This is a short glossary of some of the technical terms often seen in Hindu literature. A glossary such as this becomes inevitable on most occasions since many...
The foundational works of Hinduism have, for centuries, been transmitted by means of an oral tradition – teachers taught their disciples, who committed every wo...
This is the second part of the article, Sanatana Dharma from Scratch by Shatavadhani Dr. R Ganesh, discussing about several fundamental aspects of Hinduism. Rta...
हृदयकुहरमध्ये केवलं ब्रह्ममात्रं ह्यहमहमिति साक्षादात्मरूपेण भाति | हृदि विश मनसा स्वं चिन्वता मज्जता वा पवनचलनरोधादात्मनिष्ठो भव त्वम् || Seekers of vedānta wi...
प्रीतिं ददाति विपुलां श्रियमातनोति निर्माति नूत्नसमयं दुरितं धुनोति | आर्द्रीकरोति हृदयान्यपि देवतानां कस्मै शुभाय न भवेत्कविता विदोषा || Kāvyakaṇṭha Gaṇapati...
जगतीधरजामाता भवतां भव्याय भूयसे भवतु | कञ्चिदकिञ्चनमपि यद्वीक्षा विदधाति शक्रसमम् || Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭhagaṇapati-muni was an āśukavi and could compose a hundre...
कुलीनः क्षुद्राय प्रवर इति धत्ते निजसुतां अनार्यान् विज्ञाश्च प्रभव इति गायन्ति शतशः | बलं बाह्वोर्लुप्तं हृतमपि च वाग्वीर्यमरिभिः दशां देशस्यैतां प्रतिपदमयं ध्...
सुधाधिक्यं स्पृहेच्छत्रुः फलाधिक्यं स्पृहेद्भिषक् | पत्राधिक्यं स्पृहेज्जाया माता तु त्रितयं स्पृहेत् || Kāvyakaṇṭha Gaṇapati-muni performed several aṣṭāvadhā...
सत्वरकवितासविता कश्चिद्गौडोSहमम्बिकादत्तः | गणपतिरिति कविकुलपतिरितिदक्षो दाक्षिणात्योsहम् || Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭhagaṇapati-muni was good at composing poems even...
Legends, Stories from Mythologies - Religious Rites, Rituals As legends, mythological stories, religious rites and rituals intertwine with each other in many in...
ध्वस्थप्रध्वस्थमनुजा क्षतविक्षतविग्रहा | कीर्णप्रकीर्णपर्यन्ता नासिकेSयं भविष्यति || Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭhagaṇapati-muni is one of the doyens of modern India. H...
A translation of D.V. Gundappa's preface to his volume of Jnapaka Chitrashale containing profiles of traditional Vedic Scholars.