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INDIA DURING RAMAYANA PERIOD
There is an interest term that describes the way people will locate their culture into mythological stories, also their geography into the same stories. Hence we have this big Rama trip to Lanka. Some scholars 'believe', yes it is all mat…
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March 2011
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Ramayanam before Kamban 80 - Rama and Ravana - views of other religions
Religion, as we understand based on the Western constructs, is a wrong word for various Indic traditions and philosophies. Please read Prof. S.N.Balagangadhara's views on why Indian subcontinent did not have any religion.
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March 2011
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Vijay to play Vanthiyathevan in Maniratnam's Ponniyinselvan :(
I just hope Maniratnam does not mess up the movie, with his own agenda and version of socialism/communism. No movie would be able to do justice to the novel, and I am fine with some artistic liberty but hopefully the movie is well made. The last mov…
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March 2011
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Shiva temple legacy video for Mahashivaratri - from Kanniks
I have seen him train choir groups, he has extensive knowledge and is a skilled musician. ~GRS
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March 2011
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My submission and another article !
1. I made sure the "Reply All" did not have the entire group :-) 2. In Hinduism, everybody is almost a non-conformist. It is the degree and variation that is different from one to another. 3. I was amused by your essay, I had no disrespect…
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February 2011
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Attur
2 things are sure? Lol. Nothing is sure, except that you can make huge leaps like Hanuman :-))))
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
The topic of avoiding the creation of sculpture of Buddha because respect brings an interesting point. And the point is,then, there must have been a culture/practice of sculpting statues - religious or irreligious.
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February 2011
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Any Cleaning CREW?
An interesting question and would love to know some details. But I like to remind us that we should not project our modern lifestyle practices and values to the past and feel dejected,sad, mad or angry to our ancestors :-)
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
1. A very good question. Rephrasing the question, a needless exercise as you wonderfully put it, "are we discussing religious icons or irreligious icons?". My answer: I mentioned my theory couple of times earlier about humans having the …
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
No, the topic was not "Influce of Buddhism-what about in TN?". It was "Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN?". While the two might be closely related, and probably one cannot discussion one without the other, my…
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
Srilanka, for all practical purposes, imbibed its culture including icons from the main land - India. Buddhism went from the North and reached all the way to Srilanka. Any Buddhist temple icon would have to be date after Buddha :-), hence somewhere…
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
So who is in Kolkatta :-)))))) ?
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
The anthromorphic Buddhist icons were supposed to have originated between 2nd BC and 1BC. Buddhist icons existed prior to these too, but they were not anthromorphic.
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
That is a good thought and I welcome that idea. So now we need to find books which point to an authorship prior to Buddha's times. Or for that matter say any text that is prior to Greek's settling around Bactria. And if these texts mention…
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
Dear Sankaranarayanan: I am afraid you are missing my point & question. You are discussing temples and icons in general in South India. What prompted this discussion were the thoughts: * Did South India have animic icons - icons with human and a…
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
As per KAN Sastri {note: South India includes much of Maharastra, MP...etc as well} 1. Antiquity of Humans in South India goes back 300,000 years. 2. Microliths, belonging to Late Stone Age, are supposed to have arrived around 8000BC - 6000BC. 3. Pr…
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
While itihasas and puranas offer important history; they are weaved with words of wisdom and lessons. And they were composed over several generations by different people. In addition, we are still dating those epics. So if we were to introduce thos…
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
haa.. LoL. I did. Maybe I worded my post improperly. I was not specifically talking about that particular lingam. GRS
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February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
Lingams are aniconic forms of icons? That is that which does not involve human or animal features. GRS
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February 2011
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why we need to know the history?
There are so many reasons...one of these days, I will collect all my thoughts....but some of things that pop up right now are: 1) In order to avoid mistakes from the past, we need to know the past. 2) We humans are nothing but history projected onto…
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February 2011
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Expert on the agamas
I read somewhere, Vishnu gets mentioned in the entire Vedas for less than 100 times. The concept of trimurti did not exist during in the Vedic times. Hence, Brhama, Shiva and Vishnu (BSV) are not the focal points. Indra, Agni etc gets more importan…
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February 2011
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Expert on the agamas
I guess the author's last name gives us a clue :-) {ducks for cover before brick bats and shells fall} ~GRS
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February 2011
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Chera, Chozha, Pandiya
Can you share the information? GRS
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January 2011
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Chera, Chozha, Pandiya
I am sorry for not participating in the discussions, having asked the question. It is quite unlike me :-) I was just busy and this slipped from my mind. I like to clarify....my question pertains to not academics, scholars or authors; but what do sa…
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January 2011
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Chera, Chozha, Pandiya
Sorry for neglecting to get back on this....I was missing in action for few days :-)))) No, I am not talking at the level of scholars, authors, academics or literature. My question pertains at the street or household level.
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January 2011
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Was krishnar tied to a wooden Ural or Stone
It is wood as per these: 1. http://www.stutimandal.com/gif_suur/uluukhal_bandhan.htm 2.http://books.google.com/books?id=AeMOAAAAQAAJ&dq=krishna tied to%2 0mortar&pg=RA5-PA13#v=onepage&q=krishna%20tied%20to%20mortar&f=false {Page…
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January 2011
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Chera, Chozha, Pandiya
Thank you. You bring an interesting perspective from the Puranas perspective. It is quite likely that if some thing is not in Puranas, then there is less chance of it being handed down to the generation, unless non-Puranic traditions handed them dow…
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January 2011
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Chera, Chozha, Pandiya
Keralites speaking Malayalam would probably not like the tone or implication of malayalam branching out from Tamil. I remember way back I asked in this group about archaeological evidences of tamil within the current Kerala boundaries. agree is t…
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January 2011
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Colas - download scanned book
Saurabh: Oh mucho gracias for such a lovely link. Tonnes of books from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.....fascinating....the old books like old wine are intoxicating :-))))
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December 2010
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New Year Pongal wishes
Advanced Deepavalli wishes too :-)))))))))))))))))))))))
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December 2010
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