21) - The Gentle Path

Benevolence Srinivasa Sastri possessed several characteristic traits that won people’s heart and gained him their appreciation. Scholarship, oratory skills, bo...

Introducing the Balakanda: Valmiki's Renowned Curse

Mahābhārata – Episode 108 – The Final Journey

After Yudhiṣṭhira heard the tragic tale of the Yādavas from Arjuna, he felt like renouncing everything and setting out on a long voyage. He looked at Arjuna and...

ಅಭಿಜಾತನೃತ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ: ಒಂದು ವಿವೇಚನೆ - 2

ಅಭಿಜಾತನೃತ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಈ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಅಭಿಜಾತನೃತ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನದೊಡನೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಿ ನೋಡಿದಾಗ, ಮಿಕ್ಕೆಲ್ಲ ನೃತ್ಯಪದ್ಧತಿಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿ ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನವು ನಾಟ್ಯಪದ್ಧತಿಯಾ...

Sheenanna (Part 4)

Shamanna’s family Even I had moved to Eldooru. During those days, Shamanna’s wife Venkamma who was suffering from illness for a long time, passed away. Venkamm...

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 20) - Sneha-rasa; John Morley and his Works

Meeting Once Again! That summer, Srinivasa Sastri had taken residence in a house named Seetaalaya in the B.P. Wadia Road in Basavanagudi. Sastri’s sixty-first...

Sri Ramachandra: Deity by Day, Guru by Noon and Parabrahma by Night

কৃষ্ণ-জীবনে ভগবদ্গীতা – আত্মজ্ঞান

গীতার ত্রয়োদশ অধ্যায়ে, কৃষ্ণ যেসব বিভিন্ন গুণাবলীর বর্ণনা দেন, সে সকলই প্রকৃত গুণের পরিচায়ক (ভ. গী. ১৩.৭-১১)। অমানিত্বমদম্ভিত্বং অহিংসা ক্ষান্তিরার্জবম্ | আচ...

Mahābhārata – Episode 107 – The Death of Kṛṣṇa and the Yādavas

Thirty-six years after the Mahābhārata War transpired, yet another catastrophe struck. Once, the three mahaṛṣis – Viśvāmitra, Kaṇva, and Nārada – came to Dvārak...