Rain of Life, Rain of Music: Music as Life Power in Indian Thought and Contemporary Musical Traditions
- Title
- Rain of Life, Rain of Music: Music as Life Power in Indian Thought and Contemporary Musical Traditions
- Creator
- Pacciolla P.
- Description
- Conceived as a life force, rain has a significant place in Indian thought. Sanskrit and vernacular literary and religious texts, as well as visual arts, emphasise its auspiciousness and importance in human life. Additionally, through the use of poetical images and metaphors, these texts and images associate rain with music and identify thunder with drums. Through the analysis of compositions from the repertoire of different drums such as the dhrupad pakh?vaj, the mi??vu of K?tiy???a? Sanskrit theatre, and the ritual music of Brahmanical temples of Kerala, this article studies the association of drumming with rain as a symbol of life force, consciousness and enlightenment. 2022 South Asian Studies Association of Australia.
- Source
- South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies, Vol-45, No. 6, pp. 1054-1071.
- Date
- 2022-01-01
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Subject
- Ce??a; drumming; K?tiy???a?; maram; mi??vu; pakh?vaj; rain; temples of Kerala
- Coverage
- Pacciolla P., Department of Performing Arts, Christ University, Bangalore, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 856401
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Pacciolla P., “Rain of Life, Rain of Music: Music as Life Power in Indian Thought and Contemporary Musical Traditions,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 25, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/15272.