Vanitākavitotsavaḥ is a unique Sanskrit play written by Śatāvadhānī Dr. R Ganesh, an eminent contemporary poet. As the title indicates, it is a celebration of p...
4.7.4. Benevolence Sāyaṇācārya never turned away people who sought refuge in him. If a band of poets walked barefoot on gravel to seek his patronage, he would...
4.7. Illustrative Verses As we have observed previously, the illustrative verses composed by Bhoganātha are of inestimable value to understand Sāyaṇācārya’s pe...
4.5. Dhvani As a devout follower of Ānandavardhana, Sāyaṇācārya accepts three śabda-vṛttis: abhidhā, lakṣaṇā and vyañjanā. He does not admit tātparya: तात्...
Let us now examine some of the salient features of Poetics expounded by Alaṅkāra-sudhānidhi. 4.2. Poet and Poetry The Indian aesthetic tradition holds rasa as...
3. Nature of the Text, Authorship Problems In section 2.2 we have observed that Sāyaṇācārya stayed in Udayagiri and acted as the minister to Kampaṇa I and Saṅg...
Kṣemendra Kṣemendra was a man of many talents who straddled the realms of śāstra and kāvya. Although he composed several works in both these genres, his attain...
2. The Author 2.1. Lineage, Teachers Sāyaṇācārya was the second son of a pious brāhmaṇa couple, Śrīmatī and Māyaṇa. He belonged to the Bhāradvāja-gotra, Bodh...
[We take great pleasure in commencing a series on Alaṅkāra-sudhānidhi, a Sanskrit treatise on Poetics authored by Sāyaṇācārya. The text is critically edited for...
‘ಜಲಪಾತ’ದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಹ್ಯಾದ್ರಿಶ್ರೇಣಿಯ ಖಂಡಾಲಘಾಟ್ನ ಭವ್ಯವಾದ ವರ್ಣನೆಯಿದೆ. ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಶೀಲತೆಯ ಬಹುಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಆಯಾಮಗಳನ್ನು ಕಲೆ, ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ, ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ, ಮಾನವಜೀವನವೇ ಮುಂತಾದ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸ...
ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟವನ್ನು ಸೂಚಿಸುವ ಹಲವು ಪದಗಳಿವೆ. ಮಹೀಧ್ರ, ಶಿಖರಿ, ಅಹಾರ್ಯ, ಪರ್ವತ, ಗೋತ್ರ, ಅಚಲ, ಶಿಲೋಚ್ಚಯ ಎಂಬುವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾತಿನಿಧಿಕವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿದರೆ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ತಳೆದಿರುವುದು, ಉನ...
(ಕನ್ನಡಸಾಹಿತ್ಯನವೋದಯದ ಮುಂಗಿರಣದಂತೆ ಮೂಡಿದುದು ಬಿ. ಎಂ. ಶ್ರೀಕಂಠಯ್ಯನವರ ‘ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಗೀತಗಳು’. ಈ ಕೃತಿ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾದ ತರುಣದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ನವೋದಯದ ನಿರ್ಮಾತೃಗಳ ಪೈಕಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖರಾದ ಡಿ.ವಿ.ಜಿ. ಇದನ್ನು...