The epics and mythology of a culture deeply influence art and literature. This is pronounced in the case of India, as our heritage still has the unbroken, livin...
The use of myth in ‘Saakshi’ also functions beautifully at another level by equating the mythical and magical power with the creative power of disinterested obs...
Myth has become a prominent term at present in literary criticism. A large group of writers, myth-critics like Robert Graves, Francis Ferguson, Maud Bodkin, Ric...
भूत्वा पौल्कसकात् प्रपद्य रजकानाभाष्य पौराणिकान् गानस्थानमुपेत्य चाशुकरणानालिङ्ग्य नत्वा कवीन् | वेश्यासद्मनि संप्रविश्य च गता वैद्यस्य पाणिग्रहं भूयो हन्त ! सु...
The fourth part of this translation comprises the verses that are not found in the critical edition but are in the Chitrashala edition. Most of them are as eleg...
This is the third part of the translation of the Yakshaprashna. With this, all the verses in the critical edition have been translated. In the fourth and conclu...
This is the second part of the translation of the Yakshaprashna, a conversation between Yudhishtira and Yama on the banks of the enchanted lake. Chapter 297 Ver...
One of the most fascinating tales in the Mahabharata is the dialogue between Yudhishtira and Yama on the banks of the enchanted pool. This episode is popularly...
माणिक्यक्रमणं लोके मङ्गलाय भवेत्किल | मङ्गले सहजेsस्माकं माणिक्यात्किं प्रयोजनम् || Maṅgaleśvara-śāstri had an elder brother by name Rukmeśvara-śāstri. He was t...
पूषवाडान्वयाब्धीन्दो स्वस्ति नारायणप्रभो | नेत्रे गात्रे तथा श्रोत्रे वक्त्रे पुष्पेषुशोभ ते || Once, a scholar visited the court of Nārāyaṇa Gaṇapati, the pr...
यागक्रियार्थं खलु वृक्षराजो वर्णक्रियार्थं खलु भृङ्गराजः | तुलाक्रियार्थं खलु विट्तराजो न किञ्चिदर्थं भुवि नर्सराजः || Naḍimiṇṭi Maṅgaleśvaraśāstri was a schola...
त्वमसि रसिकमध्ये मङ्गलस्वानरम्यः समरमृदितशत्रुः किं च रम्भारतीच्छुः | दरधरहृदयोsहं नेश्वरश्रीर्जितोsन्यैः मम वितर समृद्ध्यै मन्दिरं का क्षतिस्ते || Garaḻapuri...