ಕ್ಷಣಪ್ರಭಾ - Kshanaprabhaa

Here is an amateurish attempt to write  shleshartha  shlokas   (carrying multiple meanings) in praise of the Cricketing God, newly crowned Bharat Ratna and freshly retired Sachin Tendulkar. There would be incorrectness here and there in these verses as this is one of my early attempts to write in Sanskrit, but want to share it on my blog nonetheless, as a tribute to arguably the best cricketer the country has seen. So here are the verses: वन्देऽहम् जगदाधारम् वल्लभारोहितम् सुरम् । सौरवादिप्रवक्तारम् राहुलाञ्छनविक्रमम् ॥ शतानिलम् पिङ्गलाद्यम् लक्ष्मणार्ककुलाश्रयम् । सञ्चिताघापनेतारम् सचिन्तम् प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ Meaning: Version 1: These verses carry two meanings, one version obviously praises Sachin, so, here's what I have tried bringing in. Every line below corresponds to the English translation of the corresponding line in the Shlokas: I bow to him, the "God" ( जगदाधार: ) The idol who likes a heavy ( भारः ) bat ( वल्ल ), The one who t...

Here are my tweets, photos and screen grabs from the greatly successful Shatavadhana that happened over the weekend. Wishing Dr. R Ganesh a very happy 50th birthday tomorrow, and wishing him a great life ahead with a lot more invincible achievements... Attending  @ shathaavadhaana  from today by Dr. R. Ganesh. The first ever all kannada shatavadhana. Excited! Shatavadhana at nmkrv college, jayanagar begins at 5 pm today, and runs over next two days  # rg   # avadhana Know more about  # avadhana :  http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avadhanam   A blog post on a previous  # avadhana  I had attended: http:// kshanaprabhaa.blogspot.com/2009/10/astava dhana-by-dr-r-ganesh-at.html   …   # astavadhana   @ shathaavadhaana Know more about the  # shatavadhana  at the official site of @ shathaavadhaana  :  http:// shathaavadhaani.com    ,  http:// shathaavadhaana.com   # avadhana  Wik...

I had the pleasure of witnessing one of the most difficult and "endangered" art forms being performed today, an Astavadhana in Sanskrit and Kannada, by the renowned Shatavadhani, Dr. R. Ganesh. He can perform this art form in three different languages fluently, i.e., in Sanskrit, Kannada and Telugu, and according to many, is the only living person today, who can perform this art at least in Sanskrit and Kannada. Without going into the details of both Avadhana and Dr. R. Ganesh's distinguished profile, here is a brief introduction about the two: Avadhana is a literary performance believed to have originated in Karnataka around 12th century AD, and is very popular in the languages of Kannada, Telugu and Sanskrit. Avadhani, the performer of Avadhana, would require to have tremendous abilities of multi-tasking and requires immense memory power too. The multiple tasks that the Avadhani needs to perform range from on-the-spot poetry creation, to identifying the references ...