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V Si: Oratory Skills and Writings

Oratory Skills One can hardly forget V Si.’s extraordinary oratory skills. It was a celebration just to listen to him speak – he was fluent in giving lectures...

'Pradhaana Shiromani' T. Ananda Rao (Part 3)

An Open Letter Keeping the glory and successes achieved by the Mahārāja of Bikaner as a pretext, I wrote and published around ten or fifteen open letters co...

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ - 2

ಮಹರ್ಷಿ ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ರಾಮಾಯಣದ ಮೊದಲಿಗೇ ಬರುವ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಸರ್ಗಗಳ ಕಥೆ ಕವಿ-ಕಾವ್ಯ-ಸಹೃದಯರ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ತುಂಬ ಮಹತ್ತ್ವದ್ದಾಗಿದೆ. ಪ್ರಥಮಸರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿಮುನಿಗಳು ನಾರದರನ್ನು ಆದರ್ಶನ...

DVG Examines the Problems of the Princely States

'Pradhaana Shiromani' T. Ananda Rao (Part 2)

Cancellation of Sastri’s Lecture It had been announced that V S Srinivasa Sastri—member of the Servants of India Society—who had come to Bangalore, would be...

Lāvaṇakalambaka - 21 - Ahalyā and Devendra; Story of the Cowherd King Devasena

The Story of Ahalyā and Devendra Once upon a time there lived a great seer named Gautama and he was sentient of things from times past, present, and future. He...

Vīrakesari Sitarama Shastri: The Legislative Assembly, Hanumanthaiah, people's leader - Part 6

Legislative Assembly Sitarama Shastri was a nominated member of the legislative assembly for a few years. He utilised that platform effectively to facilitate p...

Repetitions and Reiterations in the Gītā

Let us get back to the Bhagavad-gītā. There are so many punaruktis (repetitions); upamāna-upameyas (comparisons in a simile) and paradoxes. Our attention should...

DVG's Memorials to the Maharaja of Bikaner as National Service

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ

ಕಲಾಮೀಮಾಂಸೆಯು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ವಿದ್ವದ್ರಸಿಕರಿಂದಲೇ ಮೊದಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದೇ ಮುಂದೆ ಆಯಾ ಕಲೆಗಳ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರವಾಗಿ ರೂಪುಗೊಂಡು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿ-ವೈಶದ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಗಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಅದೆಷ್ಟೋ ಬಾರಿ...

The Grāma-devatās of My Town - 2

Plague The Plague pandemic came to Mulbagal perhaps after all other places in the vicinity. When the news spread that Plague had broken out in Kolar and Bowri...

Lāvaṇakalambaka - 20 - Ūrvaśī and Purūrava; Somaprabhā and Guhacandra

One of the days following this, Vatsarāja had a lavish party where he enjoyed drinking with Vāsavadattā and Padmāvatī. Later he called for Gopālaka, Rumaṇvanta,...