Interesting Kritis of Shathavadhani Dr.Ganesh

[nagavalli]

There are many interesting kritis composed by Sanskrit scholar Shathavadhani Dr.Ganesh composed in Sanskrit Telugu & Kannada. They are interesting. Every composition has its own identity in terms of lyrical beauty & melody.
He has penned many Kritis, tillanas , Ragamalikas & hundreds of padams in Kannada & Telugu.
He is the winner of Veda Vyas sanman puraskar from Govt of India for outstanding comtribution to Sanskrit literature.
He is known in erudite circles very much
DR.Nagavalli

[nagavalli]

Interestingly he is a mechanical engineer & did his post-graduation in engineering from IISC Bangalore

[shalak]

Is a book of his compositions available?

[nagavalli]

No
Other member would be posting one by one.
They are really composed to substitute the lapses found in compositions of cm in terms grammar poetic beauty & other intricate details.

[nagavalli]

Dr.Padma subramanyam's student Mrs.Sundari Santhanam is the best exponent of his Tillanas. She has performed many times.
Many of the dancers in India are performing his ragamaalikas & tillanas.
Cine actor Sridhar is also performing his famous Mahabharata raaga maaalika as the main item in his performances.
Mahaabharata raaga maalika is in line with Bhavayaami raghuramam.

[nagavalli]

Find One kriti of Shatavadhani Dr.Ganesh of Bangalore in Raga :Nata Bhairavi i


asamaana lOchana rOchana
rasamaana manOmOchana || Pallavi{{

pamchaasya pranata daasya
sancharamE manasi lAsya || Anu pallavi||

layalIlaalOla lalita sheela
bhayakaalasmaya jayajaala ||

||samkshipta charanam||

vaTa taTa vikaTa jaTi jana nikaTa
madana damana shamana shamana
sadaya hRudaya sadaashiva
hrudaya sadaya sadaashiva

The kriti is set to Adi tala

[nagavalli]

Now he is the winner of Vedavyas award also for his outstanding contribution to thre field of Sanskrit literature instituted by Government of India & presented by President of India
Shortly he is going take over charge as President of a company which broadcasts 24 hour sanskrit in F.M radio

[nagavalli]

Find Dr.Ganesh's brilliant resume

Indira Gandhi national centre for Arts
Southern Regional Centre, Bangalore

Curriculum Vitae


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Dr. R. Ganesh

Research Officer

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts,

Southern Regional Centre,

Bangalore



Address - # 1250 (New no 30) 4th Main Road,

B. Block, 2nd Stage, Rajajinagar,

Bangalora-560010

Ph: 080-3420628

Date of Birth 3rd May 1962
Education Qualification B.E. (Mech) [Bangalore University], Msc., Engg (Mech) [Indian Institute of Science]

M.A. in Sanskrit, D.Litt [Hampi Kannada University]

Doctoral & Post doctoral Research Experience 2 years (Doctoral), 6 years (Post doctoral)
Work Experience Worked as faculty member in RVCE, MSRlT,
IISC (Res Associate).
Director of Sanskrit Studies, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
Worked at Jain International Residential School as Coordinator of Dept of Values

Published over 150 Research papers in the field of Science, Technology, Indian Science, Ancient Indian Technology, Sanskrit Literature, Prosody, Poetics, History, Philosophy, Veda, Dharmashastra, Music, Dance and Sculpture.

Published 23 books in Kannada, English & Sanskrit Containing original research work, creative writing such as Poems, Plays & Translation. Well informed in the field of classical Indian Arts, Music, Dance, Painting, Veda, Vedanta with performing skills.

Only Shataavadhani to perform in 8 different languages. Performed over 400 Ashtaavadanams. 4 Shataaadanams.(Avadhaanam is one of the Ancient Indian Classical art of imaging memory & instantaneous spot verification, holds a world record or marathon versification for 24 hours in 8 different languages on the theme of Indian Contribution to world heritage.)

Composed over 500 Music & Dance compositions & have Turned them to Raga & Tala in various languages Composed 25 Ballets, Directed and conducted over 120 Kaavyachitra presentations (A unique Jugalbandhi of spot versification & painting.) Delivered over 5000 Lectures on Indian Culture & Heritage in National & International Forums.

Evaluated a variety of Doctoral Theses in several Universities And has participated as external Examiner, Resource person for staff training in Universities.


Linguistic Capabilities Well exposed to 17 Indian and foreign languages including Classical languages such as Vedic Sanskrit, Sanskrit, Pali, Ardhamagadhi, Ancient Tamil, Ancient Kannada, Greek, Latin etc.
Awards & Honours Award of Shatavadhani.

The best Theses award for the theses on

Awadhana Kala

Outstanding young Indian award - 1991.

Best Science writer Award - 1993.

Best Sanskrit Poet Kavya Kovida Award - 1989.

Writer of the year Award - 1992.

Youngest Awardee of the Prestigious Rajyotsava State [Award at the age of 29. (Karnataka State Award)



Books published Sanskrit

Madhu Sadma (Poetry) – 1987

Srichakreswaristavanam (Poetry) – 1993

Vanitakavitotsavah (Play) 1996

English

Human values in Telugu literature – 1995

Human values in the code of Kautilya – 1996

Human values in Ramayana & Mahabharata – 1996

Human values in Manusm¨ti – 1996

Subhasita Samputa (Translation) - 1995

Kannada

Nitya Neeti (Translation) - 1991, 2000

Kavitegondu Kathe (Research – 1994

Sathavadhana shaarade (Avadhana poetry) – 1995

Vitaana (Poetry) – 1990

Saamaanyadharma (Research in Dharma sastra) – 1996

Neelakantha Dixitana Shatakatraya (Translation) – 1997

Drashataanta kalikaa shataka and shaanti vilaasa (Translation) – 1998

Samdhyaadarshana (Research in Dharmasastra) – 1995

Saddarshana Samgraha (Ind. Philosophy) – 1996

Vamshisandesha (Poetry) – 1998

Dhoomadoota (Poetry) – 1994

Kannadadalli Avadhana Kale (D.Litt thesis) – 1997

Draavida Chhandassu (Prosody; Edited) – 2002

Alankara Sastra (Poetics) – 2002

Vibhooti Purusha Vidyaranya (Research in cultural History) - 2001



Paper Presented Papers published during 2001 and 2002 in Seminars

Origin and Development of the art of Avadhana in Sanskrit and other languages (National Seminar on the theory and practice of the art of Avadhana - Bangalore, 2002)

Raga and Rasa in the works of Pandarika Vitthala (International Seminar on the contribution of Pandarika Vitthala - Bangalore, 2002)

Artha Sastra and Indriyajaya (International conference on the Arthasastra of Kautilya - Mysore, May 2002)

Jaganmithyaatra and Avasthatraya (National Seminar on Avasthatraya in Vedanta - Bangalore, Oct. 2002)

Natyasastra and National Integration (National Seminar on Sanskrit and National Integration - Hyderabad, April 2000)

Plants, trees and herbs mentioned in the Dharma sastras (National Seminar on Botany and Indian culture - Mangalore, Nov. 2000)

Shloka and other rare metres in Dravidian languages (National Seminar on Sanskrit prosody in Dravidian literature - Mysore, March 2002)

Bhoja Raja’s theory of Sringaara - a reestimate (National Seminar on King Bhoja and his Contributions - Bangalore, Dec. 2000)

Philosophy behind the temple (Seminar on Temple tradition in Indian culture - Mangalore, Nov. 2002)






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[nagavalli]

Meaning of the kriti I have posted in Nata Bhairavi raga is as follows.
O! lord of unparalleled vision! you are the measure of Art experience. You liberate our minds from the clutches of ignorance.
O! five faced lord you accept the lordship of your devotees with grace Please move in my mind and dance in my heart of joy.
You enjoy the divine art of creative destruction and corrode the roots of ego & create a world of wonder & victory.
You sit under Banyan tree as Dakshinamurthy & enjoy the company of sages. You vanquish the lord of lust & also that of death. you are ever compassionate and hearty. you are the symbol of peace & purity

[nagavalli]

In this Kriti madhyama kala sahitya with rich verbal melody & rhythmic beauty (chaturashra being shifted to thrishra) are brilliantly seen. We can find imaginative sangatis in Pallavi & Anupallavi

[nagavalli]

Usually, the literal meaning of Sanskrit cannot be put into English for, the syntax & connotations differ. Apart from that the rich verbal treasure house of Sanskrit yielding to lot of puns & alliterations, which are also due to its grammatical peculiaities & linguistic neuances have compelled me to give a brief import only for the above Kriti.

[nagavalli]

Find one more interesting raga maalika in two ragas Valachi & Dvijavanti on sacred river Ganga titled "Ganga lahari"

Ganga lahari :

Raga : Valachi Khanda Nadae Aditala

TvangattaramgE tumgaprasamgE
mAmgalyasamgE gamgE

haricharana karunE harashirasivaraNE
suranarAsura jagadbharaNE
pApapraNAshE deepaprakAshE
stUpAyitAtmakOshE............

rAga : Dvijaavamti tAla ; Adi chaturashra nade

alakanamdE valitakamdE mamdAkinI
vimalasalilE vItakalushE bhAgeerathI
kAshikAdhikshEtrakAshinI pEshalE vimalE
klEshakIla klEdanakalE bharata bhUkamalE

[drshankar]

Good wishes every body.
I am quite familiar with Shatavadhani Ganesh's Kritis
The meaning for the Raga malika Ganga lahari posted by Dr.Nagavalli is as follows.
Oh Ganga with wavy billows always connected with the lofty & with what is auspicious, the mercy incarnate of the feet of Hari, one who chose to reside in Shiva's locks, protector of the worlds of Gods, Humans & demons (svarga, Bhoomi & Patala), the destoyer of sins, lusturous like a lamp. pillar of the knowledge of Atman. The first portion in Raga valachi set to Khanda nade is appropriate as it depicts the swft movement of Ganga as she descends down the mountain Himalaya.
The second portion which is in raga dvijavanti set to Chaturashra is apt as it depicts the flow of Ganges in the plains. The meaning of it is as follows
O alakanamda who gladdens the residents of Alakapuri, supporter of flora(kanda), O mandakini of Gorgeous & slow flowing waters, of pure waters, free from sins, the daughter of Bhagiratha, protector of holy places such as Kashi, soft by nature, adept in the art of pulling out the thorn of sorrow stuck to the heart of her devotees & the prosperity of the land of Bharata.
There are hardly a few kritis on Ganga. The present kriti is full of lryical & musical beauties.

[drshankar]

I can post some more interesting kritiis in near future

[drshankar]

Find one more intersting vilambagati kriti of Dr.Shatavadhani Dr.Ganesh. It is set in raga sudhasimdhu. Aslight alteration on svaras of sindhu bhairavi is this melodious invention.
I being a psychiatrist I have tried music therapy with many of my patients. This particular kriti in raga Sudhasinhu calms soothens my aggrevated patients because of its melody & lyrical beauty.

Raga : Sudha sindhu Adi tala

Saahitya

VANI vinutha sharvANI
PrINaya karuNAshreNi || Pallavi||

BhANI bhAsamAna sakala kalyAni || Anu pallavi ||
Aalochana lochana ruchure
AalApana mApana prachure ||
Shreelolam bhoolokam
ShIlaya pAlaya thava shiva kalayA ||

Like Samkshipta charana Different Gati
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SudhAsimdhu samudbhUta simdhuraprabhE
VidhipriyE! Vidhusmaye! vinamita sulabhE
SevanIya sAdhugeya sahakArAkAre !
Kovida kokila kulakala vilasitE ssssss

Regards & all the best