Write an essay on the significance of the title of Samskara as it relates specifically to Praneshacharya but also in the more general sense of the term.
Write an essay on the significance of the title of Samskara as it relates specifically to Praneshacharya but also in the more general sense of the term.
* Trying to find the meaning of Samskara in its nebulous form.
* Establish definitions and concentrate on mainly one definition of Samskara that pervades the novel
* On a second reading of Samskara, it becomes evident that the novel opens up with a double entendre feeling towards Praneshacharya. We understand that the "Crest-Jewel of Vedic Learning" has married an invalid and set himself up as the "householder" who considers this act will allow him to "get ripe and ready" (2). 'Ripe and ready' for what begs the question: the transition to the next stage of renouncement or, implicitly applying connotations to a transcendence (Samskara) to a new rite of passage for the living, albeit Chandri. The dovetailing affect Murthy employs of Chandri's cries of "Acharya, acharya" (2) and the description of Praneshacharya feeding "Gowri" accentuates and prophesizes this point. We see a reversal of roles played out here via the medium of Praneshacharya feeding Gowri and caressing "the cow's body till the hair, on her hide rose in pleasure" (2) and Chandri's role in the forest peeling "plantains" (64) and feeding Praneshacharya, as "he caressed her loosened hair" (63). The author has set the platform at the start of the novel for the transformation of Samskara's that will pervade the novel. As Ramanujan states: "Though the word Samskara does not occur obtrusively or to frequently in the narrative its meanings implicitly inform the action."
* Trying to find the meaning of Samskara in its nebulous form.
* Establish definitions and concentrate on mainly one definition of Samskara that pervades the novel
* On a second reading of Samskara, it becomes evident that the novel opens up with a double entendre feeling towards Praneshacharya. We understand that the "Crest-Jewel of Vedic Learning" has married an invalid and set himself up as the "householder" who considers this act will allow him to "get ripe and ready" (2). 'Ripe and ready' for what begs the question: the transition to the next stage of renouncement or, implicitly applying connotations to a transcendence (Samskara) to a new rite of passage for the living, albeit Chandri. The dovetailing affect Murthy employs of Chandri's cries of "Acharya, acharya" (2) and the description of Praneshacharya feeding "Gowri" accentuates and prophesizes this point. We see a reversal of roles played out here via the medium of Praneshacharya feeding Gowri and caressing "the cow's body till the hair, on her hide rose in pleasure" (2) and Chandri's role in the forest peeling "plantains" (64) and feeding Praneshacharya, as "he caressed her loosened hair" (63). The author has set the platform at the start of the novel for the transformation of Samskara's that will pervade the novel. As Ramanujan states: "Though the word Samskara does not occur obtrusively or to frequently in the narrative its meanings implicitly inform the action."
