Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Nyai Lara Kidul: Goddess of the Southern Seas
This chapter describes Nyai Lara Kidul: Goddess of the Southern Seas located on page 198 of volume Volume 4 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 4 is devoted to the art, history and literature; inscriptions, statues and thought; mandalas, epics and legends of Classical Indonesia.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Nyai Lara Kidul: Goddess of the Southern Seas. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Triveni Journal
This is chiefly the reason why our ancestors declared Cape Comorin one of the most sacred places of India and erected a temple on it for a virgin goddess, Kanya Kumari, the pure, looking out into the waters smilingly. And in her presence, so it seems, the seas lose their accustomed fury and the land of men its annoyances....
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Rivers in Ancient India (study) [by Archana Sarma]
The Taittiriyabrahmana refers to the saline water of the sea and states, ‘hence men do not drink the water of the sea . The Vedic Aryans were conversant with the fact that the sea never transgresses its limits; the high water level reached by the full tide remains the same. This observation is also recorded in the Aitareyabrahmana....
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