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Literature Jan 14, 2018

Humour in Treatises of Indian Aesthetics – 1

जगत्सन्दर्भसौन्दर्यसंवित्संस्पन्दसाक्षिणम्। प्रणमामि सितस्मेरप्रणवं गणनायकम् ॥ Humour is a divine gift to humans. While experiencing humour is wonderful, analyz...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Culture Jan 13, 2018

Suggestions for Institutionalising Ayurveda in India and Abroad

The author wrote this open letter as part of a recent assignment. The letter summarises and adds to his earlier essays on related topics. The assignment was to...

G L Krishna

Epics Jan 11, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 3 – Birth of the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas, Death of Pāṇḍu

Back at Hastināpura, Gāndhārī too was pregnant; even as she was carrying, she heard that Kuntī had given birth to Yudhiṣṭhira. She hadn’t given birth even after...

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

Philosophy Jan 10, 2018

॥ ऋतं सत्यं तथा धर्मः॥

१ सामान्यतया वदामः किल वयं लोके “इयमस्माकं प्रकृतिः,” “तत्तस्य नैजम्,” “इदं मे नैजम्” इत्यादीनि वचांसि। कोऽसौ प्रकृतिः? किं नाम नैजम्? आ जनेर्मानवेषु समन्विता भ...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Jan 09, 2018

Rasas in Homer's Epics

The epics, Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, largely complement each other in terms of what they offer to connoisseurs. Using the terminology of the rasas (flavours o...

Arjun Bharadwaj

Literature Jan 08, 2018

Jananāntara-sauhṛda: Towards an Understanding of Rasa Theory

Slaying of the rākṣasa Kabandha is one of the fascinating episodes in Ādikavi Vālmīki's Rāmāyaṇam. This oft-quoted episode appears at the end of the Araṇya-kāṇḍ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

History Jan 07, 2018

The Valour of Pushyamitra Shunga

Marxist-Communist historians claim that because Pushyamitra Shunga was a brāhmaṇa, all events that occurred during his period were merely the revolt of brāhmaṇa...

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

Arts Jan 05, 2018

A Tribute to the Bard of Tiruvayyāru (Part 2)

This is the second part of the two-part article published on the occasion of the 2018 Tyāgarāja Ārādhana Utsavam, which falls on today's date. — Editors   Bhakt...

Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Arts Jan 04, 2018

A Tribute to the Bard of Tiruvayyāru (Part 1)

Prekshaa is glad to bring out a special two-part article on the occasion of Tyāgarāja Ārādhana 2018, which falls on January 6th this year. This also happens to...

Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Literature Jan 03, 2018

ಕಾವ್ಯಪುರುಷೋತ್ಪತ್ತಿ — ಕಾವ್ಯದ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಕಥೆ

ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಕೆ “ಪಾತುಂ ಶ್ರೋತ್ರರಸಾಯನಂ ರಚಯಿತುಂ ವಾಚಃ ಸತಾಂ ಸಮ್ಮತಾ ವ್ಯುತ್ಪತ್ತಿಂ ಪರಮಾಮವಾಪ್ತುಮವಧಿಂ ಲಬ್ಧುಂ ರಸಸ್ರೋತಸಃ | ಭೋಕ್ತುಂ ಸ್ವಾದುಫಲಂ ಚ ಜೀವಿತತರೋರ್ಯದ್ಯಸ್ತಿ ತೇ ಕೌತುಕಂ ತದ್ಭ್ರ...

Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Jan 02, 2018

The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer – Structural Aspects

The events in the Iliad span only a few weeks in the final year of the war and most of them occur outside the city-walls of Troy. In the Odyssey, the events tak...

Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Jan 01, 2018

M R Srinivasa Murthy

Srinivasa Murthy was a born rasika (connoisseur). Being a rasika presupposes a penchant to search for splendour in every aspect of life and to enjoy the splendo...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Haricharan Mylaraiah