Literature

Literature Jul 03, 2017

The New ‘Aṣṭādhyāyī’ – A 21st Century Approach to Sanskrit Learning (Part 2)

This is part two of the paper presented at the international conference New Frontiers in Sanskrit and Indic Knowledge in June 2017 organized by the Chinmaya Int...

Shashi Kiran B N, Hari Ravikumar

Literature Jul 02, 2017

The New ‘Aṣṭādhyāyī’ – A 21st Century Approach to Sanskrit Learning (Part 1)

This paper by Shashi Kiran B N and Hari Ravikumar was presented at the international conference New Frontiers in Sanskrit and Indic Knowledge in June 2017 organ...

Shashi Kiran B N, Hari Ravikumar

Literature Jun 30, 2017

A Story for a Verse - Dvyaṅguḻi Śrīnivāsacārya

अत्तुमम्ब तव पाकमद्भुतंवाञ्छितं स्म करपञ्चकं मम ।अश्म-केश-तृणशोधनाय य-त्ताडनार्थमुदरास्ययोरपि ॥ Dvyaṅguḻi Śrīnivāsacārya was a Sanskrit scholar who lived in the...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Literature Jun 18, 2017

The Influence of Bengal on Kannada Literature

In its history of more than a thousand years, Kannada literature’s most recent golden age came in the 20th century with the advent of the Navodaya movement, whi...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh, Hari Ravikumar

Literature Jun 09, 2017

When Hanūmān Met Rāvaṇa: An Episode from Bhoja’s Caṃpū Rāmāyaṇam

In pre-modern India, ‘Sāhitī-samarāṅgaṇa-sārvabhauma’ was a title conferred upon people who contributed in equal measure to the fields of literature and warfare...

Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Jun 07, 2017

संस्कृतस्य रुपस्वरुपमाहात्म्यम् - Part 2

संस्कृते विद्यमानानि विविधानि शास्त्राणि सन्ति नैकानि शास्त्राण्यैहिकान्यामुष्मिकानि संस्कृते विद्यमानानि। एतेषां सर्वेषां परामर्शनं नाम बहुसमयग्रसिष्ण्विति मत्...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Literature Jun 06, 2017

संस्कृतस्य रुपस्वरुपमाहात्म्यम् - Part 1

"भारतस्य प्रतिष्ठे द्वे संस्कृतं संस्कृतिस्तथा" "संस्कृतं नाम दैवी वागन्वाख्याता महर्षिभिः" शास्त्र-काव्यप्रतिभाविलासानां व्यक्तीकरणाय परमं माध्यमं संस्कृतम् यद...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Literature Jun 05, 2017

Myths, Legends and Rituals in Bhyrappa’s Novels – Part 8

The modern myth of progress and prosperity that is depicted in the life style of Kanthi and Sheetal, is contrasted with the lifestyle of Ravindra’s grandmother....

Prof. L V Shantakumari

Literature Jun 04, 2017

A story for a verse - Śrīmadajjāḍa Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa-dāsa and the king of Pīṭhāpura

महाकविवृष श्रीमन् गमनं कुत्र तेऽधुना ? कविलोककुटुम्बस्य कामधेनो त्वदन्तिके || Śrīmadajjāḍa Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa-dāsa was a very talented person from Andhra, who l...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Literature Jun 02, 2017

Myths, Legends and Rituals in Bhyrappa’s Novels – Part 7

Mythological stories and their function ‘Daatu’ explores the multiple dimensions of myths, legends, stories and incidents from mythology, legends, folklore, his...

Prof. L V Shantakumari

Literature Jun 01, 2017

Myths, Legends and Rituals in Bhyrappa’s Novels – Part 6

Even today it is believed that if the ‘śrāddha’ rites for ancestors are performed once in Gaya, they need not be performed again every year thereafter. The ance...

Prof. L V Shantakumari

Literature May 31, 2017

A story for a verse – Mysore Vasudevacharya's Anger

अलङ्कारशय्यानिमित्तेन शेषः पुरारेर्मुरारेर्श्च गात्रानुषङ्गात् । त्यजन् सर्पतां भीकरीं सज्जनानां मनुष्यत्वमानन्ददं संप्रपेदे॥ Mysore Vasudevacharya was not only...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh