(This article appeared in the issue of Dilip magazine January 2024) Shri Vancheshvara Kavi (known as Kutti Kavi) was the son of the granddaughter of Shri Govinda Dikshita. This lineage has produced several Jagadgurus of Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Mulamnaya Sarvajna Continue Reading …
(This article appeared in July -Sep 2023 issue of Dilip magazine) Jagadguru Paramashivendra Saraswati Shankaracharya Swamigal was the 57th Acharya of Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Mulamnaya Sarvajna Pitham. Born near the banks of Tungabhadra riverin Pampa saras, Karnataka, He was given Continue Reading …
[Published in Dilip Magazine April-June 2023 Issue] The place of dharma in itihaasa The central theme of the Valmiki Ramayana is dharma. Our itihasas feature situations full ofhuman lessons. The characters uphold their dharma, face the consequences of abandoningdharma and Continue Reading …
[Article published in Dilip Magazine, Jan-March 2023 Issue] Time according to Bhaṛtṛhari – An Overview The notion of time and its nature has preoccupied thinkers, philosophers and sages from time immemorial. Some Greek thinkers like Xeno argued that time is Continue Reading …
Pavanandi Munivar’s Nannool describes a few rhetorical devices of approaches to text and commentary writing, the qualities and defects a work should have. Many of these ideas have their basis in the sastrarambha of Samskrta and also have a contemporaneous Continue Reading …
Ragabodha – A sabdabodha based framework for a Theory of Raga”, Dr.Lakshmi Sreeram and Vidya Jayaraman, Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research”