Mysuru: The Annual C.N. Sanjay Birth Anniversary celebrations was conducted at Dhvanyaloka, Mysuru, on Nov. 8 with a highly erudite and scholarly talk by Prof. Mallepuram G. Venkatesh, former Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka Sanskrit University. Author of over 60 books, he has the distinction of receiving Kannada Sahitya Akademi Award twice.
Speaking on two very important encyclopaedias in Sanskrit dating to 11th and 17th centuries, Manasollasa and Shivatathva-rathnakara, Prof. Venkatesh expatiated on the nature and achievement of these two extraordinary works that dealt with every aspect of life: art, history, religion, literature, music, sports, yoga and so on.
