Kalidas who is honoured as 'Kavikulaguru' has left no reliable trace of his personal life and family history or the period during which he lived and wrote. The gloom and obscurity which encompasses kalidas's life is however so profound that scholars, both Indian and European, in spite of colossal efforts, have been as yet unable to penetrate into and unravel the mystery, and various dates have been ascribed to him ranging from the 8th century B.C to the 8th century A.D Some scholars assume that… Continue

Kalidas who is honoured as 'Kavikulaguru' has left no reliable trace of his personal life and family history or the period during which he lived and wrote. The gloom and obscurity which encompasses kalidas's life is however so profound that scholars, both Indian and European, in spite of colossal efforts, have been as yet unable to penetrate into and unravel the mystery, and various dates have been ascribed to him ranging from the 8th century B.C to the 8th century A.D Some scholars assume that… Continue

Jagannath Pandit was a great poet and scholar in Sanskrit literature. He was from South India. His nickname was 'Veginadu' or 'Vellanadu'. His father 'Perubhatta' or 'Perambhatta' was also a great scholar and had studied on the subjects like law,grammar, वैशेशिकand पु्र्वमीमांसा etc. Jagannath learned a lot from his father. In 17th century he was the scholar in the court of the king Shahajahan. There he was honoured as पंडितराज (king of scholar).

Jagannath has written five books on hymns… Continue

अद्य वयं प्रहेलिका पश्यामः। प्रहेलिका नाम अाङग्लभाषायाम् riddles इति उच्यते। अद्य अहम् अत्र प्रहेलिकां पृच्छामि । यदि उत्तरम् आगच्छति तर्हि उत्तरं ददातु अन्यथा श्वः अहं वदिश्यामि।



१.अस्थि नास्ति शिरो नास्ति बाहुरस्ति निरङगुलिः ।

नास्ति पादद्वयम् गाढमङगमालिङगति स्वयम्।।



२.वृक्षस्याग्रे फलंदाज दृष्टं फलाग्रे वृक्षमेव च ।

अकारादि सकारान्तं यो जानाति स पण्डितः ॥



३.पर्वताग्रे रथो याति, भुमौ तिष्ठति सारथिः ।

वायुर्वेगेन , चलति पदमेकं न गच्छति… Continue

संसारकटुवृश्रस्य द्वे फले ह्रमृतोपमे ।

सुभाषितरसास्वादः संगतिः सुजनैः सह ।

(Appreciating the essence of सुभाषितs is said to be a means of removal of sorrow. A lover of Sanskrit indeed finds a great joy in the sweet, sonorous, lyrical sayings found in abundance in the language of Gods.)

खिन्नं चापि सुभाषितेन रमते स्वीयं मनः सर्वदा

श्रुत्वान्यस्य सुभाषितं खलु मनः श्रोतुं पुनर्वाञ्छति ।

अज्ञान् ज्ञानवतोप्यनेन हि वशीकर्तुं समर्थपणे भवेत्

कर्तव्यो हि सुभाषितस्य… Continue

सुरस सुबोधा विश्वमनोज्ञा ललिता ह्रद्या रमणिया।

अमृतवाणी संस्कृतभाषा नैव क्लिष्टा न च कठिना॥



संस्कृतभाषा मम प्रिया भाषा। अद्य आरभ्य अहं संस्कृतविषये संस्कृतभाषायां लेखनस्य प्रयत्नं करोमि। सर्वेषां शुभाशयाः प्रार्थयामि ।एषा भाषा सरला,सरसा,सुबोधा तु अस्ति एव तथैव शास्त्रिया अपि अस्ति । अस्माकं भारतीया संस्कृतीः संस्कृतभाषाम् आश्रित्य तिष्ठति । संस्कृतं नाम भारतस्य आत्मा एव। पाणिनी व्याकरणस्य कर्ता अस्ती। व्याकरणसुत्रैः संस्कृतभाषा नियमबद्धा कृता तेन । अतः एव संस्कृतभाषा संगणकार्थं… Continue

करबदरसदृशमखिलं भुवनतलं यत्प्रसादात् कवयः।
पश्यन्ति सूक्ष्ममतयः सा जयति सरस्वती देवी ॥
( Poets can see things which cannot be seen by been the Sun. Because of the favour of goddess Saraswati they can see the whole world clearly as a small berry kept on the palm.) Continue