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Profiles May 31, 2018

Punyashloka Venkatarama Bhatta's Abiding Devotion to Vedic Learning

My Thread Ceremony   Sri Venkatarama Bhatta urged my grandfather and my younger grandfather to perform my Thread Ceremony as early as possible. It seems...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Arts May 29, 2018

Rāgānurāga – Part 5

Tyāgarāja's Darini telusukonti is my favorite kṛti in the rāga Śuddhasāveri. Many others have also composed songs in this rāga. In fact, there are sev...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Vishwanath Chandrashekara

Literature May 28, 2018

“ಅಭಿನವಭಾರತಿ”ಯ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯಗಳು — ರಸವಿಘ್ನಗಳು, ರಸದ ಸ್ವತಃಪ್ರಾಮಾಣ್ಯ

ರಸವಿಘ್ನಗಳು ಅಭಿನವಗುಪ್ತನು ಅದೆಷ್ಟೋ ಮೌಲಿಕಸಂಗತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇದಂ ಪ್ರಥಮವೆಂಬಂತೆ ಅಭಿನವಭಾರತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ರೋಡೀಕರಿಸಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಹಲವು ಕಡೆ ಇಂಥ ಹೊಸಹೊಳಹುಗಳು ಯಾವೆಲ್ಲ ಪೂರ್ವಾಚಾರ್ಯರಿಂದ ಪರಂಪರಾಪ್ರ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

History May 27, 2018

The Tradition of Kshatra in India: The Age of Empires

In the later part of the Gupta Era, we see the rise of Sthaneshwar, which is on the banks of the Ganga. It lies between Ambala and Delhi, near Kurukshetra. A gr...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar

Epics May 24, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 16 – The Killing of Jarāsandha

SABHĀ-PARVA Maya was a sculptor of the rākṣasas. He was one of the few who remained alive without getting charred to death when the Khāṇḍava forest burned; out...

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

Profiles May 23, 2018

The Daily Routine of Punyashloka Venkatarama Bhatta

Sri Shivashankara Sastri On occasion, Sri Shivashankara Sastri and Pocambhatlu Narasimha Sastri would visit our home to perform Homams and other rituals. I mus...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles May 22, 2018

Basavappa Shastri

M Venkatakrishnaiah, M S Puttanna, C Subbarao, and other language enthusiasts in Mysore decided to publish a monthly magazine called Hitabodhini. They decided i...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Dhruva Somayaji

Literature May 21, 2018

“ಅಭಿನವಭಾರತಿ”ಯ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯಗಳು — ರಸಸೂತ್ರವಿವರಣೆ

ಅಭಿನವಗುಪ್ತನು ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಕಡೆಯೂ (ಸಂ.೧, ಪು.೨೮೦) ರಸ ಮತ್ತು ಪುರುಷಾರ್ಥಗಳ ಸಂಬಂಧವನ್ನು ಚರ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅವನ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ರತಿಭಾವದಿಂದ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸುವ ಶೃಂಗಾರರಸವು ಕಾಮವೆಂಬ ಪುರುಷಾರ್ಥಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂವಾದ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

History May 20, 2018

The Tradition of Kshatra in India: The Kṣātra and Courage of the Southerners

In this discourse about the tradition of kṣātra in India, at every step, the storyline goes up and down, backwards and forward. It is my desire that a...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar

Epics May 17, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 15 – Arjuna’s Exile; the Khāṇḍava Forest-fire

In the north, Arjuna went to Gaṅgādvāra, the Agastyavaṭa in the Himalayan region, Vasiṣṭha mountain, Hiraṇyabindu, and other pilgrimage centres; in the east, he...

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

Profiles May 16, 2018

Relatives and the Culinary Prowess of Punyashloka Venkatarama Bhatta

Nivrutti Tippa Bhatta Sri Venkatarama Bhatta’s wife, the Revered Mother Akkayyamma hailed from Mudiyanoor, an Agrahara[i] populated by the Vaidika Brahmanas of...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Philosophy May 15, 2018

சிவ-ராம-கிருஷ்ணன்: உலகம் ஒரு குடும்பம்

அயோத்தியா காண்டத்தில் ராமனுக்கும் அந்நாட்டு மக்களுக்குமான பரஸ்பர அன்பு நன்றாய் புலப்படுகிறது. அவன் அவர்களை சந்தித்து அவர்களது சுக துக்கங்களில் பங்கெடுத்துக் கொள...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sripriya Srinivasan