द्वासुपर्णा – Dva Suparna (Two Sanskrit Novels)

About The BookThe birds of beautiful plumage (Sima and Rayisah in the present context) knit in bonds of lasting friendship live on the Self-same tree. One of them eats the tasteful fruits of the tree, while the other, not eating is immersed in its own glory.

Bramharsi Galava in the novel Sima is like the witnessing principle who is watching the acts of Manohara, Sandhya, Kamala, Madanika and others who go after phenomenal pleasures and ultimately come to the everlasting pleasure like the bird eating the fruit of action and ultimately coming to the witnessing principle.

In the novel Rayisah the nature of Prakrti is the real witnessing principle around which all the scientific advancements like the atom bomb, nuclear missiles revolve and finally they realize that the real pleasure is in the conservation of nature and not in the destruction of nature.

About The AuthorDr. S. Ranganath secured Ant Class. First Rank in M.A. Sanskrit from Bangalore University. He is the recipient of Hiriyanna Gold Medal and Hebbar Srivaishnava Sabha Gold Medal. The title Vedabhooshana was conferred on him by Veda Dharma Paripalana Sabha. The Title “Vedashri” was conferred on him from the World Association of Vedic Studies, USA Bangalore Branch. American Biographical Institute. The U.S.A.. has honoured him with the title The Man of The Year 1996. He has a Vidwan Degree in Advaitha Vedanta from Sri Chamarajendra Sanskrit College. He has studied Rigveda traditionally for Eight years. His PhD dissertation was Contribution of Vacaspati Maya to Indian Philosophy. It has One Hundred books and more than Hundred Research papers to his credit. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit. N.M.K.R.V. College for Women Bangalore and Director of R. V. Institute of Sanskrit Studies. He was awarded D.Litt.. from H. P. University. Shimla in 2005 for his Postdoctoral publications on Post Independence Sanskrit Literature. He was nominated as Subject Expert to Adarsh Sanskrit Vidyapeeth-Madhurantakam. Tamil Nadu as a representative of Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan Delhi M. H. R.D.. Govt. of India for the period of three years (2008-2011). He has a Rashtra Bhasha Visharada in Hindi from Chennai. He delivered lectures at Oxford. Cambridge. London. Brighton, Nottingham. Berlin and Wittenberg during June-July 2011 on Indian Culture. Ile was honoured at House of Commons Parliament of London by Lord Billimoria. Her Royal Highness Princess Mahrichalai Sirindhom honoured him at Shilpakom University. Bangkok. Thailand on 27th September 2013. Former Chief Minister of Karnataka. Shri. Siddaramaiah presented him the Book Prize for the year 2012.2013 as the best book on Gandhi entitled Gandhi in &ambit Literature at Gandhi Bhavan. Bangalore on 2nd October 2013. “Vidyararidni- title was bestowed on him from Telugu Vignana Vedike on 5th January 2014 at Bangalore. He has been nominated as Kannada language expert for multilingual Sanskrit Etymological Dictionary project by M.H.R.D.. Govt. of India. Jan. 2014. He was awarded “Vcaraspazi- from Rathuiya Sanskrit Vidyripeetha Tirupati on 5th March 2014 at the 17th Convocation. He was awarded ‘Adhaytma Vidyalankara on 30th April 2014 at Shankar Krupa, Bangalore.Shank Shastri Trust Bangalore honoured him as an Eminent Vedic Scholar on 22nd November 2015. He was honoured at Kashi on 20Th November 2016 with ‘Vagyoga Samoan’ by Vagyoga Chetana Peetham. He was a Member Jury for the selection of Central Sahitya Academy Awards for Sanskrit for the year 2016-17. Sahitya Academy on behalf of Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India had nominated him to participate in a seminar on Influence of Sanskrit on South-East Asian Languages at Bangkok. Thailand. 25th September 2017. Akhila Bharatiya Vidwat Parishat – Kashi has conferred the title “Mahamahopadhyaya on him for the year 2017. Was Conferred -Vidyasudiiamova” by Shri Gangadharendra Saraswathi Swamiji of Shri Swamavalli Mutt. Sirsi on 5th Nov. 2017. He was awarded Jnanashri Title from Om Sri Vidyadegula Trust. He is nominated as a member to the Sanskrit Advisory Board of Central Sahitya Academy for 5 years from 2018-2022. Vinay Foundation Bangalore Honoured him with Vinayashree Award on 21.03.2019 at Bangalore. Sri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swamiji of Ramachandrapur Mutt concerted Shankara Kinkara puraskaron09.05.2019 at Bankuli Mutt.