June 2020
Now I’m setting out to reminisce about my teachers.
The almighty has blessed me in myriad ways and has given me several shortcomings as well. Of those shortcomings, two are related to the aforementioned scenario.
1. I do not have prospects to indicate my relationship to eminent personages and feel proud that my teacher was that great paṇḍita or this brilliant vidvān. My teachers were remarkable men in my view but were unknown to the world;...
Another Idea
There was a new theory (regarding my tendency to fall asleep while studying). “The child is going to feel bored if he has to study all alone. If he is joined by another person, it may ward off all boredom and he will remain awake”, my father (and the rest of the family) surmised. They arranged for a companion for my studies. Varahamurthy, the son of Madhvarayacharya was the scape goat. Madhvarayacharya was the Divan of Majjigehalli...
ಭೂಮಿಕೆ
ಕಲೆಗಳ ಪೈಕಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖವೆನಿಸಿದ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯವು ತನ್ನಂತೆಯೇ ಒಂದು ವಿಭೂತಿ. ಇದರ ಮೂಲಕ ಸಹಸ್ರಾರು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಮಾನವನು ಅಪಾರ ಆನಂದವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತ ಬಂದಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ತನಗೆ ಆನಂದವೀಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ತತ್ತ್ವ ಯಾವ ತೆರನಾದದ್ದು? ಅದರ ರೂಪ-ಸ್ವರೂಪಗಳೇನು? ಅದು ಆನಂದವನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ? ಎಂಬಿವೇ ಮುಂತಾದ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳು ಸಹಜಕುತೂಹಲಿಯಾದ ಮಾನವನಿಗೆ ಬಂದದ್ದು ಅಚ್ಚರಿಯೇನಲ್ಲ. ಈ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಆತ್ಯಂತಿಕವಾಗಿ ಶೋಧಿಸಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೂ ಸೂಕ್ತವೆನಿಸಬಲ್ಲ ಉತ್ತರಗಳನ್ನು ಕಂಡುಕೊಂಡ ಶ್ರೇಯಸ್ಸು ಭಾರತೀಯ ಆಲಂಕಾರಿಕರದು. ಒಂದು ವಸ್ತು ಸುಂದರವೋ...
My studies in Mysore spanned only seven-eight months. That year (1901) was quite unfortunate for my family. My grandfather had passed away in the year 1900 itself. After that in a short duration, my maternal grandmother, who used to take care of my family like a mother, also passed away. Her brothers, who were taking care of my family after that, also passed away in the next two years. All these unfortunate events worried me a lot. I lost...
One end of Udayana’s story takes place in Kauśāmbi, and the other, in Ujjayinī. Furthermore, many of the sub-stories take place in and around Ujjayinī. One wonders as to how many people like Kāṇabhūti and Vararuci, Guṇāḍhya heard these stories from, roaming the regions of the Vindhyās, Ujjayinī and Kauśāmbi, and in which all languages, in order to compile them! It is no surprise if people talk about Guṇāḍhya in the same breath as Vyāsa and...
Financial Difficulties and Higher Studies
Dr. P V Kane ('PVK') spent most of his time studying and writing with such single-minded devotion that we wondered what sort of financial position he was in. PVK himself has written that there was hardly any money he made from writing close to seven thousand pages; on the contrary, it cost him a great deal of money – in addition to the years he spent working on it. Dr. Shantaram Kane ('SK') told us that...
“ರೂಪಕ-ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ ಭಾಷಾಪ್ರಯೋಗ” ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ
ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸನನ್ನು ‘ರೂಪಕ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ ಚಕ್ರವರ್ತಿ’ ಎಂದು ಬಣ್ಣಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅವನು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುವ ಸಾಧಾರಣ ಭಾಷೆ ಕೂಡ ರೂಪಕದ ದೀಪ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಈತನ ರೂಪಕ ರಚನಾಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ನಿದರ್ಶನಕೊಡಬೇಕೆಂದರೆ ಇಡೀ ಗ್ರಂಥವನ್ನೇ ಉದ್ಧರಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸನ ರೂಪಕಗಳು, ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಗಳು ಪ್ರಾಕೃತಿಕ ಘಟನೆಗಳಿಂದ, ನಿತ್ಯ ಜೀವನದ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಘಟನೆಗಳಿಂದ, ಹಲವಾರು ರೀತಿಯ ತನ್ನದೇ ಜೀವನದ ಅನುಭವಗಳಿಂದ ಹಾಗೂ ಪೌರಾಣಿಕ ಘಟನೆ, ಪಾತ್ರಗಳ ಆಧಾರದಿಂದ ಸುಂದರವಾಗಿ ಶಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ಮೈದಳೆದು ನಿಲ್ಲುತ್ತವೆ. ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸನ...
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In the introductory essay of Indian Conception of Values,[1] Prof. M Hiriyanna elucidates the distinction between facts and values. In his own words, “facts are apprehended, values are realised.” Indian Philosophy avers that experiential validation transmutes a body of facts...
