Earlier in this series, I had written about my maternal grandmother Sakamma. Naranappa was her husband.
I’m unaware of how he was transferred to the Mulubagilu region or where he was employed prior to arriving here. He was appointed as the Sheikhdar of the Baikur Hobli, Mulubagilu Taluk. It appears that in those days, the elders of my family didn’t know he hailed from my own community.
இந்திய சம்பிரதாயங்களில் சிவன், ராமன், கிருஷ்ணன் எனும் தெய்வங்களை கற்றோரும், மற்றோரும் தொன்றுதொட்டு வணங்கி வருகின்றனர். ராமனும், கண்ணனும் வரலாற்றுக் கதாநாயகர்களெனில், சிவனோ ஒரு புராண புருஷன் ஆவான். ஆத்திகராயினும், நாத்திகராயினும் இம்முப்பெரும் தெய்வங்களின் கொள்கைகளைக் கடைபிடிப்பதன் மூலம் பெரிதும் பயன்பெறலாம். இதுவே சிவ-ராம-கிருஷ்ணர்களின் தன்மையாகும்.
[This paper was submitted to the Swadeshi Indology Conference held in Chennai (December 2017)]
[This paper was submitted to the Swadeshi Indology Conference held in Chennai (December 2017)]
[This paper was submitted to the Swadeshi Indology Conference-3 held in Chennai (December 2017)]
The preeminent name among the Gupta Dynasty is Chandragupta I. He was the son of Ghatotkachagupta. He had married Kumāradevī of the Licchavi clan. Subsequently, Samudragupta and others repeatedly claim that they descended from the Licchavi dynasty. What could be the reason behind this glorification of the Licchavis?
The Guptas hailed from the vaiśya community. It has been mentioned earlier that there is no great significance attached to being a kṣatriya by birth. By purposely concealing this fact, our so-called secularists claim that brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas conspired together to discriminate against and oppress the people of other varṇas. This is far from the truth and there is little merit in this allegation.
At the fag-end of the tournament, when they heard the tumultuous sound at the gates, filled with wonder the spectators asked, “Have the mountains crumbled?” “Has the earth been torn apart?” as they looked in that direction. With naturally endowed armour (kavaca) and earrings (kuṇḍala), Karṇa walked to the center of the arena like a walking mountain.
India’s greatest gift to the world is perhaps Vedānta, the science of reality, which can be hailed as the crown-jewel among the various treasures that our unbroken tradition of over five thousand years has offered.
