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Tag: Sanskrit poetry

  • Physical Intuitiveness,

    Physical Intuitiveness, I am now teaching my students Rtu Samhara of Kalidasa, one interesting aspect of it is that Kalidasa, talks of the Rtu-Chakra and how all the animals are in synchrony with it, except man who with passing time moves away from nature. coming to think of it the human experience is removed from…

  • the first day of spring.

    When winsome westerly winds caress comely creeping cloves As bumblebees’ buzz-buzzing and cuckoos’ coo-cooing resound in huts, in coves, in groves, In springtime, the sensual season so langorously long for forlorn lovers, Krishna strays and plays, my friend, dancing with young girls. The poem by the Sanskrit poet Jayadeva, describes Krishna in spring. Spring the…

  • winter warmth

    "To shorten winter, borrow some money due in spring. ~W.J. Vogel" Hearth My keep warm methods • Infinite cups of ginger tea. • Quantity sufficient volume of tomato soup (continental) • Rasam, • Light woollens. • Snuggle up to my husband. Winter or Hemanta as we call it Sanskrit is a favourite of mine. The…

  • summer-grishma.

    sounds of summer is the softer drone of spring. Summer sounds Actually one does not really pay much attention to it. Its only when the poets highlight it that we notice it. to the kids it means no more pencils no more books, no more teachers dirty looks. To mothers it means no lunch boxes…