Saturday, October 27, 2012

Soundarya Lahari - Part 271

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Therefore ‘red’ is indicative of Creation and is therefore the colour of Creator BrahmA. The activity of life is all due to the flow of blood which is ‘red’ in colour. The Sanskrit word for blood is ‘rakta’ which also means ‘red’. Creation is done by a poet also; so the poetic talent, ‘kavitvam’ is also taken to be ‘red.

There are differences in the redness of rajas. The seeds of ‘kundumani’, the fruit of bitter gourd, and ‘pAdirip-pazham’ are all red.

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