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Ch. 2 Yoga of Discernment of Reality (Part 6)

Dharma is a word not used just by the vaidikas but also employed reverently by the Buddhists and Jains. The vaidikas have employed this term in different śāstra...

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ - 26

ರಸಪಾರಮ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕವಿಯು ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿಯುವ ಬಗೆ ಹೀಗೆ: ಅರ್ಥೋऽಸ್ತಿ ಚೇನ್ನ ಪದಶುದ್ಧಿರಥಾಸ್ತಿ ಸಾಪಿ             ನೋ ರೀತ...

The Creation Process Described in the Vishnupurana

Kathāmṛta - 48 - Ratnaprabhā-lambaka - The Stories of Bhavaśarmā and Madanamālā

The Story of Bhavaśarmā ‘Dear friend, never get caught by women. Their minds are always hard to understand.’ A beautiful brāhmaṇa woman named Somadayā lived i...

Amin-ul-Mulq - Sir Mirza M Ismail - Part 5

Industries Mirza Ismail opined that in every town or Hobli, a factory, a trading unit, or some other business should be established. He encouraged prominent pe...

S Srikanta Sastri (Part 5)

Researcher The service rendered by Srikanta Satri as a researcher and as a professor at the University of Mysore is widely known. Sastri was not one who took r...

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ - 25

ಹರಿಚಂದ್ರ ಈತನ “ಧರ್ಮಶರ್ಮಾಭ್ಯುದಯ”ವೆಂಬ ಕಾವ್ಯದ ಮೊದಲಿಗೇ ಬರುವ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ವಿಚಾರಗಳು ಮನನೀಯ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯಿದ್ದೂ ಶಿಲ್ಪನವಿಲ್ಲದ ಮತ್ತು ಶಿಲ್ಪನವಿದ್ದೂ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ ಎರಡು ಬಗೆಯ ವಿಪರ್...

The Real Education that Puranas Offer

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 7

M Venkatakrishnaiya (1844–1933) was popularly known as the ‘Grand Old Man’ of Mysore. He was a veteran journalist, educationalist, and builder of institutions....

Kathāmṛta - 47 - Ratnaprabhā-lambaka - The Story of Niścayadatta and Anurāgaparā

Upon listening to this story Gomukha said, “Women are lustful by nature and a pativratā is rare to find. It is true that women are never to be trusted!” and nar...

Advaita Darshana in the Vishnupurana

Ch. 2 Yoga of Discernment of Reality (Part 5)

The Self Cannot be Destroyed Arjuna, there are two substances in this world – the body and the embodied. The body is a thing that is known directly to everyone...