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| Arvind Saraf (arvind_s@mit.edu) |
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From: arvind_s@mit.edu (Arvind Saraf)
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Subject: Re: song of creation (ascii)
Date: 21 Jul 2003 08:13:38 -0700
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"spitzfires" <spitzfires@rediffmail.com> wrote in message news:<3f0d833e$1@epflnews.epfl.ch>...
> after long seach i found the sanskrit version of the song of creation used
> in the theme of shyam benegal's bharat ek khoj. IIRC there were few sanskrit
> shlokas chanted and the rest of the theme was in hindi.
The song is not exclusive to Shyam Benegal. It is from Rig veda (Book
10, hymn 129) and was referred (English version quoted) by Pt. Nehru
in his book "Discovery of India". Probably that prompted Shyam Benegal
to use it in the serial theme.
Arvind
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