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New ICP Post on #Indic Literature ("Epic Poetry & Mahakavyas"). @IntegralUnity returns after hiatus for an insightful juxtaposition of Epic Poetry Traditions, highlighting the distinctiveness of Itihasa & Mahakavya: http://indicportal.org/epic-poetry-mahakavyas/">https://indicportal.org/epic-poet...
"western approach to carrying on the legacy of their epic poetry is shaped by the intellectual ideas of the ancient Greek & Roman thinkers.On the other hand, India& #39;s adhyatmic civilization has adopted a different approach to preserving and popularizing the Ramayana & Mahabharata"
"VVS Aiyar became a practicing lawyer...He traveled to England to seek his fortunes, only to spurn a lucrative career and dedicate himself to India& #39;s freedom struggle against the despotic British Raj...His commentary on Kamba #Ramayanam was compiled when lodged in...jail"
"VVS Aiyar was fluent in #Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, English, Greek, & was an acknowledged master of Latin, among other languages. He was well placed to study the primary sources in #Indic and Western literature (he mastered French just so he could study Napoleon& #39;s memoirs"
"Kavichakravathi #Kamban retained the main storyline of Adikavi #Valmiki& #39;s Ramayana and came up with an entirely new Tamil poem in the 9th century. We can cite other examples, including the 16th century work of Goswami #Tulsidas& #39; Ramacharitamanas."
" #Kamban& #39;s rewriting produced a SriRama that is not identical to Valmiki& #39;s depiction but is not separate either..a #Tamil invocation of the same avatar of Mahavishnu..from a transcendental source Brahma, to Narada Muni to Valmiki..Kamban& #39;s initial verses venerate Sage #Valmiki"
""Even in the Greek tradition, theatre and arts did not serve the same paramarthika purpose that they serve in #Hinduism". A lack of such #Mahakavya resulted in a fragmented collection of epic literature that eventually faded away from popular imagination. "
"& #39;The #dharmic traditions are steeped in the metaphysics of the non-separation of all reality, physical and non-physical, from the divine – what is referred to henceforth as & #39;integral unity& #39;- #RajivMalhotra."
"“ #Rasa is the supreme aesthetic experience, an absolute aesthetic relish, that the audience feels when witnessing an artistic performance".
""Rasa is a heightened state of consciousness".
- #PrakrutiPrativadi
""Rasa is a heightened state of consciousness".
- #PrakrutiPrativadi
