Table Of Contents   What Is Aesthetics Or Alamakara Shastra? Sanskrit aesthetic theory (alamkara sastra) developed in Indi...

What Is Advaita? Non-duality or 'not two-ness' is the literal translation. One of the primary schools of Vedanta , Advaita , a...

  Viraha means “separation” in classical Sanskrit poetry . Much of vernacular devotional ( bhakti ) poetry, has Viraha as a well-established...

    Vishnu Periyalvar, an Alvar poet and saint, was given this appellation. Between the seventh and tenth centuries, the Alvars were a g...

    Vinaya Patrika or a petition letter is a collection of 280 short poems written in the Braj Bhasha dialect by poet-saint Tulsidas (1...

  The landlord community throughout much of traditional Tamil Nadu. Although technically the Vellalas were of shudra status, their con...

  Vedanta Deshika(13th c.) was a writer and commentator in the Vishishthadvaita Vedanta philosophical school. Vedanta Deshika was a foll...

  Sanskrit   means "perfected" in English.  Sanskrit was the language of India's cultural and religious elite throughout mos...

    Nabhadas (c. 1600) was the author of Bhaktamal ("Garland of Devotees") . He presents brief (six line) narratives of the ...

  Devotion Modes   is a term used to describe different types of devotion. For more than a century, devotion to God (bhakti) has been th...