Essay name: Ethical and Spiritual thought of ancient India
Author:
Kaberi Sarkar
Affiliation: University of Calcutta / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies the Ethical and Spiritual thought of ancient India as revealed in the Vedas, Puranas and Tantras. This work explores the discussion of God in Puuranic, Tantric, and Vedic hymns, portraying God as the creator, protector, and destroyer of the universe, and sometimes as the giver of ultimate salvation (moksha).
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who is able to win Brhaspati and Kuvera for longer period and
overwhelm women, who realizes the purport of the crude mantra
"hrim", easily wins over his enemies. (1) Thus the poet's
attempt in analysing the significance of the crude mantra(vija)
wonders the reader much and in this way the reader admits the
originality of the poet's talent but judging from poetic point
of view we can't reward it as a best composition. On the one
hand, the abundance of philosophical thoughts has helped deal
out queer sentiment (adbhuta rasa) in this stotra, likewise
the description of the terrible form of the goddess Kālī has
helped to deal out terrible sentiment and this amazement mixed
with fear on the other. The poet said that the devotee, who,
being devoid of illusion and absorbed in yoga (system of
medetation and self control) and plunged in the taste of
proximity (with his god or goddess of eulogy) by entirely
uniting his own soul along with the Kundahni sakti at muladhara
with the supreme soul (paramātma), meditates the goddess
Dakshina Kalika at night, attains all desired objects.(2)
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1. Dakshina Kalikā stotra
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