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Literature May 31, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 22

185. Bhṛṅgakīṭa-nyāya Bhṛṅga means the fly/bee. It is also called bhramara. It builds a nest out of mud. It brings in other insects and uses them. The bhṛṅga g...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Literature May 24, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 21

178. Bhakṣite'pi laśune na śānto vyādhiḥ ‘Even after eating garlic the disease remained.’ Garlic is forbidden as per the śāstras. Notwithstanding that, it also...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Literature May 22, 2023

Bhāravi - 2

Bhāravi further refers to speech in the conversation between Indra and Arjuna: प्रसादरम्यमोजस्वि गरीयो लाघवान्वितम्।       &...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature May 21, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 20

169. Bakabandhana-nyāya Capturing the crane. Someone asked the strategy to capture a crane. The strategist suggests the following: “Keep a lump of butter on th...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Literature May 17, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 19

157. Piśācanāṃ piśācabhāṣayaivottaraṃ deyam To make the piśācas understand, we should converse in their own language (piśācabhāṣā). They wouldn’t understand Ka...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Literature May 15, 2023

विशेषणकविः कालिदासः - 2

विशेषणात्येतानि कर्तृकर्मादिकारकसापेक्षमपि विवेक्तुं शक्यन्ते। यद्यपि षट्स्वपि कारकेषु विवेचनस्य साध्यतास्ति, तथापि प्रयोगबाहुल्यात् कर्तृकर्मगतानि विशेषणानि प्...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Literature May 10, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 18

147. Paṅkaprakṣālana-nyāya Paṅka means marshy waters, prakṣālana means to cleanse. Why would one put their hands in the marsh and then cleanse it? It is better...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Literature May 08, 2023

विशेषणकविः कालिदासः - 1

इह जगति कालिदासस्य प्रतिष्ठा बहुविधा जागर्ति। तत्काव्यरचनाचातुरीमनुलक्ष्य तमुपमाकविं रसेश्वरं वैदर्भगिरामावासं च सहेतुकं समामनन्ति सङ्ख्यावन्तः। सकलमिदं स्वागता...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Literature May 07, 2023

Bhāravi - 1

After Kālidāsa, Bhāravi is perhaps the only poet who steered the ship of Sanskrit narrative poetry along a new route. Successive poets merely followed his lead....

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature May 03, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 17

138. Na hi svato'satī śaktiḥ kartumanyena śakyate It is impossible to impart some power which we don’t have in the first place. Milk has the inherent capacity...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Literature May 01, 2023

ಮಹತ್ತಿನ ಉಪಾಸನೆ - ದೇವುಡು ನರಸಿಂಹಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿಗಳ ‘ಮಹಾತ್ರಯ’ದ ಸಂಸ್ತವ - 2

ಕಾದಂಬರಿಗಳ ಪೌರಾಣಿಕ ಪರ್ಯಾವರಣವನ್ನು ಪುಷ್ಟಿಗೊಳಿಸುವಂತೆ ಅನೇಕ ಪ್ರಸಂಗಗಳು ರೂಪಿತವಾಗಿವೆ. ರುದ್ರಸಾಕ್ಷಾತ್ಕಾರ, ಆಪೋದೇವಿಯರ ದರ್ಶನ, ತ್ರಿಶಂಕುವಿನ ದಿವ್ಯದೇಹನಿರ್ಮಾಣ (‘ಮಹಾಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ’), ಬ್ರ...

Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Apr 26, 2023

Sandarbhasūkti - part 16

130. Na hi bhikṣuko bhikṣukāntaraṃ yācitumarhati satyanyasminnabhikṣuke When there is someone who isn’t a beggar in the vicinity one beggar shouldn’t beg from...

Vidwan Ranganatha Sarma | Trans: Raghavendra G S