Music as Sadhana
The great Saint-Composer Thyagaraja of Carnatic (South Indian) music has said: Music gives one the fruit of sacrifices (yiiga), and con- templation (yoga), renunciation (tyga) as well as enjoyment (bhoga), These words give us in a nutshell the Indian view on music as sadhana , Thyagaraja knows that...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1982
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 1982, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-189 |
| Further subjects: | B
Music
B Sadhana |
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| Summary: | The great Saint-Composer Thyagaraja of Carnatic (South Indian) music has said: Music gives one the fruit of sacrifices (yiiga), and con- templation (yoga), renunciation (tyga) as well as enjoyment (bhoga), These words give us in a nutshell the Indian view on music as sadhana , Thyagaraja knows that those who are proficient in sound, the mystic syllable OM, and the music notes-which are all forms of the Lord him- self-are liberated souls. Music as sound is the primordial manifesta- tion of Brahman. It is both pleasing as sweet melody and demanding like any other rigorous discipline. I shall attempt to explore in the following pages the basis and the limits of this tradition |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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