Ebook {Epub PDF} Speaking of Siva by A.K. Ramanujan

SPEAKING OF SIVA A. K. Ramanujan was hom in South India and has degrees in English and in Linguistics. He is now Professor in the Depart­ ment of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He has held teaching appointments at the Universities of Baroc!.1 (India), Wisconsin, Berkeley, and. Speaking of Siva is a collection of poems by www.doorway.rujan called Vacana. Vacana is an active approach, stands in opposition to both the Sruti (which is heard) and the Smrti (which is remembered). He mentions that heart of vacana is devotion to God (hear a particular form of God: Siva)/5. www.doorway.rujan's 'Speaking of Siva' is a collection of 'vacanas' or free-verse lyrics written by four major saints (Basavanna,Devara Dasimayya,Allama Prabhu and Mahadeviyakka) of the great 'bhakti 'protest movement which originated in the 10th www.doorway.rued in Kannada, a Dravidian language spoken in the state of Karnataka in www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins.

Speaking of Siva. by A K Ramanujan, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Anonymous. About this title: "Speaking of Siva" is a selection of vacanas or free-verse sayings from the Virasaiva religious movement, dedicated to Siva as the supreme god. Written by four major saints, the greatest exponents of this poetic form, between the tenth and twelfth centuries, they. Speaking of Siva. by. A.K. Ramanujan (Translator), Basavanna, Devara Dasimayya, Mahadeviyakka, Allama Prabhu. · Rating details · ratings · 35 reviews. Speaking of Siva is a selection of vacanas or free-verse sayings from the Virasaiva religious movement, dedicated to Siva as the supreme god. www.doorway.rujan's 'Speaking of Siva' is a collection of 'vacanas' or free-verse lyrics written by four major saints (Basavanna,Devara Dasimayya,Allama Prabhu and Mahadeviyakka) of the great 'bhakti 'protest movement which originated in the 10th www.doorway.rued in Kannada, a Dravidian language spoken in the state of Karnataka in India. The poems are the lyrical expression s of love for the god Siva.

Speaking of Siva is a selection of vacanas or free-verse sayings from the Virasaiva religious movement, dedicated to Siva as the supreme god. Written by four major saints, the greatest exponents of this poetic form, between the tenth and twelfth centuries, they are passionate lyrical expressions of the search for an unpredictable and spontaneous spiritual vision of 'now'. In Speaking of Siva, in his choice of a spare, stark, minimalist, vocabulary and style, Ramanujan has captured the soul of the vacana style. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. , No. 2 (), pp. Speaking of Siva is a collection of 'vacanas' or free-verse lyrics written by four major saints of the great 'bhakti' protest movement which originated in the tenth century A.D. Composed in Kannada, the poems are lyrical expressions of love for the god Siva.