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Profiles Jul 04, 2017

K A Krishnaswamy Iyer: Vedantin and Violinist

As instructed by K Ramachandra Rao, I went to meet K A Krishnaswamy Iyer. During those days, he lived in his own house on 5th Cross, Basavanagudi (behind the ho...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Literature Jul 03, 2017

The New ‘Aṣṭādhyāyī’ – A 21st Century Approach to Sanskrit Learning (Part 2)

This is part two of the paper presented at the international conference New Frontiers in Sanskrit and Indic Knowledge in June 2017 organized by the Chinmaya Int...

Shashi Kiran B N, Hari Ravikumar

Literature Jul 02, 2017

The New ‘Aṣṭādhyāyī’ – A 21st Century Approach to Sanskrit Learning (Part 1)

This paper by Shashi Kiran B N and Hari Ravikumar was presented at the international conference New Frontiers in Sanskrit and Indic Knowledge in June 2017 organ...

Shashi Kiran B N, Hari Ravikumar

Philosophy Jun 30, 2017

Vairāgya Pañcakam: Five Verses on Detachment

There is a beautiful poem ascribed to Vedānta-deśika (born Veṅkaṭanātha) that deals with the topic of vairāgya (detachment from worldly indulgences). क्षोणी-को...

Hari Ravikumar

Literature Jun 30, 2017

A Story for a Verse - Dvyaṅguḻi Śrīnivāsacārya

अत्तुमम्ब तव पाकमद्भुतंवाञ्छितं स्म करपञ्चकं मम ।अश्म-केश-तृणशोधनाय य-त्ताडनार्थमुदरास्ययोरपि ॥ Dvyaṅguḻi Śrīnivāsacārya was a Sanskrit scholar who lived in the...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Culture Jun 26, 2017

Chinmaya Summer School 2017 - Day 10

Day 10, Session 1: Round Up Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh The great seer-poets – Vyasa, Valmiki, and Kalidasa – have a great emotional connect with the readers. Th...

Prekshaa

Culture Jun 25, 2017

Chinmaya Summer School 2017 - Day 9

The day started off with a Sanskrit appreciation session by Arjun Bharadwaj and ended with a wonderful puppet show based on the fourth act of Shaakuntalam, by S...

Prekshaa

Culture Jun 24, 2017

Chinmaya Summer School 2017 - Day 8

The day began with Shashi Kiran's session on appreciating Sanskrit through subhashitas and ended with a wonderful dance performance by Ramaa Bharadvaj titled Mi...

Prekshaa

Culture Jun 23, 2017

Chinmaya Summer School 2017 - Day 7

Day 7 The day began with a trip to Fort Kochi, followed by a visit to the Paradesi Synagogue, the oldest active synagogue in India, which was built in the 16th...

Prekshaa

Culture Jun 22, 2017

Chinmaya Summer School 2017 - Day 6

Arjun Bharadwaj started off the day’s proceeding with the fourth session of kavya-samskrtam, which has been a regular morning activity of the summer school. In...

Prekshaa

Culture Jun 21, 2017

Chinmaya Summer School 2017 - Day 5

Day 5, Session 1: Meghadutam Shatavadhani Dr. R Ganesh Kalidasa cannot be compared with anyone – he is totally unique, totally Indian. He is the ideal poet – on...

Prekshaa

Culture Jun 20, 2017

Chinmaya Summer School 2017 - Day 4

Day 4, Session 1 Shatavadhani Dr. R Ganesh and Dr. Nagavalli Nagaraj Dr. Ganesh started out by mentioning about the all-pervading influence of Vyasa, Valmiki, a...

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