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உபநயனம் – சில சடங்குகள்

தண்டம்-கோல்[1] ஆசாரியர் மாணவனுக்கு தண்டத்தை(கோலை) வழங்கும்போது, அவன், "எனது தண்டம் கீழே விழுந்துவிட்டது, அதனை நான் எனக்கு நீண்ட ஆயுள் கிட்ட வேண்டியும், பிரம்மச...

Mahābhārata – Episode 101 – The Death of Bhīṣma

Yudhiṣṭhira said, “However competent one might be, if destiny doesn’t smile on him, he will not earn any wealth. Even a helpless chap or a child, if favoured by...

Around Samasyā-pūraṇa: Analysing Literary Creativity - 3

The following two verses are solutions to a single challenge that posits Viṣṇu is Śiva: कपाली च कलापी च शिरसा भाति योऽवतात्। स देहार्धसमासक्तकेशवश्चन्द्रशेखरः...

Unsung Poetry (Part 4)

Sixty-seventy years ago, the erudite scholars of the era were blessed with an abundant vocabulary. Unfortunately, the themes on which this prowess was to be app...

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 14) - My Suggestions and our Trip to Hassan

My Suggestions Once, there was a certain shortcoming in the functioning of the Servants of India Society. Sastri was the head of the organization. The English...

The World of DVG's Impromptu Poetry and Dictation

யக்ஞோபவீதம் (பூணூல்)

மேகலை அணிவித்தபின் அச்சிறுவனுக்கு பூணூல்(யக்ஞோபவீதம்) அணிவிக்கப்படுகிறது.[1] யக்ஞோபவீதம் என்பது பவித்திரமான பூணூல் என்று இப்போதை உள்ளதைப்போல அப்போதெல்லாம் ...

Mahābhārata – Episode 100 – Indomitable Karma

Although Bhīṣma spoke many such words of peace and solace, Dharmarāja’s heart would not find peace; he would not be consoled. He lamented with the words – “Havi...

Around Samasyā-pūraṇa: Examples

A note about the translation of verses: In translating Sanskrit into English, we had to chart our course through a thoroughly challenging terrain. The reason f...

ಕರ್ಣಾಟ ಭಾರತ ಕಥಾಮಂಜರಿ – ಮರುಓದು, ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ, ಕೆಲವು ಪಾತ್ರಗಳ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ (ಭಾಗ 7)

ಪಾಂಡವರಲ್ಲಿ ಭೀಮ, ಆಕಾರ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ವಭಾವ ಎರಡರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟನಾಗಿ ನಿಲ್ಲುತ್ತಾನೆ.  ಕಪಟ, ಕುತಂತ್ರಗಳಾಗಲೀ, ಇರದ ನೇರ ನುಡಿ ನೇರ ನಡೆಯವನು.  ಇವನ ಅಸಾಧ್ಯ ಹಸಿವಿನಿಂದಾಗಿ ಇವನಿಗೆ...

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 13) - Thrifty by Nature - a Miser too?

Meeting Venkatakrishnayya Each time Sastri was in Mysore, he first visited M. Venkatakrishnayya at his house. He always informed Venkatakrishnayya well in adva...

DVG's Shiva Yajna: M.D. Ramanathan, M.S. Subbulakshmi and Love of Mirth