Hindustan Times
A beautiful, well-dressed young woman with four lustrous braids, to whose words two celestial birds in a tree listen attentively… That’s how the old Sanskrit verse makes an elegant mind-picture of the Vedas:
chatush kaparda yuvati supesha
kruta prateeka vayanani vaste
tasya suparna vrushana nishedaduhu
The four braids of course denote the four Vedas, personified as adorning an eternally fresh and bright young woman, whose highly attractive wisdom wings through the ages for all time. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Renuka Narayanan on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged Bharat Natyam, Kuchipudi, odissi, Yamini Krishnamurti
