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A story for a verse – Sosale Garaḻapuriśāstri 2
Literature Apr 06, 2017

A story for a verse – Sosale Garaḻapuriśāstri 2

नृसिंहाख्ये गण्डशैले  वरदाख्यो महामणिः | निपत्य खलु तत्तैव व्यशीर्यत सहस्रधा || A grammarian by name Narasiṃhaśāstri once presented a verse in the form of a eul...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Sosale Garaḻapuriśāstri
Literature Apr 05, 2017

A story for a verse - Sosale Garaḻapuriśāstri

अनाघ्रातव्यङ्ग्यैरपरिचितशब्दार्थरचनै रबुद्धालङ्कारैरनवगतभावोज्ज्वलरसैः | यशोमात्रं कूजन्नवनवदुराशैः कुकविभि र्दुरध्वे व्याकृष्टा भगवति विपन्नासि कविते || Sosale...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
Sri Rama Navami
Culture Apr 04, 2017

Sri Rama Navami

In sanatana dharma, birthdays of great people are celebrated as jayantis and death anniversaries are remembered as aradhanas. Sri Rama Navami is the birthday of...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Mummaḍi Kṛṣṇarāja Wodeyar and Śeṣaśāstri
Literature Apr 03, 2017

A story for a verse - Mummaḍi Kṛṣṇarāja Wodeyar and Śeṣaśāstri

67. नीवारशूकवत्तन्वी विद्युल्लेखेव भास्वरा | रमणी रमणीयेयं स्मरणीया स्मरारणिः || Mummaḍi Śrī Kṛṣṇarāja Wodeyar of Mysore was a great connoisseur of art and was...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Kāśi Śeṣaśāstri
Literature Apr 02, 2017

A story for a verse - Kāśi Śeṣaśāstri

विद्याधरोsप्सरोयक्षरक्षोगन्धर्वकिन्नराः | कृष्णराज महाराज ! गायन्ति तव वैभवम् ||   Mummaḍi Śrī Kṛṣṇarāja Wodeyar (i.e., Krishnaraja Wodeyar III) was famous for...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - HG Wilson
Literature Apr 01, 2017

A story for a verse - HG Wilson

निष्पिष्टापि परं पदाहतिशतैः शश्वद्बहुप्राणिनां संतप्तापि करैः सहस्रकिरणेनाग्निस्फुलिङ्गोपमैः | छागाद्यैश्च विचर्चितापि सततं मृष्टापि कुद्दालकै र्दूर्वा न म्रियत...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Kirīṭapati Veṅkaṭācārya
Literature Mar 30, 2017

A story for a verse - Kirīṭapati Veṅkaṭācārya

कणभयिताहे तर्के फणभयिताहे सुशब्दगणनोर्दके | मन्दरवृत्तं वर्ते श्रुत्यंतसुधाम्बुधौ महागर्ते ||   Kirīṭapati Veṅkaṭācārya was a prominent scholar who lived in the...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Manorama Tampuratti
Literature Mar 29, 2017

A story for a verse - Manorama Tampuratti

यस्य षष्टी चतुर्थी च विहस्य च विहाय च | अहं चापि द्वितीया स्याद्द्वितीया स्यामहं कथम् || Manoramā Taṃpurāṭṭi was a great grammarian who lived in Kerala in the 1...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
Yugadi
Culture Mar 28, 2017

Yugadi

Yugadi, also called Ugadi, is a well-known festival in India. Though it is often considered as a South Indian festival, textual evidences and local practices cl...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Vāñcheśvara
Literature Mar 26, 2017

A story for a verse - Vāñcheśvara

हृदि तरसा विदितरसा तदितरसाहित्यवाङ्न मे लगति | कविलोके न विलोके भुवि लोकेशस्य शाहजेरुपमाम् ||   Vāñcheśvara was the great-grandson of Govinda-dīkṣita. He was al...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ – ಇರುವು; ಅರಿವು; ಹರವು – 6
Literature Mar 24, 2017

ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ – ಇರುವು; ಅರಿವು; ಹರವು – 6

ಕಾಮದ ಅತಿಯಾದ ವಿವರಣೆ: ಒಂದು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಆಕ್ಷೇಪ? ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಯ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಹಲವರು ಆಕ್ಷೇಪಿಸುವುದೇನೆಂದರೆ, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅತಿಯಾದ ಕಾಮದ ಚಿತ್ರಣವಿದೆ  ಅಥವಾ ಅನೌಚಿತ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಲೇಖಕರು ಕಾಮವನ್ನು ವಿಜೃಂಭಿಸಿದ್ದ...

Shreesha Karantha
ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ – ಇರುವು; ಅರಿವು; ಹರವು – 5
Literature Mar 23, 2017

ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ – ಇರುವು; ಅರಿವು; ಹರವು – 5

೫. ಅನುರಣಿಸುವ ಕೆಲವು ಧ್ವನಿಗಳು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಯ ಅಂತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಸೂಚನೆಗಳು ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತವೆ. ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಗಣೇಶ(ಸುಕನ್ಯಳ ಮಗ) ಮತ್ತೊಬ್ಬ ಮಂಜಯ್ಯನಂತಾಗಿರುವುದು ಮತ್ತು  ಮಂಜಯ್ಯನ ತೋ...

Shreesha Karantha