tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post4568981092626079074..comments2023-10-30T11:04:56.461-04:00Comments on Musings: NYT's Sunday StylesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post-18177268952659569142007-03-07T21:34:00.000-05:002007-03-07T21:34:00.000-05:00I think that1. the comment at the end of the artic...I think that<BR/>1. the comment at the end of the article has great validity.<BR/><BR/>2. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all" - if fair is used synonymously with beauty, would one say complexion is more determinative of beauty than slenderness of the waist? One has to be sure that slender-waisted is not a Sanskrit shorthand in the epics.<BR/><BR/>Here is a passage:<BR/><BR/>Once in ancient times, the celestial Rishi Narada, having roamed over all the world, met the Apsara Panchachuda of faultless beauty, having her abode in the region of Brahman. Beholding the Apsara every limb of whose body was endued with great beauty, the ascetic addressed her, saying, 'O thou of slender waist, I have a doubt in my mind. Do thou explain it.'<BR/><BR/><BR/>E.g., one will find lotus-eyed extremely common as well.<BR/><BR/>3. One can look at sacred-texts.com for English translations of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.<BR/><BR/>Here is a brief description of Draupadi - "She was exceedingly dark, with long curling locks and lotus eyes, and she was deep-bosomed and slender-waisted. A sweet odour clung to her body."<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>"And in that secluded place, he found the beautiful Draupadi, the beloved and celebrated wife of the Pandavas, standing at the threshold of the hermitage. And she looked grand in the superb beauty of her form, and seemed to shed a lustre on the woodland around, like lightning illuminating masses of dark clouds. And they who saw her asked themselves, 'Is this an Apsara, or a daughter of the gods, or a celestial phantom?' And with this thought, their hands also joined together. They stood gazing on the perfect and faultless beauty of her form. And Jayadratha, the king of Sindhu, and the son of Vriddhakshatra, struck with amazement at the sight of that lady of faultless beauty, was seized with an evil intention. And inflamed with desire, he said to the prince named Kotika, 'Whose is this lady of faultless form? Is she of the human kind? I have no need to marry if I can secure this exquisitely beautiful creature. Taking her with me, I shall go back to my abode, Oh sir, and enquire who she is and whence she has come and why also that delicate being hath come into this forest beset with thorns. Will this ornament of womankind, this slender-waisted lady of so much beauty, endued with handsome teeth and large eyes, accept me as her lord? I shall certainly regard myself successful, if I obtain the hand of this excellent lady. Go, Kotika, and enquire who her husband may be.' Thus asked, Kotika, wearing a kundala, jumped out of his chariot and came near her, as a jackal approacheth a tigress, and spake unto her these words.'""<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>""Markandeya continued, 'Having regained consciousness, Satyavan rose up like one who had enjoyed a sweet sleep, and seeing every side covered with woods, said, 'O girl of slender waist, I came with thee for procuring fruits. Then while I was cutting wood I felt a pain in my head......."Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post-4690389235437122612007-03-07T19:54:00.000-05:002007-03-07T19:54:00.000-05:00http://news.sawf.org/Lifestyle/31920.aspxhttp://news.sawf.org/Lifestyle/31920.aspxSabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.com