Dhrupad – Voices from the Archives and Contemporary Practices
Friends of India Club, Indology Department of Sofia University and the Embassy of the Republic of India cordially invite you to the presentation Dhrupad – Voices from the Archives and Contemporary Practices by Assoc. Prof. Dr Ivanka Vlaeva November 26th, 2018, Monday, 6:00 p.m. at ...
Hymn to Uṣas
The goddess Usas – the personification of dawn – is perceived as a beautiful young woman born in heaven, who with her glow disperses the darkness and bestows to all creatures protection, prosperity and long life. The goddess is often invoked by the vedic seers in order to provide them with poetic glory and abundant sacrificial reward. Even though there are only 20 hymns dedicated to Usas in the Rigveda, her importance within the cosmogonic myth is crucial. Her shine pervades the whole wide ...
Hymn to the Earth
Atharvaveda XII. 1 N.S. Harsha. Habitual Sky Gazers, 2010. • Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 107 cm.The Hymn to the Earth is one of the most beautiful and expressive hymns in the Atharvaveda. It depiscts the Earth as a mother, as an all sustaining, patient, enduring all-stable expanse, bringing all the odors; a mother that appears from the cosmic waters and is dressed in fire. The whole hymn or many of its verses are used as blessings and also in different ceremonies: in a ceremony ...
