Biographies - The Dharma Dispatch (Page 3)

Diwan Purnaiah’s Dharma Chhatrams and the Lessons they Teach

An essay on the sprawling network of Dharma Chhatrams founded by Purnaiah, the eminent Diwan to three Mysore Kings and the lessons they teach us

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 6 Sep 2024

Diwan Purnaiah’s Dharma Chhatrams and the Lessons they Teach

P.V. Kane’s Magnificent Guidance for Serious Scholars of Sanatana Culture and Heritage

In the concluding episode of this series, P.V. Kane offers brilliant and encyclopaedic guidance to independent scholars who wish to pursue serious research in the fields of Sanskrit, Indology, Indian culture and heritage.

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 28 Aug 2024

P.V. Kane’s Magnificent Guidance for Serious Scholars of Sanatana Culture and Heritage

The Shattered Landscape of Sanskrit Pathashalas: P.V. Kane’s Lament

In the same 1946 speech, P.V. Kane paints a desolate picture of traditional Sanskrit Pathashalas, which had flourished unbroken since the dawn of the Indian civilisation. It makes for very depressing reading.

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 26 Aug 2024

The Shattered Landscape of Sanskrit Pathashalas: P.V. Kane’s Lament

Indology will not Flourish Hereafter in War-worn Europe: P.V. Kane’s Prophecy

Way back in 1946, P.V. Kane unerringly prophesied that Indology and Sanskrit studies will soon decline and disappear in Europe itself and that it was now the responsibility of Indian scholars to take this endeavour forward.

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 23 Aug 2024

Indology will not Flourish Hereafter in War-worn Europe: P.V. Kane’s Prophecy

P.V. Kane’s Cosmic Vision for Writing Indian History

In this episode, we learn P.V. Kane's cosmic vision for writing Indian history purely from an Indian perspective. He precisely identifies the fundamental problems and errors in the histories of India written by foreigners who find it impossible to present a correct evaluation of an alien cultural tr

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 21 Aug 2024

P.V. Kane’s Cosmic Vision for Writing Indian History

The Karma Yogi Merges with Eternity: P.K. Gode's Final Journey

Parashuram Krishna Gode passed away just two months before his 70th birthday. He ranks as one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of the New Indian Renaissance. It was a rank he did not aspire for. In fact, he aspired for nothing. He carried out his Dīkṣā like a true Karma Yogi — immersed, yet deta

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 12 Jul 2024

The Karma Yogi Merges with Eternity: P.K. Gode's Final Journey

When P.V. Kane Honoured P.K. Gode

P.K. Gode lived in a fortunate period which not only recognised his contribution but valued and celebrated it. The highest point in Gode’s productive and distinguished life arrived on May 18, 1949. He was honoured by the redoubtable Mahamahopadhyaya Pandurang Vaman Kane in a public function held in

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 8 Jul 2024

P.K. Gode: The Ajātaśatru and his Scholarly Brotherhood

P.K. Gode was an Ajātaśatru — a person who had no enemies. Throughout his career, he had amassed a wealth of mentors and had forged close friendships and lasting relationships within the scholarly community. He regarded his scholarly community as a brotherhood that was honestly, devotedly working to

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 1 Jul 2024

P.K. Gode: The Ajātaśatru and his Scholarly Brotherhood

The Meticulous Rigour and Discipline of P.K. Gode's Research

In his own words, P.K. Gode reveals the secret that made his research almost perfect and unimpeachable.Originality is yet another pronounced imprint that we notice in a majority of Gode’s research papers. It is this self-imposed meticulousness, dogged perseverance and ironclad discipline that enable

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 28 Jun 2024

The Meticulous Rigour and Discipline of P.K. Gode's Research

The Aryan Path to Enduring Intellectual Glory Lies through the Honest Pursuit of Truth

P.K. Gode embarked on in-depth scholarly research in such offbeat, strange and seemingly bizarre topics like horse gram, nose-ring, bullock carts, paper, perfumery, jalebi, dietics, fig and archery. What made him seek obscure and forgotten poets, hymn-composers, military generals, ministers, clerks,

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 26 Jun 2024

The Aryan Path to Enduring Intellectual Glory Lies through the Honest Pursuit of Truth

The Anāsakta Karma of P.K. Gode

P.K. Gode undertook his lifelong scholarly penance in the spirit of what the Bhagavad Gita describes as Anāsakta Karma or the path of Detached Action. Gode spent generous sums of money from his own pocket to send his latest research papers to scholars both in India and abroad. This eventually creat

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 24 Jun 2024

BORI Beckons P.K.Gode

This episode traces the start of P.K. Gode's professional career that began with a lecturership at Karve Indian Women’s University. Within a year, he moved to the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona and remained there for the rest of his life. It is also where he found his life's calling.

By Sandeep Balakrishna

/ 21 Jun 2024