P. K. Gode

Māruta-maṇḍana, of Vanamalin and its date

By P. K. Gode

This article examines an obscure Vedāntic treatise known as the Mārutamaṇḍana or Māruta-maṇḍana, attributed to the scholar Vanamālīn. The author begins by describing the sole extant manuscript, a…

Date of Subhasitamuktavali

By P. K. Gode

In 'Date of Subhasitamuktavali', P. K. Gode tackles the longstanding puzzle of when the Sanskrit anthology Subhasitamuktavali (also known as Subhasitaharavali) was compiled. The anthology, attributed…

MISCELLANY - Date of Rasakadambakallolini, a Commentary by Bhagavadd?sa on the Gitagovinda of Jayadeva-Between A.D. 1550 and 1600

By P. K. Gode

The article determines the probable date of composition of Rasakadambakallolin?, a Sanskrit commentary by Bhagavadd?sa on Jayadeva�s G?tagovinda, and narrows it to between A.D. 1550 and 1600…

Two Religious Poems on Hindu Nose‑ornaments

By P. K. Gode

The article presents and analyses two devotional poems that use the image of a nose‑ornament as a spiritual metaphor. The first is a Sanskrit poem called the Nāsāmauktika‑pañcaviṃśatī attributed to…

Gunapataka

By P. K. Gode

The *Gunapataka* remains an enigmatic Sanskrit work, with its existence inferred through fragmented references spanning approximately 500 years (12th–16th centuries). No manuscripts or direct…

Date of the Hathayogapradipika of Svatmarama Muni

By P. K. Gode

This article investigates the date of the Hathayogapradipika (HP), one of the foundational texts on Hatha Yoga. The author reviews previous scholars’ views, including Farquhar’s suggestion that the…

Parijata‑dhvaja of the Maratha King Sambhaji

By P. K. Gode

Gangadasa, the author of the Chandomanijari and his Works

By P. K. Gode

The essay on Gangadasa (also known as Gangadhara) seeks to reconstruct the biography and corpus of a relatively obscure Sanskrit scholar and poet. Using catalogues and manuscript lists, it identifies…

Identification of the Siddharaja‑Saras

By P. K. Gode

In this paper the author attempts to identify the lake called Siddharāja‑Saras, mentioned in the Sarasvatipūrana and in Hemacandra’s chronicles, with an actual tank at Patan in Gujarat. The Purana…

A Quotation from the Hrdayadarpana

By P. K. Gode

The Hrdayadarpana, a lost work on aesthetics attributed to Alarikara, is referenced in Prabhikara Bhatta’s *Hasapradipa* (c. 1583 AD) as containing a verse quotation. This work, housed in the B.O.R.…