June 2018

ಭಾವವನ್ನು ಕುರಿತ ಒಳನೋಟಗಳು ಅಭಿನವಗುಪ್ತನು ಚಿತ್ತವೃತ್ತಿಸ್ವರೂಪಗಳೇ ಭಾವಗಳೆಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತ ಜಗತ್ತೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಭಾವಾತ್ಮಕವೆಂಬ ತಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕದೃಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನೂ ಬೀರುತ್ತಾನೆ. ನಾಟ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರವು ಚರ್ಚಿಸುವ “ಭವಂತೀತಿ ಭಾವಾಃ ಕಿಂ ವಾ ಭಾವಯಂತೀತಿ ಭಾವಾಃ” (ಸಪ್ತಮಾಧ್ಯಾಯದ ಉಪಕ್ರಮ) ಎಂಬ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯವು ಕಡೆಗೆ “ಭಾವಯಂತೀತಿ ಭಾವಾಃ” (ಅಲ್ಲಿಯೇ) ಎನ್ನುವ ನಿಲುಗಡೆಗೆ ಬರುವ ಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಿ “ಭಾವಯಂತಿ” ಎಂಬುದು ವಸ್ತುತಃ ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸ್ವಾದನವನ್ನುಂಟುಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ ಹಾಗೂ ನಮ್ಮ ಹೃದಯವನ್ನು ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸುತ್ತವೆಂಬ ಅರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯವೆಂದು...
The fact that Shiladitya Harshavardhana developed greater fondness towards Buddhism in his later years is evident from his own writings. Three Rupakas whose authorship can be attributed to Harshavardhana are extant. He has also written a few Stotras (loosely, “hymns”) and a collection of independent verses. His Rupakas, “Priyadarshika,” “Ratnavali,” and “Nagananda” continue to remain popular amid lay persons and scholars alike. “Priyadarshika”...
Y K Ramachandra Rao is one among the people to be remembered from the Parishad’s initial history.[1] He retired as a Railway Chief Engineer. He hailed from Elandoor. He had a natural, abiding interest in Kannada; when Gopal Krishna Gokhale died in 1915, Ramachandra Rao arranged an essay-writing competition in Kannada, offering a gift to the best essay written about that great soul. I remember that the prize-winning essay—it was written by a...
With the killing of Jarāsandha, the greatest obstacle for the Rājāsūyayāga was removed. But Yudhiṣṭhira still needed to subdue the other kings or have a treaty of peace with them and gather their tributes. And so, his four brothers, upon his approval, went on a conquest to defeat kings in all directions (digvijaya). Arjuna went to the North, Bhīma to the East, Sahadeva to the South, and Nakula to the West. They defeated the kings there and...