A brief study of possession in Hinduism-II: The Spiritual Context
[contextly_sidebar id=”JJfzmWQUKhdNCtXJr0s5A2odKlfpfRP4″] Japanese scholar of Sanskrit and Buddhist literature, Minoru Hara, in his study of the Mahabharata lists nearly sixty semantic contexts in which More...
No Mr Devdutt Pattanaik, Patriarchy did not rise due to hermits!
The popular model of a patriarch is derived from the Abrahamic mythology. Hence the patriarch is a serial rapist. Jehovah the God of Abraham sure demands absolute submission. I can agree with Devadut Pattanaik (DP) More...
Honoring our Gurus: Learning from the life accounts of Rishis – VII
[contextly_sidebar id=”gWDsIP0furNpVBtGd0Uk32hcFi3UXXNp”] In the previous article, we looked into life accounts of Rishi Nārada. In this concluding part, let us look into life accounts of few more Rishis. Bhagavān More...
Honoring our Gurus: Learning from the life accounts of Rishis – VI
[contextly_sidebar id=”oSbG7qZlkKtPc2odYP8gCJCBmNKWYZwh”] In the previous article, we looked into life accounts of the Rishis: Nachiketa and Yajnavalkya and of Rishikas: Gargi and Maitreyi. Let us now More...
Kalidasa: The Great Integrator
[contextly_sidebar id=”I2DzCYDRPbsUSL4G4uo8sO3ZLKdLxTfh”] Synthesis of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva Kalidasa was the first great poet to advocate the basic oneness governing the three forms of Brahma, Vishnu More...
Kalidasa’s Exposition of Eternal Values
[contextly_sidebar id=”KSzcWYf0Z772nzzj9yD7k4OPXgg4mG4A”] As noted in the previous parts in this series, Kalidasa has been the greatest yet most graceful exponent of Indian values. He has upheld the More...
Kalidasa’s portraits of the life of Rishis and Hermitages
[contextly_sidebar id=”9VkoqSIqXpyK6l9rpm0FvBY2Aov2cCr4″] Kalidasa has probably provided us with the finest pictures of the simple, unsullied and pure life led by our Rishis in hermitages. These pictures More...
Kumarasambhavam: Kalidasa unravels Shiva to mortals
[contextly_sidebar id=”n1wTFLopBncSKWjuJDu8LOuv2qKi9hkr”] The Kumarasambhavam epic opens with a magnificent hyperbole describing the great Himalayan mountains: The Himalayas is like a great measuring More...
Kalidasa, the poetic surveyor of India
[contextly_sidebar id=”ajeCXShy6HFmQSMlUYGYZ1xVBQc20ixM”] Perhaps there is no other poet in Sanskrit or any other Indian language who has described the mythology, knowledge, geography, flora and fauna More...
Kalidasa – Historical view and Works
[contextly_sidebar id=”cTg3EKTEwhFPwQUKfM3HPu4TK1teETFD”] From a historical perspective, we know almost nothing of Kalidasa. There are no records that tell us accurately where he lived and when. It is More...