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The Indian Historical Quarterly December 1947

1947

For this reason when the princes from the various parts of India and the friends and relations of the Pandavas assembled for the celebration of Yudhisthira's Riijasfiya sacrifice the arghya (flowers etc.) betokening the highest position in the august assemblage was offered first to Krsna on the advice of the experienced and honoured Bhisma according to the prevailing custom. [...] The acquisition of the requisite knowledge enables the sadhaka to perceive that the true nature of the feeling of separateness of the human soul from the Soul pervading the universe and this percetion through real knowledge leads to the ultimate release of the individual soul from the earthly bondage. [...] The speciality of the Hindu gästras in this respect lies in the fact that the Hindu thinkers came to realize the effectiveness of the various emotions of the human heart for spiritual sädhana and tried to utilize them by embodying the necessary directions in their recommendations for spiritual guidance of the people. [...] Details about the Application of the various Sentiments (Rasas) in the Efforts on the Path of Bhakti (Devotion) The particular sentiment which a devotee should adopt as the means of his sadhana on the path of devotion on which he wants to enter dpends upon the degree of his proneness towards one or other of the sentments and also upon the competency of his mental and physical makup to be [...] The dynamism of romance that finds full play in this sentiment as a tie of attraction between the parakiya woman (staning for the devotee) and Krsna the object of her love is found in none other because of the absence of the marital restrictions the presence of secrecy and perpetual newness and the constant necessity for the removal of obstacles which make the life of the lovers a stream
history
Pages
99
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120027
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iii Narendra Law view
Sri Krsna and Sri Caitanya
261-299 Narendra Law view
The Date of the Gathasaptasati
300-310 V. V. Mirashi view
The Cinderella Motif in Assamese Folk-tales
311-319 P. Goswami view
Identification of Kuntala and Asmaka Countries
320-322 V. V. Mirashi view
Kalika Pura—a Compilation of the Time of Dharmapala of Kamarupa
322-326 Tirthanath Sarma view
Lord Hastings’ ”Summary of Administration” with Low’s Comments
327-332 Pratui Gupta view
Prabodhasiddhi-Nibandha of Vamesvaradhvaja
332-333 Dinesh Bhattacharyya view
Sirasvatasutranirnaya of Narayana Sadhu
334-335 K. Madhava Sarma view
The Authorship of the Paramarthadvadagika
336-336 V. Raghavan view
Reviews
337-342 Priya Sen view
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
343-345 unknown view
Bibliographical Notes
346-i unknown view

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