Literature

Kālidāsa - 7

Über-human and sub-human characters do not produce rasa unless they are ‘humanized’ – this is a fundamental tenet of aesthetics. A great poet knows from experie...

Kathāmṛta - 87 - Śaśāṅkavatī-lambaka - The Story of Vicitrakatha, The Story of Yakṣa named Aṭṭahāsa and The story of Bhūnandana and Kumudinī

After he cured all of Guṇākara's wounds, Mṛgāṅkadatta continued on his voyage. One night, he was fast asleep under a tree in Vindhyāṭavi. When he was awakened f...

Kālidāsa - 6

Let us proceed to the sixth act of Abhijñānaśākuntala. Duṣyanta has made a painting of Śakuntalā. The vidūṣaka takes one look at it and exclaims: “Madhurāvasthā...

Kathāmṛta - 86 - Śaśāṅkavatī-lambaka - The Story of Devabhūti

Dhairyapāramitā - The pinnacle of courage Long ago lived a brāhmaṇa boy called Mālādhara. One day, he saw a siddha boy flying in the sky and developed an insat...

Kālidāsa - 5

Abhijñānaśākuntala is one of the ripest fruits of Kālidāsa’s mature genius. The poet makes a candid confession in the prologue of this play: आ परितोषाद्...

ಭಾರತೀವಿವೇಕ - 2

ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನತೆಯನ್ನು ಸಾರುವ ಪದ್ಯ ಹೀಗಿದೆ:   ಯದಾ ಸರ್ವಂ ಮಾತರ್ಭುವನಮಿದಮಾಸೀಚ್ಛಿಶುನಿಭಂ ವಚೋಹೀನಂ ದೀನಂ ಪಿಹಿತದೃಗಿವಾಜ್ಞಾನತಮಸಾ | ತದಾ ಗಂಗಾತೀರೇ ಸ್ಫುರಿತವಿಮಲಪ...

Kathāmṛta - 85 - Śaśāṅkavatī-lambaka - The Story of Varāha-jātaka, and The Story of Devabhūti

The Story of the Varāha-jātaka There lived a boar in a cave in the Vindhya mountains. It was endowed with buddhāṃśa. The boar lived with a monkey in harmony an...

ಭಾರತೀವಿವೇಕ

“ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾಭಾರತಿ” ಶ್ರೀಧರ ಭಾಸ್ಕರ ವರ್ಣೇಕರ್ (೩೧.೦೭.೧೯೧೮—೧೦.೪.೨೦೦೦) ಅವರು ಆಧುನಿಕ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಧ್ರುವತಾರೆ ಎಂದೇ ಕೀರ್ತಿತರು. ಅವರ ಕೃತಿಗಳು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಭಕ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಉದಾತ್ತ ಕಲ್ಪಕತೆ...

Kathāmṛta - 84 - Śaśāṅkavatī-lambaka - The Story of Guṇākara, and The Story of Vinītamati

Now, we have to escape from here with great speed; else, fearing that his secret will be revealed, he will kill me. Since this room has been locked from outside...

छन्दोगतिः

“इदमन्धन्तमः कृत्स्नं जायेत भुवनत्रयं यदि शब्दाह्वयं ज्योतिरा संसारान्न दीप्यते” इत्येतद्दण्डिवचनं श्रद्दधानैः किल भारतीयैः भुवनभासिका भारती पुष्कलं समुपासिता स...

Downfall of Drona and the Subtlety of Dharma

Kathāmṛta - 83 - Śaśāṅkavatī-lambaka - The Story of Kamalākara and Haṃsāvalī, and Bhīmaparākrama's adventures

The prince rode with his army to the borders of Vidiśānagara and sent word through an emissary to king Meghamālin seeking the hand of princess Haṃsāvalī. An ela...