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Culture Jul 29, 2020

The Genres of History and Biography (Part 5)

Revealing Character What is necessary for a biography is a series of character-revealing incidents. An Example: I had mentioned earlier about my meeting with...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Culture Jul 22, 2020

The Genres of History and Biography (Part 4)

The People who are Worthy of a Biography History is the external transactions of the people, while Biography comprises the inner landscape. Those who stir the...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Culture Jul 15, 2020

The Genres of History and Biography (Part 3)

Two Sides The important aspects of a biography may be divided into two categories: i. external aspects and ii. inner nature. By external episodes, I mean deta...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Culture Jul 10, 2020

Devotion to Education

The starting salary for teachers in the education department was three rupees. This was during the time of Garret, Leonard, Rice, and other British officers. As...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Shreehari Koundinya

Culture Jul 08, 2020

The Genres of History and Biography (Part 2)

The Necessity of History What’s the meaning of this? It is just that history will never leave us. What we do, what we don’t do, what we experience, what we avo...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Culture Jul 01, 2020

The Genres of History and Biography (Part 1)

History and Biography – these two genres of literature are new to our country. They are not particularly ancient to any country. In this essay, when I say ‘his...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Culture Jun 26, 2020

Splendour of Knowledge (Part 3)

My Dedication to Lessons My maternal uncle prepared me for all the above lessons. A special part of this was dedicated to mathematics. Its machinations went so...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Shreehari Koundinya

Culture Jun 24, 2020

Splendour of Knowledge (Part 2)

‘Kurrāya’ I was better acquainted with Puṭṭappa’s younger brother Srinivasa Rao. This Srinivasa Rao was a disciple of my guru Candraśekhara-śāstri. When I was...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Shreehari Koundinya

Culture Jun 17, 2020

Splendour of Knowledge (Part 1)

Now I’m setting out to reminisce about my teachers. The almighty has blessed me in myriad ways and has given me several shortcomings as well. Of those shortcom...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Shreehari Koundinya

Culture Mar 20, 2020

உபநயனம் – முடிவுரை

கல்வி மற்றும் நடத்தைக்கான விதிமுறை[1] வேதம் கற்பதன் குறிக்கோள் மந்திரங்களை மனப்பாடம் செய்வது மாத்திரம் அல்ல. பாடத்தின் பொருளையும் மாணவர்கள் அறிந்திருக்க வேண்டு...

Hari Ravikumar | Trans: Sripriya Srinivasan

Culture Mar 13, 2020

சந்தியாவந்தனம் – சூரியனை அனுதினமும் வணங்குதல்

சந்தியா[1] என்றால் அந்தி நேரம் என்றாலும் காலை, மாலை என இரு வேளைகளிலும் சந்தியா வந்தனம் செய்யப் படுகின்றது.[2] சூரியனைப் போற்றும் இச்சடங்கை நாம் ‘sandhyopāsana’...

Hari Ravikumar | Trans: Sripriya Srinivasan

Culture Feb 21, 2020

உபநயனம் – சில சடங்குகள் 2

பிரம்மசாரி தர்மம்-மாணவனுக்கான விதிமுறைகள்[1] பிரம்மசாரி அக்னியைச் சுற்றி வலம்வந்து ஆஹுதி அளித்ததும், "நீ ஒரு மாணவன். நீர் அருந்து. அமைதியைக் கடைபிடி. சமித்தை அ...

Hari Ravikumar | Trans: Sripriya Srinivasan