Anant Shastri Dongre‚ who stayed at a place in Western Ghats‚ called Gangamoola‚ (Mala village‚ Karkala‚ Karnataka) was a Sanskrit scholar and believed that women should have education. Against the prevailing traditional Hindu social structure‚ he taught Puranas and Sanskrit shloks to Ramabai as well as his second wife‚ Ramambai’s mother Laxmibai and how to read and write Sanskrit as well as how to interpret Vedic texts. She was raised by her father. Her father faced hardships as he was against the
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In Vedic Sanskrit‚ the more commonly used‚ literal meaning of the Sanskrit word yoga which is "to add"‚ "to join"‚ "to unite"‚ or "to attach" from the root yuj‚ already had a much more figurative sense‚ where the yoking or harnessing of oxen or horses takes on broader meanings such as "employment‚ use‚ application‚ performance" (compare the figurative uses of "to harness" as in "to put something to some use"). All further developments of the sense of this word are post-Vedic. More prosaic moods such
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examples of works written in Classical Sanskrit include the Pānini’s Ashtadhyayi which standardized the grammar and phonetics of Classical Sanskrit. The Laws of Manu is an important text in Hinduism. Kālidāsa is often considered to be the greatest playwright in Sanskrit literature‚ and one of the greatest poets in Sanskrit literature‚ whose Recognition of Shakuntala and Meghaduuta are the most famous Sanskrit plays. He occupies the same position in Sanskrit literature that Shakespeare occupies in
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Introduction Sandesa is a main character in Eastern languages.it is very difficult to find out Pāli Sandesa and details because those are really written in Pāli language. Whether Pāli Sandesas is not ornamental as Sanskrit Sandesa‚ some of them have been used as really letters to convey messages. Then not only Pāli Sandesas were part of literature but also instrumental of Day toddy life. This endeavour is to give brief introduction about Pāli Sandesa as an assignment which‚ Pāli special
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This empire also dominated the lands of Sumatra‚ Bali‚ Malay‚ Borneo‚ and Sulu. Both empires have no direct link of trading with the Philippines and so it is assumed that the Philippines were indirectly influenced. Based on the bits of traces of Sanskrit in the Philippines having been indirectly transferred through Sumatra‚ Java‚ and
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considered long (but see the details below). Among the close vowels‚ what in Sanskrit are thought to have been primarily distinctions of vowel length (that is /i ~ iː/ and /u ~ uː/) have become in Hindustani distinctions of quality‚ or length accompanied by quality (that is‚ /ɪ ~ iː/ and /ʊ ~ uː/).[2] The historical opposition of length in the close vowels has been neutralized in word-final position‚ for example Sanskrit loans śakti (शक्ति – شَکتی ’energy’) and vastu (वस्तु – وَستُو ’item’) are /ʃəkt̪i/
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time period of 600-1450 C.E. along the Indian Ocean trade route was that Islam was introduced and Buddhism was founded and spread along the route. As for cultural continuities‚ the caste system during this time period‚ and the use of the language Sanskrit remained the same during this era. One change along the Indian Ocean trade route was that there was the introduction of Islam in Southeast Asia‚ the Swahili city states‚ and of course‚ India. Islam had come to India through the establishment of
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Roots of Indian Culture in Sindhu Saraswati Civilisation The Saraswati Civilisation A fresh study by a group of international scientists peesh confirms the dominant role of Saraswati river in sustaining the so-called Indus Valley Civilisation. [28] A new study titled‚ ‘Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilisation’‚ has concluded that the Indus Valley Civilisation died out because the monsoons which fed the rivers that supported the civilisation‚ migrated
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Salini LR RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Prof: Makarand Paranjape Due date : 25 /09/2014 Submitted on:26/09/2014 Term Paper Dismantling the boundaries of folk and classical artforms-A journey through K Satchidanandan article "REFLECTIONS: the folk and the classical interrogating the boundaries’. K Satchidanandan article brings out a distinction between folk and classical art forms. He introspect the boundaries that divide the two and tries to bring out the picture of one in opposition to other. He defines
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foundation for the religion as a whole. It encompasses a variet and number of different religious groups which hold some similarities but are very diverse. orientalism: how western scholars view the east Colonial British translate texts with Sanskrit scholars and make certain views/practices more important and dominant. Lex Loci Act 1845: establish british common law in India‚ property laws. Cast Disabilities Removal Act‚ 1850: enshrines religion in personal law (funeral laws‚ marriage)
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