Ananda- Tandava of Siva - Sadanrttamurti

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Author : Dr. Kamil V. Zvelebil
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Institute of asian studies
Publication Date : 1985 , Oct
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 72 pages
Weight : 250 g

About the Book

In this book Dr. Kamil V. Zvelebil establishes, compellingly, the individuality and originality of the Dravidian mythological tradition in general, and the Tamil tradition in particular. Marked as it is by rigorous and impressive uses of the tools of comparison and analysis, as also by freshness and immediacy of oppeal, Ananda - tandava, presents a critically rewarding inquiry.
Prof. Zvelebil examines the Nadaraja concept from various angles: mythological, historical, literary, anthropological, sociological and cultural. Apart from finding the Ananda - tandava myth a source of inexhaustible artistic creativity and an archetypal pattern of great cultural significance, the author sees it as a deep-rooted, pervasive 'image in the collective consciousness of the Indian mind. Again, not only does Dr. Zvelebil place Ananda tandava in the central tradition of Tamil aesthetic creativity, but he finds it an evolutionary product of the art of dancing in Tamil Nadu.

About the Author

Dr. Kamil V. Zvelebil, Professor, Department of Dravidology, University of Utrecht is an eminent Dravidologist, and one of the devoted non-native scholars in Tamil. His contributions to Dravidian studies include History of Tamil Literature, The Smile of Murugan, Tiru Murugan and a large number of articles on Dravidian languages and literatures. Besides, he has translated into English a number of poems from the Cankam classics including Tolkappiyam, and the devotional poems of Basavanna. Presently he is working on a comprehensive, critical and definitive history of Tamil Literature.