Carnatic or Karnatak or Karnataka Music?
Dr R. Ganesh's scholarly opinion on the oft-discussed topic - Carnatic or Karnatak or Karnataka Music?
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A Story for a Verse – Shankaramishra
अधीतमध्यापितमार्जितं यशो
न शोचनीयं किमपीह भूतले ।
अतः परं श्रीभवनाथशर्मणो
मनो मनोहारिणि जाह्नवीतटे ॥
Tour of Madhya Bharata – 5
Khajuraho, Raneh Falls, Madkhera, Deogarh
It was time to head to Khajuraho (from Bheda Ghat).
A Story for a Verse - Shankaramishra
चलितश्चकितश्छन्नः
प्रयाणे तव भूपते ।
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः
सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् ॥
Myth and Reality in ‘Myth and Reality’ – Conclusion
Kosambi finally gives his homemade add-salt-to-taste philosophy of how we should view ancient texts:
Indian Conception of Values: Fact and Value
The following essay (which will be published in five parts) is taken from the introduction to the book Indian Conception of Values by Prof. M Hiriyanna (Mysore: Kavyalaya Publications, 1975).
A Story for a Verse - Shankaramishra
बालोऽहं जगदानन्द
न मे बाला सरस्वती ।
अपूर्णे पञ्चमे वर्षे
वर्णयामि जगत्त्रयम् ॥
Indian Art and Moksha
In one of my earlier articles – Happiness, Flow, and the Upanishads – I had discussed the meaning of happiness and how the concept of ‘flow’ closely aligns with the Upanishadic view on brahmananda (supreme bliss). The state of ‘flow’ or ‘getting into the zone’ can be defined as a state of temporary moksha.