Tag: sanskrit
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Indra and Namuci
The well-known story of Indra and Namuci has been told and retold since Vedic time up until the present day.
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Nala, Rtuparna and their knowledge-exchange
Snakes or serpents appear prominently in many ancient literatures around the world. In ancient Egypt, Ouroboros is the snake that eats its own tail, perhaps representing the renewal of order out of disorder.
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Faizi, Akbar and Sanskrit literature
The Mughal period in India was a fascinating and intriguing period from the perspective of development and dissemination of Sanskrit literature.
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On worshipping the sun as god
The sun has been worshipped as a deity in many of the major religious traditions in history, dating at least from the ancient Egyptian religion which worshipped the sun god šš (a.k.a. Re or Ra).
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Emotions in Indian literature
ā¦ as a source of spontaneity in the Ramayana and some works of KÄlidÄsa
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Indra as Vedic hero
Reflecting on the place of Indra in the Veda and in the Indo-European tradition
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The Self in Indian Philosophy
Reflecting on the chariot as a metaphor for the Self
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Death and the Rig Veda
King Dasharatha cremates Shravana and his aged ParentsāāāWikimedia Commons (B.N.Goswamy/ GazalĀ world) Ideas about some kind of afterlife are commonly found in all religions. In the Bhagavad GÄ«tÄ, Krishna explains that those who resort to him do not get āpunarjanmaā (rebirth in this world). A precursor to āpunarjanmaā is the idea of āpunarmį¹tyuā or āre-deathā, found…
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ÅakuntalÄās poem
Dushyanta and Shakuntala in a LandscapeāāāLACMA The play AbhijnÄna-Åakuntalam is one of the most well-known and frequently-performed works by the renowned Indian poet KÄlidÄsa. The play is based on the famous story found in the MahÄbhÄrata about the romance of ÅakuntalÄ and Duį¹£yanta. However, KÄlidÄsa uses his own creative imagination to add some additional twists…
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Hymn to all gods (ā2)
What follows is my own translation of Rig Veda Mandala 1 SÅ«kta 90. The final lines of this verse are well-known and well-loved as they feature in one of the ÅÄnti Mantras. The repeated reference to honey (madhu) also seems to be picked up on later in the Madhu-vidyÄ section of the Bį¹hadÄraį¹yaka Upaniį¹£ad. The…
Desire To Think 