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Literature May 12, 2024

Parimalapadmagupta, Bhoja

Parimalapadmagupta Parimalapadmagupta or Parimalagupta is the author of the historical poem, Navasāhasāṅkacarita. This work describes the attainments of Sindhu...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Arts May 10, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Bhāsa (Part 2)

The original work of Bṛhatkathā is not available today. However, we can infer its structure and content based on the Kathā-saritsāgara. The main storyline relat...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

History May 08, 2024

भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 28

उस समय में वेदों का अनुसरण करने वालों ने भी बौद्ध धर्म का बहिष्कार नहीं किया था। सातवाहनों ने न केवल सांची स्तूप के द्वारों का निर्माण करवाया अपितु अमरावती ने ए...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Prof D S Vaghela

Philosophy May 07, 2024

Appendix (Part 4)

A Subtle Concept The truth explained in this appendix is that of the paramārtha. We have explained earlier that truth is of three kinds:  (1) vyāvahārika...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Literature May 06, 2024

ಗೋವಿಂದ ಪೈಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯದ ಮರುನೋಟ - 9

‘ಹೆಬ್ಬೆರಳು’ ರೂಪಕದ ಸಂಕ್ಷಿಪ್ತ ಪರಾಮರ್ಶೆ ಈ ರೂಪಕವನ್ನು ಪೈಗಳು ನಾಲ್ಕು ‘ನೋಟ’(ದೃಶ್ಯ)ಗಳಿರುವ ಏಕಾಂಕವೆಂದು ಹೆಸರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಆರುನೂರ ಎಂಬತ್ನಾಲ್ಕು ಸರಳರಗಳೆಯ (ಪೈಗಳ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ‘ಝಂಪೆ’) ಪಂಕ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Arts May 03, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Bhāsa (Part 1)

  In about 1910, when Mahāmahopādhyāya T. Ganapati Shastri was travelling to procure books in the southern regions of Travancore, he happened to lay his h...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

History May 01, 2024

भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 27

भगवान बुद्ध के जीवन की इस घटना को देखें। एक दिन बुद्ध के विश्वास पात्र तथा संबंधी (गृहस्थजीवनका) विख्यात आनन्द अपने साथ यशोधरा (बुद्ध के पूर्वाश्रम मे की पत्नी)...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Prof D S Vaghela

Philosophy Apr 30, 2024

Appendix (Part 3)

One thing is established from this discussion of the history of philosophy; even though the testimony of the Vedas is necessary for all the three matas, since n...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Literature Apr 29, 2024

Trivikrama-bhaṭṭa, Somadevasūri

Trivikrama-bhaṭṭa Among the ornate campū compositions available in Sanskrit, Nala-campū authored by Trivikrama-bhaṭṭa is the oldest. The author had a penchant...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Profiles Apr 28, 2024

Lawyer fees - Part 1

Thippadoddi is a village on the north-eastern border of the Mysore Princely State. Punganoor is about eight to nine miles from Thippadoddi. There resided about...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vikram Phadke

Arts Apr 26, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - The Upa-rūpakas (Part 2)

11. Saṃlāpaka – A saṃlāpaka has either three or four acts and the nāyaka is a pāṣaṇḍa[1], i.e., a heretic. The play evokes all rasas except for śṛṅgāra and karu...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

History Apr 24, 2024

भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 26

ऐसी ही घटना को आज हम गांधी-नेहरु काल में देख रहे हैं – यदि नेहरु जैसा व्यक्ति गांधी का उत्तराधिकारी हो सकता है तो यह गांधी के सिद्धांतों की वास्तविकता को दर्शात...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Prof D S Vaghela