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Kathāmṛta - 42 - Madanamañcukā-lambaka - The Story of Śrutasena - The Story of the Three Brāhmaṇa Brothers

7. Next day when Vatsarāja went to Vāsavadattā, he observed that she did not treat him any differently. He asked her cautiously, “Devi! Did you know that a princess called Kaliṅgasenā has come to marry me?” Without revealing her heartache, Vāsavadattā replied lovingly, “Yes my king. I have known. Indeed, it is as if Lakshmi herself has come! Through her, even her father, king Kaliṅgadatta, will be on your side. Although she is yearned for by many kings, she turned them all down in favour of my husband! Am I not fortunate?” Vatsarāja spent the night in her mansion.

Amin-ul-Mulq - Sir Mirza M Ismail - Part 1

Sir Mirza Muhammad Ismail Saheb’s ancestors hailed from Persia. Persia is known as the land of famous poets like Firdausi [Abul-Qāsem Ferdowsi Tusi], Hafiz [Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī], Omar Khayyam [Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ’Umar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nīsābūrī al-Khayyāmī], Sadi [Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī]. Persian literature and culture had come to Mirza as a family trait. His ancestors had come to India from Persia as traders.

S Srikanta Sastri (Part 1)

Recent research has debunked the theory—built on philological grounds—that the Aryans came to India from Central Asia or elsewhere and settled here. The person who sharply criticized the ‘Aryan Invasion’ Theory of European scholars even before the decades of 1940–1950s is the renowned historian Dr.

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ - 20

ಮುರಾರಿ

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತದ ದೃಶ್ಯಕಾವ್ಯಪರಂಪರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗಿಂತ ಮಿಗಿಲಾದ ವಿದ್ವತ್ಕವಿಯೆಂದು ಹೆಸರಾದವನು ಮುರಾರಿ. ಈತನ ಏಕೈಕರೂಪಕ “ಅನರ್ಘರಾಘವ”ದ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿರುವ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಮಾತುಗಳು ನಮ್ಮ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಹರಾಗಿವೆ. ರಸಿಕರು ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಿಸುವುದು ವೀರ-ಅದ್ಭುತರಸಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡ ಉದಾರಗಂಭೀರವಾದ ವಸ್ತುವನ್ನುಳ ಕಾವ್ಯವನ್ನೆಂದು ಮುರಾರಿಯು ಮೊದಲಿಗೇ ಒಕ್ಕಣಿಸಿದ್ದಾನೆ:

ತಸ್ಮೈ ವೀರಾದ್ಭುತಾರಂಭಗಂಭೀರೋದಾತ್ತವಸ್ತವೇ |

ಜಗದಾನಂದಕಂದಾಯ ಸಂದರ್ಭಾಯ ತ್ವರಾಮಹೇ || (೧.೬)

Kathāmṛta - 41 - Madanamañcukā-lambaka - The Story of Viṣṇudatta and Seven Brāhmaṇa-putras - the story of Kadalīgarbhā

At his residence, Yaugandharāyaṇa invited a brahma-rākṣasa by name Yogeśvara. He instructed him, ‘Keep an eye on the activities of Kaliṅgasenā. Vidyādharas also usually have an eye on her. If you see her in the company of a siddha or a vidyādhara, it is good for us!’ The brahma-rākṣasa asked, ‘Why shouldn’t I abuse her or kill her?’ The minister replied, ‘That is great adharma; if we work such that dharma is not violated, that will in itself help us.