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A story for a verse - Ramana Maharshi's eka-śloki
Literature May 18, 2017

A story for a verse - Ramana Maharshi's eka-śloki

हृदयकुहरमध्ये केवलं ब्रह्ममात्रं ह्यहमहमिति साक्षादात्मरूपेण भाति | हृदि विश मनसा स्वं चिन्वता मज्जता वा पवनचलनरोधादात्मनिष्ठो भव त्वम् || Seekers of vedānta wi...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Kāvyakaṇṭha Gaṇapati-muni's Uddiṣṭākṣarī
Literature May 17, 2017

A story for a verse - Kāvyakaṇṭha Gaṇapati-muni's Uddiṣṭākṣarī

प्रीतिं ददाति विपुलां श्रियमातनोति निर्माति नूत्नसमयं दुरितं धुनोति | आर्द्रीकरोति हृदयान्यपि देवतानां कस्मै शुभाय न भवेत्कविता विदोषा ||   Kāvyakaṇṭha Gaṇapati...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Kāvyakaṇṭha Gaṇapati-muni and the verse with four meanings
Literature May 16, 2017

A story for a verse - Kāvyakaṇṭha Gaṇapati-muni and the verse with four meanings

जगतीधरजामाता भवतां भव्याय भूयसे भवतु | कञ्चिदकिञ्चनमपि यद्वीक्षा विदधाति शक्रसमम् || Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭhagaṇapati-muni was an āśukavi and could compose a hundre...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Kāvyakaṇṭha Gaṇapati-muni  and his concern for the nation
Literature May 15, 2017

A story for a verse - Kāvyakaṇṭha Gaṇapati-muni and his concern for the nation

कुलीनः क्षुद्राय प्रवर इति धत्ते निजसुतां अनार्यान् विज्ञाश्च प्रभव इति गायन्ति शतशः | बलं बाह्वोर्लुप्तं हृतमपि च वाग्वीर्यमरिभिः दशां देशस्यैतां प्रतिपदमयं ध्...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Gaṇapati-muni and tāmbūla
Literature May 14, 2017

A story for a verse - Gaṇapati-muni and tāmbūla

  सुधाधिक्यं स्पृहेच्छत्रुः फलाधिक्यं स्पृहेद्भिषक् | पत्राधिक्यं स्पृहेज्जाया माता तु त्रितयं स्पृहेत् || Kāvyakaṇṭha Gaṇapati-muni performed several aṣṭāvadhā...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Ambikādatta and Vāsiṣṭhagaṇapati-muni
Literature May 12, 2017

A story for a verse - Ambikādatta and Vāsiṣṭhagaṇapati-muni

सत्वरकवितासविता कश्चिद्गौडोSहमम्बिकादत्तः | गणपतिरिति कविकुलपतिरितिदक्षो दाक्षिणात्योsहम् || Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭhagaṇapati-muni was good at composing poems even...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
A story for a verse - Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭhagaṇapati-muni
Literature May 10, 2017

A story for a verse - Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭhagaṇapati-muni

ध्वस्थप्रध्वस्थमनुजा क्षतविक्षतविग्रहा | कीर्णप्रकीर्णपर्यन्ता नासिकेSयं भविष्यति ||   Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭhagaṇapati-muni is one of the doyens of modern India. H...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅಡಿಗ : ಇನ್ನೊ೦ದು ಓದು
Literature May 08, 2017

ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅಡಿಗ : ಇನ್ನೊ೦ದು ಓದು

ಅಡಿಗರ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆ ಮತ್ತು ವ್ಯುತ್ಪತ್ತಿ: ಇದುವರೆವಿಗೂ ಅಡಿಗರ ಕಾವ್ಯ ಶೈಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಾದ ಸ್ಥಿತ್ಯ೦ತರ, ವಿರೋಧಾಭಾಸ ಮತ್ತು ಅನೌಚಿತ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದ ಮೇಲೆ, ಇವೆಲ್ಲದರ ಹೊರತಾಗಿ ಅಡಿಗ...

Shreesha Karantha
ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅಡಿಗ : ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಓದು
Literature May 07, 2017

ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅಡಿಗ : ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಓದು

ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅಡಿಗರು ಎ೦ದಾಗ ನಮ್ಮ ಕಣ್ಣ ಮು೦ದೆ ವಿವಿಧ ರೀತಿಯ ವಿಚಿತ್ರಚಿತ್ರಗಳು ಎದುರಾಗುತ್ತವೆ. ಅವರ ವಿಲಕ್ಷಣಕಾವ್ಯಶೈಲಿ, ಪುರಾಣ-ಪರ೦ಪರೆಯಿ೦ದಾಯ್ದ ಪ್ರಚಲಿತ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ಬಿ೦ಬಿಸುವ ಚಿತ್ರಣಗ...

Shreesha Karantha
A Touchstone for Dhvani
Literature May 06, 2017

A Touchstone for Dhvani

Dhvani, the power of suggestion, has been held as the most powerful poetic tool by Indian aestheticians. It is the chief instrument through which we achieve imp...

Shashi Kiran B N