tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post2323173896439516034..comments2024-03-27T15:07:58.078+05:30Comments on Plus Ultra: Ashta and other avadhanisRajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-79233257050657131452007-10-16T21:00:00.000+05:302007-10-16T21:00:00.000+05:30Shobhana, Usha : Better find a 'guru' and learn th...Shobhana, Usha : Better find a 'guru' and learn the art.<BR/><BR/>Lalita, thanks for the insight. Your last sentence baffled me, though. How does one 'focus' on many things at the same time ? <BR/><BR/>bit hawk. Thanks for the link, That was very interesting,Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-35099359925518324632007-10-16T02:09:00.000+05:302007-10-16T02:09:00.000+05:30Avadhaana is quite popular in Karnataka too, thoug...Avadhaana is quite popular in Karnataka too, though they are quite rare nowadays. I am fortunate to have seen many Avadhaanas and a person with good knowledge in literature and poetry would enjoy it much more.<BR/><BR/>Here is the link on one of the most popular Shathavadhanis of Karnataka called Ganesh.<BR/>http://www.culturalindia.org/rganesh.aspBit Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212513393219146763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-69100662673336727852007-10-15T10:25:00.000+05:302007-10-15T10:25:00.000+05:30You tell me one thing and I turn around and forget...You tell me one thing and I turn around and forget what you said. 64 things? 100? I feel like a low life.Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-83180786945118318632007-10-14T09:02:00.000+05:302007-10-14T09:02:00.000+05:30Raj, it was multi-tasking before the term was inve...Raj, it was multi-tasking before the term was invented. There used to be Sataavadhaanis, those who performed hundred tasks, though that seems incredible. I did see an Avadhaanam performed, and it is amazing. To compose poems on given topics in given meters, to discuss a particular scene in a classic poem, to count the number of times a bell rang, to trade banter with an examiner whose sole task was to distract the Avadhaani, to compose a poem where the examiner keeps forbidding use of any particular syllable at each word... all of this at the same time!<BR/><BR/>It is not yogic powers, though. It's just tight focus of attention on different things at the same time.Lalitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05574877161633024367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-59427974898456401072007-10-14T04:05:00.000+05:302007-10-14T04:05:00.000+05:30Wow!! 64 different things memorized and answers gi...Wow!! 64 different things memorized and answers given to...amazing! I can't see myself remembering 2 things at the same time. This post just goes on to say, how the brain power can be best utilized.<BR/><BR/>Shobana<BR/>http://mybabynaren.blogspot.com/Shobanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12226266440155745217noreply@blogger.com