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/

"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'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'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's memoirs"

"Kavichakravathi #Kamban retained the main storyline of Adikavi #Valmiki'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' Ramacharitamanas."

" #Kamban's rewriting produced a SriRama that is not identical to Valmiki'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'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. "

"'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 'integral unity'- #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