The cock crows and you
Wake up with a start:
But you spent the night
In your own bed, husband

கோழி கூவியதும்
திடுக்கிட்டெழும் என் கணவா :
நேற்றிரவு நீ உறங்கியது
உன் வீட்டில் தான்

Poem no. 583 of Gaha Sattasai , the first century Maharashtri Prakrit poetry anthology. English translation by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra in his The Absent Traveler : Prakrit Love poetry. Tamil translation by me.

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A glimpse into dazzling brilliance & depth of scholarship of kavi & tarkika, #VedantaDesika who has written commentaries & original works across languages, #Sanskrit, #Tamil, #Manipravala and #Prakrit ~ Shyam Krishnakumar (@EduSevaTech )

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https://www.indica.today/long-reads/a-lion-among-kavis-tarkikas-philosophic-literary-oeuvre-of-vedanta-desika/

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First instalment of @tmkrishna's Edict Project. Musical renderings of the Edicts in which the great Buddhist philosopher-emperor Ashoka expressed his vision of a humane society. Sung in the original Prakrit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwffR1MoISU
https://twitter.com/GhoshAmitav/status/1317087472468320262