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Set Forth D M
704 wordsRupa Gosvami's theory of bhakti rasa uses and reworks the theory of the Natyasastra on rasa's towards a devotional and religious context in which aesthetic delight is used to achieve union with Krsna. In the present missive, I will compare Rupa Gosvami's theory with the rasa theory of the Natyasastra and the model of and examine Radha's role as a model for devotion, contrasting this model with the models set forth by Jayadevas Gitagovinda and, later, by Jiva Gosvamis and others. I will also expl...
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Female Role Role Model
1,566 words"Poetry, Passion, and Power: The Lyrics of Andal-God and the Music of God Andal, " Vasudha Narayanan "Mirabai: Inscribed in Text, Embodied in Life, " Nancy M. Martin-Kershaw This is a summary and reaction to the above articles, both of which have similar foci in that they each discuss different female Hindu saints. These Saints, though women, have life histories that do not exactly fit into the prescribed gender roles of current modern India. Interestingly, in an India where men dominate and fem...
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Order To Bring Main Characters
1,748 wordsEmergence of a Conscience To begin with a lot of scholars believe that The Aeneid can be regarded as an interpretation of The Odyssey and Iliad if looking at these two pieces of literature with the eyes of a Roman writer. Even though the plots of these two books are very similar and the main characters act very much alike the writing styles of the writers dont look the same. Talking about the main characters I want to say that Aeneas' character does not share the same features of the Odysseus. A...
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Devotion Is Unconditional Exist In A Relationship Commitment
662 wordsDevotion and Commitment When a lover gives oneself to another, is it devotion or commitment? It is difficult to say because it would depend on what type of relationship the two have with each other. Ideal love should be based on devotion because it is in a sense that devotion is unconditional and flexible. Commitment seems to be more like something that you have to agree to or given to, mercy. It also appears to be something that one would have to teach oneself to know. Commitment shouldnt be so...
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Mystic Margery Kempe Margery Kempe Discusses God
2,180 wordsIn Finding Truth Finding Truth In almost all major religions, there abounds the undertone of the spiritual battle that takes place inside someone regarding the succumb ation to sin or earthly desires and the like. Also ever present in the souls journey through life is the search for a prize; an ultimate Truth, especially in the early Middle Ages when religions where beginning to mature and take power in society. Though the doctrine theoretically differs greatly, Christian and Islamic faith as on...
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Death And Rebirth Hindu Religion
2,143 wordsMeaning of death in Hinduism While examining different religious paths within Hinduism from the perspective of four patterns of transcendence (ancestral, cultural, mythical and experiential) it is interesting to see how each pattern found its dominance over four segments of Hinduism: Vedic sacrifice, the way of action, the way of devotion and the way of knowledge. When Hinduism originated as a religion it was mainly concerned with sacrifices for ancestors. The sacred texts called the Vedas on wh...
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