April 2017
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नीवारशूकवत्तन्वी विद्युल्लेखेव भास्वरा |
रमणी रमणीयेयं स्मरणीया स्मरारणिः ||
Mummaḍi Śrī Kṛṣṇarāja Wodeyar of Mysore was a great connoisseur of art and was known for his erudition. Once, a huge crowd had gathered in the palace for a special ritual of worship that was being performed. The king was chatting with the scholars who were present there and their conversation turned towards extempore-poetry (āśukavitā). The king threw a challenge at...
विद्याधरोsप्सरोयक्षरक्षोगन्धर्वकिन्नराः |
कृष्णराज महाराज ! गायन्ति तव वैभवम् ||
Mummaḍi Śrī Kṛṣṇarāja Wodeyar (i.e., Krishnaraja Wodeyar III) was famous for his scholarship and his patronage of scholars. It was during his reign that the epics Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata were translated completely in prose form into the Kannada language. Several great scholars such as Kuṇigal Rāmaśāstri, Sosale Garaḻapuriśāstri, Kāśi Śeṣaśāstri, Karūru...
निष्पिष्टापि परं पदाहतिशतैः शश्वद्बहुप्राणिनां
संतप्तापि करैः सहस्रकिरणेनाग्निस्फुलिङ्गोपमैः |
छागाद्यैश्च विचर्चितापि सततं मृष्टापि कुद्दालकै
र्दूर्वा न म्रियते तथापि तरां धातुर्दया दुर्बले ||
A hundred years before India gained independence, William Bentic forced the Goḻīśrī Saṃskṛtapāṭhaśālā in Kolkata to shut down. It was an institution which had earned the appreciation of William Jones, Wilson and others. With its closing, several other...
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