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Tag Archives: kavI
The Rāmāyaṇa in numbers: meters, sarga- and kāṇḍa- structure
In the extant Indo-European textual corpus, only in the Hindu collection do we find two complete early epics to complement the śruti. The Iranian epics come from a much later age than the core Avestan corpus, and in the Greek … Continue reading
Posted in Heathen thought, History
Tagged epics, Hindu, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, kavI, kAvya, rAmAyaNa
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Frustrations and ramblings ensuing from Cretaceous amber
Time and again I have been frustrated by the inability of Hindus to make the most of the riches that are available in their own land or right next to them. One such case is that of Cretaceous amber from … Continue reading
Posted in Heathen thought, History, Life, Scientific ramblings
Tagged amber, birds, buddhism, dinosaurs, elektron, fossil, Hindu, kavI, kAvya, poetry
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A zarathuShtrian exit at a Hindu funeral
This note continues with the examples we have been providing on these pages illustrating the role of the kavi as a naturalist or an observer of nature. The verse below is a macabre one composed by one of the greatest … Continue reading
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Tagged cremation ground, Hindu, kavI, kAvya, pANini, Sanskrit, vultures, Zarathushtra, Zoroaster
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Some sketches of Indian wild life in vidyAkara’s anthology
sAndra-sthUla-naloparodha-viShamAH shakyAvatArAH puras toyottIrNa-nivR^itta-nakra-jaThara-kShuNNa-sthalI-vAlukAH | vyakta-vyAghra-padA~Nka-pa~Nkti-nichitonmudrArdra-pa~NkodarAH saMtrAsaM janayanti ku~nja-saritaH kAchAbha-nIlodakAH || sAndra: thick; sthUla: large; nala: reed; uparodha: barrier; viShamAH: rough; shakya: possible; avatArAH: descents; puraH: first; toya: water; uttIrNa: descended; nivR^itta: climbed back; nakra: crocodile; jaThara: belly; kShuNNa: roughed … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, boar, crocodiles, dove, jackal, kavI, kAvya, naturalist, poetry, tiger, wildlife
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Vignettes from the kumAra saMbhava
The mAtR^i-s and gaNa-s of rudra: The image of rudra being accompanied by female deities is an ancient one which goes back to the shruti. In the shatarudrIya of the yajurveda the following mantra-s are seen: nama AvyadhinIbhyo vividhyantIbhyash cha … Continue reading
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Tagged bioluminescent fungi, brahmA, elephant, Himalayas, ichor, kAlidAsa, kavI, kumArasaMbhava, musth, naturalist, poet, poetry, prajApati, sAMkhya, saptamAtR^ikA, seven mothers, shiva, umA
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A note regarding the multilingual poetry of jayarAma kavI
We had a discussion with an acquaintance regarding the local linguistic pride and chauvinism among those who identify with desha bhAShA-s in bhArata. We had encountered the effect most forcefully in two modern states of the secular Indian republic, namely … Continue reading
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Tagged hindi, jayarAma, kavI, linguistic chauvinism, linguistic states, marAThI, multilingual, poem, shAhji, shivAjI
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