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Avadhoota Mahadeva Sastri
Profiles Nov 26, 2017

Avadhoota Mahadeva Sastri

Dharmaprakasha Sajjan Rao's [i] home named, “Lakshmi Nivasa” is located opposite the North East side of the Venkataramana Swamy Temple at the Bangalor...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna
Invitation to the Launch of Kavithegondu Kathe
Uncategorized Nov 25, 2017

Invitation to the Launch of Kavithegondu Kathe

Prekshaa Journal in association with Wise Words takes immense pleasure to announce the launch of its maiden publication, "Stories Behind Verses," the English tr...

Prekshaa
Stories Behind Verses: Romance and Royalty
Literature Nov 24, 2017

Stories Behind Verses: Romance and Royalty

The contribution of Kerala to Sanskrit literature is tremendous. Just recalling the name of Śrī Śaṅkarācārya is enough to evoke in our minds the vast magnitude...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
The Shape of the Official Tamil History
History Nov 23, 2017

The Shape of the Official Tamil History

An Advisory Committee was formed by the Government to document and publish “The Official History of the Tamils” in ten volumes. It doesn’t need to be explicitly...

Sandeep Balakrishna
Stories Behind Verses: Father and Son
Literature Nov 22, 2017

Stories Behind Verses: Father and Son

Sarisava, a village near Amarāvatīpura of the Mithila province, was home to several erudite poets in the past. Mahāmahopādhyāya Bhavanātha-miśra, who lived in S...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
Mahābhārata’s Message for Today’s World
Epics Nov 21, 2017

Mahābhārata’s Message for Today’s World

The primary characteristics of the modern world are material wealth and individual freedom [c. 1950]. Today, an individual desires to be independent as much as...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar
Stories Behind Verses: Acumen and Argument
Literature Nov 20, 2017

Stories Behind Verses: Acumen and Argument

There are many anecdotes associated with the life and works of Veṅkaṭanātha, a poet and tārkika (logician), popularly known as Vedānta-deśika. Some of them, tho...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
The Awareness of Kshaatra in Buddha
History Nov 19, 2017

The Awareness of Kshaatra in Buddha

There was a gap of about three hundred years between Buddha and Aśoka. Buddha lived in the 6th century BCE. He was born in 560 BCE. He saw the effulgence of kṣā...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar
Mahābhārata and the Aspects of 'Karma'
Epics Nov 14, 2017

Mahābhārata and the Aspects of 'Karma'

The word ‘karma’ means ‘activity.’ In a narrower sense, it can also mean the Vedic rituals of yajña and yāga, building of socially useful amenities such as lake...

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