Re: many hands of The God.
Originally Posted by
saumya
Well, while I can still believe it, I am not sure how to explain it. Some of my western fiends asked me, "Are the many hands of The God and Goddesses, the real one or they are just for symbolism ?" I am not sure what could be the best answer for it.
I hope to find a better understanding here.
thanks
namaste Saumya
This thread should be in the arts sub-forum proper, as it is related to the Hindu view of Art. The general trend however is that the Hindu art goes behind the surface of abstract and brings out certain realities of different strong, gentle, terrible, etc, hues.
Some of the forms are pure, while some are of composite nature that combine many purer elements. So be it the composite God Vishnu, or Durga, or Shiva, etc, there is a need to bring out the full composite spectrum. One way is to use multiple limbs, which are actually a collapse of many into one.
Even the RgVeda, a very very abstract text, is full of depictions. It must be noted that the artist has complete freedom: the art forms are not fixed at all.
Things to remember:
1. Life = yajña
2. Depth of Āstika knowledge is directly proportional
to the richness of Sanskrit it is written in
3. Āstika = Bhārata ("east") / Ārya ("west")
4. Varṇa = tripartite division of Vedic polity
5. r = c. x²
where,
r = realisation
constant c = intelligence
variable x = bhakti
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