Kalidasa's Ritu Samhaara transformed into gajra?

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Posted: 12 years ago
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Bear with me while I try and make sense of this. My literature teachers had a very high regard of Kalidasa and one of his compositions in Ritu samhara ( spelled differently by several sources). Basically ( loosely translated) it means Garland of Seasons. it is supposed to be the most romantic ( some used the word erotic) description of lovers passing through the various seasons. Not that well known this poem of kalidasa is filled with srigara rasa.

From Wiki ( horrible source but a beginning point always )

?tusa?hara often written Ritusamhara,[1][2] (Devanagari: ????????; ??? ?tu, "season"; ????? sa?hara, "compilation") is a long poem or mini-epic in Sanskrit by Kalidasa. The poem has six cantos for the six Indian seasons - gri?ma (summer), var?a (monsoon/rains), sarat (autumn), hemanta (cool), sisira (winter), and vasanta (spring). It is generally considered to be Kaldiasa's earliest work.

The word sa?hara is used here in the sense of "coming together" or "group".[3] It is often translated as Medley of Seasons or Garland of Seasons, but also mistranslated as "birth and death" of seasons, which arises from the alternate meaning of samhara as destruction.

The changing seasons are depicted against the thematic backdrop of how lovers react to the landscape. This imbues the poem with a strong strand of erotic love (shringara) rasa.

Ritusamhaaram

Ritusamhaaram... or Ritusamharam 0r Ritusamhara as in a misspelt Itrans, but it is The Medley of Seasons or The Garland of Seasons. around the deity of Nature called year. It is not annihilation of seasons according to the wording - samhaara- but, if a long vowel A is substituted in the word samAhAra, then it is an assimilation of seasons Ritu - samAhAram. These six seasons are the makeup material for the presiding deity of Nature, namely shiva-pArvati , the Five-faced God shiva, whose five faces symbolize the five subtle elements of creation.


Now it makes a somewhat sense... CV doing poetic justice to the DKDM 😊. However, it is said that, Prakriti did ask Shiva to sanctify her by touching her in each season. Shiva told her it is not needed, but she insisted that it is not for her that sanctification is needed it for people. Shiva gladly agreed.

I think I made some sense.. If not I will try explain again..

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Posted: 12 years ago
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at first ritusanhara then meghdutam cv's using kalidas's romance except Kumarsamvabam (what actually should be used 😉)
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: Kadamvari

at first ritusanhara then meghdutam cv's using kalidas's romance except Kumarsamvabam (what actually should be used 😉)



haha.. true.. For some odd reason, I loved the mature romance showed in past few episodes. They shifted gears from pure mythological story to semi fictional to give importance to the divine arts of India. I am very happy about it. I wonder when with Mahadev paint picture of Parvati. So far, he danced for her, sang for her , did her shringar, even fetched the garland for her.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Thanks Anjani for sharing this...!!

The last 2 epi.. have been nice... Mahadev Parvati scenes) He creates a beautiful place.. sings for her.. makes garland.. all for her beloved wife...!! If we see it collectively.. it was all so lovely...!!

Have to give it to CVs...well within the boundaries of Mytho serial.. they are showing a different form of Love..!! 😊

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Posted: 12 years ago
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Last 2 epi. were like a poem weaved in the epi. It was wonderful.

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Posted: 12 years ago
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I so agree with all of you the last two epi's have been sheer magic. Thanks for this wonderful post.
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It was taken and adapted well on screen. Enjoyed the first part of the epi very much. 👍🏼
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Posted: 12 years ago
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It is beautiful to see some good beautiful romance taken from famous literature adapted on the screen. The past couple of epi's have been simply wonderful. Next week will be more exciting with the entry of Jalandhar and more drama. 😃

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