March 2018
On the arrival of the spring, trees shed their old leaves and sprout all over and the extreme climate gives way to a pleasant one. Trees grow prosperous with fragrant flowers and attract flocks of excited birds and insects. Spring implies ‘love is in the air’ for all. Many animals and birds flock and breed at this time. Spring is most suitable for travel, outings and outdoor celebrations.
The recognition of the divine in all existence unfolded...
९
ऋत-सत्ययोरर्थभेदस्तैत्तिरीयब्राह्मणस्य वचनेनानेन स्पष्टीभवति।
“ऋतं त्वा सत्येन परिषिञ्चामीति नायं परिषिञ्चति। सत्यं त्वर्तेन परिषिञ्चामीति प्रातः। अग्निर्वा ऋतम्। असावादित्यः सत्यम्। अग्निमेव तदादित्येन सायं परिषिञ्चति। अग्निनादित्यं प्रातः सः।”
अत्र रजनीदिवसावेकस्यैव कालतत्त्वस्य द्वे मुखे। तावेकाकारेण गृहीत्वा सेवयेदिति तात्पर्यम्। तत्र सायन्तनसवने ध्येयं दैवतमग्निः। अयमेव ऋतस्वरूपी। प्रातःसवने ध्येयं दैवतं त्वादित्यः। अयं तु सत्यस्वरूपी।...
Plot:
Aristotle holds the plot as the primary principle and the soul of tragedy, while character is secondary. Drawing parallels with a painting, he says, if one were to cover a surface randomly even with the finest colours, one would provide less pleasure than by an outline of a picture. (7: 1-5). Thus, rather than the choice of colours, it is what is done with the colours, what picture is painted and how elevating the picture is in its content...
சிவன் தனது ஒரு கையில் உடுக்கையை ஏந்தி நிற்கிறான். லயத்தின் தலைவன் லய வாத்தியம் வாசிக்கிறான். சமஸ்கிருதத்தின் அடிப்படை ஆதாரமான ‘மஹேஷ்வர-ஸூத்திரங்கள்’ சிவன் தனது உடுக்கையைத் தட்டுகையிலேயே ஏற்பட்டன என்று நம்பப்படுகிறது. சிவன் தனது உடுக்கையை ஒலிக்கச் செய்கையிலே, தமிழ் ஒரு பக்கமும் சமஸ்கிருதம் மற்றொரு பக்கமுமாக வெளிவந்தன என்ற அழகான ஒரு கருத்தினைத் தமிழர்கள் குறிப்பிடுவார்கள். உடுக்கையைக்கொண்டு சிவன் வெளியில் ஒலி எழுப்புகிறார், எனினும் அவர் உள்ளத்திலோ...
Chip off the old block – Bhashyam Ramacharya
Bhashyam Venkatachaarya was the elder of the two grandsons of Bhashyam Tirumalachaarya. He worked as a sub-registrar. Bhashyam Ramacharya was the younger one. He was the person in charge of my peculiar ‘university.’
I became acquainted with Bhashyam Ramacharya sometime during 1909-10. During those days, there was a printing press called the Irish Press in a two-storied building in one corner of a...
Among what I consider my universities, one of the places was a south-facing corner-house ahead of the Sri Narasimhaswamy Temple in Balepet.[1] It may be called the birthplace of the Kannada newspaper. If Mysore were to be the United States, some wealthy person would have purchased the house, created a library or museum with an art collection, and, with the permission of the government, opened it for public use, thereby preserving for posterity...
After their escape from Vāraṇāvata, the Pāṇḍavas went southward, moving quickly in the light of the stars, and reached a dense forest. By this time, all of them were exhausted, tormented by thirst and overcome by sleep; at that point, Dharmarāja told Bhīma, "Trapped in this dense forest, we are groping in the dark; we are unable to tell the directions; we are unable to walk any further; is there a greater difficulty than this? We don't know...
Abstract:
The current article attempts to examine where the Indian play Abhijñāna-Śākuntalam, considered to be the best by both the lay and the learned, by oriental and occidental aestheticians, stands when examined using the parameters of literary aesthetics that evolved in a different culture, albeit a kindred one, ancient Greece, a sister civilization of India. It does this by trying to examine the play through Aristotle’s eyes, using the...
Once, a Department of Health employee visited Dr. Gundanna’s clinic and explained his brother’s illness. Gundanna patiently heard his description and then turned towards the elder brother; staring at him through his spectacles he asked: “What’s wrong with you?”
He said, “I never get hungry!”
“What’s your diet?”
“Nothing.”
Dr. Gundanna said, “Isn’t it good if you can sustain this way, with no food? You can then steer all your salary to your bank...
It’s impossible that anyone who has seen Dr. Gundanna will ever forget him. So magnificent was the mark left on the mind by his personality. For a period of twenty-five to thirty years, his name was uttered with fondness and reverence in customary conversations in hundreds of households every day. Remembering him wasn’t limited to occasions when people grew sick, but during all instances of human interest when one usually thinks of a close...