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Author : Nammāḻvār
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2005
Hymns For The Drowning written by Nammāḻvār and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Tradition recognizes 12 avatars devoted to Visnu who lived in the 6th and 9th century in the Tamil speaking region of South India.
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Author : Nammālvār
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Hymns For The Drowning written by Nammālvār and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Vishnu (Hindu deity) categories.
In Many Ways A Companion Volume To A.K. Ramanujan`S Acclaimed Speaking Of Siva The Eighty-Three Poems Here Are By Nammalvar, The Celebrated Saint-Poet Of The Ninth Century. Translated From Tamil By A.K. Ramanujan.
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Author : Antonio Roque
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-03
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Author : Nammalvar
language : en
Publisher: Prhi
Release Date : 2005-04
Hymns For The Drowning written by Nammalvar and has been published by Prhi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04 with categories.
The poems in this book are some of the earliest about Visnu, one of the Hindu Trinity, also known as Tirumal, the Dark One. Tradition recognizes twelve alvars, saint-poets devoted to Visnu, who lived between the sixth and ninth century in the Tamil-speaking region of south India. These devotees of Visnu and their counterparts, the devotees of Siva (nayanmar), changed and revitalized Hinduism and their devotional hymns addressed to Visnu are among the earliest bhakti (devotional) texts in any Indian language. In this selection from Nammalvar's works, the translations like the originals reflect the alternations of philosophic hymns and love poems, through recurring voices, roles and places. They also enact a progression"from wonder at the Lord's works, to the experience of loving him and watching others love him, to moods of questioning and despair and finally to the experience of being devoured and possessed by him.
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Author : Christopher Cyrill
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 1999
Hymns For The Drowning written by Christopher Cyrill and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Fiction categories.
Five years in the writing, Hymns For The Drowning is a cultural landmark. We are in the presence of a young talent that is developing beyond our wildest imaginings.
Singing The Body Of God
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Author : Steven Paul Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-04-18
Singing The Body Of God written by Steven Paul Hopkins and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-18 with Religion categories.
This is the first full-length study of the devotional poetry and poetics of the fourteenth-century poet-philosopher Vedantadesika, one of the most outstanding and influential figures in the Hindu tradition of Sri-Vaishnavism (the cult of Lord Vishnu). Despite their intrinsic beauty and theological importance, the poetry and philosophy of Vedantadesika have received very little scholarly attention. But for the millions who belong to the Vaishnava tradition, those poems are not just classical literature; they are committed to memory, recited, sung, and enacted in ritual both in India and throughout the Hindu diaspora. Steven Hopkins here offers a comparative study of the Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Tamil poems composed by Vedantadesika in praise of important Vaishnava shrines and their icons--poems that are considered to be the apogee of South Indian devotional literature.
Songs Of Experience
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Author : Norman Cutler
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1987-05-22
Songs Of Experience written by Norman Cutler and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-05-22 with Religion categories.
"... a significant contribution to the field... great insight, learning, and clarity." -- George Hart III, University of California, Berkeley "A master's hand is behind this volume." -- Religious Studies Review "... eminently readable... artfully explains the initial spirit and modern understanding of Tamil bhakti poetry... " -- Pacific Affairs "Norman Cutler's major achievement in Songs of Experience is the new critical perspective he provides on bhakti poetry." -- The Journal of Religion Cutler reveals the link between Tamil poetry and religion. His fluent translations make the poems -- songs of the experience of God -- live for us as they did for their first audience nearly fifteen centuries ago.
Transformative Aesthetics
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Author : Erika Fischer-Lichte
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-31
Transformative Aesthetics written by Erika Fischer-Lichte and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-31 with Performing Arts categories.
Aesthetic theory in the West has, until now, been dominated by ideas of effect, autonomy, and reception. Transformative Aesthetics uncovers these theories’ mutual concern with the transformation of those involved. From artists to spectators, readers, listeners, or audiences, the idea of transformation is one familiar to cultures across the globe. Transformation of the individual is only one part of this aesthetic phenomenon, as contemporary artists are increasingly called upon to have a transformative, sustainable impact on society at large. To this end, Erika Fischer Lichte and Benjamin Wihstutz present a series of fresh perspectives on the discussion of aesthetics, uniting Western theory with that of India, China, Australia, and beyond. Each chapter of Transformative Aesthetics focuses on a different approach to transformation, from the foundations of aesthetics to contemporary theories, breaking new ground to establish a network of thought that spans theatre, performance, art history, cultural studies, and philosophy.
When God Is A Customer
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Author : Kṣētrayya
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1994-04-15
When God Is A Customer written by Kṣētrayya and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-04-15 with Education categories.
How is it that this woman's breasts glimmer so clearly through her saree? Can't you guess, my friends? What are they but rays from the crescents left by the nails of her lover pressing her in his passion, rays now luminous as the moonlight of a summer night? These South Indian devotional poems show the dramatic use of erotic language to express a religious vision. Written by men during the fifteenth to eighteenth century, the poems adopt a female voice, the voice of a courtesan addressing her customer. That customer, it turns out, is the deity, whom the courtesan teases for his infidelities and cajoles into paying her more money. Brazen, autonomous, fully at home in her body, she merges her worldly knowledge with the deity's transcendent power in the act of making love. This volume is the first substantial collection in English of these Telugu writings, which are still part of the standard repertoire of songs used by classical South Indian dancers. A foreword provides context for the poems, investigating their religious, cultural, and historical significance. Explored, too, are the attempts to contain their explicit eroticism by various apologetic and rationalizing devices. The translators, who are poets as well as highly respected scholars, render the poems with intelligence and tenderness. Unusual for their combination of overt eroticism and devotion to God, these poems are a delight to read.
Soma
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Author : A K Ramanujan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Release Date : 2023-09-25
Soma written by A K Ramanujan and has been published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-25 with Poetry categories.
For A.K. Ramanujan, who infused his diverse knowledge of Indian literatures and traditions into his poetry, the idea of Soma, the mysterious plant used by Vedic priests to extract ambrosia, fed his creativity. Sifting through Ramanujan's archives, the editors discovered a series of unpublished 'Soma poems' whose style and theme set them apart from his earlier work. This volume includes these poems beside essays and an interview that contextualizes them. Krishna Ramanujan's essay 'Hummel's Miracle: The Search for Soma' explores the connections between the poems and the quest for the plant's identity from the 1960s to the present. 'The "Ordinary Mystery" Trip: Soma in A.K. Ramanujan's Poetry' by Guillermo Rodriguez dives deep into Ramanujan's layered perspective on Soma. 'The Post-Vedic History of the Soma Plant', by Wendy Doniger, which influenced Ramanujan's perception of Soma, originally published in 1968, is reprinted here with a special preface. The interview conducted in Chicago in 1982 between Malayali poet K. Ayyappa Paniker and Ramanujan offers a peek into Ramanujan's perspectives on poetry and translation. While Soma focuses on A.K. Ramanujan's experimental poems and his creative mindset as an expatriate in America in the 1970s and early 1980s, it also provides a glimpse into a fascinating period in Western Indology when Indian philosophies and traditions were debated, some of which became so ingrained that they influence contemporary culture to this day.
