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Posted in Free Ebooks, Grammar (рд╡реНрдпрд╛рдХрд░рдгрдВ), Learn Sanskrit, Sanskrit on Nov 25th, 2010
This 2 volume set is an introductory text to Sanskrit grammar & literature. The author has included the cream of Sanskrit literature in every lesson so as to elevate the mind of the students to a high plane of morality and devotion and inspire it with a spirit of respect and reverence for all that […]
Posted in Free Ebooks, Poetry (рдХрд╛рд╡реНрдпрдВ), Sanskrit on Oct 25th, 2010
Meghaduta (literally meaning “cloud messenger”) is a lyric poem written by Kalidasa, considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets in India. A short poem of only 111 stanzas, it is one of Kalidasa`s most illustrious works. Meghaduta is separated into two parts – Purvamegha (Previous cloud) and Uttaramegha (Consequent cloud). According to the […]
Posted in Free Ebooks, Other, Sanskrit on Sep 12th, 2010
The Digital Library of India initiative has scanned and placed online, over 5,30,000 books on various subjects. They are available free of cost from the website of Digital Library of India and its mirror sites – http://202.41.82.144/, http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/ and http://www.new.dli.gov.in/ where these books can be viewed as scanned images. Digital Library of India has recently […]
Posted in Free Ebooks, Poetry (рдХрд╛рд╡реНрдпрдВ), Sanskrit on Aug 6th, 2010
Kumarasambhava is a legendary Sanskrit poem written by Mahakavi Kalidasa. It is one of the most foremost and substantial examples of `Kavya` poetry. Kumarasambhava literally stands for “Birth of the War-god”, i.e. Kartikeya, Shiva`s first son. Kumarasambhava essentially talks about the courtship of Lord Shiva and Parvati. The bulk of chapters have enormous details about […]
Posted in Free Ebooks, Poetry (рдХрд╛рд╡реНрдпрдВ), Sanskrit on Jul 13th, 2010
The term Sriramodantam is composed of two words ‘Srirama’ and ‘udantam’ meaning ‘the story of Srirama’. Sriramodantam is a ‘laghukavyam’ (minor poetical composition) that has been in use as the first text in old Sanskrit Curriculum of Kerala for last five centuries. As per this curriculum the students were taught this text along with Amarakosa […]
Posted in Free Ebooks, Sanskrit, Subhashitas on Jul 5th, 2010
Proverbs are coherent and lively documents of human experiences in succinct manner. These give vigor to language. Some proverbs are for shock treatment to the stupid ones. Some are drumbeats to the slumbering lethargic! Proverbs are strong pulses of folklore. Citing proverbs in daily conversation is age-old practice of people. Collection and study of these […]
Posted in Free Ebooks, Sanskrit, Stories on Jun 24th, 2010
Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of rivers of stories) is a famous 11th-century collection of Indian legends, fairy tales and folk tales as retold by a Saivite Brahmin named Somadeva. Nothing is known about the author other than that his father’s name was Ramadevabatta. The work was compiled for the entertainment of the queen Suryamati, wife of king […]
Posted in Free Ebooks, Sanskrit, Stories, Subhashitas on Jun 16th, 2010
Bhojaprabandha (narrative of Bhoja), written by Ballala Deva, is the story of Bhoja, King of Malwa during the 11th Century A.D. This book contains many interesting legends about great poets like Kalidasa, Bhavabhuti and Bana. King Bhoja was so deeply dedicated to the cause of literature that writing of poetry had become a mass movement […]
Posted in Free Ebooks, Learn Sanskrit, Sanskrit on Jun 4th, 2010
Vyavaharikam Samskritam in 3 parts by Pramodvardhana Kaundinyayana Mimamsacharya of Nepal is intented to teach Sanskrit to the beginners in Sanskrit language. This series covers Sanskrit alphabets, declensions, subhashitas, stories, coversations, poems, sandhi, verb forms, samasas, pratyayas, etc. I am grateful to Ujjwol Lamichhane for kindly sending the pdf files of these books to me […]
Posted in Free Ebooks, Plays (рдирд╛рдЯрдХрд╛рдирд┐), Sanskrit on May 2nd, 2010
Sanskrit Text with English translation and notes of Swapnavasavadatta (The dream of Vasavadatta) of Bhasa (3rd Century BCE) by A.B. Gajendragadkar. The plot of Svapnavasavadatta is drawn from the romantic narratives about the Vatsa king Udayana and Vasavadatta, the daughter of Pradyota, the ruler of Avanti, which were current in the poet’s time and which […]