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A subhashita (Sanskrit: सुभाषित, subhāṣita) is a literary genre of Sanskrit epigrammatic poems and their message is an aphorism, maxim, advice, fact, truth, lesson or riddle. [1] Su in Sanskrit means good; bhashita means spoken; which together literally means well spoken or eloquent saying.
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra (Sanskrit: वैशेषिक सूत्र), also called Kanada sutra, is an ancient Sanskrit text at the foundation of the Vaisheshika school of Hindu philosophy. [1] [2] [3] The sutra was authored by the Hindu sage Kanada, also known as Kashyapa.
The Sharngadhara-paddhati is one of the best known collections of the subhashita-genre poems. [2] It contains a description of Hatha Yoga. James Mallinson calls the text's analysis of yoga "somewhat confused", noting that it splits Hatha Yoga into two types, namely Gorakhnath's and Markandeya's, and then equates Hatha Yoga with Gorakhnath's six limbs of yoga, which are asana, pranayama ...
The Sanskrit scholar Barbara Stoler Miller translated these sections as Among Fools and Kings, Passionate Encounters and Refuge in the Forest respectively. Especially in the Vairāgyaśataka , but also in the other two, his poetry displays the depth and intensity of his renunciation as he vacillates between the pursuits of fleshly desires and ...
Vidyakara (c. 1050–1130) [1] was a Buddhist scholar and poetry anthologist, noted for the Sanskrit poetry compilation Subhashitaratnakosha (IAST: Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa), which has been considered the "most celebrated" anthology of Sanskrit verse. [2]
Tarka-Sangraha (IAST: Tarka-saṅgraha) is a treatise in Sanskrit giving a foundational exposition of the Indian system of logic and reasoning.The work is authored by Annambhatta and the author himself has given a detailed commentary, called Tarka-Sangraha Deepika, for the text.
The title Manasollasa (मानसोल्लास) is a compound Sanskrit word, consisting of manas (मनस्) or "mind" and ullasa (उल्लास) or "rejoicing, delighting". [2] It means "the joy, delighter or entertainer of the mind". [3] [4] Alternatively, the compound word can be broken as manasa and ullasa, which mean ...
The Sanskrit word "श्रुति" (IAST: Śruti, IPA:) has multiple meanings depending on context. It means "hearing, listening", a call to "listen to a speech", any form of communication that is aggregate of sounds (news, report, rumour, noise, hearsay). [ 14 ]