Of all rasams Sringaaram is the most beautiful and attractive. Sringaaram need
not be vulgar Then it spoils the beauty.
In saahityam beauty of nature is described. Of the things in creation that
attracts (for human beings) is the female form - This is not a male chauvinistic
statement. If a well dressed beautiful lady enters the room, it is not
necessarily the males that look at her and admire her and even the females and
some with jealousy. Of course assuming that the beauty came from her dress or
armaments, their discussion pretty soon will shift to those. If handsome man
enters, who cares! No one discusses about how handsome he is!
If birds write poetry in `birdsa` they may describe the beauty of the male
birds! Who knows the cakOra birds may use human anatamy to describe their
beauty!
In manucharitra - allasaani peddana perhaps would have liked the bhuusura and
the varuudhini to get married - and still end up with a manu -he did not#do it
perhaps the society pressure may be high. He got the bhuusura back to his home
somehow (that is why he remained as bhuusurOttama),and yet his and the
varuudhini`s desire is still fulfilled by bringing gandharva who is after her in
the form of this bhuusura!
When asked for the way out - varuudhini's response was so charming-
yintalu kannulunDa teruvevvari vEDedu bhuusurEdra ... Ekaantamunan
javaraanDra nepamb.. ...
I donot remember poem in exact form - on one side describing the beauty of the
braahmin with yintalu kannulu while scolding outwardly - saying that she is
alone for romance on once side yet accusing him for impropriety - Allasaani did
a marvelous job in that scene.
I was reading Vaalmeeki's sundarakanDa - where the poet sees the Lanka through
Hanuman's eyes. As he was searching for Seeta, he enters raavana's antahpura and
sees his many wives lying here and there in all poses. Hanuman although a
staunch bachelor, his description of the beauty of the female forms is
incomparable. It is the description of the Raavana's indulgence and the
attitude of life too -
Sringaaram has the place provided it is appropriate for the scene.
When he sees the Seeta at ashokavanam - he describes her beauty too- The poet
does not skip her physical beauty - but makes sure that his readers to know that
her physical beauty is thousand times multiplied by her radiant (lakshmi khala -
cannot find a proper word) beauty that demands respect from the on onlooker -
In describing the beauty of female forms our poets have indulged very freely and
this is not only by our poets - All our artists too- see all the dance poses in
temples -
Here is one question I have for experts -
Why they use `cakOra` bird in describing the female breasts - I have to imagine
how cakOra bird looks like - but this is done by Valmeeki and of course our
telugu poets liberally.
This never ending threads on SCIT is making Pillalamarri`s lessons on ganas more
attractive. I hope these guys pick up some srigaaram!
Hari Om!
Sadaananda
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