Pilgrimage to the Holy River Ganges: Its Manifestation in Indian Literature
0
조회
0
다운로드
0
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
There is a unique religious ritual, called 'Pilgrimage to the Holy Land' in Hindu India. In India, there are lots of holy places but the Ganges is considered as the most important holy place by the Hindus. The Ganges is a symbol of Hindu culture and civilization which have been changed constantly and it is the most Holy River. Its water is accepted as Sacred Water. The myths of the Ganges mentioned in Rig Veda(BC 12) and Ramayana are innumerable. In this paper, I examine the myths of the Ganges, the story about the Ganges which flows in heaven, then came down to the ground, and the story of severe penance done by descendants to save their ancestors and give them salvation with that water. Also, this paper was focused on the image of the Ganges shown in contemporary literature of major Indian writers. The poem 'Jan-Gan-Man' that is written about the sancity and dynamic of the Ganges by Taogre becomes India's national anthem. It is a song which prays dream, hope and victory of India. I choose Gitanjali(35) to show that India is Holy Land and it has the future image of colonial India which pursues more higher dream, liberality, truth and rationality.
Abstract
There is a unique religious ritual, called 'Pilgrimage to the Holy Land' in Hindu India. In India, there are lots of holy places but the Ganges is considered as the most important holy place by the Hindus. The Ganges is a symbol of Hindu culture and civilization which have been changed constantly and it is the most Holy River. Its water is accepted as Sacred Water. The myths of the Ganges mentioned in Rig Veda(BC 12) and Ramayana are innumerable. In this paper, I examine the myths of the Ganges, the story about the Ganges which flows in heaven, then came down to the ground, and the story of severe penance done by descendants to save their ancestors and give them salvation with that water. Also, this paper was focused on the image of the Ganges shown in contemporary literature of major Indian writers. The poem 'Jan-Gan-Man' that is written about the sancity and dynamic of the Ganges by Taogre becomes India's national anthem. It is a song which prays dream, hope and victory of India. I choose Gitanjali(35) to show that India is Holy Land and it has the future image of colonial India which pursues more higher dream, liberality, truth and rationality.
참고문헌 (20)
- India, "A Reference Annual, 1987", Government of India, 17~18 (1987)
- Amrit Rai, "Premchand: his life and times" (2002), Oxford University Press
- Ashok Srinivasan, "KATHA Prize Stories 1991", pp.84~91
- Cornelia Dimmitt, "Classical Hindu Mythology: A Reader in the Sanskrit Purāṇas" (1978), Temple University Press
- Jon Mee, "After midnight: The Indian novel in English of the 80s and 90s", The Institute of Postcolonial Studies, 1(1), pp.127~141 (1998), Taylor & Francis
- John Dowson, "A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology & religion", pp.296~299 (2010), Kessinger Publishing
- Lee Eun Gu, "Indian Mythology, 100-101" (2003), Sechang media
- Makhan Lal Sen, "Ramayana of Valmiki, Translated from the Original Sanskrit" (1976), Munshiram Manoharlal
- Mody, Sujata Sudhakar, "Literature, language, and nation formation: The story of a modern Hindi journal 1900-1920", pp.2008
- N. D. R. Chandra, "Modern Indian Writing in English: Critical Perceptions", pp.27~47 (2004), Sarup & Sons
- Peter Gaeffke, "Hindi Literature in the Twentieth Century" (1978), Hanser Understanding Books
- Premchand, "Prem-Prasul", pp.75~81 (1982), Sarasvati Press
- Premacanda, David Rubin, "World of Premchand: Selected Short Stories" (2001), Oxford University Press
- R. Tagore, "Gitanjali", pp.35~154 (1912), International Pocket Library
- Rimli Bhattacharya, "KATHA Prize Stories 1991", pp.84~91 (1991)
- Shiv Kumar Kumar, "Contemporary Indian short stories in English" (1992), Sahitya Academy
- S. K. Paul, "The Complete Poems of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali: Texts and Critical Evaluation" (2006), Sarup & Sons
- S. Nagarajan, "An Indian Novel" (1964), The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Steven G. Darian, "The Ganges in Myth And History-History and Culture Series" (2001), Motilal Banarsidass Publ
- Sushil Kumar Jain, "Indian Elements in the Poetry of Yeats: On Chatterji and Tagore", Comparative Literature Studies, 7(1), pp.82~96 (1970), Penn State University Press