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Mudgala (Sanskrit: मुद्गल, romanized: Mudgala), sometimes also rendered Maudgalya (Sanskrit: मौद्गल्य, romanized: Maudgalya), is a rishi (sage) in Hinduism. Leading a life of poverty and piety, he is regarded to have mastered the attainment of the state of nirvana. The Maudgalya Brahmanas claim their descent from ...
Literature of Adi kal (c. before the 15th century CE) was developed in the regions of Kannauj, Delhi, Ajmer stretching up to central India. [4] Prithviraj Raso, an epic poem written by Chand Bardai (1149 – c. 1200), is considered one of the first works in the Bhraj Bhasha literature.Chand Bardai was a court poet of Prithviraj Chauhan, the famous ruler of Delhi and Ajmer during the invasion ...
81-216-0125-8. Followed by. Madhubala. Madhushala (Hindi: मधुशाला) (The Tavern/The House of Wine) is a book of 135 "quatrains": verses of four lines (Ruba'i) by Hindi poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003). The highly metaphorical work is still celebrated for its deeply Vedantic and Sufi incantations and ...
Volga Se Ganga. Volga Se Ganga (Hindi: वोल्गा से गंगा, English: From Volga to Ganga) is a 1943 collection of 20 historical fiction short-stories by scholar and travel writer Rahul Sankrityayan. The stories collectively trace the migration of Indo-Iranian peoples from the Eurasian steppes to regions around the Volga; and ...
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [1]
Mudrarakshas. Subhash Chandra (21 June 1933 – 13 June 2016), [1] better known by his pen name, Mudrarakshas the eminent writer was a Hindi playwright, journalist, activist, thinker and cultural personality and critic from Lucknow, India. [1] He was born in Lucknow on 21 June 1933 and died in the city on 13 June 2016, after illnesses due to ...
8189859501. Ardhanarishwar (meaning The Androgynous God or Shiva) is a Hindi novel by Indian writer Vishnu Prabhakar, published in 1992. It won the 1993 Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi, given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. [1][2] Prabhakar was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the ...
Chitralekha. (novel) Chitralekha is a 1934 Hindi novel by the Indian writer Bhagwati Charan Verma about the philosophy of life, love, sin and virtue. It is said to be modelled on Anatole France 's 1890 novel Thaïs but set in India. [1] However, the author noted in the book's in preface: