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Kathāmṛta - 69 - Śaktiyaśo-lambaka - Stories of Kumudikā, Candraśrī, Duśśīlā, Sumanarāja and the Parrot

2. Next Gomukha started narrating the story of Kumudikā:- The Story of Kumudikā In the city of Pratiṣṭhāna, there lived a king named Vikramasiṃha. His wife wa...

Moṭagānahaḻḻi Subrahmanya Shastry - A Richly Cultured Person

V Si. and Shastry always got their writings reviewed by the other. They would exchange ideas and opinions, mainly for their own clarity. Those were the years of...

Ch. 3 Yoga of One’s Own Dharma (Part 4)

Thus, one who leads life in the form of tapas, yajña, and dāna, does not have to hanker after mokṣa. It is readily available. By leading a life that is dedicate...

D V Gundappa (Part 1)

Note: This is the transcript of a lecture delivered under the auspices of Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs and Prekshaa Pratishtana, as part of a lecture ser...

Saletore's Encyclopedic Treatment of Ancient Indian Polity

B.A. Saletore: The Pioneer of using Epigraphy in Indian History Writing

Kathāmṛta - 68 - Śaktiyaśo-lambaka - The Story of Īśvaravarmā and Sundarī

10. Śaktiyaśo-lambaka   अवारणीयं रिपुभिर्-वारणीयं करं नुमः | हेरम्बस्य ससिन्दूरम्-असिन्दूरम्-अघच्छिदं ||   avāraṇīyaṃ ripubhir-vāraṇīyaṃ k...

Critical Appreciation of Prahasanas - Part 7

While ‘kapālin’ is taken in literal sense before the word Pāṇigrahaṇa which literally just means holding hands is turned to the other meaning, taking one’s hand...

Prof. Sondekoppa Srikanta Sastri (Part 1)

An apt epithet for Prof. Srikanta Sastri would be satyānveṣī – ‘the seeker of truth,’ for all through his life, he worked against all odds to get to the truth,...

Bhagavān Vyāsa

In these verses Vyāsa has succinctly described the central focus of his poem and the nature of its characters. This is the way of great poets: they present the...

A Partial List of Sri Saletore's Works