ಎಸ್. ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪನವರ ಮಹತ್ಕೃತಿ "ಪರ್ವ" ಕ್ಕೆ ತಾವು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡ ತ್ರಿವಿಕ್ರಮ ಸಿದ್ದತೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹಾಗು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಮಹಾವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರಾದ ಪಾಂಡುರಂಗ ವಾಮನ ಕಾಣೆ ಅವರೆಡೆಗೆ ಇದ್ದ ಗೌರವಾದರಗಳ ಕುರಿತು ಮನಮುಟ್ಟುವ ಮಾತುಗಳು ಈ ಲೇಖನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತವಾಗಿದೆ
The sort of cultural commitment that the exemplars of Indian history had set for themselves is truly astonishing
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.
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.
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.
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