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Profiles Aug 10, 2018

Nangapuram Venkatesha Iyengar

Among those who built the Kannada Sahitya Parishad, it is essential for my contentment to reminisce about the early few. Nangapuram Venkatesha Iyengar is o...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan

Epics Aug 09, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 27 – Arjuna’s Encounter with Śiva, Sojourn in Indraloka

Arjuna stood there and undertook a terrible penance, subsisting entirely on fruits and leaves. Aggrieved by this, all the great seers in that region went to mee...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Culture Aug 08, 2018

Scientific Inquisitiveness and Holistic Vision in the Poems of Subramania Bharati (Part 3)

Bharathiar on the Indian Education System In Ring out the Old, Ring in the New (போகின்ற பாரதமும்-வருகின்ற பாரதமும்)[1], Bharathi says that one must learn his na...

Sripriya Srinivasan

Culture Aug 07, 2018

Scientific Inquisitiveness and Holistic Vision in the Poems of Subramania Bharati (Part 2)

Bharathi’s Thoughts on the Nature of the Universe Bharathi uses allegory to refer to forces which brought the universe to action in In Praise of Maha Kali (மகாக...

Sripriya Srinivasan

Culture Aug 06, 2018

Scientific Inquisitiveness and Holistic Vision in the Poems of Subramania Bharati (Part 1)

Subramania Bharathi was born on 11th December 1882 in Ettayapuram Jameen to Sri.  Chinnasami Iyer and Smt. Lakshmi Ammal. His birth name was Subramanian. When h...

Sripriya Srinivasan

History Aug 05, 2018

The Outstanding Reign of Chalukya Vikramaditya VI

Pre-eminent among the kings of Karnataka is the Kalyani Chalukya emperor, Vikramaditya VI. He was the son of Someshwara I. Fortunately, he had the poet Vidyapat...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar

Philosophy Aug 03, 2018

சிவ-ராம-கிருஷ்ணன்: விரோதிகளின் மத்தியில்

தனி மனிதனாக நம்மால் நேர்மையாக நிமிர்ந்து நிற்க முடியும். ஆனால் சமூக வாழ்க்கைக்கு இது சாத்தியப்படாது. தீய சக்திகளை வெற்றிகொள்ள பற்பல உத்திகளைக் கையாள வேண்டும். ந...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sripriya Srinivasan

Epics Aug 02, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 26 – Pāṇḍavas in the Dvaita Forest

Draupadī said, “I am not denigrating dharma nor am I criticizing the Supreme; I'm just lamenting about my difficulties. The fruit of the action manifests itself...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Culture Aug 01, 2018

ಭಗವತ್ಸಂಬಂಧ—ಒಂದು ಮಧುರಾಯಾಮ

ಭಗವಂತನು ಮಾನವನ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯೋ ಮಾನವನು ಭಗವಂತನ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯೋ ಎಂಬ ಚರ್ಚೆ ಚಿರಂತನ. ಆದರೆ, ಇವರಿಬ್ಬರ ನಡುವಣ ಸಂಬಂಧ ಮಾತ್ರ ಇಂಥ ಎಲ್ಲ ಚರ್ಚೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮೀರಿದ ಮಧುರಾನುಭೂತಿ. ಒಂದೊಂದು ಮತದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದೊಂದು...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Profiles Jul 31, 2018

Kashi Raghavendracharya: The Devout Sanskrit Guru

My first Sanskrit Guru was Sri Kashi Raghavendracharya. Although there were numerous Sanskrit Vidwans in Mulabagal, there was no formal Sanskrit Patashala (Scho...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Literature Jul 30, 2018

“ಅಭಿನವಭಾರತಿ”ಯ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯಗಳು — ಇತಿವೃತ್ತ

ಇತಿವೃತ್ತ “ಇತಿವೃತ್ತ”ವೆಂದರೆ ಕಥಾವಿಸ್ತರವೆಂದು ಸ್ಥೂಲವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಬಹುದು. ಯಾವುದೇ ತೆರನಾದ (ದೃಶ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಶ್ರವ್ಯ) ಕಾವ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಥಾತಂತುವೊಂದಿರಬೇಕಷ್ಟೆ. ಅದು ಇತಿವೃತ್ತವೇ ಆಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಸುದೀರ್ಘ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

History Jul 29, 2018

The Deficiency of Hindu Valour

Kalhana in his Rajatarangini (11th Century CE) has written about Chandrapida, the ruler hailing from the Karkota dynasty. He was renowned for delivering justice...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar