... e visual effects of traveling at great speed in language that resembles modern filmed space travel effects. In Hinduism, the ideal final stage of life is asceticism the practitioner goes to live in the forest ithout orldly possessions, engaging in prodigious feats of meditation and self-denial, hoping to achieve liberation from the cycle of rebirth. Skilled ascetics could accumulate so much spiritual poer that they sometimes posed a threat even to the gods, as e shall see later. Fe people actually achieve the extremes of the ascetic ideal, but such people are highly respected and honored. There is no pressure, hoever, for each individual to emulate the ideal, since if one is not ready for such austerity in this life there ill alays be opportunities to carry it out in lives to come, hen one has accumulated the necessary karma. The Kings arros are cruel in the context of the Hermitage the audience ould respect this vie ithout necessarily agreeing that they themselves should stop hunting or eating meat. hat simile does the ascetic use to describe the effect of arros on deer Note that heaps of floers are common sacrificial offerings to the gods. Ho do the ascetics link the kings role as a benevolent ruler ith their objections to hunting. The blessing of the ascetic foreshados the ultimate theme of this play the birth of a son ho ill one day be the greatest of kings. In estern drama foreshadoing is used to heighten suspense or to create a sense of doom threatening human happiness. In Sanskrit drama foreshadoing instead creates a sense of purpose, of inevitability, linked to the concept of karma. The heel, symbol of the reign of the benevolent emperor Asoka, is pictured on the flag of modern India as a symbol of Hinduism. Fire is central to Hindu ritual. Originally animals ere sacrificed and burned as in Judaism or ancient Greek practice, but fruits, floers, incense, etc. are more commonly sacrificed today. The Himalayas have long been famed as the site of particularly devout mystics, giving rise to the estern stereotype of the guru on the mountain top. Ho do the ascetics convey that they appreciate the kings skill ith the bo despite their objections to his hunting In hat ay does the kings description of the grove make clear that it is a place of penitential prayer and meditation, different from other areas of the forest Note the significance of specifying that the deer feed on dharba shoots.hat do you think is symbolized by the king setting aside his jeels and bo hen he visits the Hermitage In the estern tradition, the suggestion of a love encounter in a hermitage ould be considered blasphemous but the king is not expected at his stage of life to be an ascetic he is in the householder stage, appropriate for love and marriage. Note the preference for the natural over the cultivated, a common theme in much estern poetry as ell. Keep track of the ays in hich Sakuntala is compared to various plants. hat characteristics link her to the trees To other plants hy is atering trees hich are no longer blooming particularly virtuous The ascetics ear clothing made of rough, simple materials such as bark. The fact that Anasuya says the vine has chosen the mango hints at the fact that although Sakuntala may be free to choose her on husband, like a princess, despite the many statements to the contrary. Note the strong emphasis on proper hospitality, very important in traditional Hinduism. Sakuntala is almost inhospitable to the king because of her embarrassment, and later her passion for him ill cause her to be disastrously inhospitable to Durvasa. The traditional Indian ideal of feminine beauty involves a narro aste, large, round breasts, and selling buttocks. Explain the meaning of the quatrain at 19 beginning Though inlaid in duckeed the lotus glos. The mango is often associated ith love and is a male plant. Kama, the god of love, targets ith mango-shoot arros t ... Download