“आचिनोति च शास्त्रार्थानाचारे स्थापयत्यपि। स्वयमाचरते यस्मादाचार्यस्तेन चोच्यते॥” “An Acharya is one who consolidates the essentials of a knowledge system, es...
The insights of the sort DVG possessed emanated precisely from this deep understanding of philosophy, or more accurately, his realization of Darshana. In other...
Dharma-dhvaja I recall an incident when Shivaswami Iyer once poked fun at a group of people, calling them ‘Dharma-dhvajas.’ This was during one of his lectures...
Writing just four years after India attained independence, DVG characterizes[1] our freedom from British rule as a “fruit” endowed with a “sour taste.” But more...
"It's better to wear out than to rust out", Swami Vivekananda used to often say. True to these words, having worked tirelessly for over a decade, his body began...
Back at Hastināpura, the spies that Duryodhana had set out in search of the Pāṇḍavas returned to the capital and reported to their king. “We thoroughly searched...
೯ ಅರ್ಥಾಲಂಕಾರಗಳು ವಾಕ್ಯವಿಶ್ರಾಂತವಾದರೆ ಶಬ್ದಾಲಂಕಾರಗಳು ಶಬ್ದವಿಶ್ರಾಂತ. ಅಂದರೆ, ಇವುಗಳಿಗೆ ಶಬ್ದರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ತಾತ್ಪರ್ಯ. ಅರ್ಥಾಲಂಕಾರಗಳು ಬುದ್ಧಿಗಮ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಭಾವವನ್ನು ಮೀಟಿದರೆ ಶಬ್ದಾಲಂಕಾ...
In the present context, it would not be incorrect to say that the various expositions on sāmānya-dharma in the myriad smṛti texts have its origin in the concept...
Shivaswami Iyer was a Sanskrit scholar. V Krishnaswami Iyer was his friend, colleague, and sometimes an opponent in his profession as a lawyer. Krishnaswami Iye...
But at the doctrinal level, this consequence is the direct outcome of imposing the selfsame untested theory of freedom, democracy, liberty and related ideas fas...
Draupadī told Bhīma, “I cried out loud, pouring out my miseries, for I could not control my sorrow; not with a desire to criticize the Mahārāja. Let bygones be...
ಅನುಮಾನಾಲಂಕಾರವು “ಅನುಮಾನ”ವೆಂಬ ತಾರ್ಕಿಕಪ್ರಮಾಣವನ್ನೇ ಆಧರಿಸಿದೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ಕೆಲವರು ಅಲಂಕಾರವಾಗಿಯೇ ಅಂಗೀಕರಿಸರು. ಬಲುಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಕಾವ್ಯಲಿಂಗದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಇದು ಅಡಕವಾದೀತು. ಆದರೆ ಇಂಥ ಅಲಂಕಾರದಲ್ಲಿಯ...