தமிழ்ப் பாரம்பரியம்
(Tamil Heritage Trust)
presents
The Concept of Dhvani in Indian Aesthetics
by
Dr Anand Amaladass
at 5.30pm on Saturday, October 4th, 2014
at Vinoba Hall, Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya, T Nagar.
About the topic:
A
work of literature is not just for putting forth an idea, which can be
analysed through grammar and lexicon. Even prosody (yappu, in Tamil) and
metaphors would not lead you to the inner and implied meaning.
Suggestions play an important role. This is the soul of literature. In
the Sanskrit literature, it is called dhvani. This suggesting element
may be a word or a sentence or a paragraph or a stanza or an entire
composition, but unexpressed. Considerable sophistication has gone into
this area in Indian literature. The 9th century
Anandavardhana, the author of Dhvanyaloka is the foremost theoretician
in Sanskrit. Tamil tradition has developed its own ‘evocative’ concepts
like iraicci, ullurai, tinai, etc. The full enjoyment of a literary
piece is not complete without understanding this, and is possible only
by those who know not only grammar and lexicon, but also carefully honed
their skill for enjoying this essence of poetry. The
speaker would formulate a few of the principles from the dhvani
perspective, taking examples from Sanskrit and Tamil literatures.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Anand Amaladass SJ, has
a Master’s degree in Sanskrit and Ph.D from the University of Madras
(1981), and a post-doctoral assignment at the University of Vienna, Austria (1982-84). He is teaching at the Satya Nilayam Jesuit Faculty of
Philosophy in Chennai, now part of the Loyola (Autonomous) College,
Chennai, from 1984 (now Emeritus). He was the Dean of Faculty and
Director of the Research Institute for Philosophy and Sanskrit. He
has been a visiting professor at the University of Vienna, in Wuerzburg
and in Frankfurt, Germany and at the Gregorian University, Rome.
His
publications include a book on the Dhvani theory in Indian Aesthetics
(published in Vienna, Austria, 1984), and on the Vishnu
Tradition, on the God of Dance, Shiva and on the Goddess phenomenon,
with a translation of Abhirami Antati all in German. The Christian Themes in Indian Art (Documentation
of how the Hindus, Muslims, Parsis and Christians interpreted Christian
themes in India) was published with Gudrun Löwner in 2012. He
has written around 100 research articles in English and German.
He lives in Chennai.
E-mail: amaladass24@gmail.com; website: www.anandamal43.site90.net
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