Literature

Kālidāsa - 4

Kauśikī’s words of praise upon seeing Mālavikā perform are noteworthy. Her response is in the form of a verse, whose second half provides incredible insights in...

The Moral Trials of Dharmaraya

Kathāmṛta - 82 - Śaśāṅkavatī-lambaka - The Story of Māyāvaṭu, The Story of Bhīmaparākrama, and The Story of Kamalākara and Haṃsāvalī

Now, I will explain the meaning of the phenomenon you saw in the lake. The incidents there indicate what will befall Mṛgāṅkadatta in the future. He is the lion...

Critical Appreciation of Prahasanas - Part 16

Veturi Prabhakara Sastri mentions that the bharatavākya is found only in one of the manuscripts All other editions say that there is no bharatavākya. The bharat...

Karna and the Encouragement to Adharma

Kathāmṛta - 81 - Śaśāṅkavatī-lambaka - The Story of Śrutadhī and The Story of Vimalabuddhi

He was delighted to see Vinayavatī who was gathering flowers on the river bank while he was on the way to take bath. He bathed and by the time he came back, the...

Kālidāsa - 3

Unless poetry caters to people with varying tastes, it will not find a strong footing. It naturally follows that the poet should know the ways of the world well...

Gandhari and the Gambling Episode

Characters of the Mahabharata :Duryodhana

Kathāmṛta - 80 - Śaśāṅkavatī-lambaka - The Story of Bhadrabāhu and his minister, The Story of Puṣkarākṣa and Vinayavatī, and The Story of Lāvaṇyamañjarī

The story of Bhadrabāhu and his intelligent minster There lived a king named Bhadrabāhu in the Magadha kingdom. He had an intelligent minister named Mantragupt...

Critical Appreciation of Prahasanas - Part 15

Śāṇḍilya who had cried hoarse seeing Vasantasenā body isn’t so sad seeing his preceptor dead, he calls him vācāla - which positively means a great orator but al...

Does Dharma have Ascent and Decline?