Jagamohana Ramayana. The Epic of Balarama Dasa
Jagamohana Ramayana. The Epic of Balarama Dasa

Author: Priyadarshi Bahinipati

Publisher: Anchor Academic Publishing

Published: 2017-03

Total Pages: 77

ISBN-13: 3960671245

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One of the main topics of ancient Sanskrit literature and medieval literature from different parts of India are Rama and Krishna oriented themes. From Valmiki Ramayana in Sanskrit to Ramayana in different vernacular languages of Tamil, Telgu, Malayalam, Kannada, Assamese, Gujarati, Bengali, Odishi, Marathi and Hindi, all have proceeded from the rudimentary stage of local language literature to become Mahakavyas in their respective areas and reached every nook and corners of the region, galvanizing the minds and hearts of the populace. Although they have been composed in different periods and the poets and composers have a different style of presentation of their own, they acquired the status of original spokespersons of Ramayana in their respective regions. It is a fact that Indian languages and literature are enriched by the form, content, ideas and ideologies of the epics of yesteryears. After Rama became accepted as an incarnation of Vishnu and after the popularization of devotion of Rama in the fourteenth century, all literature was intertwined in the current of a feeling of love and devotion. This trend has been manifested in the work of Balarama Dasa, one of the doyens of litterateurs of medieval Odisha. He equated Rama with Lord Jagannath and named his version of Ramayana as Jagamohana Ramayana itself. He belonged to a group of litterateurs who were famous in the history of Odisha as Panchasakhas and were known for their sublimity, egalitarianism and intellectualism. It is always important to revisit the works of literature of different periods to find out about the state of mind of those writers and composers who generated their literary marvels to establish their views emphatically with a reformative approach. In Odisha, the Panchasakhas were the champions of liberty, fraternity and equality. Therefore, it is even more important to analyse their works again to escalate the idea of free thought and expression and rescue the gamut of their opinions and ideas from intellectual hibernation.

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Publisher: Apkallu Press

Published: 2018-11-30

Total Pages: 474

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The Apocalypse of Enoch and Bhuśunda The Apocalypse of Enoch and Bhuśunda challenges the underlying assumptions of the classical roots of civilization by restoring the original context of creation mythology. In this second volume of A Chronology of the Primeval Gods and the Western Sunrise, ancient myths from multiple geographies are correlated to spikes in cosmic rays over the past 120,000 years – as documented in ice core data. The chronology and content of these myths tell us that the primary forces behind these cataclysms were the most ancient gods - hyper-nova at the Galactic Center associated with Sgr A*(The Dragon), Sgr West (The Beast) and Sgr East (Hiranyâksha and Hiranyakas'ipu), with secondary supernova seen as the birth of new, destructive gods. Ancient myth has documented the cataclysmic destruction of the world on at least twenty occasions with four major geo-polar migrations, which has resulted in a shift of the earth’s equator on at least one occasion. Multiple myths are shown to represent a view of the sky that can only be seen from the Antarctic region. Multiple versions of the myths of Orion are analyzed, showing clear linkages between the Vedic myth of Trisanku, the Book of Genesis, Senmut's Tomb, and the myths of Prajāpati Daksa representing the oldest version of the Orion myth – older than Trishanku and Genesis by 20,000 years! The stunning conclusion explains how the “Watchers” of Enoch were the Vedic descendants of Ila and Iksvaku. These descendants of the seventh Manu had been observing and recording the stars as a source of cataclysm for at least 15,000 years prior to Enoch, thus allowing Enoch to prophesize a ‘new heaven.’ That prophecy became the foundation for St John’s Book of Revelations, which is shown to be a description of a series of cataclysms attributed to Sgr West. The book offers a new theory for explaining geo-polar migration. That theory suggests small shifts in the location of the earth’s center of gravity underlie each migration, but that there are multiple causes for the shifts.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE ABODE OF THE LORD
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE ABODE OF THE LORD

Author: Hullasa Behera

Publisher: aumbooks

Published: 2022-06-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9391510574

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Laxmi is the Goddess of riches and luxuries, and worshipped throughout India, especially in the eastern region, in the Agrahayana month (November – December) coinciding with paddy harvesting. She is renowned for Her love for equality; for the downtrodden, for the outcastes, who worship Her with devotion, and abide by the code of social conduct. Once Jagannatha drives Her out of the Great Temple as She visited a Chandal home. Laxmi retaliates and establishes the might and mien of women. The simple short verse in Odia by 16th century Odia poet, Balarama Dasa, has been beautifully translated in lucid, blank verse. The dramatical representation is inserted anew, though the original is not twisted or tampered with. The author is adept in translation from English to Odia and vice versa. He has rendered “Tales and stories by Maharshi Raman” by Joana Greenblatt in Odia entitled, “Maharshi Raman Kathita Galpamala “, which has been published by us. Its lucid prose is praiseworthy and persuades the reader to know more and more about the great godly person Maharshi Raman. This transcreation with a briefing about the poet Balarama Dasa, his age and friends etc makes the translation readable and beautiful. Though the translator does not claim any originality about the biography of the poet, his times and literary trend, his traits and characteristics as a saint and poet; the descriptions and details on this score is borrowed from established critics and literary historians. The legends and folktales concerning the saint and devotee Balarama Dasa are, obviously, hearsay yet believed by the Odias as true.

The Two-Headed Deer
The Two-Headed Deer

Author: Joanna Williams

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-12-22

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 0520321820

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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 1996.

The Essays of Chitta Ranjan Das on Literature, Culture, and Society
The Essays of Chitta Ranjan Das on Literature, Culture, and Society

Author: Ananta Kumar Giri

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2020-03-02

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1527547817

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This volume brings together the essays of Chitta Ranjan Das (1923-2011), a creative experimenter and writer, on literature, culture, life and the human condition. It presents a different vision and version of the post-colonial imagination and social and literary criticism which is rooted in soil, soul and cosmos. While a majority of post-colonial discourse is still predominantly metropolitan, giving us very little discussion on creative endeavours in different language spaces of India and the world, this book presents radical new pathways and creative collaborations which break conventional boundaries between the periphery and the centre, literature and life, mother languages and metropolitan languages, and East and West. It offers a new archaeology of knowledge as a regenerative archaeology of life where knowledge, action and devotion come together for new explorations and transformations. It broadens and deepens our universe of discourse on literature, philosophy and world transformations, and is a monumental contribution to alternative imagination and cosmopolitan experimentation.

Blue Hill, Hymns to Jagannatha
Blue Hill, Hymns to Jagannatha

Author: Subas Pani

Publisher: books catalog

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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The temple town of Puri in Orissa, one of the four most sacred sites of Hindus, has been a major centre of Vaishnavism for almost a millennium. A deity of great antiquity, earlier known as Purushottama and Nilamadhava, Sri Jagannatha, the presiding deity of its main temple, considered as the creator of incarnations and a manifestation of the supreme divinity is identified with Krishna and Vishnu. His palatial temple, Srimandira, was built in the twelfth century and is one of the finest specimens of the Kalinga style of architecture. The elevated grounds on which the temple stands is known as Blue Hill, Blue Region and Blue Mountain, also used as popular appellations of Jagannatha. He represents a new consciousness, the essence of which is simple surrender and the triumph of intimate devotion. Numerous saint poets have poured out their most intimate personal communication to their Dark Darling of the Blue Hill in enchanting lyrical compositions. These songs, hymns to Jagannatha have been sung by devotees for ages and are part of a living tradition even today. Blue Hill, Hymns to Lord Jagannatha includes several of the most popular songs composed over twelve centuries. Subas Pani, who has specialised in translating lyrical compositions in Sanskrit and Oriya, captures the flavour of the original musical compositions in a simple, lyrical style in English verse, besides providing a deep insight into the cultural content with a rich tradition of myths, legends, history, rites, rituals and colourful festivals. A comprehensive introduction and detailed notes are included with the translations.

Living Ramayanas: Exploring the Plurality of the Epic in Wayanad and the World
Living Ramayanas: Exploring the Plurality of the Epic in Wayanad and the World

Author: Azeez Tharuvana

Publisher: Westland

Published: 2024-07-02

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9395073462

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About the Book A FASCINATING BOOK ON THE MANY VERSIONS OF RAMAYANA AND THEIR ORIGIN The renowned scholar A.K. Ramanujan was of the view that there are thousands of Ramayanas. He maintained that they are not variant texts of the Valmiki Ramayana, but largely independent ‘tellings’. Even in our age, when printing has become wide-spread, Rama’s story lives on in the minds of the people through narration and performance. In Kerala itself, there are many unwritten Ramayanas. It is believed that the crucial events in the epic unfolded in Wayanad. The names of places and community consciousness corroborate this belief: the ashram at Ashramkolly near Pulpally is Valmiki’s ashram; Jadayattakavu is where Sita went down into the earth; locals recognise the scar left by the tail of Hanuman. But there are several Ramayanas in Wayanad, not just one. In their differences are reflected the social relations of each community. The Adiya Ramayana, Chetti Ramayana and Sitayana, collected and edited by Azeez Tharuvana are innovative tellings. In this fascinating book, Tharuvana talks about the many forms of the timeless epic that originated in Wayanad against the backdrop of the other Ramayanas popular in India and abroad. The stories, collected as part of this effort, provide insights into the traditional cultural consciousness and ideological world of communities in Wayanad. Brilliantly researched and simply written, The Wayanad Ramayanas presents a new perspective: this ode to Rama is a social text, not a religious one.