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Philosophy May 03, 2022

Ch. 4 Yoga of Unattached Karma (Part 5)

Selfless Karma Who should follow the principle of not wanting results for one’s duties? Those who are seeking mokṣa. How many of us are wishing for mokṣa? Sure...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Literature May 02, 2022

Bhavabhūti: A Portrait - 1

Bhavabhūti was a Sanskrit poet par excellence. He lived in the eighth century CE. A thorough scholar of many branches of Indian learning, he composed three play...

Shashi Kiran B N

Arts May 02, 2022

Ekavyakti-Yakṣagāna: Structure and Content (Part 6)

We used the traditional accompaniments of Yakṣagāna, namely caṇḍè and maddalè. To enhance the melody, however, we included flute and violin as accompaniments. F...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Literature Apr 28, 2022

Kathāmṛta - 88 - Śaśāṅkavatī-lambaka - The Story of Vicitrakatha and The Story of Śrīdarśana

There, he found a yakṣiṇī, who had a divine charm. She was in the company of her maidens. Śrīdarśana saw that they were carrying varieties of delicacies and dri...

A R Krishna Sastri

Profiles Apr 27, 2022

Rājakārya-prasakta Dewan Bahadur Sir M N Krishna Rao - part 2

Seetharamiah’s Hospitality In the next week or ten days, I reached Delhi. Seetharamiah was waiting at the train station by the time the train reached. I asked...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vedavyas M G

Profiles Apr 26, 2022

Sir K Seshadri Iyer (Part 8)

APPENDIX ‘Deśābhimāni’ One of the most important political situations during Seshadri Iyer’s tenure was related to newspapers. In the city of Mysore, a person...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan

Literature Apr 25, 2022

Kālidāsa - 7

Über-human and sub-human characters do not produce rasa unless they are ‘humanized’ – this is a fundamental tenet of aesthetics. A great poet knows from experie...

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

Arts Apr 24, 2022

Ekavyakti-Yakṣagāna: Structure and Content (Part 5)

Now, moving on to bhāgavatikè. As mentioned earlier, vācikābhinaya of Yakṣagāna is of three kinds and that rendered by the bhāgavata is a major component. Ther...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Literature Apr 21, 2022

Kathāmṛta - 87 - Śaśāṅkavatī-lambaka - The Story of Vicitrakatha, The Story of Yakṣa named Aṭṭahāsa and The story of Bhūnandana and Kumudinī

After he cured all of Guṇākara's wounds, Mṛgāṅkadatta continued on his voyage. One night, he was fast asleep under a tree in Vindhyāṭavi. When he was awakened f...

A R Krishna Sastri

Arts Apr 20, 2022

Ekavyakti-Yakṣagāna: Structure and Content (Part 4)

It was a common scenario for conservative-minded audience of traditional Yakṣagāna to brush aside our presentations as falling into the Bharatanāṭya genre. They...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Philosophy Apr 19, 2022

Ch. 4 Yoga of Unattached Karma (Part 4)

Arjuna is hasty. Initially, he was eager to fight. Then, he was eager to give up fighting. Vikarma is the result of this haste. Therefore, the following is said...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra Hebbalalu, Sreelalitha Rupanagudi

Literature Apr 18, 2022

Kālidāsa - 6

Let us proceed to the sixth act of Abhijñānaśākuntala. Duṣyanta has made a painting of Śakuntalā. The vidūṣaka takes one look at it and exclaims: “Madhurāvasthā...

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