Anantha Murthy’s Samskara is a religious novel. The novel exposes the conservative life style of the Kannada Brahmins. It attacks the traditional and orthodox principles of the Hindu religion. Sex is an integral part in various Hindu puranas and all the Brahamines of Durvasapura agrahara lead a dull and sterile as well as passive life by suppressing their sexual desire. During his preachings Pranesacharya glorifies the amorous sexual charms of legendary Shakuntala and admires Kalidasa for creating such a wonderful and captivating paragon of beauty. Like other orthodox Brahmins of the Agrahara Pranesacharya lacks to admire real beauty in flesh and blood. Praneshacharya is a contract to the characters like Naranappa and shripati who admire the
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Although Anantha Murthy’s writings are influenced with existentialism, realism or symbolism but he has a great insight in the socio-cultural and political realities of post-Independence India. The dualities and contradictions in the lives of individuals and communities are chief concerns of his writings. As a navya writer Anantha Murthy turns to the paradoxes of social life and the various dichotomies which is constructed into the lives of individuals. The navya movement also catches the transitoriness of societal life that experiences various kinds of upheavals. In Caste In Indian Politics (2010), Rajni Kothari …show more content…
The term Brahmanism is related with that socio-religious order which accepts the supremacy of Brahmins who officiate at sacrifices and receive payments for their services. The sacrificial aspect associated with this order may be traced to vedic times, while the theistic concept of faith in a single god is a later religious addition. In Indian history, the Gupta period is notable for the setting up of brahmanical temples with the images of deities installed in them. From that time, the religious impulse swings forward from that time, the religious impulse swings forward from the abstract to the concrete, with the ceremonial worship of images replacing sacrificial offerings to hosts of unseen vedic gods of vogue personality. The authority of the Vedas was in no way questioned. As a revelation of God, the eternal and infallible of religion, Vedic texts were studied with care and attention, and Vedic sacrifices did not cease to form part of the orthodox Brahmanical religion. In later vedic era the Hindu society and Hindu religion faced stagnation due to its origin and practices of Varna system and caste system. In Critical Essays on Dalit Literature (2013), D. Murali Manohar
Although Anantha Murthy’s writings are influenced with existentialism, realism or symbolism but he has a great insight in the socio-cultural and political realities of post-Independence India. The dualities and contradictions in the lives of individuals and communities are chief concerns of his writings. As a navya writer Anantha Murthy turns to the paradoxes of social life and the various dichotomies which is constructed into the lives of individuals. The navya movement also catches the transitoriness of societal life that experiences various kinds of upheavals. In Caste In Indian Politics (2010), Rajni Kothari …show more content…
The term Brahmanism is related with that socio-religious order which accepts the supremacy of Brahmins who officiate at sacrifices and receive payments for their services. The sacrificial aspect associated with this order may be traced to vedic times, while the theistic concept of faith in a single god is a later religious addition. In Indian history, the Gupta period is notable for the setting up of brahmanical temples with the images of deities installed in them. From that time, the religious impulse swings forward from that time, the religious impulse swings forward from the abstract to the concrete, with the ceremonial worship of images replacing sacrificial offerings to hosts of unseen vedic gods of vogue personality. The authority of the Vedas was in no way questioned. As a revelation of God, the eternal and infallible of religion, Vedic texts were studied with care and attention, and Vedic sacrifices did not cease to form part of the orthodox Brahmanical religion. In later vedic era the Hindu society and Hindu religion faced stagnation due to its origin and practices of Varna system and caste system. In Critical Essays on Dalit Literature (2013), D. Murali Manohar