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Godā stuti

by Vedanta Desika

1 min readApr 12, 2024

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Godā stuti

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Godākaḷyāṇam in the Āmuktamālyada

Excerpt from ‘The Giver of the Word Garland’, a translation of Kṛṣṇadevarāya’s Āmuktamālyada by Srinivas Reddy

7 min readMar 4, 2024

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Godākaḷyāṇam in the Āmuktamālyada

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Vasanta in Kāḷidāsa’s Ṛtusaṃhāra

Kāḷidāsa’s Ṛtusaṃhāra is a collection of subhāṣhita (“well-said”) poetic epigrams about the six seasons in six cantos of lyrical verses. It…

5 min readFeb 16, 2024

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Vasanta in Kāḷidāsa’s Ṛtusaṃhāra

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Reverse Glass Painting

The technique of reverse glass painting is said to have originated in Italy, from where it spread out all over Europe in the 15th century…

6 min readJan 29, 2024

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Reverse Glass Painting

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The Coronation of Rāma

from the Yuddhakāṇḍa of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa

8 min readJan 22, 2024

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The Coronation of Rāma

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Poems from Nammāḻvār’s Tiruvāymoḻi

Born as Māṟaṉ to the Velālar community, Saṭakōpaṉ, best known as Nammāḻvār, “our own āḻvār”; considered the greatest of the twelve āḻvārs.

4 min readDec 23, 2023

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Poems from Nammāḻvār’s Tiruvāymoḻi

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Hanumān Spots Sīta in the Aśoka Grove

An Excerpt from the Sundarakāṇḍa

7 min readNov 23, 2023

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Hanumān Spots Sīta in the Aśoka Grove

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Dīpāvali and Ancestor Worship

Dīpāvali is better known as the day Rāma, victorious, is welcomed by the people of his kingdom, Ayodhya, as the day of Viṣṇu’s defeat of…

6 min readNov 12, 2023

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Dīpāvali and Ancestor Worship

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Goddess Lakṣmi as Gajalakṣmi

Canto 8 of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa describes the emergence of the Goddess Lakṣmi as a youth of exquisite beauty from the churning of…

2 min readNov 12, 2023

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Goddess Lakṣmi as Gajalakṣmi

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Keśavadāsa’s Rāmacandrika

The proof of Keśavadāsa’s permanent and undisputed place in Hindi literature is Rāmacandrika. According to Keśava’s own account, the sage…

6 min readOct 13, 2023

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Keśavadāsa’s Rāmacandrika

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