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S G Bindu Rao (Part 3)
Profiles Jul 17, 2019

S G Bindu Rao (Part 3)

One of the stories of Sri Ramakrishna Whenever I remember Bindu Rao, a story that Bhagavān Ramakrishna Paramahamsa often narrated comes to my mind.  A sc...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad
Vairāgya-vikrīḍitam
Literature Jul 16, 2019

Vairāgya-vikrīḍitam

किं वेदैः स्मृतिभिः पुराणपठनैः शास्त्रैर्महाविस्तरैः स्वर्गग्रामकुटीनिवासफलदैः कर्मक्रियाविभ्रमैः। मुक्त्वैकं भवबन्धदुःखरचनाविध्वंसकालानलं स्वात्मानन्दपदप्रव...

Shashi Kiran B N
Mahābhārata and its Place in Indian Culture – Part 2
Literature Jul 13, 2019

Mahābhārata and its Place in Indian Culture – Part 2

The story of the Mahābhārata is gigantic. It is thus divided into eighteen parvas. These divisions are called kāṇḍas in the Rāmāyaṇa. What is termed as ‘sandhi’...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Hari Ravikumar, Arjun Bharadwaj
The Sport of Renunciation: Verses
Literature Jul 12, 2019

The Sport of Renunciation: Verses

Bhartṛhari begins his Vairāgya-śatakam with a verse on Śiva:             चूडोत्तंसितचारुचन्द्रकलिकाचञ्चच...

Shashi Kiran B N
Mahābhārata – Episode 74 – The Invincible Bhīṣma
Epics Jul 11, 2019

Mahābhārata – Episode 74 – The Invincible Bhīṣma

On the fourth day of the war, Bhīmasena totally destroyed Duryodhana’s elephant division and killed eight of the Kaurava brothers including Jalasandha and Suṣeṇ...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar
Vairāgya-vikrīḍitam—The Sport of Renunciation
Literature Jul 10, 2019

Vairāgya-vikrīḍitam—The Sport of Renunciation

Ask a random student of Sanskrit to recite a poem—chances are you will hear a verse from Bhartṛhari’s Nīti-śatakam. Go to an Acharya seeking wise counsel—chance...

Shashi Kiran B N
S G Bindu Rao (Part 2)
Profiles Jul 09, 2019

S G Bindu Rao (Part 2)

Beginning of Bhārata-vācana This group of literary and musical connoisseurs made it a routine to take turns and meet in one of the houses every day after work,...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad
Mandra: The Triumph of Ramkumari
Literature Jul 07, 2019

Mandra: The Triumph of Ramkumari

Introduction In the corpus of Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s twenty-three novels, seven stand out as Himalayan peaks in the order of their publication: Vamsha Vruksha, Da...

Sandeep Balakrishna
Mahābhārata and its Place in Indian Culture - Part 1
Literature Jul 06, 2019

Mahābhārata and its Place in Indian Culture - Part 1

The culture of Greater India has its roots in śruti, smṛti, itihāsa, and purāṇa. Śruti means ‘Vedas.’ The Upaniṣads, which form a part of the Vedas, are the bas...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Hari Ravikumar, Arjun Bharadwaj