Stories Of Tamil Devadasis Dance Dramas In Rig Veda

Author : London Swaminathan
Publisher : Pustaka Digital Media
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:6580553508938

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Stories Of Tamil Devadasis & Dance Dramas In Rig Veda by London Swaminathan Pdf

The book titled STORIES OF TAMIL DEVADASIS & DANCE DRAMAS IN RIG VEDA has two parts. The first part deals with the Tamil Devadasis of India and Sri Lanka. I came across a rare Tamil book in the British Library in London. The authoress herself was born in a Devadasi family and had published a book in Tamil about 100 years ago. When I featured the book on Facebook, one research scholar approached me to translate it into English. I did a translation giving the gist of her writing. My thanks are due to that woman Ms Anjukam. She had collected the life stories of about 30 courtesans. The second part of the book contains my research articles on the origin of dance and dramas. We have ample evidence for dance performances in the oldest book The Rig Veda. There are about 20 Dialogue Poems in the Rig Veda. They are actually dance dramas enacted after the Yagas and Yajnas. What we have got in those poems are the plots or themes of those dance dramas and the actors would have built full length dance dramas over those plots at that time. There are interesting articles on Bharata’s Natya shastra. Since it is a technical work, that too in Sanskrit, not many people know the contents. There are very interesting details about the origin, stage, colour of the theatre seats and actors, jewellery etc in the book.

Author : London Swaminathan
Publisher : Pustaka Digital Media
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : PKEY:6580553508946

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All About Dravidas, Tamil Sangams, Kumari Kandam And Tolkappiyam by London Swaminathan Pdf

The topics covered in this book include Dravidas, Three Tamil Academies, Lemuria or Kumari continent, Tolkapppiam and Tribes of Nilgris. They were published in the last 11 years in my two blogs. They are of enormous interest to Tamils. They have created big controversies in the olden days... The debate over those topics are still on. Foreign writers projected Dravidians as primitive and uncultured community... Max Muller said that the Aryans came into India from outside; in the same way Bishop Caldwell said that the Dravidians came from Mediterranean region. Mr. Kanakasabai Pillai who wrote ‘Tamils 1800 years Ago’, said that Tamils came into India from Mongolia. Some historians proposed that the Three Tamil Sangam are a myth; no two scholars agreed on these topics.

Author : London Swaminathan
Publisher : Pustaka Digital Media
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:6580553508976

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Kalidasa's Similes In Sangam Tamil Literature: New Clue To Fix His Age by London Swaminathan Pdf

KALIDASA is one of the greatest poets in the world. He became famous because of his apt similes and imageries in his seven works. He was a playwright and poet. His age is still an unsolved mystery. He is dated between second century BCE and 4th century CE, that means any date in a range of 600 years! Foreigners placed him in Gupta period around 4th century CE. But great Indian scholars dated him around first or second century BCE. I wrote a thesis to get Ph.D.in this matter. But the Sanskrit University asked me to put it in Sanskrit and I am yet to do it. After reading all the 18 books of Sangam Tamil literature and all the seven dramas and poems of Kalidasa, I came to conclusion that Kalidasa lived in Pre-Sangam period. Indian tradition also links him with the greatest of the Indian Emperors, Vikramaditya. After the original Vikramaditya of first century BCE died, hundreds of Hindu Kings called themselves Vikrama or Aditya or Vikramaditya. The proof for my thesis lies in the Kalidasa’s 200++ similes found in Sangam Tamil literature. Sangam poets even used the same epithet to the Himalayas (Kaanchana Srnga- Por Kotu) ‘Golden Peaked’. The first ten slokas of Kumara Sambhava of Kalidasa are used by Sangam poets to describe Himalayas and sages.

Author : London Swaminathan
Publisher : Pustaka Digital Media
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : PKEY:6580553508999

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Animal Einsteins: Amazing Intelligence of Creatures in Nature by London Swaminathan Pdf

People show great interest in animal stories and anecdotes. Newspapers also publish incredible stories about animals and birds now and then; but they are not new. Even poets of Tamil and Sanskrit literature have recorded what they saw in real life. The poets used some of them as similes and others in their poems. From Vedic days Hindus have been observing nature and used them to teach lessons to people; There are several Subhasitas (golden sayings) in Sanskrit using animals. I have collected lot of such stories from literature and newspapers; bird omens are also believed in many cultures. Some birds like Bhulinga, Kulinga and Homa are yet to be identified and they may have become extinct. Hindus are unique in carrying gods on idols of animals and birds. It shows their continuous interest in living beings.

Author : Saskia C. Kersenboom-Story
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Dance
ISBN : 8120803302

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Nityasumangali by Saskia C. Kersenboom-Story Pdf

In this book the author has first investigated the concept of the devadasi as found in the cultural history of South India, especialy in Tamil Nadu. Hereafter the function and form of the devadasi tradition are examined within the Temple Ritual of Tamil Nadu. This is not the study of the fact of the devadasi tradition, but of its meaning and the mode of production of that meaning.

Author : Team LBR
Publisher : Hachette India
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9789351952404

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Limca Book of Records by Team LBR Pdf

BE AMAZED. BE INFORMED. BE PROUD. Get to know about our country?s firsts and foremosts in human endeavour, education, defence, government, adventure, cinema, literature and the arts, along with freshly introduced chapters on science and technology, business and economy, the natural world and structures. With a brand-new look and readerfriendly infographics, charts and tables, this book now includes more than 300 images and all the fascinating absolutes you always wanted ? such as records for the longest, tallest, fastest and heaviest ? that have stood steadfast over the years. Plus it features hundreds of exciting new records that mark our nation?s and its people?s move towards always bettering the best! ONLY IN THE LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2018. READ?AND LEAD!

Author : Davesh Soneji
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226768090

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Unfinished Gestures by Davesh Soneji Pdf

'Unfinished Gestures' presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : UOM:39015078216994

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Limca Book of Records by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arihant Experts
Publisher : Arihant Publications India limited
Page : 975 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789325295490

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OPSC General Studies Paper 1 (For Odisha Civil Service Preliminary Exams) 2021 by Arihant Experts Pdf

1. The OPSC General Studies I Preliminary Examination is a complete study guide 2. The book is divided into 8 main Sections 3. Solved Papers and 5 Crack Sets for practice 4. Easy to understand Language and Student friendly content for easy learning Odisha Public Service Commission has recently released a notification announcing 392 vacancies for Group A and Group B posts under Odisha Civil Services. Interested candidates must have a bachelors’ degree from the recognized institutions. The revised edition of OPSC General Studies I Preliminary Examination serves as complete study guide for those who are appearing for the examination. The book is divided into 8 Main Sections under which each section either divided into Sub Section or Chapters for the complete preparation. Apart from all the theoretical studies, this book also focuses on the practice portion of candidates by providing Solved Papers and 5 Crack Sets for practice to get exact idea paper the pattern. Providing a complete coverage of the latest syllabus of OPSC Paper I, this book helps to score best in the upcoming OPSC prelims 2021. TOC Solved Papers (2019-2015), HISTORY OF INDIA AND INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT, GEOGRAPHY, INDIAN POLITY AND GOVERNANCE, INDIAN ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY, SCIENCE, GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, ODISHA: ABOUT THE STATE, 5 crack sets.

Author : S.Ponnuswamy
Publisher : Giri Trading Agency Private Limited
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788179506851

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Sekkizhar’s Periya Puranam by S.Ponnuswamy Pdf

Sekkilar's Periya Puranam deals with the lives and times of 63 Naayanmaars who dedicated their lives in the service of alord Shiva and His devotees. The trials and tribulations faced by these saints leaves us wonder-struck. These tales also shows that the Lord is beyong the clutches of caste and creed as these Naayanmaars belonged to various castes and a few were even women. This makes the Puranam's appeal universal. This is rendered in a simple readable English prose form by an engineer turned scholar, Sri. S. Ponnuswamy. This work is sure to introduce the epic to and enthuse the readers of the present day generation to learn more about it.

Author : K. Katrak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230321809

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Contemporary Indian Dance by K. Katrak Pdf

Through discussion of a dazzling array of artists in India and the diaspora, this book delineates a new language of dance on the global stage. Myriad movement vocabularies intersect the dancers' creative landscape, while cutting-edge creative choreography parodies gender and cultural stereotypes, and represents social issues.

Author : Susie J. Tharu,Ke Lalita
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01
Category : Indic literature
ISBN : 0044408749

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Women Writing in India: The twentieth century by Susie J. Tharu,Ke Lalita Pdf

The second volume following on from the first, which spanned the years 600 BC to the early-20th century, this book offers a new reading of cultural history that draws on contemporary scholarship on women and India. The books cover over 140 texts from 13 languages.

Author : Nandikesvara
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : History
ISBN : 9785875380051

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The mirror of gesture, being the Abhinaya darpana of Nandikesvara by Nandikesvara Pdf

Author : Heather Elgood
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780304707393

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Hinduism and the Religious Arts by Heather Elgood Pdf

The roots between the Hindu religion and the wider culture are deep and uniquely complex. No study of either ancient or contemporary Indian culture can be undertaken without a clear understanding of Hindu visual arts and their sources in religious belief and practice. Defining what is meant by religion - no such term exists in Sanskrit - and what is understood by Hindu ideals of beauty, Heather Elgood provides the best synthesis and critical study of recent scholarship on the topic. In addition, this book offers critical background information for anyone interested in the social and anthropological roots of artistic creativity, as well as the rites, practices and beliefs of the hundreds of millions of Hindus in the world today.

Author : Gayathri Keshavan
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781648999970

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Bharata Natyam Adavus by Gayathri Keshavan Pdf

This book, elucidates the basic steps called Adavus of Bharata Natyam in the traditional Pandanallur style, as taught by the revered Gurus Sri Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai and Sri Muthukumara Pillai, to Sri T.K Narayan and Smt. Jayalakshmi Narayan, parents of the author. It is an honest attempt to explain the various steps with unerring and accurate execution technique. The book offers a visual representation of the Adavus with the help of stick diagrams in a sequential manner so that the beginners and practitioners can understand the finer points of each movement. The author has developed simple schematics to show the various moves, such as jump, stretch, turn, hit etc. The author endeavours to illustrate Adavus in a precise manner in this book. Classification and categorization of each step is the salient feature of this work. Gayathri Keshavan makes a humble effort to pass on the knowledge of this ancient and sacred art to the present and future generations of Bharata Natyam dancers.