Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rain of Life, Rain of Music: Music as Life Power in Indian Thought and Contemporary Musical Traditions Subject The topic of the resource Ce??a; drumming; K?tiy???a?; maram; mi??vu; pakh?vaj; rain; temples of Kerala Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pacciolla P. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies, Vol-45, No. 6, pp. 1054-1071. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Routledge Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2022.2121464" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2022.2121464</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139547091&amp;doi=10.1080%2F00856401.2022.2121464&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=136d64e38ee76cc68b6baa20f49729e0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139547091&amp;doi=10.1080%2f00856401.2022.2121464&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=136d64e38ee76cc68b6baa20f49729e0</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 856401 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pacciolla P., Department of Performing Arts, Christ University, Bangalore, India