Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Where can I find descriptions of the domestic life of Shiva and Parvati? I have heard that Kalidasa wrote something, but I don't know where. Did other authors also write about that theme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 You are probably thinking of Kalidasa's Kumarasambhava. This is a highly unusual treatment of the Shiva and Parvati, in which their relationship is portrayed in a way somewhat akin to that of Krishna and Radha in the Gitagovinda. As our friend Kochu notes, "In Kumara sambhava, Shiva and Parvathy's divinity is forgotten when their love play is described ..." DB , akka_108 <akka_108> wrote: > Where can I find descriptions of the domestic life of Shiva and Parvati? > I have heard that Kalidasa wrote something, but I don't know where. > Did other authors also write about that theme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 When did Krishna and Radha become popular, when was the Gitagovinda written? Wondering if it could have been vic versa... Devi Bhakta <devi_bhakta wrote: You are probably thinking of Kalidasa's Kumarasambhava. This is a highly unusual treatment of the Shiva and Parvati, in which their relationship is portrayed in a way somewhat akin to that of Krishna and Radha in the Gitagovinda. As our friend Kochu notes, "In Kumara sambhava, Shiva and Parvathy's divinity is forgotten when their love play is described ..." DB , akka_108 <akka_108> wrote: > Where can I find descriptions of the domestic life of Shiva and Parvati? > I have heard that Kalidasa wrote something, but I don't know where. > Did other authors also write about that theme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 No, it was not vice-versa -- there was a huge time gap. Kalidasa composed Kumarasambhava in South India, possibly as early as the first century BCE, and certainly no later than the 400's CE. The Gitagovinda, on the other hand, was a medieval work, composed in the 1100's CE. It is the first work in which Radha appears as a fully-formed personality; Her cult as an avatar of Devi and Shakti of Krishna developed only later -- probably somewhere between 1300 and 1500 CE. My meaning was that the treatment of the love-play between Shiva and Parvati in Kumarasambhava seems to foreshadow in a way the later tales surrounding Radha and Krishna. But that's just my guess. DB , akka_108 <akka_108> wrote: > When did Krishna and Radha become popular, when was the Gitagovinda written? > Wondering if it could have been vic versa... > > Devi Bhakta <devi_bhakta> wrote: > You are probably thinking of Kalidasa's Kumarasambhava. This is a > highly unusual treatment of the Shiva and Parvati, in which their > relationship is portrayed in a way somewhat akin to that of Krishna > and Radha in the Gitagovinda. As our friend Kochu notes, "In Kumara > sambhava, Shiva and Parvathy's divinity is forgotten when their love > play is described ..." > > DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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