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Introduction to the Kathāmṛta – Part 4 – Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha and Pèruṅkadai

The Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha is peppered with light-hearted and sweet humour here and there. The work also delineates profound lives of the common men and is...

Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane: An Analysis - Introduction

Introduction to the Kathāmṛta – Part 3 – Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha

Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha Budha-svāmī’s Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha is probably older than both Kathā-sarit-sāgara and Bṛhat-kathā-mañjarī. It’s time is unknow...

ಕರ್ಣಾಟ ಭಾರತ ಕಥಾಮಂಜರಿ – ಮರುಓದು, ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ, ಕೆಲವು ಪಾತ್ರಗಳ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ (ಭಾಗ 14)

ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡು ಬರುವ ಯುದ್ಧ ತಂತ್ರ (Stratergy of War)   ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿನ ಮಹಾಯುದ್ಧದ ತಂತ್ರ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸಗಳು, ಯುದ್ಧದ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳು ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಮಯವಾಗಿವೆ.  ಪದಾತಿಗಳು...

Introduction to the Kathāmṛta – Part 2 – Bṛhat-kathā-mañjarī

The word ‘Kathā-sarit-sāgara’ literally means an ocean that is formed as a result of the confluence of many rivers of stories. Though the name of the work is fa...

Footprints of Scholarly Temerity in Sanskrit Literature - 7

Previously we observed scholarly spats at the level of individuals. What happened when these debates were escalated to royal courts? Let us see. Rāja-śekhara-s...

Introduction to the Kathāmṛta – Part 1 – Kathāmṛta and Kathā-sarit-sāgara

कवीन्द्रमानसाम्भोजनिवासभ्रमरीं नमः। देवीं सहृदयानन्दशब्दमूर्तिं सरस्वतीं॥ (सोमदेवः) श्रीरामायणभारतबृहत्कथानां कवीन्नमस्कुर्मः। त्रिस्रोता इव सरसा सरस्वती...

Footprints of Scholarly Temerity in Sanskrit Literature - 6

Kirīṭa-pati Veṅkaṭācārya (18th–19th cen. CE) was a great scholar of several śāstras and was a champion of Viśiṣṭādvaita philosophy. He lived in Sura-pura, a pro...

ಕರ್ಣಾಟ ಭಾರತ ಕಥಾಮಂಜರಿ – ಮರುಓದು, ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ, ಕೆಲವು ಪಾತ್ರಗಳ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ (ಭಾಗ 13)

  ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸನ ಯುದ್ಧವರ್ಣನೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಕಲ್ಪನಾಶಕ್ತಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಯುದ್ಧದ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಅವನ ಅಭಿಮತ              ಮಹಾಭಾರ...

Footprints of Scholarly Temerity in Sanskrit Literature - 5

Lolla Lakṣmī-dhara (15th–16th cen. CE) was a scholar-poet in the court of Kṛṣṇa-deva-rāya. He is well-known as the author of Lakṣmī-dharā, arguably the best ava...

Footprints of Scholarly Temerity in Sanskrit Literature - 4

Naiṣadhīya-carita is considered the touchstone of scholarly poetry. Śrī-harṣa (12th cen. CE), its author, takes delight in proclaiming that he composed this wor...

Footprints of Scholarly Temerity in Sanskrit Literature - 3

Footprints of Scholarly Temerity In the progress from Kālidāsa to Bāṇa-bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit literature saw a decisive shift in terms of mind-set: what emanated as...