vedangas

​limbs of the vedas Shiksha (śikṣā) phonetics, phonology, pronunciation This auxiliary discipline has focussed on the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet, accent, quantity, stress, melody and rules of euphonic combination of words during a Vedic recitation. Chhandas...

stephen mitchell verus original tao te ching, chapter 2

​stephen mitchell: When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.Being and non-being create each other.Difficult and easy support each other.Long and short define each other.High and low...

Curculio and Vespula

Phaedromus is in love with Planesium, a slave girl belonging to the pimp Cappadox. Phaedromus sends Curculio to borrow money. Unsuccessful, Curculio happens to run into Therapontigonus, a soldier who intends to purchase Planesium. After Curculio learns of his plans,...