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Kṣāttra Rites - 8
Culture Aug 31, 2025

Kṣāttra Rites - 8

Ekāha Category In the Ekāha rites, the details will be provided only for the Śyēnayāga. The rest of the abhicāra rites only have differences in the śastras, st...

Soorya S A
Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Rājaśekhara (Part 4)
Arts Aug 28, 2025

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Rājaśekhara (Part 4)

The king finally marries not one, but two women of his antaḥpura with the help of his queen. One of them, as narrated before, was in the disguise of a man and p...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj
भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 96
History Aug 27, 2025

भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 96

यह दुःख का विषय है कि स्वतंत्रता प्राप्ति के उपरांत हमारे राजनेताओं में अधिकांशतः क्षात्र भाव का अभाव देखने में आता है। भारत के लम्बे इतिहास में क्षात्र चेतना...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Prof D S Vaghela
Kṣāttra Rites - 7
Culture Aug 24, 2025

Kṣāttra Rites - 7

(2) Rudravagnīṣṭi This is considered a very potent abhicāra to slay one’s enemy. It is performed to Rudrāgni, a dangerous form of Agni or in simple terms, Rudr...

Soorya S A
Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Rājaśekhara (Part 3)
Arts Aug 22, 2025

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Rājaśekhara (Part 3)

We have been able to lay our hands only on two acts of his other play called Bāla-bhārata or Pracaṇḍa-pāṇḍava; it is hard to say if the poet only wrote so much....

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj
भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 95
History Aug 20, 2025

भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 95

सारांश रूप में अहिल्याबाई के रूप में हम हजार वर्षों के मुस्लिम अत्याचारों के विपरीत एक अत्यंत उदात्त हिंदू चरित्र को देखते है। अहिल्याबाई और सवाई जयसिंह दोनो ने...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Prof D S Vaghela
भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 94
History Aug 12, 2025

भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 94

अहिल्याबाई ने अपने कोषालय का हमेशा परिपूर्ण रखा उसके शासन काल में मालवा क्षेत्र अति समृद्ध प्रांत था। अपने प्रजाजनों के कल्याण के अतिरिक्त उसने कभी भी एक रुपये...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Prof D S Vaghela
Kṣāttra Rites - 6
Culture Aug 10, 2025

Kṣāttra Rites - 6

(6) Rājasūya[1] In the Rājasūya-yāga, the indraturīya oblation is offered to smite rākṣāsas and adversaries. This is an obligatory rite performed in the Rājasū...

Soorya S A
Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Rājaśekhara (Part 2)
Arts Aug 08, 2025

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Rājaśekhara (Part 2)

Just like Bhavabhūti, Rājaśekhara too begins his play on the Rāmayana by praying to the Vāg-devatā. In the ten acts of his play, he has covered the story of the...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj
भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 93
History Aug 06, 2025

भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 93

अहिल्याबाई का जन्म औरंगाबाद के निकट एक गॉव चॉडी में मानकोजी पटेल के घर हुआ था। यद्यपि आज के सन्दर्भ में उनका संबंध पिछड़े वर्ग से था तथापि उनमें अति उच्च संस्का...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Prof D S Vaghela
Kṣāttra Rites - 5
Culture Aug 03, 2025

Kṣāttra Rites - 5

(4) Somayāgas and Paśuyāgas The yajñas where the soma plant is used as the substance are called as somayāga. There are more than a thousand somayāgas ment...

Soorya S A
Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Rājaśekhara  (Part 1)
Arts Aug 01, 2025

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Rājaśekhara (Part 1)

Bāla-rāmāyaṇa, Bāla-bhārata, Karpūra-mañjarī, Viddha-śāla-bhañjikā, and Kāvya-mīmāṃsā are the works of Rājaśekhara that are available to us today. We learn that...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj