tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post3220328387214741286..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Amita Sarjit Ahluwalia writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-54694959052992424332020-06-23T14:57:27.619-07:002020-06-23T14:57:27.619-07:00Brilliant note
This will surely help all readers t...Brilliant note<br />This will surely help all readers to get a grip on the historical background of this poem Amita Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376193668131244984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-87741931427172460442020-06-23T12:16:19.447-07:002020-06-23T12:16:19.447-07:00Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited ...Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. King Ajatashatru of Magadha founded it ca. 490 BCE in order to shift his capital from Rajagrha (modern Rajgir) to a more strategically located place. (Its founding is also attributed to the legendary king Putraka, who magically created it for his queen Patali ([trumpet flower"]. It may have been named after the patli trees that abound there, but its name may also be associated with the Badi Patan Devi temple, the place where the right thigh of Sati, goddess of marital felicity and longevity, had fallen when Vishnu dismembered her lifeless corpse in order to prevent Vishnu, her insanely bereft husband from destroying the world in his grief. The temple includes large statues of Mahakali, Lakshmi, and Saraswati, goddesses who were Putraka's protectors.) The city was the capital of the Magadh realm under the Haryanka, Nanda, Mauryan, Shunga, Gupta, and Pala empires. It was the center of ancient Indian advancements in science, mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and religion; Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism adopted some of its traditions, especially the beliefs in rebirth and karmic retribution. The area was conquered and destroyed in 1200 by Muslim forces under Ikhtiyar al-Din Muḥammad Bakhtiyar Khalji. Gautama Siddartha, the founder of Buddhism, lived much of his life in the kingdom of Magadha, attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, and gave his first sermon in Sarnath; and the first Buddhist council was held in Rajgriha 3 months after his death. In the last year of his life he traveled there and prophesied a great future for the place and also its ruin due to flood, fire, and feud.DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-26373338771921676862020-06-23T10:55:02.892-07:002020-06-23T10:55:02.892-07:00Thank you for posting this , Duane Vorhees !Thank you for posting this , Duane Vorhees !Amita Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376193668131244984noreply@blogger.com