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Book An Epitome of Indian Aesthetics and Fine Arts  Sanskrit Poetics

Download or read book An Epitome of Indian Aesthetics and Fine Arts Sanskrit Poetics written by Dr. Thiagarajan Rajagopal and published by Rudra Publications. This book was released on with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a primer to Understand the History and Development of Alankara Sastra. It will be an easy reading for Sanskrit and useful for students of other literature too! In Sanskrit there are several synonyms of ‘beauty’,—‘Saundarya’, ‘Caruta’, ‘Ramaniyata’,‘Saubhagya’, ‘Sobha’, ‘Lavanya’, ‘Kanti’, ‘Vicchitti’, and so forth. But the most frequently adopted key-term of aesthetics is Alankara. That is why Alankara-sastra should be translated as the science of beauty. Its widest meaning is adequately stressed by Vamana who aphoristically states — “Saundaryam alankarah.” Since ‘alankara’ can also mean a ‘means of beauty’, it can denote poetic and artistic devices also. In the Rgveda itself we have the use of the word aramkrti which is cognate with the later word alankara and which gives rise to the Indian name of aesthetics, namely, Alankarasastra. The Vedic term has a double connotation — one aesthetic and the other magical.

Book An Introduction to Indian Aesthetics

Download or read book An Introduction to Indian Aesthetics written by Mini Chandran and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Art of Sanskrit Poetry

Download or read book The Art of Sanskrit Poetry written by Niels Hammer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is both an introduction to Sanskrit and an investigation into the relationship between the nine basic affective states and the form they take in the absence of self-interest according to the theory of Indian aesthetics as developed in the Dhvanyaloka and the Abhinavabharati.

Book The Concept of the Beautiful in Sanskrit Literature

Download or read book The Concept of the Beautiful in Sanskrit Literature written by Venkatarama Raghavan and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Global Aesthetics and Sanskrit Poetics

Download or read book Global Aesthetics and Sanskrit Poetics written by Ramaranjan Mukherji and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sanskrit Poetics as a Study of Aesthetic

Download or read book Sanskrit Poetics as a Study of Aesthetic written by S. K. De and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.

Book The Aesthetics of Wonder

    Book Details:
  • Author : A. Ve Cuppiramaṇiyan̲
  • Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
  • Release : 1988
  • ISBN : 9788120804449
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book The Aesthetics of Wonder written by A. Ve Cuppiramaṇiyan̲ and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1988 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This little work has been done on the aesthetics of wonder; the writers on Sanskrit poetics have had little to say about this most attractive sensation. This work examines, in great depth, the excitants of the sense of wonder and the various purposes for which poets harness it and presents the concepts, for the first time in the history of Sanskrit aesthetics, embellished with ddlectable examples drawn from the whole of Sanskrit literature. The crowning achievement of the author is the startlingly new discovery about the nature and the role played by wonder which will revolutionize the existing concept of the sensation. The most attractive and unusual feature of the book is the high readability achieved through a scintillating style of presentation distinguished by sparkling wit and humour. An epoch-making book which scholars and lay lovers of literature alike would love to read.

Book RASA Or Knowledge of the Self

Download or read book RASA Or Knowledge of the Self written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: René Daumal (b. 1908) is best known for his novel Mt. Analogue, unfinished at his death, in 1944 (other works in English include A Night of Serious Drinking and The Power of the Word). Daumal was an autodidact, ie. a non-academic, Sanskritist. Following youthful explorations, with poet Gilbert Le Conte (Black Mirror) and initial instruction in Sanskrit from René Guernon, he embarked on a solitary study, surpassed his teacher and eventually formulated his own Sanskrit dictionary. He translated essential texts on Sanskrit composition, poetry in Sanskrit, including the famous hymn concerning SOMA and the first chapter of the Bharatya Natya Sastra, the world's first treatise on the dramatic arts written circa 4th century. Writing numerous essays on Sanskrit poetics his deeply felt intention was to present these texts and the spiritual etymology of the sub-continent in a form accessible to the 'common man', the artists and new societies of the 20th century. As secretary to Uday Shankar, he wrote the first reviews of Indian music and dance in the West (Paris, circa 1935) and accompanied Uday Shankar's troupe, which included Ravi Shankar as a 12 year old dancer to NYC. During the 2nd. World War, exiled in the South of France, with his wife Vera who was Jewish, he furthered his literary work, completing essays, translations, reviews while maintaining, with others so exiled. a profound epistolary exchange (see Letters 1930-1944), until his death from tuberculosis, shortly before the alien landing. RASA, a 'cult classic' edited by Claudio Rugafori, secretary of the Daumal archives and translated by American poet and musician, Louise Landes Levi, has earned its reputation.This is its 3rd. edition, prior editions being New Directions, 1982 and Shivastan 2003 and 2006.

Book Comparative Aesthetics  Indian and Western

Download or read book Comparative Aesthetics Indian and Western written by Ramaranjan Mukherji and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study with special reference to Sanskrit literature.

Book Glimpses of Ancient Indian Poetics from Bharata to Jagann  tha

Download or read book Glimpses of Ancient Indian Poetics from Bharata to Jagann tha written by Sudhakar Pandey and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed research papers presented in the National Seminar on Indian Poetics organized by the Dept. of English, University of Poona, during 6-8 March 1986.

Book A Student s Handbook of Indian Aesthetics

Download or read book A Student s Handbook of Indian Aesthetics written by Neerja A. Gupta and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Art and life in India have been inextricably intertwined from ancient times to the present day. Art as a way of life, as ritual, as decoration and as unity with the Sublime bore testament to the socio-cultural milieu; the high level of sophistication that developed in ancient India was reflected in the arts in a holistic light. The arts, thus, strived to hone man's intellectual sensibilities, thus raising him to the level of the transcendental, which in India was Brahma or ultimate reality.This book brings forth the popular theories of Indian aesthetics and Indian poetics. Bharatmuni, Abhinavgupta, Anandvardhana and a number of seers have given substantial dimensions to the concept as found in Natryashastra, Dhvanyavloka, and Abhinavbharati, among other texts. It represents primarily a compilation of commentaries and criticism of these texts, and will serve as a preliminary guide to students, beginners and researchers of Indian aesthetics and poetics.The appendices bring together a number of papers on Indian aesthetics, while there is also an informative and comprehensive bibliography and an exhaustive glossary to provide added aid for non-Sanskrit speakers."

Book Introduction to Indian Aesthetics

Download or read book Introduction to Indian Aesthetics written by Mini Chandran and published by . This book was released on with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Professor Sheldon Pollock -- Preface -- 1.Indian Aesthetics: A Historical and Conceptual Overview -- 2.Rasa -- 3.Alakara -- 4.Riti, Guna, and Doa -- 5.Dhvani -- 6.Vakrokti -- 7.Aucitya -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix I: Genres of Sanskrit Literature -- Appendix II: Categories of Drama -- Suggested Readings -- About the Authors.

Book Sound and Communication

    Book Details:
  • Author : Annette Wilke
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
  • Release : 2011-01-28
  • ISBN : 3110240033
  • Pages : 1137 pages

Download or read book Sound and Communication written by Annette Wilke and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-01-28 with total page 1137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hindu India both orality and sonality have enjoyed great cultural significance since earliest times. They have a distinct influence on how people approach texts. The importance of sound and its perception has led to rites, models of cosmic order, and abstract formulas. Sound serves both to stimulate religious feelings and to give them a sensory form. Starting from the perception and interpretation of sound, the authors chart an unorthodox cultural history of India, turning their attention to an important, but often neglected aspect of daily religious life. They provide a stimulating contribution to the study of cultural systems of perception that also adds new aspects to the debate on orality and literality.

Book Glimpses of Indian Poetics

Download or read book Glimpses of Indian Poetics written by Satya Deva Caudharī and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Presented In Clear And Lucid Expression And Style Is Studded With Authentic Quotations And Appropriate Illustrations. The Author Hopes That Through His Modest Attempt Some Of The Readers May Cultivate The Desire Of Studying Some Of The Original Texts On Poetics Written In Sanskrit Itself. The Book Containing 21 Essays, Would Furnish A Valuable Material On The Subject. The Essay ýA Survey Of Sanskrit (India) Poeticsý Provides The Readers A Wide Panorama Of The History Of The Subject Of About One And Half Millennium. The Essay ýThe Soul (Essence) Of Poetryý Deals With The Topic In Much Detail And Dhvani Has Been Designated As The Soul Of Poetry. The Essay ýThe Process Of Poetic Creationý Traces The Psyche Of The Poet About The Very Moments When He Actually Becomes Absorbed In Composing His Literary Piece Of Work. The Articles ýCauses Of Poetryý And ýOriginality And Plagiarismý Deal With The Creative Activity Of The Poets Of Different Calibre, And The EssayýActing, Actor And Spectatorý Denotes How And Upto What Extent The Spectator Is Influenced By The Acting Of The Actor Performing His Job On The Stage. The Other Essays, Connected With Various Alamkaras And Rasas, Highlight And Elucidate The Academic Issues Related With Them.

Book The Concept of the Beautiful in Sanskrit Literature

Download or read book The Concept of the Beautiful in Sanskrit Literature written by Venkatarama Raghavan and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Recritiquing John Keats

Download or read book Recritiquing John Keats written by Anupam Nagar and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet.

Book A Rasa Reader

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sheldon Pollock
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2016-04-26
  • ISBN : 0231540698
  • Pages : 469 pages

Download or read book A Rasa Reader written by Sheldon Pollock and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early years of the Common Era to 1700, Indian intellectuals explored with unparalleled subtlety the place of emotion in art. Their investigations led to the deconstruction of art's formal structures and broader inquiries into the pleasure of tragic tales. Rasa, or taste, was the word they chose to describe art's aesthetics, and their passionate effort to pin down these phenomena became its own remarkable act of creation. This book is the first in any language to follow the evolution of rasa from its origins in dramaturgical thought—a concept for the stage—to its flourishing in literary thought—a concept for the page. A Rasa Reader incorporates primary texts by every significant thinker on classical Indian aesthetics, many never translated before. The arrangement of the selections captures the intellectual dynamism that has powered this debate for centuries. Headnotes explain the meaning and significance of each text, a comprehensive introduction summarizes major threads in intellectual-historical terms, and critical endnotes and an extensive bibliography add further depth to the selections. The Sanskrit theory of emotion in art is one of the most sophisticated in the ancient world, a precursor of the work being done today by critics and philosophers of aesthetics. A Rasa Reader's conceptual detail, historical precision, and clarity will appeal to any scholar interested in a full portrait of global intellectual development. A Rasa Reader is the inaugural book in the Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought series, edited by Sheldon Pollock. These text-based books guide readers through the most important forms of classical Indian thought, from epistemology, rhetoric, and hermeneutics to astral science, yoga, and medicine. Each volume provides fresh translations of key works, headnotes to contextualize selections, a comprehensive analysis of major lines of development within the discipline, and exegetical and text-critical endnotes, as well as a bibliography. Designed for comparativists and interested general readers, Historical Sourcebooks is also a great resource for advanced scholars seeking authoritative commentary on challenging works.