RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Carnatic Music, Vedas, Brahmin
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Number of poems were created by sangnam academy fall into 2 groups: 1. dealing with the outer (puram) world of warfare, the valor of kings, chivalry and honor. 2. the inner (akam) world of love and romance of secret meetings, anguished seperation and the overwhelmingly joy of union. Oldest collection of tamil poems, known as ettutokai (eight anthologies) and the. Music has been apart of hindu worship ever since the vedas. Manifestation of supreme being of knowledge of the nature of sound. Vedas specify different kinds of pitch and tone that each verse was recited in. Sarasvati: patron goddess of the fine arts. Many devotional composers addressed their songs to deities. Recited at the beginning and end of all hindu and jaina prayers. Each sound represents three worlds; earth, atmosphere and heaven. Essence of 3 vedas; rig, yajur and sama. Rooted from sanskirt word av; that which protects". According to philosopher shankara; non-dualist interpreters of vedanta.
