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Thiagaraja (A Great Musician Saint.)

1927

Max Muller shut up by the waters of the Cauvery chose to rather listen to the insipid chirping of the poor grass-hoppers of the island than cross the river and avail himself of the festive carol of Thirvaiyar's nightingale ; °delighted himself in the4 THIAGARAJ A moonshine of fiction and wrote in the plenitude of his ignorance : Hindu Music to-day (that is in the time of Thiagaraja) is the s [...] Indeed from out of them we get the expression of the life of the time (which they relate) of the manners of the movment. the dres; the pleasures the laughter and the ridicules of society. [...] Wish a high ambition of having all the ancient Universities rolled into this College the Prime-Minister introduced into his Institution the Medicine of Taxila the Logic of Nalanda the Astro omy of Ujjain the Tanthra of Vikramasila t Dramatic Literature of Kanouj and the Vedantic Literature of Benares. [...] In the hands of his successors the College began to mark time ; and when the Nawab of Arcot interfered with the affairs of Tanjore it came to be uncared-for and degenerated into a factory of literary drudges. [...] At the tinve hoever when our Thiagaraja joined the College the tone of the Institution was a little improved and the subject of instruction comprised the Iwo Epics and Bhagavatham in Vernacular and Vyakaranam Logic and Vedas in Sanskrit.
the arts art history
Pages
200
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144902
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii M.S. Aiyar view
Frontmatter
i-xviii M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter I. Introduction
1-10 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter II. Thiagaraja’s Early Life and Education
11-25 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter III. His Date
26-31 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter IV. His Initiation Into Music
32-i M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter V. His Battle of Life
37-46 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter VI. His Age
47-51 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter VII. His Spirit
52-61 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter VIII. His Appearance and Characteristics
62-69 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter IX. Periods of his Career
70-94 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter X. His Views of Music
95-98 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter XI. His Works on Music
99-108 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter XII. His Signal Service
109-123 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter XIII. His Style and Diction
124-129 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter XIV. His Raga and Thala Systems
130-139 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter XV. His Instruments of Music
140-143 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter XVI. His Contemporaries
144-151 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter XVII. His Philosophy
152-175 M.S. Aiyar view
Chapter XVIII. Conclusion
176-177 M.S. Aiyar view

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