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Rasa in Ramayana

Essays

The Aesthetic Elements of the Ramayana

The Aesthetic Elements of the Ramayana

Adikavi, Maharshi Valmiki provided the first great model for composing poetry imbued with all the nine Rasas. He authored the Ramayana at a time when the formal academic discipline of aesthetics was nonexistent. This essay brings out a beautiful exposition of the aesthetic and artistic elements of t

By Arjun Bharadwaj
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Srimad Ramayana: The First Poem. Maharshi Valmiki: The First Poet

Srimad Ramayana: The First Poem. Maharshi Valmiki: The First Poet

Srimad Ramayana has been justly hailed as the Adi Kavya (The First Poem) and Maharshi Valmiki as the Adi Kavi (The First Poet). The Rāmāyaṇa, however, paved a hitherto untrodden and unrealised path – the path of artistic charm, where everything worldly is sublimated to the spiritual. This poetic pa

By Arjun Bharadwaj
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