Exploring love and desire in Jayasi’s Padmavat through a new book

It is commonly understood that lack of patronage, among other reasons, led to the decline of Sanskrit in India in the second millenia. The great Tulsidas reportedly said, Sanskrit hai koop jal aur Bhasha Bahta Neer, i.e Sanskrit is a stagnant water whereas Bhasha or the vernacular is a flowing river. read more.....