'Vaataapi Ganapatim Bhaje' is a Sanskrit composition of Muthuswami Dikshitar. This song is set to Hamsadhvani raga and it is sung during Carnatic Vocal concerts worldwide. It is one of the most popular songs of the Carnatic music world. Here is the textual meaning of the song:
I shall be happy if my writing inspires you!
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I have explained the meaning of the verse 'Vagarthaviva samprktau' written by Kalidasa.
Thought is the root cause of language. Without thought expression is not born. The method of expression is the nucleus of a language. These methods differ and hence there are many languages in the world.
Padma Purana is one of the largest of the eighteen Puranas. It is said to have 55 thousand verses. Padma Purana is divided into six Khandas.
A figure of speech in poetry is called as 'Alankara' by the Sanskrit writers on Poetics. There are two kinds of figure of speech, namely, figure of speech of sense and figure speech of word.
Sage Bharata is the author of the work called Natyasastram. He had written it probably in the 4th Century BC. This is the oldest and existing work on Indian Dance, Dramaturgy and Poetics.
Anger could be our worst enemy if not controlled properly.
According to Sanskrit rhetoricians Sabda or a word has three types of power or vyaapaara, namely Abhidha (expressive power), Lakshana (indicative power) and Vyanjana (suggestive power).
Sanskrit rhetoricians of the past have defined creativity in a unique manner. Creativity is the very cause of poetry says Jagannatha Pandita, the 17th Century Sanskrit poet and writer who was patronized by Shah Jahan, the Mughal emperor.
The word 'Brahman' in Indian Philosophy refers to the Supreme Being which is the imperishable and ever-existing entity. According to the Advaitic perspective of Indian Philosophy, it is from the Brahman that all beings come out at the time of creation and go in at the time of dissolution. This only means that there is no death. It is nothing but a momentary withdrawal of the being unto the Brahman!
Ganesha Pancharatnam is believed to have been composed by Adi Sankara. It is a collection of 5 gems of verses on Lord Ganesha.
Sanskrit is considered as one of the oldest of the world languages. Its most used script is called as Devanagari. Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. It is one of the languages of the Aryan group of the IE family.
Lingashtakam is believed to have been composed by Adi Sankara. It has eight verses of paying obeisance to Lord Shiva.
An indeclinable is a word that cannot be declined like any noun for that matter.
Indo-European family is a large family of languages. Most languages from this family are spoken and written in India and greater part of Europe. There are also several languages from Asia that are included into this family.
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