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Bhāravi - 1
Literature May 07, 2023

Bhāravi - 1

After Kālidāsa, Bhāravi is perhaps the only poet who steered the ship of Sanskrit narrative poetry along a new route. Successive poets merely followed his lead....

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N
Sandarbhasūkti - part 17
Literature May 03, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 17

138. Na hi svato'satī śaktiḥ kartumanyena śakyate It is impossible to impart some power which we don’t have in the first place. Milk has the inherent capacity...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S
Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 2)
Philosophy May 02, 2023

Ch. 13 Yoga of Nature and the Primeval being (part 2)

How is Brahma? sarvataḥ pāṇipādaṃ tat sarvatokṣi-śiro-mukham । sarvataḥ śrutimalloke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati ॥ BG 13.14 “Its limbs are everywhere, as...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi
ಮಹತ್ತಿನ ಉಪಾಸನೆ - ದೇವುಡು ನರಸಿಂಹಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿಗಳ ‘ಮಹಾತ್ರಯ’ದ ಸಂಸ್ತವ - 2
Literature May 01, 2023

ಮಹತ್ತಿನ ಉಪಾಸನೆ - ದೇವುಡು ನರಸಿಂಹಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿಗಳ ‘ಮಹಾತ್ರಯ’ದ ಸಂಸ್ತವ - 2

ಕಾದಂಬರಿಗಳ ಪೌರಾಣಿಕ ಪರ್ಯಾವರಣವನ್ನು ಪುಷ್ಟಿಗೊಳಿಸುವಂತೆ ಅನೇಕ ಪ್ರಸಂಗಗಳು ರೂಪಿತವಾಗಿವೆ. ರುದ್ರಸಾಕ್ಷಾತ್ಕಾರ, ಆಪೋದೇವಿಯರ ದರ್ಶನ, ತ್ರಿಶಂಕುವಿನ ದಿವ್ಯದೇಹನಿರ್ಮಾಣ (‘ಮಹಾಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ’), ಬ್ರ...

Shashi Kiran B N
Sandarbhasūkti - part 16
Literature Apr 26, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 16

130. Na hi bhikṣuko bhikṣukāntaraṃ yācitumarhati satyanyasminnabhikṣuke When there is someone who isn’t a beggar in the vicinity one beggar shouldn’t beg from...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S
भगवत्पादमाहात्म्यम्
Philosophy Apr 24, 2023

भगवत्पादमाहात्म्यम्

अवस्थात्रयम् इह खलु सप्राणैः सर्वैरपि जाग्रत्-स्वप्न-सुषुप्तिसञ्ज्ञाः तिस्रोऽवस्थाः प्रत्यहम् अनुभूयन्ते। जाग्रति स्वप्ने च यो भेदः सुतराम् अनुभूयते स सुषुप्तौ...

Shashi Kiran B N
Sandarbhasūkti - part 15
Literature Apr 23, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 15

123. Naṭasāmājika-nyāya An actor portrays many characters on stage, may it be Rāma or Bhīma. He provides the connoisseurs a feast of rasa by showing the sorrow...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S
Sandarbhasūkti - part 14
Literature Apr 19, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 14

115. Dīrghaśaṣkulībhakṣaṇa-nyāya When eating large/long śaṣkulīs i.e. chakli all the five sense organs feel happy! Since they are large, let's assume that we h...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S