M.N. Dutt
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The Yajnavalkya –Smrtih of Sage Yajnavalkya occupies an important place among the significant religious scriptures of India. This treatise is grouped into three major sections; Acaradhyayah, Vyavaharadhyah and Prayascittadhyayah. The Acaradhyayaj is devoted to the study of the code of conduct for a person related to the knowledge of Dharma. It prescribes the necessary rules for human conduct for a harmonious life.
Sage Yajnavalkya makes a clear ...
Vedic literature has been written in Vedic Sanskrit. The main feature of this Sanskrit was the accent, which slowly and steadily faded out in contemporary period and completely vanished after the age of the Upanishads. This language void of accent is known as classic Sanskrit. There is a lot of difference between classic and Vedic Sanskrit. The Mahabharata has been written in classic Sanskrit. It is regarded as the store-house of political wisdom, the repository ...
The Mahabharata is a curious mixture of history and mythology, though the former aspect is the subject of grave doubts in the minds of the professional historians. This is called the fifth Veda and it is universally acknowledged to be of pre-eminent importance. It extols its greatness itself in the following words: Yad ihasti tad anyatra yan nehasti na tat kvacit (Whatever is here is also elsewhere; whatever is not here is extant nowhere). It contains not only ...
The present English translation by M.N. Dutt was written and published hundred years before. Shri M.N. Dutt translated into English many Purans and the Garuda Purana was one of them. It was first published in the year 1908. Then it was re-printed. Now the book is publishing its English translation with Sanskrit text. It is a medium size Purana consisting eight thousand verses. According to M.N. Dutt the book comprises three Samhitas viz. the Agastya Samhita, the ...