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Sandarbhasūkti - part 21
Literature May 24, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 21

178. Bhakṣite'pi laśune na śānto vyādhiḥ ‘Even after eating garlic the disease remained.’ Garlic is forbidden as per the śāstras. Notwithstanding that, it also...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S
Bhāravi - 2
Literature May 22, 2023

Bhāravi - 2

Bhāravi further refers to speech in the conversation between Indra and Arjuna: प्रसादरम्यमोजस्वि गरीयो लाघवान्वितम्।       &...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N
Sandarbhasūkti - part 20
Literature May 21, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 20

169. Bakabandhana-nyāya Capturing the crane. Someone asked the strategy to capture a crane. The strategist suggests the following: “Keep a lump of butter on th...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S
Sandarbhasūkti - part 19
Literature May 17, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 19

157. Piśācanāṃ piśācabhāṣayaivottaraṃ deyam To make the piśācas understand, we should converse in their own language (piśācabhāṣā). They wouldn’t understand Ka...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S
Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 4)
Philosophy May 16, 2023

Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 4)

The object that is water, is H2O for a chemist, and ambrosia for a thirsty man. The satiating and refreshing potential imperceptible in hydrogen and oxygen was...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
विशेषणकविः कालिदासः - 2
Literature May 15, 2023

विशेषणकविः कालिदासः - 2

विशेषणात्येतानि कर्तृकर्मादिकारकसापेक्षमपि विवेक्तुं शक्यन्ते। यद्यपि षट्स्वपि कारकेषु विवेचनस्य साध्यतास्ति, तथापि प्रयोगबाहुल्यात् कर्तृकर्मगतानि विशेषणानि प्...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
Sandarbhasūkti - part 18
Literature May 10, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 18

147. Paṅkaprakṣālana-nyāya Paṅka means marshy waters, prakṣālana means to cleanse. Why would one put their hands in the marsh and then cleanse it? It is better...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S
Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 3)
Philosophy May 09, 2023

Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 3)

Thus, the Parabrahma is conducting the activities of the universe in three forms — prakṛti, jīva and Īśvara. yāvatsaṃjāyate kiñcit sattvaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
विशेषणकविः कालिदासः - 1
Literature May 08, 2023

विशेषणकविः कालिदासः - 1

इह जगति कालिदासस्य प्रतिष्ठा बहुविधा जागर्ति। तत्काव्यरचनाचातुरीमनुलक्ष्य तमुपमाकविं रसेश्वरं वैदर्भगिरामावासं च सहेतुकं समामनन्ति सङ्ख्यावन्तः। सकलमिदं स्वागता...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh