The contribution of Kerala to Sanskrit literature is tremendous. Just recalling the name of Śrī Śaṅkarācārya is enough to evoke in our minds the vast magnitude...
Sarisava, a village near Amarāvatīpura of the Mithila province, was home to several erudite poets in the past. Mahāmahopādhyāya Bhavanātha-miśra, who lived in S...
There are many anecdotes associated with the life and works of Veṅkaṭanātha, a poet and tārkika (logician), popularly known as Vedānta-deśika. Some of them, tho...
It is impossible for anyone to observe the unobstructed flow of literary tradition across India through the ages. Also since most of the endeavours are at the l...
The credit for the first ever literary characterization of humour as a Rasa (hāsya-rasa), and according it, its rightful place, goes to the Sanskrit ālaṅkārikas...
संहितात्मकमिदं जगत् । संहिता नाम कश्चन समूहो यत्र नैकानि द्रव्याणि परस्परं संनिकृष्टानि। “परः संनिकर्षः संहिता” इतीदं पाणिनिमहर्षिभिः सन्दृब्धं सूत्रमत्रावधेयम्...
ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ “ಕಾವ್ಯನ್ಯಾಯ”ದ (Poetic Justice) ಗೀಳಿರುವ ಕವಿ-ಕಥಕರಿಗೆ ರಾಮಾಯಣ-ಮಹಾಭಾರತಗಳಂಥ ವೈಶ್ವಿಕಮಹಾಕಾವ್ಯಗಳ “ದುಷ್ಟ”ಪಾತ್ರಗಳಿಗೂ “ದುರದೃಷ್ಟವಂತ”ಪಾತ್ರಗಳಿಗೂ ತಮ್ಮ ವಿನೂತನಪ್ರತಿಭಾ...
ನಾವಿನ್ನು ಶಕುಂತಲೆಯ ಪ್ರಣಯಪತ್ರದತ್ತ ತಿರುಗಬಹುದು. ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕವಾಗಿ ಆಶ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದ ದುಷ್ಯಂತನನ್ನು ಕಂಡು ಶಕುಂತಲೆ ಮನಸೋತಿದ್ದಾಳೆ. ಅವನಾದರೂ ಈಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಭರಾನುರಾಗವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಆದ...
ಪ್ರೀತಿ-ಪ್ರೇಮಗಳ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಣಯಪತ್ರಗಳ ಸ್ಥಾನ ಅನನ್ಯವಾದದ್ದು. ಲಿಪಿಯೇ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಕಾಲದಿಂದ ಮೊದಲ್ಗೊಂಡು ಇಂದಿನ ಇ-ಮೇಲ್ ಮತ್ತು ವಾಟ್ಸಾಪ್ ಗಳಂಥ ಅತ್ಯಾಧುನಿಕಕಾಲದವರೆಗೆ ಪ್ರಣಯನಿವೇದನೆಯು ಭಾಷಾ...
In this article, the author contemplates upon why and how we practice our customs and then deliberates over how to celebrate the Kannada Rajyotsava—the state fe...
In Indian mythology, Goddess Sarasvatī, and Śiva in the form of Naṭarāja, are the presiding deities of music and dance. ‘Om’ is the mystic symbol, also called ‘...
Would somebody ask what’s the relationship between national freedom and poetic inspiration? Those who believe that freedom is related to our individual lives mu...